Anagrams of steam-turbine
Word steam-turbine has
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- terminates
-
verb (used with object),
to bring to an end; put an end to:
- Baumeister
-
noun,
Willi [vil-ee] /ˈvɪl i/ (Show IPA), 1889–1955, German painter.
- menstruate
-
verb (used without object),
to undergo menstruation.
- subnitrate
-
noun,
a basic salt of nitric acid.
- martensite
-
noun,
a metastable microconstituent of any of various forms of carbon steel, produced by undercooling sufficiently below the normal transformation temperature, especially a hard, brittle product of the decomposition of austenite, produced in this way.
- intubates
-
verb (used with object),
to insert a tube into (the larynx or the like).
- mutineers
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noun,
a person who mutinies.
- martinets
-
noun,
a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
- abutments
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noun,
Architecture, Civil Engineering.
a masonry mass supporting and receiving the thrust of part of an arch or vault.
a force that serves to abut an arch or vault.
a mass, as of masonry, receiving the arch, beam, truss, etc., at each end of a bridge.
a mass or structure for resisting the pressure of water on a bridge, pier, or the like.
each of the parts of a canyon or the like receiving the thrusts of an arch dam.
a structure for absorbing tensions from reinforcing strands for concrete being prestressed.
- braunites
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noun,
an ore of manganese, 3Mn 2 O 3 ⋅MnSiO 3 .
- turbinate
-
noun,
a turbinate shell.
- brunettes
-
noun,
a person, especially a female, with such coloration.
- Marinette
-
noun,
a city in NE Wisconsin.
- beatinest
-
adjective,
most remarkable or unusual:
- antimeres
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- antiserum
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noun,
a serum containing antibodies, as antitoxins or agglutinins, obtained by inoculation of animals and used for injection into other animals to provide immunity to a specific disease.
- urbanites
-
noun,
a resident of a city or urban community.
- embitters
-
verb (used with object),
to make bitter; cause to feel bitterness:
- reinstate
-
verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- umbrettes
-
noun,
hammerhead (def 3).
- tres-tine
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noun,
royal antler.
- terminate
-
verb (used with object),
to bring to an end; put an end to:
- submarine
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noun,
a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- estuarine
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adjective,
formed in an estuary.
- tribesmen
-
noun,
a member of a tribe.
- brainstem
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noun,
the portion of the brain that is continuous with the spinal cord and comprises the medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain, and parts of the hypothalamus, functioning in the control of reflexes and such essential internal mechanisms as respiration and heartbeat.
- Mertensia
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.
- butteries
-
noun,
Chiefly New England. a room or rooms in which the provisions, wines, and liquors of a household are kept; pantry; larder.
- tribunate
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noun,
the office of tribune.
- ruminates
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verb (used with object),
to chew again or over and over.
- tribesman
-
noun,
a member of a tribe.
- numerates
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adjective,
able to use or understand numerical techniques of mathematics.
- estaminet
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noun,
a bistro or small café.
- austenite
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noun,
a solid solution of carbon or of carbon and other elements in gamma iron, having a face-centered cubic lattice at all temperatures.
- teamster
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noun,
a person who drives a team or a truck for hauling, especially as an occupation.
- unmitres
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verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- interest
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- Bettinus
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noun,
a crater in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (96 km) in diameter.
- banister
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noun,
a baluster.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- betaines
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, sweet-tasting alkaloid, C 5 H 11 NO 2 , usually obtained from sugar beets or synthesized from glycine, used chiefly in medicine.
- T-number
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noun,
one of a series of calibrations of lens openings according to the intensity of the light actually transmitted by the lens. Symbol: T.
- bitumens
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noun,
any of various natural substances, as asphalt, maltha, or gilsonite, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.
- unmiters
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- imbrutes
-
verb (used with or without object),
to degrade or sink to the level of a brute.
- antirust
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noun,
something that prevents or resists rust.
- antimere
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- birettas
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noun,
a stiff square cap with three or four upright projecting pieces extending from the center of the top to the edge, worn by ecclesiastics.
- numerate
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adjective,
able to use or understand numerical techniques of mathematics.
- bitterns
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noun,
any of several tawny brown herons that inhabit reedy marshes, as Botaurus lentiginosus (American bittern) of North America, and B. stellaris, of Europe.
- Ansermet
-
noun,
Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, Swiss symphony orchestra conductor.
- Neustria
-
noun,
the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- anisette
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noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- taurines
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- ruinates
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adjective,
ruined.
- natriums
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noun,
(formerly) sodium.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- martinet
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noun,
a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- basement
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noun,
a story of a building, partly or wholly underground.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- mistreat
-
verb (used with object),
to treat badly or abusively.
- sternite
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- batterie
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noun,
a beating together of the calves or feet during a leap.
- aumbries
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noun,
ambry.
- Sumerian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sumer.
- Muenster
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noun,
a white, semisoft, mild cheese made from whole milk.
- matinees
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- muriates
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noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- beauties
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noun,
the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).
- mutineer
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noun,
a person who mutinies.
- intubate
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verb (used with object),
to insert a tube into (the larynx or the like).
- turbines
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noun,
any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as a fluid passing through and entirely filling a housing around the rotor.
- Mariette
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noun,
Auguste Édouard [oh-gyst ey-dwar] /oʊˈgüst eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1821–81, French Egyptologist.
- Suriname
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noun,
a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- treatise
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noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- treaties
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noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- nutmeats
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noun,
the kernel of a nut, usually edible.
- iterates
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- berettas
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noun,
biretta.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- naturist
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noun,
a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.
- transmit
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verb (used with object),
to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- umbrette
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noun,
hammerhead (def 3).
