Anagrams of seronegative
Word seronegative has
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- gravestone
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noun,
a stone marking a grave, usually giving the name, date of death, etc., of the person buried there.
- Negritoes
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- enervates
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adjective,
enervated.
- venerates
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verb (used with object),
to regard or treat with reverence; revere.
- negatives
-
noun,
a negative statement, answer, word, gesture, etc.:
- renovates
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adjective,
Archaic. renovated.
- generates
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verb (used with object),
to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- grievants
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noun,
a person who submits a complaint for arbitration.
- stingaree
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noun,
a stingray.
- Stevenage
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noun,
a town in N Hertfordshire, in SE England.
- teenagers
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noun,
a person in his or her teens.
- vertigoes
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noun,
a dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being in tilting or spinning surroundings.
- agentives
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noun,
an agentive word or suffix.
- invertase
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noun,
an enzyme, occurring in yeast and in the digestive juices of animals, that causes the inversion of cane sugar into invert sugar.
- sovereign
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noun,
a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- agentries
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noun,
the profession, business, or activities of an agent:
- vintagers
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noun,
a person who helps in the harvest of grapes for winemaking.
- sea-green
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noun,
a clear, light, bluish green.
- ravigotes
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noun,
a highly seasoned velouté with white wine and vinegar, butter, cream, and mushrooms cooked in liquor, usually served hot with variety meats and poultry.
- energies
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noun,
the capacity for vigorous activity; available power:
- eversion
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noun,
a turning or being turned outward or inside out.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- grievant
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noun,
a person who submits a complaint for arbitration.
- revenges
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noun,
the act of revenging; retaliation for injuries or wrongs; vengeance.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- genitors
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- gentries
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noun,
wellborn and well-bred people.
- ergative
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noun,
the ergative case.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- greatens
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- venerate
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verb (used with object),
to regard or treat with reverence; revere.
- anergies
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noun,
Pathology. deficiency of energy.
- egestion
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noun,
the process of egesting; the voiding of the refuse of digestion.
- veneries
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noun,
the gratification of sexual desire.
- segreant
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adjective,
(of a griffin) rampant.
- Negritos
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- envisage
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verb (used with object),
to contemplate; visualize:
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- ingrates
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- eateries
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noun,
a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.
- Gonaives
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noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, between the two peninsulas of W Haiti.
- Sergeant
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noun,
a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- argento-
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- sagenite
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noun,
a variety of rutile occurring as needlelike crystals embedded in quartz.
- enervate
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adjective,
enervated.
- enargite
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noun,
a mineral, copper arsenic and sulfide, Cu 3 AsS 4 , occurring in the form of black orthorhombic crystals having perfect cleavage: an important source of copper.
- gantries
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noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- organist
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noun,
a person who plays the organ.
- tragions
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noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- aversion
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noun,
a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to):
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- teenager
-
noun,
a person in his or her teens.
- roasting
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noun,
a severely critical notice or review; pan.
- steerage
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noun,
a part or division of a ship, formerly the part containing the steering apparatus.
- ganister
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noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- graviton
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noun,
the theoretical quantum of gravitation, usually assumed to be an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of two.
- estragon
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noun,
tarragon.
- vintages
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noun,
the wine from a particular harvest or crop.
- generate
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verb (used with object),
to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- negative
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noun,
a negative statement, answer, word, gesture, etc.:
- overeats
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verb (used with object),
to eat more than is good for (oneself):
- Veronese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Verona.
- vintager
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noun,
a person who helps in the harvest of grapes for winemaking.
- vinegars
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noun,
a sour liquid consisting of dilute and impure acetic acid, obtained by acetous fermentation from wine, cider, beer, ale, or the like: used as a condiment, preservative, etc.
- reagents
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noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- sirvente
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noun,
a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.
- snot-rag
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noun,
a handkerchief.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- vertigos
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noun,
a dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being in tilting or spinning surroundings.
- agentive
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noun,
an agentive word or suffix.
- naivetes
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noun,
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
- granites
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- renovate
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adjective,
Archaic. renovated.
- grantees
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noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- etageres
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noun,
a stand with a series of open shelves for small objects, bric-a-brac, etc.
- overages
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noun,
an excess supply of merchandise.
