Anagrams of semi-abstract
Word semi-abstract has
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- masticates
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verb (used with or without object),
to chew.
- tetrabasic
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adjective,
(of an acid) having four atoms of hydrogen replaceable by basic atoms or groups.
- brattices
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noun,
a partition or lining, as of planks or cloth, forming an air passage in a mine.
- Caesarism
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noun,
absolute government; imperialism.
- abstricts
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verb (used without object),
to undergo abstriction.
- mistreats
-
verb (used with object),
to treat badly or abusively.
- castrates
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noun,
a castrated person or animal.
- staircase
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noun,
a flight of stairs with its framework, banisters, etc., or a series of such flights.
- catamites
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noun,
a boy or youth who is in a sexual relationship with a man.
- cabrettas
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noun,
a leather made from the skins of sheep that grow hair rather than wool, tougher than other sheepskins and used chiefly for gloves and shoes.
- marcasite
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noun,
Also called white iron pyrites. a common mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , chemically similar to pyrite but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
- abstracts
-
noun,
a summary of a text, scientific article, document, speech, etc.; epitome.
- teratisms
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noun,
love or worship of the monstrous.
- masticate
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verb (used with or without object),
to chew.
- ceramists
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noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- ascribes
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verb (used with object),
to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute:
- statices
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
- cambists
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noun,
a dealer in bills of exchange.
- Marietta
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noun,
a city in NW Georgia.
- birettas
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noun,
a stiff square cap with three or four upright projecting pieces extending from the center of the top to the edge, worn by ecclesiastics.
- crabmeat
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noun,
the parts of a crab used for food.
- metrists
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noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- astricts
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verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- asterism
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noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- citrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- cabretta
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noun,
a leather made from the skins of sheep that grow hair rather than wool, tougher than other sheepskins and used chiefly for gloves and shoes.
- satiates
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adjective,
satiated.
- scatters
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noun,
the act of scattering.
- teacarts
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noun,
tea wagon.
- cabarets
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noun,
a restaurant providing food, drink, music, a dance floor, and often a floor show.
- massacre
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noun,
the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
- teratism
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noun,
love or worship of the monstrous.
- tabarets
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noun,
a durable silk or acetate fabric having alternating stripes of satin and moiré, for drapery and upholstery.
- mattrass
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noun,
matrass.
- amirates
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noun,
emirate.
- mattress
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noun,
a large pad for supporting the reclining body, used as or on a bed, consisting of a quilted or similarly fastened case, usually of heavy cloth, that contains hair, straw, cotton, foam rubber, etc., or a framework of metal springs.
- ariettas
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noun,
a short aria.
- aristate
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adjective,
Botany. having aristae; awned.
- smatters
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noun,
slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- artistes
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noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- brattice
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noun,
a partition or lining, as of planks or cloth, forming an air passage in a mine.
- smarties
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noun,
a smart aleck.
- Brassica
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, including many economically important vegetables, as cabbage, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, turnip, and mustard.
- ambsaces
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noun,
the lowest throw at dice, the double ace.
- sea-star
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noun,
starfish.
- cristate
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adjective,
having a crest; crested.
- ambaries
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noun,
kenaf.
- etatisms
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noun,
state socialism.
- matrices
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noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- atresias
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- castrate
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noun,
a castrated person or animal.
- Castries
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noun,
a port in and the capital of the state of St. Lucia, on the NW coast.
- catamite
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noun,
a boy or youth who is in a sexual relationship with a man.
- mistreat
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verb (used with object),
to treat badly or abusively.
- misstate
-
verb (used with object),
to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.
- striates
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adjective,
striated.
- abreacts
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by abreaction.
- trisects
-
verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- tabetics
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noun,
a person affected with tabes.
- bearcats
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noun,
Informal. a person or thing that fights or acts with force or fierceness.
- batistes
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noun,
a fine, often sheer fabric, constructed in either a plain or figured weave and made of any of various natural or synthetic fibers.
- abstract
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noun,
a summary of a text, scientific article, document, speech, etc.; epitome.
- Sabatier
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noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1854–1941, French chemist: Nobel prize 1912.
- bacteri-
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- bacteria
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plural noun,
ubiquitous one-celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod-shaped and appearing singly or in chains, comprising the Schizomycota, a phylum of the kingdom Monera (in some classification systems the plant class Schizomycetes), various species of which are involved in fermentation, putrefaction, infectious diseases, or nitrogen fixation.