- Tarentum
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noun,
ancient name of Taranto.
- etamines
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- bimester
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noun,
a two-month period.
- esurient
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adjective,
hungry; greedy.
- retinues
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noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- ambients
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noun,
ambient music (def 1).
- test-ban
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noun,
an agreement by nations producing nuclear weapons to refrain from testing them in the atmosphere.
- emitters
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noun,
a person or thing that emits.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- tetanies
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noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- emirates
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- reunites
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verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- ratteens
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noun,
ratiné.
- emeritus
-
noun,
an emeritus professor, minister, etc.
- urbanism
-
noun,
the way of life of people who live in a large city.
- termites
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noun,
any of numerous pale-colored, soft-bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc.
- ambrette
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noun,
abelmosk.
- Urbanist
-
noun,
a person who is a specialist in urban planning.
- urbanite
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noun,
a resident of a city or urban community.
- embitter
-
verb (used with object),
to make bitter; cause to feel bitterness:
- teratism
-
noun,
love or worship of the monstrous.
- Terminus
-
noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- brunette
-
noun,
a person, especially a female, with such coloration.
- tibetans
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noun,
a member of the people native to or inhabiting Tibet.
- terbiums
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noun,
a rare-earth, metallic element present in certain minerals and yielding colorless salts. Symbol: Tb; atomic number: 65; atomic weight: 158.924; specific gravity: 8.25.
- urinates
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- abutment
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noun,
Architecture, Civil Engineering.
a masonry mass supporting and receiving the thrust of part of an arch or vault.
a force that serves to abut an arch or vault.
a mass, as of masonry, receiving the arch, beam, truss, etc., at each end of a bridge.
a mass or structure for resisting the pressure of water on a bridge, pier, or the like.
each of the parts of a canyon or the like receiving the thrusts of an arch dam.
a structure for absorbing tensions from reinforcing strands for concrete being prestressed.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- entreats
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- ruminate
-
verb (used with object),
to chew again or over and over.
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- sauterne
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noun,
a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
- braunite
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noun,
an ore of manganese, 3Mn 2 O 3 ⋅MnSiO 3 .
- teatimes
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noun,
the time at which tea is served or taken, usually in the late afternoon.
- estimate
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noun,
an approximate judgment or calculation, as of the value, amount, time, size, or weight of something.
- burettes
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noun,
a graduated glass tube, commonly having a stopcock at the bottom, used for accurately measuring or measuring out small quantities of liquid.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- uranites
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noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- barites
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noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- matters
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noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- beaters
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noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- termite
-
noun,
any of numerous pale-colored, soft-bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc.
- burnets
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium, of the rose family, having pinnate leaves and dense heads of small flowers.
- Burnett
-
noun,
Frances Hodgson [hoj-suh n] /ˈhɒdʒ sən/ (Show IPA), 1849–1924, U.S. novelist, born in England.
- matinee
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- beastie
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. a small animal, especially one toward which affection is felt.
- Beattie
-
noun,
James, 1735–1803, Scottish poet.
- metates
-
noun,
a flat stone that has a shallow depression in the upper surface for holding maize or other grains to be ground with a mano.
- suberin
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noun,
a waxlike, fatty substance, occurring in cork cell walls and in or between other cells, that on alkaline hydrolysis yields chiefly suberic acid.
- Tibetan
-
noun,
a member of the people native to or inhabiting Tibet.
- martnet
-
noun,
an arrangement of lines formerly used for gathering up a leech of a sail.
- metiers
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- Martinu
-
noun,
Bohuslav [baw-hoo-slahf] /ˈbɔ hʊˌslɑf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1959, Czech composer.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- Barents
-
noun,
Willem [wil-uh m] /ˈwɪl əm/ (Show IPA), died 1597, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- metrist
-
noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- banters
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- Martens
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- bariums
-
noun,
a whitish, malleable, active, divalent, metallic element, occurring in combination chiefly as barite or as witherite. Symbol: Ba; atomic weight: 137.34; atomic number: 56; specific gravity: 3.5 at 20°C.
- mattins
-
noun,
matin (def 1).
- Ternate
-
noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- battens
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noun,
a small board or strip of wood used for various building purposes, as to cover joints between boards, reinforce certain doors, or supply a foundation for lathing.
- basinet
-
noun,
a globular or pointed helmet of the 14th century, often provided with a visor or aventail: evolved from the cervellière.
Compare great basinet.
- burette
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noun,
a graduated glass tube, commonly having a stopcock at the bottom, used for accurately measuring or measuring out small quantities of liquid.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- suimate
-
noun,
self-mate.
- measure
-
noun,
a unit or standard of measurement:
- tribute
-
noun,
a gift, testimonial, compliment, or the like, given as due or in acknowledgment of gratitude or esteem.
- bustier
-
noun,
a woman's close-fitting, sleeveless, strapless top, often elasticized, usually having boning or facing to give it shape, and worn as a blouse.
- basemen
-
noun,
a first, second, or third baseman.
- batiste
-
noun,
a fine, often sheer fabric, constructed in either a plain or figured weave and made of any of various natural or synthetic fibers.
- batsmen
-
noun,
a batter, especially in cricket.
- tribune
-
noun,
a person who upholds or defends the rights of the people.
- Burmese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Burma.
- Trieste
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- butanes
-
noun,
a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , a saturated aliphatic existing in two isometric forms: used chiefly in the manufacture of rubber and as fuel.
- tertian
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- batters
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noun,
Printing.
a damaged area on the face of type or plate.
the resulting defect in print.
- Barnett
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Maureen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Mary.