- estrange
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verb (used with object),
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
- estrogen
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noun,
any of several major female sex hormones produced primarily by the ovarian follicles of female mammals, capable of inducing estrus, developing and maintaining secondary female sex characteristics, and preparing the uterus for the reception of a fertilized egg: used, especially in synthetic form, as a component of oral contraceptives, in certain cancer treatments, and in other therapies.
- steering
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noun,
the discriminatory practice by a real estate agent of maneuvering a client from a minority group away from considering a home in a white neighborhood.
- virgates
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noun,
an early English measure of land of varying extent, usually considered equivalent to a quarter of a hide, or about 30 acres (12 hectares).
- ravigote
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noun,
a highly seasoned velouté with white wine and vinegar, butter, cream, and mushrooms cooked in liquor, usually served hot with variety meats and poultry.
- astringe
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- ventages
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noun,
a small hole or vent, as one of the fingerholes of a flute.
- viragoes
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noun,
a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew.
- votaries
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noun,
a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.
- resignee
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noun,
a person who has resigned or is about to resign.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- eatings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- garnets
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noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- naivete
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noun,
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
- gearset
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noun,
a combination of gears that mesh to provide a particular gear ratio.
- Avertin
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- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- soaring
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noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- sorting
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noun,
the process by which sedimentary particles become separated according to some particular characteristic, as size or shape.
- Signora
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- Sievert
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noun,
the standard unit in the International System of Units (SI) of dose equivalent having the same biological effect as one joule of x-rays per kilogram of recipient mass (or one gray):
Abbreviation: Sv.
- gastrin
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noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- gastro-
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- Negroes
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noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Negrito
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- Sevener
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noun,
Ismaʿilian.
- earings
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noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- Servite
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noun,
a member of an order of mendicant friars, founded in Florence in 1233, engaged in fostering devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- serving
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that serves.
- natives
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noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- garotes
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- servant
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noun,
a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
- signore
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noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
- seringa
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noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- negates
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verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- easting
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noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- nervate
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adjective,
(of leaves) having veins.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- Sevigne
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noun,
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal [ma-ree duh ra-by-tan-shahn-tal] /maˈri də ra bü tɛ̃ ʃɑ̃ˈtal/ (Show IPA), Marquise de, 1626–96, French writer, especially of letters.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- Segovia
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noun,
Andrés [ahn-dres] /ɑnˈdrɛs/ (Show IPA), 1893–87, Spanish guitarist.
- reginas
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noun,
queen.
- Erigena
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noun,
Johannes Scotus [joh-han-eez skoh-tuh s,, -han-is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz ˈskoʊ təs,, -ˈhæn ɪs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c810–c877, Irish philosopher and theologian.
- Erigone
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noun,
a daughter of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus who hanged herself when Orestes was acquitted of the murder of her parents.
- re-sign
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verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- 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.
- ovaries
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the female gonad or reproductive gland, in which the ova and the hormones that regulate female secondary sex characteristics develop.
- overage
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noun,
an excess supply of merchandise.
- evasion
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noun,
an act or instance of escaping, avoiding, or shirking something:
- reneges
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noun,
Cards. an act or instance of reneging.
- overate
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verb,
simple past tense of overeat.
- erosive
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adjective,
serving to erode; causing erosion.
- overeat
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verb (used with object),
to eat more than is good for (oneself):
- Reigate
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noun,
a city in Surrey in SE England, a London suburb.
- oversea
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) countries or territories across the sea or ocean.
- restive
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adjective,
impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
- oversee
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verb (used with object),
to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage:
- regains
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noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- overset
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noun,
the act or fact of oversetting; upset; overturn.
- reagins
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noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- eserine
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noun,
physostigmine.
- reagent
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noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- ravings
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noun,
Usually, ravings.
irrational, incoherent talk:
wildly extravagant or outrageous talk; bombast.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- estrone
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- etagere
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noun,
a stand with a series of open shelves for small objects, bric-a-brac, etc.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- resting
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- ergotin
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noun,
any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
- gaiters
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noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- entrees
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noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- seating
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noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Seagirt
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noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- onagers
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noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- gainers
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- onstage
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adverb,
on or onto the stage (opposed to offstage): .