- abstrict
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verb (used without object),
to undergo abstriction.
- ceramist
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noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- Bactria
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noun,
an ancient country in W Asia, between the Oxus River and the Hindu Kush Mountains. Capital: Bactra.
- scarabs
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noun,
any scarabaeid beetle, especially Scarabaeus sacer, regarded as sacred by the ancient Egyptians.
- staters
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noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- striate
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adjective,
striated.
- teacart
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noun,
tea wagon.
- batters
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noun,
Printing.
a damaged area on the face of type or plate.
the resulting defect in print.
- Artesia
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noun,
a city in S California.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- braises
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verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- streams
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noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- 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.
- brassie
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noun,
a club with a wooden head, the brass-plated face of which has more slope than a driver but less than a spoon, for hitting long, low drives on the fairway.
- starets
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noun,
a religious teacher or counselor.
- Arabist
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noun,
a person who specializes in or studies the Arabic language or Arab culture.
- tabaret
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noun,
a durable silk or acetate fabric having alternating stripes of satin and moiré, for drapery and upholstery.
- scatter
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noun,
the act of scattering.
- matrass
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noun,
a rounded, long-necked glass container, formerly used for distilling and dissolving substances.
- Matisse
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noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- Brescia
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noun,
a city in central Lombardy, in N Italy.
- mastics
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noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- batiste
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noun,
a fine, often sheer fabric, constructed in either a plain or figured weave and made of any of various natural or synthetic fibers.
- barites
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noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- basters
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noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- tabetic
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noun,
a person affected with tabes.
- breasts
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- arietta
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noun,
a short aria.
- Batista
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noun,
Fulgencio [fool-hen-syaw] /fulˈhɛn syɔ/ (Show IPA), (Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar) 1901–73, Cuban military leader: dictator of Cuba 1934–40; president 1940–44, 1952–59.
- artiste
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noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- Ascaris
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noun,
any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea.
- strati-
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- bestirs
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verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- straits
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noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- astatic
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adjective,
unstable; unsteady.
- bisects
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noun,
Also called split. Philately. a portion of a stamp, usually half, used for payment of a proportionate amount of the face value of the whole stamp.
- tambacs
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noun,
tombac.
- sambars
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noun,
a deer, Cervus unicolor, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, the East Indies, and the Philippines, having three-pointed antlers.
- attrib.
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- attires
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noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- astrict
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verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- bistate
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving two states, especially of the U.S.:
- samites
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- tarsias
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noun,
intarsia.
- biretta
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noun,
a stiff square cap with three or four upright projecting pieces extending from the center of the top to the edge, worn by ecclesiastics.
- tarmacs
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noun,
(lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
- satiate
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adjective,
satiated.
- etatism
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noun,
state socialism.
- sarcasm
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noun,
harsh or bitter derision or irony.
- Astaire
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noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- tamaris
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noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- Masbate
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noun,
one of the central islands of the Philippines. 1262 sq. mi. (3269 sq. km).
- statism
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noun,
the principle or policy of concentrating extensive economic, political, and related controls in the state at the cost of individual liberty.
- atresia
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- Statice
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
- ascites
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noun,
accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the peritoneum.
- ascribe
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verb (used with object),
to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute:
- macabre
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adjective,
gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible.
- bearcat
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noun,
Informal. a person or thing that fights or acts with force or fierceness.
- statics
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noun,
the branch of mechanics that deals with bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium.
- tatamis
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noun,
(in Japanese houses) any of a number of thick, woven straw mats of uniform dimensions, about three feet by six feet (91 cm by 183 cm), the placing of which determines the dimensions of an interior.
- bisters
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noun,
bistre.
- scabies
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noun,
a contagious skin disease occurring especially in sheep and cattle and also in humans, caused by the itch mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, which burrows under the skin.
Compare itch (def 10), mange.
- bitters
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noun,
a liquid, often an alcoholic liquor, in which bitter herbs or roots have steeped, used as a flavoring, especially in mixed drinks, or as a tonic.
- tasters
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noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- stratas
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noun,
a plural of stratum.
- recasts
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noun,
a recasting.
- bistres
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noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- Maritsa
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noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing from S Bulgaria along the boundary between Greece and European Turkey and into the Aegean. 300 miles (485 km) long.
- Astarte
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noun,
an ancient Semitic deity, goddess of fertility and reproduction worshiped by the Phoenicians and Canaanites.
- basiate
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verb (used with or without object),
to kiss.