- tetanus
-
noun,
Pathology. an infectious, often fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium that enters the body through wounds and characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and lower jaw.
Compare lockjaw.
- battues
-
noun,
Hunting.
the beating or driving of game from cover toward a stationary hunter.
a hunt or hunting party using this method of securing game.
- matures
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- butenes
-
noun,
butylene (def 1).
- subteen
-
noun,
a young person approaching the teens or adolescence.
- Butters
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noun,
the fatty portion of milk, separating as a soft whitish or yellowish solid when milk or cream is agitated or churned.
- Maurist
-
noun,
a member of the Benedictine “Congregation of St. Maur,” founded in France in 1618, distinguished for its scholarship and literary works: suppressed during the French Revolution.
- Benares
-
noun,
a former name of Varanasi.
- timbers
-
noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- biremes
-
noun,
a galley having two banks or tiers of oars.
- betties
-
noun,
brown betty.
- Bettina
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tenters
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- 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.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entreat
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- entrust
-
verb (used with object),
to charge or invest with a trust or responsibility; charge with a specified office or duty involving trust:
- imbrute
-
verb (used with or without object),
to degrade or sink to the level of a brute.
- imbrues
-
verb (used with object),
to stain:
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- biretta
-
noun,
a stiff square cap with three or four upright projecting pieces extending from the center of the top to the edge, worn by ecclesiastics.
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- bistate
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving two states, especially of the U.S.:
- taurine
-
noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- erbiums
-
noun,
a rare-earth metallic element, having pink salts. Symbol: Er; atomic weight: 167.26; atomic number: 68.
- tautens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become taut.
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- bittern
-
noun,
any of several tawny brown herons that inhabit reedy marshes, as Botaurus lentiginosus (American bittern) of North America, and B. stellaris, of Europe.
- Temenus
-
noun,
a son of Aristomachus who was allotted the city of Argos for his participation in the Heraclidae invasion of Peloponnesus.
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- bitters
-
noun,
a liquid, often an alcoholic liquor, in which bitter herbs or roots have steeped, used as a flavoring, especially in mixed drinks, or as a tonic.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- bitumen
-
noun,
any of various natural substances, as asphalt, maltha, or gilsonite, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.
- etatism
-
noun,
state socialism.
- estreat
-
noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- teatime
-
noun,
the time at which tea is served or taken, usually in the late afternoon.
- betters
-
noun,
that which has greater excellence or is preferable or wiser:
- betimes
-
adverb,
early; in good time:
- sunbeam
-
noun,
a beam or ray of sunlight.
- terbias
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- timbres
-
noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- bemeans
-
verb (used with object),
to make mean; demean; debase (usually used reflexively).
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- bemires
-
verb (used with object),
to soil with mire; dirty or muddy:
- manures
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- benames
-
verb (used with object),
to name; call by name.
- etamine
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- brunets
-
noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- surname
-
noun,
the name that a person has in common with other family members, as distinguished from a Christian name or given name; family name.
- terbium
-
noun,
a rare-earth, metallic element present in certain minerals and yielding colorless salts. Symbol: Tb; atomic number: 65; atomic weight: 158.924; specific gravity: 8.25.
- Suttner
-
noun,
Bertha von [bur-thuh von;; German ber-tuh fuh n] /ˈbɜr θə vɒn;; German ˈbɛr tə fən/ (Show IPA), 1843–1914, Austrian writer: Nobel Peace Prize 1905.
- tabinet
-
noun,
a fabric resembling poplin, made of silk and wool and usually given a watered finish.
- berates
-
verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- Beretta
-
noun,
biretta.
- emitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that emits.
- iterate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- berimes
-
verb (used with object),
berhyme.
- embrues
-
verb (used with object),
imbrue.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- tantrum
-
noun,
a violent demonstration of rage or frustration; a sudden burst of ill temper.
- Emerita
-
noun,
a woman with such status.
- besmear
-
verb (used with object),
to smear all over; bedaub.
- Britten
-
noun,
(Edward) Benjamin, 1913–76, English composer and pianist.
- tenures
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- intrust
-
verb (used with object),
entrust.
- emirate
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- betaine
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, sweet-tasting alkaloid, C 5 H 11 NO 2 , usually obtained from sugar beets or synthesized from glycine, used chiefly in medicine.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- Meitner
-
noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- Burmans
-
noun,
a member of the dominant ethnic group of Burma, living mainly in the lowlands of the Irrawaddy and Chindwin River drainages and the S panhandle.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- numbats
-
noun,
banded anteater.
- Serbian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Serbia, especially one of the Slavic peoples inhabiting it.
- Anterus
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- Antibes
-
noun,
a seaport in SE France, SW of Nice: preserved ruins of 4th-century b.c. Roman town.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- seriema
-
noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- Umbrian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Umbria.
- neuters
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- sinuate
-
adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- Sirenum
-
noun,
Mare, Mare Sirenum.
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- natrium
-
noun,
(formerly) sodium.
- seminar
-
noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- situate
-
adjective,
Archaic. located; placed; situated.
- turista
-
noun,
tourista.
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- smatter
-
noun,
slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- tureens
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- smitten
-
verb,
a past participle of smite.
- turbits
-
noun,
one of a breed of domestic pigeons having a stout, roundish body, a short head and beak, and a ruffled breast and neck.
- mutters
-
noun,
the act or utterance of a person who mutters.
- turbine
-
noun,
any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as a fluid passing through and entirely filling a housing around the rotor.
- mutates
-
verb (used with object),
to change; alter.
- mutants
-
noun,
a new type of organism produced as the result of mutation.