- engrave
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verb (used with object),
to chase (letters, designs, etc.) on a hard surface, as of metal, stone, or the end grain of wood:
- Sargent
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noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- enrages
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- entero-
-
- rovings
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noun,
a soft strand of fiber that has been twisted, attenuated, and freed of foreign matter preparatory to its conversion into yarn.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- Everest
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noun,
Mount, a mountain in S Asia, on the boundary between Nepal and Tibet, in the Himalayas: the highest mountain in the world. 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
- roseate
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adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- enviers
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noun,
a person who feels envy.
- rivages
-
noun,
a bank, shore, or coast.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- revenge
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noun,
the act of revenging; retaliation for injuries or wrongs; vengeance.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- retenes
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- origans
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noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- ergates
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noun,
a worker ant.
- orgeats
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- grivets
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noun,
a small Abyssinian monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, with a grayish back, gray tail, black face, and dark extremities.
- greaten
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- veneers
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noun,
a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood.
- veeries
-
noun,
a thrush, Catharus fuscescens, common in the eastern and northern U.S., noted for its song.
- greaves
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noun,
crackling (def 3).
- greenie
-
noun,
Slang. an amphetamine pill, especially one that is green in color.
- vagino-
-
- greisen
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noun,
a hydrothermally altered rock of granitic texture composed chiefly of quartz and mica, common in the tin mines of Europe.
- trigons
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noun,
a triangle.
- antero-
-
- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- trigone
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noun,
Also, trigonum. Anatomy.
a triangular part or area.
the area on the floor of the urinary bladder between the opening of the urethra in front and the two ureters at the sides.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- triages
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- gravies
-
noun,
the fat and juices that drip from cooking meat, often thickened, seasoned, flavored, etc., and used as a sauce for meat, potatoes, rice, etc.
- Treviso
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- Trevino
-
noun,
Lee ("Super Mex") born 1939, U.S. golfer.
- stearo-
-
- arenose
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adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- travois
-
noun,
a transport device, formerly used by the Plains Indians, consisting of two poles joined by a frame and drawn by an animal.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Gervais
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an unsalted French cream cheese made from whole milk and cream.
- argents
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- tragion
-
noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- gerents
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- Venetia
-
noun,
an ancient district in NE Italy: later a Roman province bounded by the Alps, the Po River, and the Adriatic Sea.
- ventage
-
noun,
a small hole or vent, as one of the fingerholes of a flute.
- Argovie
-
noun,
French name of Aargau.
- version
-
noun,
a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account:
- goiters
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- governs
-
verb (used with object),
to rule over by right of authority:
- virgate
-
noun,
an early English measure of land of varying extent, usually considered equivalent to a quarter of a hide, or about 30 acres (12 hectares).
- granite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- viragos
-
noun,
a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew.
- vintage
-
noun,
the wine from a particular harvest or crop.
- vinegar
-
noun,
a sour liquid consisting of dilute and impure acetic acid, obtained by acetous fermentation from wine, cider, beer, ale, or the like: used as a condiment, preservative, etc.
- grantee
-
noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- veteran
-
noun,
a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like:
- vesting
-
noun,
cloth that is usually of medium or heavy weight and has figures or ridges, as piqué, jacquard, dobby silk, or Bedford cord, originally used for decorative vests and now also for a variety of other garments.
- vestige
-
noun,
a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence:
- vertigo
-
noun,
a dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being in tilting or spinning surroundings.
- versine
-
noun,
versed sine.
- venters
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- versant
-
noun,
a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.
- gratine
-
verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- verites
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- gratins
-
noun,
au gratin.
- veritas
-
noun,
truth.
- agonies
-
noun,
extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- agonist
-
noun,
a person engaged in a contest, conflict, struggle, etc., especially the protagonist in a literary work.
- veriest
-
adverb,
in a high degree; extremely; exceedingly:
- Vereins
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- ventro-
-
- Ventris
-
noun,
Michael George Francis, 1922–56, English architect and linguist.
- ventri-
-
- Ventose
-
noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the sixth month of the year, extending from February 19 to March 20.
- ignores
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- Tangier
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- genoise
-
noun,
a light yellow cake made with eggs and butter and typically layered, filled, and frosted or made into petits fours for serving.
- tensive
-
adjective,
stretching or straining.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- genito-
-
- arseno-
-
- inverse
-
noun,
an inverted state or condition.
- teeners
-
noun,
a teenager.
- teenage
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a teenager.