- stactes
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noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- cambers
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noun,
a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- ratites
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noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- misters
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- cabaret
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noun,
a restaurant providing food, drink, music, a dance floor, and often a floor show.
- Cassite
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noun,
Kassite.
- racisms
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Cassatt
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noun,
Mary, 1845–1926, U.S. painter.
- Mercast
-
noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- casitas
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- Cabimas
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noun,
a city in NW Venezuela, on the E coast of Lake Maracaibo.
- caesars
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noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- timbers
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noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- timbres
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noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- abreact
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verb (used with object),
to remove by abreaction.
- abreast
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adverb, adjective,
side by side; beside each other in a line:
- ambries
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noun,
Also called armarium. Ecclesiastical. a recess in the wall of a church or a cupboard in the sacristy where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc., are kept.
- Caserta
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noun,
a city in S Italy, near Naples.
- cambist
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noun,
a dealer in bills of exchange.
- Cambrai
-
noun,
a city in N France: battles 1917, 1918.
- Cambria
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noun,
medieval name of Wales.
- miscast
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verb (used with object),
to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor):
- camises
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noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- metrist
-
noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- terbias
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- actress
-
noun,
a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.
- abscise
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verb (used without object),
to separate by abscission, as a leaf from a stem.
- citrate
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noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- caribes
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noun,
piranha.
- racists
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- sematic
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adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- casters
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- caritas
-
noun,
charity.
- ambsace
-
noun,
the lowest throw at dice, the double ace.
- trisect
-
verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- amtracs
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noun,
amphibian (def 4).
- tsarist
-
noun,
an adherent of a czar or of czarism.
- tsarism
-
noun,
czarism.
- amritas
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- Setaria
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noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- screams
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- matters
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- catties
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to about 1½ pounds (680 grams) avoirdupois.
- amirate
-
noun,
emirate.
- scribes
-
noun,
a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing.
- amitate
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noun,
a close social relationship between a paternal aunt and her niece.
- America
-
noun,
United States.
- smatter
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noun,
slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- abacist
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noun,
a person skilled in using an abacus.
- Raamses
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noun,
a city that was built for the Pharaoh by the Israelites and from which the Exodus began. Ex. 1:11.
- caters
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verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- sabras
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a person born in Israel.
- stream
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noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Sambre
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noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing NE through N France and S Belgium into the Meuse at Namur: battle 1918. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- Caster
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noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- bestir
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verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- Basset
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noun,
one of a breed of hounds having short legs, long body and ears, and usually a black, tan, and white coat.
- stimes
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noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- sabres
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noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- cartes
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noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- bettas
-
noun,
fighting fish.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- Isaacs
-
noun,
Sir Isaac Alfred, 1855–1948, Australian jurist: governor general of Australia 1931–36.
- carses
-
noun,
bottom land.
- castes
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- sabirs
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noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- seracs
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noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- sambas
-
noun,
a rhythmic, Brazilian ballroom dance of African origin.
- Cassie
-
noun,
huisache.
- strict
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adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- cerat-
-
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- Bastia
-
noun,
a seaport on the NE coast of Corsica: the former capital of Corsica.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- bastes
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- beasts
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noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- Serbia
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- saices
-
noun,
syce.
- strata
-
noun,
a plural of stratum.
- cestas
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- batter
-
noun,
Printing.
a damaged area on the face of type or plate.
the resulting defect in print.
- sambar
-
noun,
a deer, Cervus unicolor, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, the East Indies, and the Philippines, having three-pointed antlers.
- I-beam
-
noun,
a rolled or extruded metal beam having a cross section resembling an I.
Compare H-beam.
- C-bias
-
noun,
grid bias.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- Cassia
-
noun,
Also called cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon. a variety of cinnamon derived from the cassia-bark tree.
- simars
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- smarts
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- smears
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- scrims
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- starts
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- scares
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- breams
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- smites
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- scries
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- Scribe
-
noun,
a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- scarts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- embars
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- stamba
-
noun,
(in India) a memorial pillar.
- scrams
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- scatts
-
noun,
scat5 .
- stacte
-
noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- britts
-
noun,
a turbot of northeastern Atlantic seas.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- Caribs
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- caribe
-
noun,
piranha.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- caress
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- crasis
-
noun,
composition; constitution; makeup.
- birses
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- bisect
-
noun,
Also called split. Philately. a portion of a stamp, usually half, used for payment of a proportionate amount of the face value of the whole stamp.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- scarab
-
noun,
any scarabaeid beetle, especially Scarabaeus sacer, regarded as sacred by the ancient Egyptians.