- Musette
-
noun,
Also called musette bag. a small leather or canvas bag with a shoulder strap, used for carrying personal belongings, food, etc., while hiking, marching, or the like.
- murines
-
noun,
a murine rodent.
- Numbers
-
noun,
the fourth book of the Old Testament, containing the census of the Israelites after the Exodus from Egypt. Abbreviation: Num.
- unmiter
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- atriums
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- ratteen
-
noun,
ratiné.
- ruinate
-
adjective,
ruined.
- uterine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the uterus or womb.
- Riesman
-
noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- reunite
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- retinue
-
noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- urinate
-
verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- restate
-
verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- abutter
-
noun,
a person who owns adjacent land.
- uremias
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- satinet
-
noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- unmitre
-
verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- ambeers
-
noun,
tobacco juice.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ambiens
-
- ambient
-
noun,
ambient music (def 1).
- ambries
-
noun,
Also called armarium. Ecclesiastical. a recess in the wall of a church or a cupboard in the sacristy where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc., are kept.
- saunter
-
noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- uranite
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- unstate
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to deprive (a person) of office or rank.
- nutters
-
noun,
a person who gathers nuts.
- nutrias
-
noun,
the coypu.
- nutmeat
-
noun,
the kernel of a nut, usually edible.
- nutates
-
verb (used without object),
to undergo or show nutation.
- muriate
-
noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- Munster
-
noun,
muenster.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- attunes
-
verb (used with object),
to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust:
- minaret
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- stature
-
noun,
the height of a human or animal body.
- steamer
-
noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- triunes
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- stearin
-
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.
- sternum
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a bone or series of bones extending along the middle line of the ventral portion of the body of most vertebrates, consisting in humans of a flat, narrow bone connected with the clavicles and the true ribs; breastbone.
- stamin-
-
- strati-
-
- Minette
-
noun,
a syenitic lamprophyre composed chiefly of orthoclase and biotite.
- Steuben
-
noun,
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von [free-drikh vil-helm loo-dawlf geyr-hahrt ou-goo s-teen fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈlu dɔlf ˈgeɪr hɑrt ˌaʊ gʊsˈtin fən/ (Show IPA), 1730–94, Prussian major general in the American Revolutionary army.
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- minuets
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- austere
-
adjective,
severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding:
- trustee
-
noun,
a person, usually one of a body of persons, appointed to administer the affairs of a company, institution, etc.
- tsunami
-
noun,
an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- minutes
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- attrib.
-
- stratum
-
noun,
a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often one of a number of parallel layers one upon another:
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- butter
-
noun,
the fatty portion of milk, separating as a soft whitish or yellowish solid when milk or cream is agitated or churned.
- ensure
-
verb (used with object),
to secure or guarantee:
- busman
-
noun,
a person who operates a bus.
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- minuet
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- 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-
-
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- tenure
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- enures
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- submit
-
verb (used with object),
to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- rebate
-
noun,
a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- Struma
-
noun,
Pathology. goiter.
- Nutter
-
noun,
a person who gathers nuts.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- rumbas
-
noun,
a dance, Cuban in origin and complex in rhythm.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- minute
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- subnet
-
noun,
the abstraction, in topology, of a subsequence.
- stumer
-
noun,
something bogus or fraudulent.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- Ermine
-
noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- Erebus
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the darkness under the earth, imagined either as the abode of sinners after death or of all the dead.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- erbium
-
noun,
a rare-earth metallic element, having pink salts. Symbol: Er; atomic weight: 167.26; atomic number: 68.
- rumens
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- rebuts
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- retuse
-
adjective,
having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- metate
-
noun,
a flat stone that has a shallow depression in the upper surface for holding maize or other grains to be ground with a mano.
- Tereus
-
noun,
a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.
- butane
-
noun,
a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , a saturated aliphatic existing in two isometric forms: used chiefly in the manufacture of rubber and as fuel.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- resume
-
noun,
résumé.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Sabine
-
noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Mettie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Matilda or Martha.
- 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.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Sambre
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing NE through N France and S Belgium into the Meuse at Namur: battle 1918. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- butene
-
noun,
butylene (def 1).
- buttes
-
noun,
an isolated hill or mountain rising abruptly above the surrounding land.
- Reuben
-
noun,
the eldest son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29, 30.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- 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.
- Buster
-
noun,
a person who breaks up something:
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- rubies
-
noun,
a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
- busmen
-
noun,
a person who operates a bus.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- embrue
-
verb (used with object),
imbrue.
- bustee
-
noun,
a small settlement; village.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- embers
-
noun,
a small live piece of coal, wood, etc., as in a dying fire.
- embars
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- terat-
-
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Remsen
-
noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Rubens
-
noun,
Peter Paul [pee-ter pawl;; Flemish pey-tuh r poul] /ˈpi tər pɔl;; Flemish ˈpeɪ tər paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1577–1640, Flemish painter.
- 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.
- reseau
-
noun,
a network.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- meatus
-
noun,
an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- suttee
-
noun,
sati.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- Sutter
-
noun,
John Augustus, 1803–80, U.S. frontiersman: owner of Sutter's Mill.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- Mabuse
-
noun,
Jan [Flemish yahn] /Flemish yɑn/ (Show IPA), (Jan Gossaert or Gossart) 1478?–1533? Flemish painter.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- tabret
-
noun,
a small tabor.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- manure
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- mitten
-
noun,
a hand covering enclosing the four fingers together and the thumb separately.
- tanbur
-
noun,
tambura.
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- nebris
-
noun,
a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- mature
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- muster
-
noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- Sumner
-
noun,
Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- Munsee
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- Maseru
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Lesotho, in the NW part.