- stinger
-
noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- storage
-
noun,
the act of storing; state or fact of being stored:
- tearing
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Genoese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Genoa.
- strange
-
adverb,
in a strange manner.
- genevas
-
noun,
Hollands.
- integer
-
noun,
Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero.
Compare whole number.
- Genista
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- genitor
-
noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- ingrate
-
noun,
an ungrateful person.
- sterno-
-
- Sverige
-
noun,
Swedish name of Sweden.
- inverts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- Geraint
-
noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- avenges
-
verb (used with object),
to take vengeance or exact satisfaction for:
- ingates
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- ingesta
-
plural noun,
substances ingested.
- ratings
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- aristo-
-
- stereo-
-
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- intra-
-
- govern
-
verb (used with object),
to rule over by right of authority:
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- graven
-
verb,
a past participle of grave3 .
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- Graves
-
noun,
a wine-growing district in Gironde department, in SW France.
- instr.
-
- intro.
-
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- grano-
-
- navies
-
noun,
the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- navig.
-
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- ovines
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- invert
-
noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- grani-
-
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- invest
-
verb (used with object),
to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- native
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- invars
-
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- grease
-
noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- groins
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- groats
-
noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- Nevers
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nièvre, in central France, on the Loire River: Romanesque church.
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- ingots
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- Groves
-
noun,
Leslie Richard, 1896–1970, U.S. general.
- groans
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitro-
-
- iatro-
-
- Nivose
-
noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fourth month of the year, extending from December 21 to January 19.
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- Negros
-
noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- greens
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Greats
-
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- greave
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the leg between the knee and the ankle, usually composed of front and back pieces.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Greene
-
noun,
Graham, 1904–91, English novelist and journalist.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- greets
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- origan
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- Grieve
-
verb (used with object),
to distress mentally; cause to feel grief or sorrow:
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- griots
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- inorg.
-
- Grison
-
noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- grivet
-
noun,
a small Abyssinian monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, with a grayish back, gray tail, black face, and dark extremities.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tinges
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Tongas
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trans.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Travis
-
noun,
William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- teener
-
noun,
a teenager.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- strive
-
verb (used without object),
to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
- stiver
-
noun,
Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Stover
-
noun,
coarse roughage used as feed for livestock.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Strega
-
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- string
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- Strong
-
Idioms,
come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- strove
-
verb,
simple past tense of strive.
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tangos
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- tarso-
-
- tavern
-
noun,
a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Stevin
-
noun,
Simon [see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
- viator
-
noun,
a wayfarer; traveler.
- verges
-
noun,
the edge, rim, or margin of something:
- verite
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- Vernet
-
noun,
Claude Joseph [klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1714–89, French painter.
- Verona
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- verset
-
noun,
Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
- vestee
-
noun,
a decorative front piece worn under a woman's jacket or blouse so as to be visible at the neckline.
- vetoes
-
noun,
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- vigors
-
noun,
active strength or force.
- ventr-
-
- virago
-
noun,
a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew.
- vireos
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- virgas
-
noun,
streaks of water drops or ice particles falling out of a cloud and evaporating before reaching the ground (distinguished from praecipitatio).
- virgos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Virgin, a zodiacal constellation between Leo and Libra, containing the bright star Spica.
- visage
-
noun,
the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.; countenance.
- voters
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- V-sign
-
noun,
a sign of victory formed by the raised index and middle fingers.
- Verein
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- venter
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- Vanier
-
noun,
Georges P [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1967, Canadian soldier and diplomat: governor-general 1959–67.
- trigos
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- troves
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- Tsonga
-
noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa.
- Varese
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Milan.
- venose
-
adjective,
having many or prominent veins.
- varies
-
verb (used with object),
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
- vario-
-
- veenas
-
noun,
vina.
- vegans
-
noun,
a vegetarian who omits all animal products from the diet.
- veneer
-
noun,
a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood.
- Veneti
-
noun,
Also, Venetia. Also called Veneto [ve-ne-taw] /ˈvɛ nɛ tɔ/ (Show IPA). a region in NE Italy. 7095 sq. mi. (18,375 sq. km).
- venges
-
verb (used with object),
to avenge.
- Venite
-
noun,
the 95th Psalm (94th in the Vulgate and Douay), used as a canticle at matins or morning prayers.
- stingo
-
noun,
strong beer.