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- camera
-
noun,
a device for capturing a photographic image or recording a video, using film or digital memory.
- bracts
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- steams
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- cambia
-
noun,
a layer of delicate meristematic tissue between the inner bark or phloem and the wood or xylem, which produces new phloem on the outside and new xylem on the inside in stems, roots, etc., originating all secondary growth in plants and forming the annual rings of wood.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- camber
-
noun,
a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- crests
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- camass
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Camassia, of the lily family, especially C. quamash, of western North America, having long clusters of blue to white flowers and edible bulbs.
- Caesar
-
noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- cabers
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- braces
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- barcas
-
noun,
an ancient Carthaginian family to which Hamilcar, Hasdrubal, and Hannibal belonged.
- terat-
-
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- ramate
-
adjective,
having branches; branching out or off.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- masers
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- masais
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- tatars
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- asemia
-
noun,
inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- tatami
-
noun,
(in Japanese houses) any of a number of thick, woven straw mats of uniform dimensions, about three feet by six feet (91 cm by 183 cm), the placing of which determines the dimensions of an interior.
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- tastes
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- Tiamat
-
noun,
an Akkadian goddess, the consort of Apsu and mother of the gods.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- tasset
-
noun,
either of two pieces of plate armor hanging from the fauld to protect the upper parts of the thighs.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- racism
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Mastic
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- Marcia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “warlike.”.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- ambers
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- ambits
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- amebas
-
noun,
any of numerous freshwater, marine, or parasitic one-celled protozoa of the order Amoebida, characterized by a granular nucleus surrounded by a jellylike mass of cytoplasm that forms temporary extensions, or pseudopodia, by which the organism moves, engulfs food particles, and forms food vacuoles.
- amebic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling an ameba.
- mbiras
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- tetra-
-
- Ramses
-
noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- testis
-
noun,
the male gonad or reproductive gland, either of two oval glands located in the scrotum.
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- mattes
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- matter
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- Amrita
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- timber
-
noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- timbre
-
noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- amtrac
-
noun,
amphibian (def 4).
- Arabic
-
noun,
a Semitic language that developed out of the language of the Arabians of the time of Muhammad, now spoken in countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Abbreviation: Ar.
- Arabis
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Arabis, including the rock cresses.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- matri-
-
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- rabats
-
noun,
a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, especially in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- tambac
-
noun,
tombac.
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- tamari
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Tarmac
-
noun,
(lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
- abates
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- Bactra
-
noun,
ancient name of Balkh.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- abases
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade.
- Bairam
-
noun,
ʾId al-Adha.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- tabret
-
noun,
a small tabor.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- ceibas
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- barit.
-
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- Barsac
-
noun,
a village and winegrowing district in Gironde, in SW France.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- abatis
-
noun,
an obstacle or barricade of trees with bent or sharpened branches directed toward an enemy.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- marais
-
noun,
a swamp or bayou.
- abscam
-
noun,
the code name for an FBI investigation (1978–80) of bribery, involving members of Congress.
- recti-
-
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- attars
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- Abrams
-
noun,
an earlier name of Abraham. Gen. 17:5.
- Attica
-
noun,
a region in SE Greece, surrounding Athens: under Athenian rule in ancient times.
- misc.
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- crim.
-
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- mesas
-
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.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- semi-
-
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- mitts
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Rabat
-
noun,
a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, especially in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- cert.
-
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- Seric
-
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Miss.
-
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- sect.
-
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- metr-
-
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- 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.
- meta-
-
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- isbas
-
noun,
izba.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- sarc-
-
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- IATSE
-
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- iambs
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- samba
-
noun,
a rhythmic, Brazilian ballroom dance of African origin.
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- Marat
-
noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- rect.
-
- estab
-
- 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.
- sates
-
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.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Recit
-
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- Samas
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Sabra
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a person born in Israel.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- matte
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- matr-
-
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- Matt.
-
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- matts
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Matthew.
- embar
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- mbira
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- seats
-
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.
- sebi-
-
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- crit.
-
- scat-
-
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- masc.
-
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- scabs
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- Masai
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- scams
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- Massa
-
noun,
marse.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- mast-
-
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- 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)
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Barea
-
noun,
Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Spanish ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Spanish ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1897–1957, Spanish author, critic, lecturer, and broadcaster: in England after 1939.