- Sumter
-
noun,
a city in central South Carolina.
- murine
-
noun,
a murine rodent.
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- matri-
-
- mustee
-
noun,
the offspring of a white person and a quadroon; octoroon.
- mutant
-
noun,
a new type of organism produced as the result of mutation.
- statue
-
noun,
a three-dimensional work of art, as a representational or abstract form, carved in stone or wood, molded in a plastic material, cast in bronze, or the like.
- matter
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- mutate
-
verb (used with object),
to change; alter.
- munite
-
verb (used with object),
to fortify.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- mattes
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- Marius
-
noun,
Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- mutter
-
noun,
the act or utterance of a person who mutters.
- Muttra
-
noun,
former name of Mathura.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- nemat-
-
- Nereus
-
noun,
a sea god, the son of Pontus and Gaea and father of the Nereids.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- taunts
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- imbrue
-
verb (used with object),
to stain:
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- Serbia
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- nubias
-
noun,
a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.
- I-beam
-
noun,
a rolled or extruded metal beam having a cross section resembling an I.
Compare H-beam.
- Tatius
-
noun,
a Sabine king who, following the rape of the Sabine women, attacked Rome and eventually ruled with Romulus.
- iambus
-
noun,
iamb.
- 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.
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- tauten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become taut.
- numbat
-
noun,
banded anteater.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- misrun
-
noun,
an incomplete casting, the metal of which has solidified prematurely.
- number
-
noun,
a numeral or group of numerals.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- numis.
-
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- nutate
-
verb (used without object),
to undergo or show nutation.
- Meerut
-
noun,
a city in W Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Nesbit
-
noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- Nimbus
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a shining cloud sometimes surrounding a deity when on earth.
- neumes
-
noun,
any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- neuter
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- Mauser
-
noun,
Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- intra-
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- inter.
-
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- imbues
-
verb (used with object),
to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.:
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- instr.
-
- Stuart
-
noun,
a member of the royal family that ruled in Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and in England from 1603 to 1714.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- 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;
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- mbiras
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- strunt
-
noun,
the fleshy part or stump of a tail, especially of a horse's tail.
- utters
-
adjective,
complete; total; absolute:
- Burnet
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium, of the rose family, having pinnate leaves and dense heads of small flowers.
- biuret
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 2 H 5 O 2 N 3 ⋅H 2 O, soluble in water and alcohol, used for the identification of urea, from which it is formed on heating.
- Attius
-
noun,
Lucius, Accius, Lucius.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- atrium
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- titman
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- unseam
-
verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- unmeet
-
adjective,
not meet; not fitting, suitable, or proper; not becoming or seemly.
- bemean
-
verb (used with object),
to make mean; demean; debase (usually used reflexively).
- bitten
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- bemire
-
verb (used with object),
to soil with mire; dirty or muddy:
- titmen
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- bemuse
-
verb (used with object),
to bewilder or confuse.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- Beirut
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Lebanon.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- beaten
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- breams
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- ambeer
-
noun,
tobacco juice.
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- ambers
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- ambits
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- brants
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- Tubman
-
noun,
a barrister in the Court of Exchequer who had precedence in motions over every other barrister except the postman.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- beater
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- tubmen
-
noun,
a barrister in the Court of Exchequer who had precedence in motions over every other barrister except the postman.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- brains
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- beauts
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- Tumbes
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Peru.
- attune
-
verb (used with object),
to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust:
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- animus
-
noun,
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- better
-
noun,
that which has greater excellence or is preferable or wiser:
- bettas
-
noun,
fighting fish.
- tureen
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- betise
-
noun,
lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity.
- Umbria
-
noun,
an ancient district in central and N Italy.
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- trans.
-
- berate
-
verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- Tustin
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Besant
-
noun,
bezant.
- Bertie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- umbras
-
noun,
shade; shadow.
- tutees
-
noun,
a person who is being tutored; the pupil of a tutor.
- Bernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Bernard.
- umbers
-
noun,
an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber)
- arsen-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- turbit
-
noun,
one of a breed of domestic pigeons having a stout, roundish body, a short head and beak, and a ruffled breast and neck.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- turban
-
noun,
a man's headdress worn chiefly by Muslims in southern Asia, consisting of a long cloth of silk, linen, cotton, etc., wound either about a cap or directly around the head.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- bename
-
verb (used with object),
to name; call by name.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- bireme
-
noun,
a galley having two banks or tiers of oars.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Benita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- astute
-
adjective,
of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious:
- antrum
-
noun,
a cavity in a body organ, especially a bone.
- unbars
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- binate
-
adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- Burman
-
noun,
a member of the dominant ethnic group of Burma, living mainly in the lowlands of the Irrawaddy and Chindwin River drainages and the S panhandle.
- Anubis
-
noun,
the god of tombs and weigher of the hearts of the dead: represented as having the head of a jackal.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- bimane
-
noun,
a bimanous animal.
- unarms
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- Bremen
-
noun,
a state in NW Germany. 156 sq. mi. (405 sq. km).
- berime
-
verb (used with object),
berhyme.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- brunts
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- truant
-
noun,
a student who stays away from school without permission.
- bairns
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- absent
-
adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- Timaru
-
noun,
a seaport on the E coast of South Island, in S New Zealand.
- timber
-
noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- brents
-
noun,
brant.
- truism
-
noun,
a self-evident, obvious truth.
- Truman
-
noun,
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace ("Bess") 1885–1982, U.S. First Lady 1945–53 (wife of Harry S Truman).
- BSMetE
-
- basnet
-
noun,
basinet.