- Stevia
-
noun,
a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
- Ravens
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- Saigon
-
noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- revets
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- revise
-
noun,
an act of revising.
- rivage
-
noun,
a bank, shore, or coast.
- rivets
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- roving
-
noun,
a soft strand of fiber that has been twisted, attenuated, and freed of foreign matter preparatory to its conversion into yarn.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- sarong
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- saving
-
noun,
a reduction or lessening of expenditure or outlay:
- revest
-
verb (used with object),
to vest (a person) again, as with ownership or office; reinvest; reinstate.
- retene
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- Savoie
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2389 sq. mi. (6185 sq. km). Capital: Chambéry.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- ravine
-
noun,
a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
- raving
-
noun,
Usually, ravings.
irrational, incoherent talk:
wildly extravagant or outrageous talk; bombast.
- ravins
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Regain
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- regent
-
noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- renege
-
noun,
Cards. an act or instance of reneging.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- renvoi
-
noun,
the expulsion by a government of an alien, especially a foreign diplomat, from the country.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Savior
-
noun,
a person who saves, rescues, or delivers:
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Steven
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Sontag
-
noun,
Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.
- Signor
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- soever
-
adverb,
at all; in any case; of any kind; in any way (used with generalizing force after who, what, when, where, how, any, all, etc., sometimes separated by intervening words):
- soigne
-
adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- Soviet
-
noun,
(before the revolution) any governmental council.
(after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration.
(after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- sovran
-
noun, adjective,
sovereign.
- starve
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
- steeve
-
noun,
a long derrick or spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cargo in a ship's hold.
- stego-
-
- steno-
-
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- signet
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- signee
-
noun,
a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
- Seaver
-
noun,
(George) Thomas ("Tom"; "Tom Terrific") born 1944, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- Seeger
-
noun,
Alan, 1888–1916, U.S. poet.
- seeing
-
noun,
the act of a person who sees.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- senega
-
noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- sevier
-
noun,
John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Serene
-
noun,
serenity; tranquillity.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- Servia
-
noun,
former name of Serbia.
- servo-
-
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- severe
-
adjective,
harsh; unnecessarily extreme:
- Severn
-
noun,
a river in Great Britain, flowing from central Wales through W England into the Bristol Channel. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- goners
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- Gonave
-
noun,
Also called Gonâve Island. an island in the Gulf of Gonaïves, in W Haiti. 287 sq. mi. (743 sq. km).
- Ariege
-
noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- Argive
-
noun,
a native of Argos.
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- argons
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- argots
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- Anvers
-
noun,
French name of Antwerp.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- evites
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- everts
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Evarts
-
noun,
William Maxwell, 1818–1901, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- arsen-
-
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- agrees
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- genoas
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- genit.
-
- genies
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- Geneve
-
noun,
French name of Geneva.
- Geneva
-
noun,
Hollands.
- genets
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- agron.
-
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- angio-
-
- aniso-
-
- gators
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- gastr-
-
- Gaston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- garote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- gerent
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- eagers
-
noun,
eagre.
- entree
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- avoir.
-
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- enter-
-
- enrage
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- egrets
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- envier
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- egoist
-
noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- eagres
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- Egesta
-
noun,
matter egested from the body, as excrement or other waste.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- averts
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- envies
-
noun,
a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
- etrogs
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- eterne
-
adjective,
eternal.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Erving
-
noun,
Julius Winfield ("Dr. J") born 1950, U.S. basketball player.
- Ervine
-
noun,
St. John Greer [greer] /grɪər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1971, Irish dramatist and novelist.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- astro-
-
- astron
-
- Erivan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- Eogene
-
adjective, noun,
(formerly) Paleogene.
- ergots
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- Erevan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- avenge
-
verb (used with object),
to take vengeance or exact satisfaction for:
- Averno
-
noun,
a crater lake in S Italy, near Naples and the Tyrrhenian Sea, thought by ancients to be the entrance to the underworld.
- averse
-
adjective,
having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc.; opposed:
- Genova
-
noun,
Italian name of Genoa.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Aeetes
-
noun,
a king of Colchis, father of Medea and custodian of the Golden Fleece.
- goiter
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- Gesner
-
noun,
Konrad von [kon-rad von;; German kawn-raht fuh n] /ˈkɒn ræd vɒn;; German ˈkɔn rɑt fən/ (Show IPA), 1516–65, Swiss naturalist.