- Tibet
-
noun,
Also, Thibet. Also called Sitsang, Xizang. Official name Tibet Autonomous Region. an administrative division of China, N of the Himalayas: prior to 1950 a theocracy under the Dalai Lama; the highest country in the world, average elevation about 16,000 feet (4877 meters). 471,660 sq. mi. (1,221,599 sq. km). Capital: Lhasa.
- Basra
-
noun,
a port in SE Iraq, N of the Persian Gulf.
- basis
-
noun,
the bottom or base of anything; the part on which something stands or rests.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- BASIC
-
noun,
Military.
basic training.
a soldier or airman receiving basic training.
- bases
-
noun,
plural of basis.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- Bart.
-
- barms
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- amass
-
verb (used with object),
to gather for oneself; collect as one's own:
- baric
-
adjective,
of or containing barium.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- amate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay; daunt.
- Ceiba
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- Barca
-
noun,
an ancient Carthaginian family to which Hamilcar, Hasdrubal, and Hannibal belonged.
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- ambas
-
noun,
anba.
- basta
-
interjection,
enough; stop.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- ambi-
-
- berms
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Betti
-
noun,
Ugo [oo-gaw] /ˈu gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1953, Italian poet and dramatist.
- Betta
-
noun,
fighting fish.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- aemia
-
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- aeri-
-
- bests
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- basts
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- bemas
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- beams
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- batts
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- Amber
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- Assam
-
noun,
a state in NE India. 30,285 sq. mi. (78,438 sq. km). Capital: Dispur.
- assai
-
noun,
any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- Tatar
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- Arab.
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- tera-
-
- asst.
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- tears
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- term.
-
- 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.
- Baiae
-
noun,
an ancient resort city in SW Italy, near Naples: villas of Caesar, Nero, and Pompey.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- ambit
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- bact.
-
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- ameba
-
noun,
any of numerous freshwater, marine, or parasitic one-celled protozoa of the order Amoebida, characterized by a granular nucleus surrounded by a jellylike mass of cytoplasm that forms temporary extensions, or pseudopodia, by which the organism moves, engulfs food particles, and forms food vacuoles.
- Amer.
-
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tests
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- astr.
-
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- caber
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- abase
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade.
- Abate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- abeam
-
adverb,
Nautical, Aeronautics. at right angles to the fore-and-aft line:
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Stets
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- BSRet
-
- 30-30
-
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- Abram
-
noun,
an earlier name of Abraham. Gen. 17:5.
- BSMet
-
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- treas
-
- Cabet
-
noun,
Étienne [ey-tyen] /eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carib
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- carbs
-
noun,
a carburetor.
- carb-
-
- casas
-
noun,
Bartolomé de las [bahr-taw-law-me th e lahs] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ ðɛ lɑs/ (Show IPA), Las Casas, Bartolomé de.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- simas
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- Camb.
-
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- abstr
-
- Srta.
-
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- acet-
-
- bract
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Brace
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- stats
-
noun,
Also, 'stat. thermostat.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- BMarE
-
- bitts
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- seti-
-
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- ster.
-
- bices
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Brass
-
noun,
any of various metal alloys consisting mainly of copper and zinc.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- stat.
-
- Brit.
-
- setts
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- stabs
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- cata-
-
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- Britt
-
noun,
a turbot of northeastern Atlantic seas.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- brims
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- Bream
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- Brett
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Brice
-
noun,
Fanny (Fannie Borach) 1891–1951, U.S. singer and comedian.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- acerb
-
adjective,
acerbic.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- ter.
-
- Raab
-
noun,
broccoli rabe.
- msec
-
- MSTS
-
- MSSc
-
- MSIE
-
- RIBA
-
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- trit
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Tit.
-
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- tri-
-
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- TRIB
-
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- 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)
- sci.
-
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- SMSA
-
- Sra.
-
- SRAM
-
- SRBM
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- scr.
-
- ScBE
-
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- Ste.
-
- scab
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- SBIC
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- 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.
- SATB
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Sat.
-
- Sem.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- sibs
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- 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.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sec.
-
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- MSBC
-
- SEbS
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- SASE
-
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Tasm
-
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- TCBM
-
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- 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.
- 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.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- tab.
-
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- str.
-
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- Sam.
-
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Saba
-
noun,
an island in the Netherlands Antilles, in the N Leeward Islands. 5 sq. mi. (13 sq. km).
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- Sab.
-
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- MSCE
-
- 1080
-
- MSBA
-
- ates
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- emia
-
- ASSR
-
- ect-
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- att.