- brunet
-
noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- Brunei
-
noun,
a sultanate under British protection on the NW coast of Borneo: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1984. 2220 sq. mi. (5750 sq. km). Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan.
- brumes
-
noun,
mist; fog.
- bruits
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- bruise
-
noun,
an injury due to bruising; contusion.
- tubate
-
adjective,
having or forming a tube or tubes; tubular.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- Bruant
-
noun,
Libéral [lee-bey-ral] /li beɪˈral/ (Show IPA), c1635–1697, French architect.
- burans
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- barit.
-
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- burins
-
noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- buries
-
noun,
Nautical. housing1 (def 8a, b).
- Buriat
-
noun,
Buryat.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- barium
-
noun,
a whitish, malleable, active, divalent, metallic element, occurring in combination chiefly as barite or as witherite. Symbol: Ba; atomic weight: 137.34; atomic number: 56; specific gravity: 3.5 at 20°C.
- Barmen
-
noun,
a former city in W Germany, now incorporated into Wuppertal.
- abient
-
adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- tetra-
-
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- Barnes
-
noun,
Albert Coombs [koomz] /kumz/ (Show IPA), 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.
- usenet
-
noun,
Computers. an extensive system of newsgroups: a branch of the Internet.
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Tetuan
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the Mediterranean: former capital of the Spanish zone of Morocco.
- Barnum
-
noun,
P(hineas) T(aylor) 1810–91, U.S. showman who established a circus in 1871.
- bruins
-
noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- timbre
-
noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- autism
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- austr-
-
- airbus
-
noun,
a short-range or medium-range commercial passenger airplane, especially one that is part of a frequent shuttlelike service between two popular destinations.
- brines
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- batten
-
noun,
a small board or strip of wood used for various building purposes, as to cover joints between boards, reinforce certain doors, or supply a foundation for lathing.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- batter
-
noun,
Printing.
a damaged area on the face of type or plate.
the resulting defect in print.
- batmen
-
noun,
a soldier assigned to an officer as a servant.
- beanie
-
noun,
a skullcap, often brightly colored, worn especially by children and by college freshmen, especially in the 1940s.
- urbane
-
adjective,
having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities:
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- uremia
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- Batumi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Adzharistan, in the SW Georgian Republic, on the Black Sea.
- tubers
-
noun,
Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- battue
-
noun,
Hunting.
the beating or driving of game from cover toward a stationary hunter.
a hunt or hunting party using this method of securing game.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- britts
-
noun,
a turbot of northeastern Atlantic seas.
- urease
-
noun,
an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
- MNurs
-
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- tubi-
-
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- Nabis
-
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- strum
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- strut
-
noun,
the act of strutting.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Bantu
-
noun,
a member of any of several peoples forming a linguistically and in some respects culturally interrelated family in central and southern Africa.
- metr-
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- mitts
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- tubes
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- Meuse
-
noun,
Dutch Maas. a river in W Europe, flowing from NE France through E Belgium and S Netherlands into the North Sea. 575 miles (925 km) long.
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- Aust.
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Namur
-
noun,
a province in S Belgium. 1413 sq. mi. (3660 sq. km).
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- tutee
-
noun,
a person who is being tutored; the pupil of a tutor.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- mutts
-
noun,
a dog, especially a mongrel.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- ster.
-
- stat.
-
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- Mures
-
noun,
a river in SE central Europe, flowing W from the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania to the Tisza River in S Hungary. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Murat
-
noun,
Joachim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- muras
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Trust
-
noun,
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- minus
-
noun,
minus sign.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- tubas
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- tuber
-
noun,
Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- MSEnt
-
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- astr.
-
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Auber
-
noun,
Daniel François Esprit [da-nyel frahn-swa es-pree] /daˈnyɛl frɑ̃ˈswa ɛsˈpri/ (Show IPA), 1782–1871, French composer.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Srta.
-
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- reni-
-
- sanit
-
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- 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.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Urban
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 222–230.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- ambit
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ambi-
-
- Amber
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- 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.
- rebut
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Reaum
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- rebus
-
noun,
a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables:
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- aeri-
-
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Ruben
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Reuben (defs 1, 2).
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- rubes
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- rumen
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- Utter
-
adjective,
complete; total; absolute:
- rumba
-
noun,
a dance, Cuban in origin and complex in rhythm.
- 30-30
-
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- 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.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- abuts
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- abuse
-
noun,
wrong or improper use; misuse:
- abstr
-
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- Urmia
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- umber
-
noun,
an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber)
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- neut.
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Unami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- unarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- seti-
-
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- neume
-
noun,
any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- unbar
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- neur-
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Nebr.
-
- naut.
-
- 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.
- Umbra
-
noun,
shade; shadow.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- nears
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Armen
-
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- arium
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- anti-
-
- ante-
-
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- 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).
- sebum
-
noun,
the fatty secretion of the sebaceous glands.
- sebi-
-
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- uran-
-
- Amer.
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- amin-
-
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- ramus
-
noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- numbs
-
adjective,
deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move:
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Nubia
-
noun,
a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.
- Unit.
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anim.
-
- semi-
-
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- Nurmi
-
noun,
Paavo Johannes [pah-vaw yaw-hahn-nes] /ˈpɑ vɔ ˈyɔ hɑn nɛs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Finnish athlete.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tears
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- bitts
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- iambs
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- taunt
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- Tatum
-
noun,
Art, 1910–56, U.S. jazz pianist.
- IATSE
-
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- BMarE
-
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- Tebet
-
noun,
Tevet.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- 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.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- BMetE
-
- estab
-
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- 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 .
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- intr.
-
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- beset
-
verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- Iran.