- givens
-
noun,
an established fact, condition, factor, etc.
- goaves
-
noun,
plural of goaf.
- goatee
-
noun,
a man's beard trimmed to a tuft or point on the chin.
- aeron.
-
- gisant
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Oveta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- overt
-
adjective,
open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret:
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- overs
-
noun,
an amount in excess or addition; extra.
- Evang
-
- Evans
-
noun,
Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
- teno-
-
- evase
-
adjective,
widened at the top, as a vase or chimney flue.
- ovine
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- over-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- ovate
-
adjective,
egg-shaped.
- evens
-
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Govt.
-
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- soave
-
noun,
a dry, white wine from Verona, Italy.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- arvos
-
noun,
afternoon.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- tears
-
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- oste-
-
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- aeri-
-
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- gains
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- sito-
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- ogive
-
noun,
Architecture.
a diagonal vaulting rib.
a pointed arch.
- ogees
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Sivan
-
noun,
the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
- orig.
-
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- event
-
noun,
something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, especially one of some importance.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Evers
-
noun,
(James) Charles, born 1922, U.S. civil-rights leader.
- Evert
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Evita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
- evite
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Evora
-
noun,
a city in central Portugal: Roman ruins; cathedral.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- 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.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- Oreg.
-
- sanit
-
- sero-
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- ento-
-
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- ster.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- revet
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Steve
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Steven or Stephen.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- ative
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- ergo-
-
- ation
-
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- viron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- stge.
-
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- avens
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Geum, of the rose family, having yellow, white, or red flowers.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Srta.
-
- VISTA
-
noun,
a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- rivet
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- riven
-
verb,
a past participle of rive.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- visor
-
noun,
Armor.
(on a close helmet) a piece having slits or holes for vision, situated above and pivoted with a beaver or a ventail and beaver.
a similar piece of plate having holes or slits for vision and breathing, attached to or used with any of various other helmets, as the armet, sallet, basinet, or helm.
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- avert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- stave
-
noun,
one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- avers
-
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- vireo
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- grave
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- Reeve
-
noun,
an administrative officer of a town or district.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Reave
-
verb (used with object),
to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- ErvIn
-
noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- tangs
-
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- ravin
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Raven
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Given
-
noun,
an established fact, condition, factor, etc.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- stove
-
noun,
a portable or fixed apparatus that furnishes heat for warmth, cooking, etc., commonly using coal, oil, gas, wood, or electricity as a source of power.
- Virgo
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Virgin, a zodiacal constellation between Leo and Libra, containing the bright star Spica.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- virga
-
noun,
streaks of water drops or ice particles falling out of a cloud and evaporating before reaching the ground (distinguished from praecipitatio).
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- reni-
-
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Renee
-
noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- reive
-
verb (used with or without object),
to rob; plunder.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- astr.
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Regt.
-
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- aviso
-
noun,
a boat used especially for carrying dispatches; dispatch boat.
- roves
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- vegas
-
noun,
Astronomy. a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Lyra.
- sever
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- veins
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Segre
-
noun,
Emilio [uh-mee-lee-oh,, uh-meel-yoh;; Italian e-mee-lyaw] /əˈmi liˌoʊ,, əˈmil yoʊ;; Italian ɛˈmi lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1989, U.S. physicist, born in Italy: Nobel prize 1959.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Vener
-
noun,
Vänern.
- voter
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- seven
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
- Iran.
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- venge
-
verb (used with object),
to avenge.
- veni-
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- egest
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- egers
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- invt.
-
- vegan
-
noun,
a vegetarian who omits all animal products from the diet.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- geese
-
noun,
a plural of goose.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- sieve
-
noun,
an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- vairs
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- naive
-
adjective,
having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- vangs
-
noun,
a rope extending from the peak of a gaff to the ship's rail or to a mast, used to steady the gaff.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- Vanir
-
noun,
a race of gods, first in conflict with the Aesir, later allied with them. They function as fertility divinities and include Njord, Frey, and Freyja.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- vari-
-
- veers
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- Vigor
-
noun,
active strength or force.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- siege
-
noun,
the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- vaso-
-
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- veena
-
noun,
vina.