-
- atm.
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 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.
- atic
-
- ASME
-
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Crab
-
noun,
any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.
- crat
-
- BRCS
-
- Cres
-
- crib
-
noun,
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- baas
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- art.
-
- Ire.
-
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- IRBM
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ARIS
-
- Arm.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- ICBM
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- IATA
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- iamb
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- IAEA
-
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- asis
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- ESIS
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asc-
-
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- cis-
-
- cir.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- bet.
-
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- BSSE
-
- BSSA
-
- BSRT
-
- BSMT
-
- BSME
-
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- BSIT
-
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- BSIR
-
- BSIE
-
- BSES
-
- BSEM
-
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- BSAA
-
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- brim
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- BRCA
-
noun,
either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- BSAE
-
- BSEc
-
- BSCE
-
- Bram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- BMet
-
- bitt
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- Bess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- berm
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- bams
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- BASc
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- barm
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Bara
-
noun,
Theda [thee-duh] /ˈθi də/ (Show IPA), (Theodosia Goodman) 1890–1955, U.S. actress.
- bar.
-
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- BEMA
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- beam
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- MSAE
-
- batt
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Bass
-
noun,
the bass part.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- meas
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- aer-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- Mar.
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- aet.
-
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Mac-
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Abas
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- ABCs
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- mitt
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mis-
-
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- abr.
-
- 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.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- abs-
-
- Mic.
-
- mibs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- acea
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- met.
-
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- 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-
-
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- AMBA
-
noun,
anba.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Aire
-
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- amt.
-
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- AIME
-
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- 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.
- 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.
- BME
-
- STM
-
- ARS
-
- Am.
-
- bi-
-
- TSE
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- BRE
-
- ABM
-
- AMS
-
- STI
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TSI
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- bec
-
- TCS
-
- TSS
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- ab-
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- STB
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- Ar.
-
- BMI
-
- AAE
-
- AAM
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- Aar
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- BMR
-
- BIE
-
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- ABA
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- BMS
-
- BMT
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- AIA
-
- ac-
-
- TCA
-
- ATA
-
- BCS
-
- BSC
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- Bac
-
- ast
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Br.
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- AIC
-
- BSS
-
- ASR
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- BEM
-
- be-
-
- BCE
-
- BAA
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- at.
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ATC
-
- ATB
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Tbi
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- abt
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- TBA
-
- asb
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AME
-
- ase
-
- AMC
-
- TIA
-
- ASI
-
- ASM
-
- ACS
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ae.
-
- AEA
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- AEC
-
- BAM
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- Amb
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- CAB
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- BRM
-
- Rs.
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- SAA
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- RMC
-
- ise
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- MBE
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- Mc-
-
- Me.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISA
-
- 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.
- ics
-
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ESR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- BRT
-
- SAR
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Ia.
-
- IAS
-
- ib.
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ier
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- SAE
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- IRS
-
- MSC
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- SBA
-
- RCS
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- MIE
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIT
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RMA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- Re.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- MIB
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- MTS
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- MRA
-
- MST
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- MSI
-
- MSE
-
- MSA
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- 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.
- MCI
-
- MAA
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Mab
-
noun,
Queen Mab.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- 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.
- MCR
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- RCA
-
- RBI
-
- RBC
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- 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.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- mi.
-
- sb.
-
- TTS
-
- SBE
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- CBE
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ct.
-
- CAA
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- CAI
-
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- SMA
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- CBS
-
- CEA
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- CIA
-
- CIB
-
- CIE
-
- CIM
-
- ca.
-
- BTE
-
- CMA
-
- SSC
-
- BSA
-
- BSE
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSR
-
- SSM
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- SSB
-
- Bt.
-
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- SRS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRB
-
- Sr.
-
- SMS
-
- BSM
-
- SMB
-
- BST
-
- 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).
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- EMR
-
- SCM
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- 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.
- EAM
-
- EAA
-
- ec-
-
- ea.
-
- ECA
-
- ECM
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- SCS
-
- EBS
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- cte
-
- sc.
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- CSA
-
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- EMT
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- se-
-
- SCB
-
- ic
-
- RC
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- RI
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- R.
-
- TC
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- 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.
- TT
-
- CB
-
- Eb
-
- t.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MB
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- BM
-
- S.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- TB
-
- SA
-
- B-
-
- SM
-
- EI
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TM
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- BC
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- CM
-
- CE
-
- M.
-
- i.
-