-
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Bette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Betta
-
noun,
fighting fish.
- Betti
-
noun,
Ugo [oo-gaw] /ˈu gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1953, Italian poet and dramatist.
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- Tartu
-
noun,
a city in SE Estonia.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- imbue
-
verb (used with object),
to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.:
- Titus
-
noun,
a disciple and companion of the apostle Paul, to whom Paul is supposed to have addressed an Epistle.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- term.
-
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- Tibet
-
noun,
Also, Thibet. Also called Sitsang, Xizang. Official name Tibet Autonomous Region. an administrative division of China, N of the Himalayas: prior to 1950 a theocracy under the Dalai Lama; the highest country in the world, average elevation about 16,000 feet (4877 meters). 471,660 sq. mi. (1,221,599 sq. km). Capital: Lhasa.
- BSMet
-
- Tibur
-
noun,
ancient name of Tivoli.
- 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.
- BSRet
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- brute
-
noun,
a nonhuman creature; beast.
- Brusa
-
noun,
Bursa.
- brunt
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Ebert
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- Teut.
-
- Butte
-
noun,
an isolated hill or mountain rising abruptly above the surrounding land.
- bruit
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- burin
-
noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- Burma
-
noun,
a republic in SE Asia, on the Bay of Bengal. 261,789 sq. mi. (678,034 sq. km). Capital: Yangon.
- Burns
-
noun,
Arthur F(rank) 1904–1987, U.S. economist, born in Austria: chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1970–78.
- burnt
-
noun,
a burned place or area:
- Bursa
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
- burse
-
noun,
a pouch or case for some special purpose.
- burst
-
noun,
an act or instance of bursting.
- Busra
-
noun,
Basra.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- Buran
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- 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.
- bunts
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Butes
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- brume
-
noun,
mist; fog.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Breen
-
noun,
a deep brownish green.
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- ensue
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Bream
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Braun
-
noun,
Eva [ee-vuh;; German ey-vah] /ˈi və;; German ˈeɪ vɑ/ (Show IPA), 1912–45, mistress of Adolf Hitler.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- Brett
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- embar
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- ember
-
noun,
a small live piece of coal, wood, etc., as in a dying fire.
- Bruin
-
noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- embus
-
verb (used with or without object),
to get or put on a bus.
- tera-
-
- Britt
-
noun,
a turbot of northeastern Atlantic seas.
- Brit.
-
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- brims
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Berne
-
noun,
Bern.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- bemas
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- Manus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Manue
-
noun,
Manoah.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Benet
-
noun,
Stephen Vincent, 1898–1943, U.S. poet and novelist.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Matt.
-
- matr-
-
- matte
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- beams
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- mast-
-
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Baume
-
noun,
Antoine, 1728–1804, French chemist and inventor.
- Sumba
-
noun,
one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in Indonesia, S of Flores. 4306 sq. mi. (11,153 sq. km).
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- matts
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Matthew.
- Bauer
-
noun,
Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), Agricola, Georgius.
- Marut
-
noun,
any of a group of storm gods, the offspring of Rudra.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- beaut
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- Sumer
-
noun,
an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
- batts
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- Beers
-
noun,
Clifford Whittingham [hwit-ing-uh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt ɪŋ əm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1876–1943, U.S. pioneer in mental hygiene.
- mbira
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- Bart.
-
- Benes
-
noun,
Eduard [e-doo-ahrt] /ˈɛ dʊˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1884–1948, Czech patriot and statesman: president of Czechoslovakia 1935–38 and 1945–48.
- Matsu
-
noun,
a pine, Pinus massoniana, of China, yielding a wood used in furniture-making, the construction of houses, etc.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Beret
-
noun,
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
- treas
-
- Sturt
-
noun,
violent quarreling.
- meta-
-
- Benue
-
noun,
a river in W Africa, flowing Wfrom Cameroon to the Niger River in Nigeria. 870 miles (1400 km).
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- stunt
-
noun,
a stop or hindrance in growth or development.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- barms
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- berms
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Berea
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- suber
-
noun,
cork (def 6).
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- urbs
-
noun,
an urban area.
- 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.
- USMA
-
- USNA
-
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Sat.
-
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- SATB
-
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ter.
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Sam.
-
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- USAR
-
- 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.
- tRNA
-
- trit
-
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- 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.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- 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.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- sub-
-
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- stub
-
noun,
a short projecting part.
- Sab.
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- uria
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- uret
-
- Tuba
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- tube
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- USIA
-
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- str.
-
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rus.
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- ten.
-
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- tab.
-
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Tasm
-
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- Sra.
-
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- uni-
-
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- SRAM
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- 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.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- tuts
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tabu
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- SRBM
-
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- 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.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Ste.
-
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- saur
-
- MSBA
-
- Tues
-
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- tri-
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TRIB
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- taur
-
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- 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.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- 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.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Tit.
-
- Sem.
-
- 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.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- sur-
-
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- 1080
-
- ette
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- bams
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- Man.
-
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- Mar.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- bar.
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Baum
-
noun,
L(yman) Frank [lahy-muh n] /ˈlaɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1856–1919, U.S. journalist, playwright, and author of children's books.
- been
-
verb,
past participle of be.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- Beau
-
noun,
a male lover or sweetheart.
- ISBN
-
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- beam
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- batt
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- 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.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- barm
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- BMus
-
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- BSMT
-
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- min.
-
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- mitt
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- MNAS
-
- Aube
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW to the Seine. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- Attu
-
noun,
the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.
- attn
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- men-
-
- ment
-
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- aur-
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- met.
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- aut-
-
- Aus.
-
- mibs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Beer
-
noun,
an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
- Ire.