- angi-
-
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- 30-30
-
- serve
-
noun,
the act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- votes
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- verse
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a stanza.
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- IATSE
-
- verso
-
noun,
a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- verst
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Verne
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1828–1905, French novelist.
- Serge
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- verts
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Vesta
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- Serov
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ural Mountains.
- veter
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- Grove
-
noun,
a small wood or forested area, usually with no undergrowth:
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Verna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- geste
-
noun,
gest.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- Invar
-
- vents
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- vigas
-
noun,
a rough-hewn beam, usually of fir, used to support the roof in adobe construction.
- seti-
-
- intr.
-
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- agro-
-
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- inst.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Verge
-
noun,
the edge, rim, or margin of something:
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- naso-
-
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- novas
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- nitr-
-
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- vogie
-
adjective,
conceited; proud.
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- Novia
-
noun,
a fiancée or bride.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- Sino-
-
- engr.
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- nieve
-
noun,
Archaic Northern British and Scot. Dialect. a clenched or closed hand; fist.
- vinas
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Nevis
-
noun,
one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
Compare St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- never
-
Idioms,
never mind, don't bother; don't concern yourself.
- tonia
-
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- areo-
-
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- vino-
-
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- treas
-
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- grees
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- aero-
-
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- trave
-
noun,
a crossbeam.
- 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.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trig.
-
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- vinos
-
noun,
wine; specifically, red Italian wine, as chianti.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- nears
-
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- trove
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Gavin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- anis-
-
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- nerve
-
noun,
one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
- savin
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
- Nerva
-
noun,
Marcus Cocceius [kok-see-yuh s] /kɒkˈsi yəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 32?–98, emperor of Rome 96–98.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- ante-
-
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Neiva
-
noun,
a city in W Colombia.
- sing.
-
- tongs
-
noun,
any of various implements consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted, or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding, or lifting something (usually used with pair of).
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- savor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Negev
-
noun,
a partially reclaimed desert region and district in S Israel, bordering on the Sinai Peninsula. 4700 sq. mi. (12,173 sq. km). Capital: Beersheba.
- avg.
-
- Aves
-
noun,
a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- serv
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Vote
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- Sig.
-
- Vito
-
noun,
a male given name.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- avn.
-
- avos
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Soni
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Seve
-
noun,
the characteristic flavor and body of a wine.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Avon
-
noun,
a river in central England, flowing SE past Stratford-on-Avon to the Severn. 96 miles (155 km) long.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Avis
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- 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.
- Siva
-
noun,
Shiva.
- VITA
-
noun,
curriculum vitae (def 1).
- vets
-
noun,
veterinarian.
- Sra.
-
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- Vega
-
noun,
Astronomy. a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Lyra.
- vees
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- veer
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- Vat.
-
- VAST
-
noun,
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
- vase
-
noun,
a vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration.
- vas-
-
- vars
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- var.
-
- vang
-
noun,
a rope extending from the peak of a gaff to the ship's rail or to a mast, used to steady the gaff.
- Vane
-
noun,
weather vane.
- vair
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- vain
-
Idioms,
in vain,
without effect or avail; to no purpose:
in an improper or irreverent manner:
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Ven.
-
- ano-
-
- tron
-
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- tRNA
-
- vin-
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- Vina
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- VINE
-
noun,
any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
- tri-
-
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- Vena
-
noun,
a vein.
- Arg.
-
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- veto
-
noun,
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- aet.
-
- vet.
-
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- vest
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- vert
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- vers
-
- agit
-
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- agr.
-
- vias
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- viga
-
noun,
a rough-hewn beam, usually of fir, used to support the roof in adobe construction.
- Vigo
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jean Almereyda) 1905–34, French film director.
- agst
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Vent
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Veno
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- trav
-
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Arvo
-
noun,
afternoon.
- tavs
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Virg
-
- str.
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- stg.
-
- visa
-
noun,
an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- vise
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- ator
-
- Ave.
-
- Ste.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- 1080
-
- 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.
- art.
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- Vins
-
noun,
wine.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tion
-
- ARIS
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- aer-
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ter.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- eso-
-
- Gen.
-
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Ravi
-
noun,
a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- Ire.
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- iso-
-
- ovi-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- oven
-
noun,
a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
- inae
-
- ign.
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Reg.
-
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Ger.
-
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- NIRA
-
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- inv.