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- brim
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- Bram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- EMet
-
- emia
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Ens.
-
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- 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).
- Bur.
-
- BSNA
-
- BSRT
-
- BSIT
-
- BSIR
-
- BSIE
-
- BSEM
-
- Buna
-
- BSEE
-
- bunt
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- Buri
-
noun,
the first of the gods, revealed when the cow Audhumla licked away the salty ice that covered him.
- Brut
-
noun,
any of a number of partly legendary, partly historical chronicles dealing with early English history, written during the Middle Ages and usually beginning with Brutus, the mythic and eponymous ancestor of the country.
- burs
-
noun,
a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
- BSAE
-
- Burt
-
noun,
William Austin, 1792–1858, U.S. surveyor and inventor.
- bus.
-
- Bust
-
noun,
a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, especially a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.
- but-
-
- Bute
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- buts
-
noun,
buts, reservations or objections:
- Butt
-
noun,
the end or extremity of anything, especially the thicker, larger, or blunt end considered as a bottom, base, support, or handle, as of a log, fishing rod, or pistol.
- BMet
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- IRBM
-
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- bet.
-
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- iamb
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- berm
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- Benu
-
noun,
the sacred bird of ancient Egypt, corresponding to the phoenix.
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Bene
-
adverb,
of validity for the time being but subject to objection or nullification at a later date; provisionally:
- BEMA
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- inae
-
- beet
-
noun,
any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root.
Compare sugar beet.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Eur.
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- bitt
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- bin-
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- mRNA
-
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- MSAE
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- numb
-
adjective,
deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move:
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- RIBA
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- NTSB
-
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- 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).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- nubs
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- NTIA
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- 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.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- ANTU
-
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- ant.
-
- NIRA
-
- amt.
-
- ANSI
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- amus
-
- Amur
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming most of the boundary between N Manchuria and the SE Russian Federation, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. About 2700 miles (4350 km) long.
- NRAB
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- neem
-
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Abiu
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Abihu.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RNAS
-
- Rube
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- rubs
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- 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.
- abr.
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- AIME
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- aet.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- aer-
-
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- abut
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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.
- abs-
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- BSME
-
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- art.
-
- MSIE
-
- atm.
-
- att.
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- ASTM
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- mun.
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- mus.
-
- mutt
-
noun,
a dog, especially a mongrel.
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- MusB
-
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- ASME
-
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- Arm.
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ARIS
-
- NEbE
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- MSEE
-
- ates
-
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- BNS
-
- ab-
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- BSM
-
- ast
-
- Am.
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- BME
-
- Bn.
-
- abt
-
- BMT
-
- BMS
-
- uti
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- BMR
-
- BMI
-
- ASR
-
- ASN
-
- USM
-
- abn
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- USN
-
- ATB
-
- Ar.
-
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- an.
-
- BSA
-
- USR
-
- BRT
-
- BRM
-
- ae.
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- 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.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- at.
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- tue
-
- ASU
-
- ABM
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- BRE
-
- USB
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- ASM
-
- Br.
-
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- ur-
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- UIT
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- uns
-
- AMS
-
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- AMU
-
- BTU
-
noun,
the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound (0.4 kg) of water 1°F. Abbreviation: Btu, BTU, B.t.u., B.T.U., B.th.u.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- AME
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ARS
-
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- Une
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- 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.
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- UMT
-
- 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.
- Amb
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- tr.
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ASI
-
- be-
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- BEM
-
- BAM
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- TNB
-
- TNT
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ure
-
- Tu.
-
- Tut
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- tra
-
- TTS
-
- BIE
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ase
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- asb
-
- bi-
-
- ARU
-
- UAR
-
- USA
-
- UAE
-
- UAM
-
- 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.
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- BSN
-
- NBS
-
- SNU
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- SMB
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- SMA
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- NBA
-
- NbE
-
- ne-
-
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- NEA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NES
-
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- 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:
- NIA
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Sr.
-
- SRB
-
- NMI
-
- MRI
-
- MIE
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- STM
-
- MIT
-
- STI
-
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- MNS
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- TIA
-
- MRE
-
- MSA
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- STB
-
- MSN
-
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- MTS
-
- Mur
-
noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NMR
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- SAR
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- SAE
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- RBI
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RNA
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- RTS
-
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- REA
-
- 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.
- NMU
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- NSU
-
- 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).
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- NUM
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
-
- RMA
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SBE
-
- SBA
-
- sb.
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MIB
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- MRA
-
- BSE
-
- TBA
-
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ese
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ESR
-
- ESU
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- eu-
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Tbi
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ITU
-
- Ia.
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- IAS
-
- ib.
-
- IBN
-
- ier
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Ir.
-
- 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.
- BST
-
- Bt.
-
- BTE
-
- bu.
-
- bun
-
noun,
any of a wide variety of variously shaped bread rolls, usually leavened and slightly sweetened or plain, sometimes containing spices, dried currants, etc.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ene
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EbN
-
- EBS
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- en-
-
- ine
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IRS
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- Mab
-
noun,
Queen Mab.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- IUS
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- MBE
-
- ium
-
- ite
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- ISA
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ise
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- ITA
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- ism
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noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- S.
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- NI
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- SA
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- BM
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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.
- SM
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- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- EI
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- ee
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TT
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- MN
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- UT
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SU
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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.
- RU
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- 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.
- t.
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- NM
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- NB
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- R.
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SN
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RI
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- TN
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- TM
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- RN
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- N.
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- M.
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- Eb
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- NU
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- MB
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- i.
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- MU
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noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- UB
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- BA
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noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- UI
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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- TB
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- U.
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- B-
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