-
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- Evan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- 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.
- ergs
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- neo-
-
- NTIA
-
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Novi
-
noun,
a town in SE Michigan.
- Nova
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- Nov.
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- nos-
-
- Nev.
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- Neva
-
noun,
a river in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from Lake Ladoga through St. Petersburg into the Gulf of Finland: canalized for ships. 40 miles (65 km) long.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Neve
-
noun,
granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Ivan
-
noun,
iwan.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ever
-
Idioms,
ever and again, now and then; from time to time.
Also, Literary, ever and anon.
- Ivor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- org.
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- ogee
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Ont.
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- gave
-
noun,
the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nav.
-
- nave
-
noun,
the principal longitudinal area of a church, extending from the main entrance or narthex to the chancel, usually flanked by aisles of less height and breadth: generally used only by the congregation.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- geo-
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gres
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- rove
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Eng.
-
- 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.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Ens.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Sat.
-
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- give
-
noun,
the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- 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.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Save
-
noun,
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
- gras
-
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- gro.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- riv.
-
- 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.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- rit.
-
- gon-
-
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- eave
-
noun,
Usually, eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Rev.
-
- 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.
- IEEE
-
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- RONA
-
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Gov.
-
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- RNAS
-
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- ag-
-
- VTO
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NIA
-
- 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.
- VOR
-
- Vte
-
- TVA
-
- av.
-
- Von
-
preposition,
from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility):
- NES
-
- vog
-
noun,
air pollution containing gases and particles from a volcanic eruption combined with moisture from fog to create an unpleasant atmospheric cloud.
- Va.
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Tro
-
- TSI
-
- VOA
-
- Gr.
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- NEA
-
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- ne-
-
- Ar.
-
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- vo.
-
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- an.
-
- Vt.
-
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- TSE
-
- vs.
-
- ITA
-
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- GSA
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Via
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Agt
-
- VGA
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- Ges
-
- Ver
-
- GSR
-
- 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.
- gt.
-
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- ing
-
- ine
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- GTO
-
- GTS
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ia.
-
- in.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- IOT
-
- Ir.
-
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- ISV
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ae.
-
- VAN
-
noun,
the foremost or front division of an army, a fleet, or any group leading an advance or in position to lead an advance.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- Iva
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- ITV
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Vee
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- gre
-
- ite
-
- ier
-
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- ist
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- veg
-
noun,
a vegetable.
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- ISR
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- ANG
-
- IRO
-
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- GeV
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ATV
-
- at.
-
- STI
-
- 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.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- a-v
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- EOE
-
- RNA
-
- ROA
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ASV
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ROG
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ETO
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- REA
-
- ASI
-
- ESR
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ese
-
- ESA
-
- aor
-
- ERT
-
- ASN
-
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- SVR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- STV
-
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- ERV
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- 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.
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- se-
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- eo-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- eir
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Sgt
-
- en-
-
- ean
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- EEO
-
- EEG
-
- EEE
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- 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).
- EIS
-
- Eg.
-
- ROI
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- env
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Avi
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- RSV
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- ene
-
- Avo
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- RTS
-
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- SAE
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ETR
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ase
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Tiv
-
noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- OIt
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- Tav
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- gi.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Ga.
-
- TIA
-
- TGV
-
- Tng
-
- OIr
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- nr.
-
- 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.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- NRA
-
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- NSA
-
- OSA
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- TGN
-
- VTR
-
noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- ETS
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Re.
-
- ETV
-
- EVA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- Eve
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
- Ova
-
noun,
plural of ovum.
- SAR
-
- ARS
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- rag
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noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ov-
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- OTS
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- ote
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- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- OTA
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- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ot-
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- tea
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noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- evg
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- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orv
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- ARV
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noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- ose
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- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- EI
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- OA
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- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- RI
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- OG
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- EV
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- O.
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- VN
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- NV
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- RN
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- T1
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- N.
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- AO
-
- V.
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- IV
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noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- rg
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- i.
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- NG
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- NI
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- RO
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- G.
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- IG
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- VR
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- VI
-
- VG
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- gv
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- TV
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noun,
television.
- TG
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- RV
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- S.
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- SA
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- SG
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- SV
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- TN
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- R.
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- SN
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- t.
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- GN
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
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- GO
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noun,
the act of going: