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- Ariovistus
-
noun,
flourished c71–58 b.c, Germanic leader of the Suevi.
- mosquitoes
-
noun,
any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Culicidae, the females of which suck the blood of animals and humans, some species transmitting certain diseases, as malaria and yellow fever.
- vagotomies
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noun,
the surgical severance of vagus nerve fibers, performed to reduce acid secretion by the stomach.
- vomitories
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noun,
an emetic.
- vomitoria
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noun,
vomitory (def 5).
- autogiros
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noun,
an aircraft with an unpowered, horizontally rotating propeller on a shaft above the fuselage that provides lift for the machine, with forward propulsion being provided by a conventional propeller: superseded in most applications by the helicopter.
- isogamous
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adjective,
having two similar gametes in which no differentiation can be distinguished, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to heterogamous).
- suavities
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noun,
a suave or smoothly agreeable quality.
- Guevarist
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noun,
a supporter of the revolutionary theories and tactics of Ernesto Guevara.
- quietisms
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noun,
a form of religious mysticism taught by Molinos, a Spanish priest, in the latter part of the 17th century, requiring extinction of the will, withdrawal from worldly interests, and passive meditation on God and divine things; Molinism.
- trigamous
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adjective,
of or relating to trigamy or a trigamist.
- misquotes
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noun,
a quotation that is incorrect.
- ostiaries
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noun,
Also called doorkeeper, porter. Roman Catholic Church.
a member of the lowest-ranking of the four minor orders.
the order itself. Compare acolyte (def 2), exorcist (def 2), lector (def 2).
- vomituses
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noun,
the act of vomiting.
- vestigium
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noun,
a vestigial structure of any kind; vestige.
- grassquit
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noun,
any of several tiny finches, especially of the genus Tiaris, of tropical America and the West Indies.
- gravities
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noun,
the force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth.
- stegosaur
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noun,
a plant-eating dinosaur of the genus Stegosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a heavy, bony armor and a row of bony plates along its back, and growing to a length of 20 to 40 feet (6–12 meters).
- quaestors
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noun,
one of two subordinates of the consuls serving as public prosecutors in certain criminal cases.
- vigesimos
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noun,
Bookbinding. twentymo.
- savouries
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noun,
British. an aromatic, often spicy course or dish served either as an appetizer or as a dessert, as pickled fish or brandied fruit.
- isogamies
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noun,
the fusion of two gametes of similar form, as in certain algae.
- moistures
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noun,
condensed or diffused liquid, especially water:
- virtuosas
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noun,
a female virtuoso; a woman with exceptional talent or skill, especially in music.
- varsities
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noun,
any first-string team, especially in sports, that represents a school, college, university, or the like:
- autosomes
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noun,
any chromosome other than a sex chromosome.
- ravigotes
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noun,
a highly seasoned velouté with white wine and vinegar, butter, cream, and mushrooms cooked in liquor, usually served hot with variety meats and poultry.
- Evaristus
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noun,
Saint, died a.d. 105, pope 97–105.
- ergotisms
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noun,
a condition caused by eating rye or some other grain that is infected with ergot fungus or by taking an overdose of a medicine containing ergot, characterized by cramps, spasms, and a form of gangrene.
- Siqueiros
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noun,
David Alfaro [dah-veeth ahl-fah-raw] /dɑˈvið ɑlˈfɑ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1974, Mexican painter.
- isomerous
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adjective,
having an equal number of parts, markings, etc.
- mosquitos
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noun,
any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Culicidae, the females of which suck the blood of animals and humans, some species transmitting certain diseases, as malaria and yellow fever.
- Sovietism
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a soviet system of government.
- trisomies
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noun,
an abnormality characterized by the presence of an additional chromosome to the normal diploid number.
- sea-room
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noun,
unobstructed space at sea in which a vessel can be easily maneuvered or navigated.
- outrages
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noun,
an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.
- vigorous
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adjective,
full of or characterized by vigor:
- maestoso
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adjective, adverb,
with majesty; stately (used as a musical direction).
- maestros
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noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- outsoars
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verb (used with object),
to soar beyond.
- ovaritis
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noun,
oophoritis.
- viragoes
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noun,
a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew.
- vaqueros
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noun,
a cowboy or herdsman.
- viremias
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noun,
the presence of a virus in the blood.
- ostomies
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noun,
any of various surgical procedures, as a colostomy, in which an artificial opening is made so as to permit the drainage of waste products either into an appropriate organ or to the outside of the body.
- iris-out
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noun,
the gradual disappearance of an image or scene through a contracting circle.
- Iroquois
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian confederacy, the Five Nations, comprising the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, and later the Tuscaroras.
- timorous
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adjective,
full of fear; fearful:
- virgates
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noun,
an early English measure of land of varying extent, usually considered equivalent to a quarter of a hide, or about 30 acres (12 hectares).
- argosies
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noun,
a large merchant ship, especially one with a rich cargo.
- tearooms
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noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- osteomas
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noun,
a benign tumor composed of osseous tissue.
- savories
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noun,
British. an aromatic, often spicy course or dish served either as an appetizer or as a dessert, as pickled fish or brandied fruit.
- ossature
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noun,
the structure or framework supporting a building or sculpture.
- isogrivs
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noun,
a line on a map or chart connecting points of uniform grid variation.
- isograms
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noun,
a line representing equality with respect to a given variable, used to relate points on maps, charts, etc.
- guisarme
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noun,
a shafted weapon having as a head a curved, double-edged blade with a beak at the back.
- marquise
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noun,
the wife or widow of a marquis.
- vigesimo
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noun,
Bookbinding. twentymo.
- verismos
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noun,
the use of everyday life and actions in artistic works: introduced into opera in the early 1900s in reaction to contemporary conventions, which were seen as artificial and untruthful.
- trisomes
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noun,
a trisomic individual.
- Autogiro
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noun,
an aircraft with an unpowered, horizontally rotating propeller on a shaft above the fuselage that provides lift for the machine, with forward propulsion being provided by a conventional propeller: superseded in most applications by the helicopter.
- autosome
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noun,
any chromosome other than a sex chromosome.
- gisarmes
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noun,
guisarme.
- T-square
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noun,
a T -shaped ruler, used primarily in mechanical drawing, having a short crosspiece that slides along the edge of the drawing board as a guide to the perpendicular longer section in making parallel lines, right angles, etc., and as a support for triangles.
- ragtimes
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noun,
rhythm in which the accompaniment is strict two-four time and the melody, with improvised embellishments, is in steady syncopation.
- sequoias
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noun,
either of two large coniferous trees of California, Sequoiadendron giganteum or Sequoia sempervirens, both having reddish bark and reaching heights of more than 300 feet (91 meters).
- goitrous
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adjective,
pertaining to or affected with goiter.
- simitars
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noun,
scimitar.
- ravigote
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noun,
a highly seasoned velouté with white wine and vinegar, butter, cream, and mushrooms cooked in liquor, usually served hot with variety meats and poultry.
- egotisms
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noun,
excessive and objectionable reference to oneself in conversation or writing; conceit; boastfulness.
- ergotism
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noun,
a condition caused by eating rye or some other grain that is infected with ergot fungus or by taking an overdose of a medicine containing ergot, characterized by cramps, spasms, and a form of gangrene.
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- vamooses
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verb (used with object),
to leave hurriedly or quickly from; decamp from.
- Quirites
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plural noun,
the citizens of ancient Rome considered in their civil capacity.
- quietism
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noun,
a form of religious mysticism taught by Molinos, a Spanish priest, in the latter part of the 17th century, requiring extinction of the will, withdrawal from worldly interests, and passive meditation on God and divine things; Molinism.
- tourisms
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noun,
the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
- maitrise
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noun,
mastery; skill.
- rootages
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noun,
the act of taking root.
- asterism
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noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- quaestor
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noun,
one of two subordinates of the consuls serving as public prosecutors in certain criminal cases.
- quagmire
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noun,
an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.
- griseous
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adjective,
gray; pearl-gray.
- grievous
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adjective,
causing grief or great sorrow:
- vestigia
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noun,
a vestigial structure of any kind; vestige.
- questors
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noun,
quaestor.
- smarties
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noun,
a smart aleck.
- gourmets
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noun,
a connoisseur of fine food and drink; epicure.
- gouramis
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noun,
a large, air-breathing, nest-building, freshwater Asiatic fish, Osphronemus goramy, used for food.
- vertigos
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noun,
a dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being in tilting or spinning surroundings.
- querists
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noun,
a person who inquires or questions.
- gossamer
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noun,
a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn.
- Gossaert
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noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), Mabuse, Jan.
- origamis
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noun,
the traditional Japanese art or technique of folding paper into a variety of decorative or representational forms, as of animals or flowers.
- Tiresias
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noun,
a blind prophet, usually said to have been blinded because he saw Athena bathing, and then to have been awarded the gift of prophecy as a consolation for his blindness.
- virtuosa
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noun,
a female virtuoso; a woman with exceptional talent or skill, especially in music.
- moisture
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noun,
condensed or diffused liquid, especially water:
- sautoirs
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noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- votaries
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noun,
a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.
- votaress
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noun,
a woman who is a votary.
- amorists
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noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- amitosis
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noun,
the direct method of cell division, characterized by simple cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of chromosomes.
- strumose
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adjective,
having a struma or strumae.
- oestrous
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adjective,
estrous.
- moorages
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noun,
a place for mooring.
- ameiosis
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noun,
aberrant meiosis in which only an equational division occurs, as in parthenogenesis.
- omissive
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adjective,
neglecting; leaving out.
- sterigma
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noun,
a small stalk that bears a sporangium, a conidium, or especially a basidiospore.
- vomitous
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adjective,
of, relating to, or causing vomiting.
- migrates
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verb (used without object),
to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate.
Antonyms: remain.
- airtimes
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- misusage
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noun,
wrong or improper usage, as of words.
- vitreous
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adjective,
of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, glossiness, etc.:
- muriates
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noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- Missouri
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noun,
a state in the central United States. 69,674 sq. mi. (180,455 sq. km). Capital: Jefferson City.
Abbreviation: MO (for use with zip code), Mo.
- misquote
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noun,
a quotation that is incorrect.
- masquers
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noun,
masker.
- stuivers
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noun,
stiver (def 1).
- voitures
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noun,
a carriage, wagon, or other wheeled vehicle.
- voussoir
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noun,
any of the pieces, in the shape of a truncated wedge, that form an arch or vault.
- virtuoso
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noun,
a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field.
- strigose
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adjective,
Botany. set with stiff bristles of hairs; hispid.
- mortises
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- Mosquito
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noun,
any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Culicidae, the females of which suck the blood of animals and humans, some species transmitting certain diseases, as malaria and yellow fever.
- marquess
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noun,
marquee (def 3).
- trisome
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noun,
a trisomic individual.
- trismus
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noun,
a spasm of the jaw muscles that makes it difficult to open the mouth.
- trioses
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- mitosis
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noun,
the usual method of cell division, characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form, which condenses into chromosomes, each of which separates longitudinally into two parts, one part of each chromosome being retained in each of two new cells resulting from the original cell.
- Erastus
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noun,
Thomas [tom-uh s;; German toh-mahs] /ˈtɒm əs;; German ˈtoʊ mɑs/ (Show IPA), 1524–83, Swiss-German theologian.
- Quirite
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plural noun,
the citizens of ancient Rome considered in their civil capacity.
- goiters
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noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- stories
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- storage
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noun,
the act of storing; state or fact of being stored:
- stooges
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noun,
an entertainer who feeds lines to the main comedian and usually serves as the butt of his or her jokes.
- Sturgis
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noun,
Russell, 1836–1909, U.S. architect and author.
- gomutis
-
noun,
Also called gomuti palm, sugar palm. a sago palm, Arenga pinnata, of the East Indies, yielding palm sugar.
- Erasmus
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noun,
Desiderius [des-i-deer-ee-uh s] /ˌdɛs ɪˈdɪər i əs/ (Show IPA), 1466?–1536, Dutch humanist, scholar, theologian, and writer.
- stomous
-
- misuser
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noun,
abuse of a right; unlawful use of an office, franchise, benefit, etc.
- questor
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noun,
quaestor.
- vamoose
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verb (used with object),
to leave hurriedly or quickly from; decamp from.
- stogies
-
noun,
a long, slender, roughly made, inexpensive cigar.
- triages
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noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- equator
-
noun,
the great circle on a sphere or heavenly body whose plane is perpendicular to the axis, equidistant everywhere from the two poles of the sphere or heavenly body.
- misters
-
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.).
- suimate
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noun,
self-mate.
- gourami
-
noun,
a large, air-breathing, nest-building, freshwater Asiatic fish, Osphronemus goramy, used for food.
- missout
-
noun,
(in the game of craps) a losing throw of the dice.
- gourmet
-
noun,
a connoisseur of fine food and drink; epicure.
- strives
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- vamoses
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verb (used with or without object),
vamoose.
- querist
-
noun,
a person who inquires or questions.
- Sturges
-
noun,
Preston, 1898–1959, U.S. playwright and screenwriter.
- morgues
-
noun,
a place in which bodies are kept, especially the bodies of victims of violence or accidents, pending identification or burial.
- strumas
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noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 miles (362 km) long.
- gasters
-
- simious
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adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of apes or monkeys; simian.
- uremias
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noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- mortise
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- simitar
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noun,
scimitar.
- streams
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noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Euratom
-
noun,
an organization formed in 1957, comprising France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, and West Germany, for coordinated action in developing and marketing their nuclear resources.
- gaiters
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- sigmate
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adjective,
having the form of the Greek sigma or the letter S.
- gameto-
-
- estrous
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adjective,
pertaining to or involving the estrus.
- garotes
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- tussive
-
adjective,
of or relating to a cough.
- uveitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the uvea.
- gaseous
-
adjective,
existing in the state of a gas; not solid or liquid.
- gastro-
-
- mosques
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noun,
a Muslim temple or place of public worship.
- Gervais
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an unsalted French cream cheese made from whole milk and cream.
- gisarme
-
noun,
guisarme.
- stovers
-
noun,
coarse roughage used as feed for livestock.
- trivium
-
noun,
(during the Middle Ages) the lower division of the seven liberal arts, comprising grammar, rhetoric, and logic.
- quivers
-
noun,
the act or state of quivering; a tremble or tremor.
- sesqui-
-
- giaours
-
noun,
an unbeliever; a non-Muslim, especially a Christian.
- tsarism
-
noun,
czarism.
- mousers
-
noun,
an animal that catches mice:
- sistrum
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noun,
an ancient Egyptian percussion instrument consisting of a looped metal frame set in a handle and fitted with loose crossbars that rattle when shaken.
- quavers
-
noun,
a quavering or tremulous shake, especially in the voice.
- Gautier
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noun,
Théophile [tey-aw-feel] /teɪ ɔˈfil/ (Show IPA), 1811–72, French poet, novelist, and critic.
- ragouts
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noun,
French Cookery. a highly seasoned stew of meat or fish, with or without vegetables.
- ragtime
-
noun,
rhythm in which the accompaniment is strict two-four time and the melody, with improvised embellishments, is in steady syncopation.
- stuiver
-
noun,
stiver (def 1).
- moorage
-
noun,
a place for mooring.
- quartos
-
noun,
a book size of about 9½ × 12 inches (24 × 30 cm), determined by folding printed sheets twice to form four leaves or eight pages. Symbol: 4to, 4°.
- Treviso
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- massive
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains: second highest in U.S. Rockies. 14,421 feet (4396 meters).
- masquer
-
noun,
masker.
- isogriv
-
noun,
a line on a map or chart connecting points of uniform grid variation.
- isogram
-
noun,
a line representing equality with respect to a given variable, used to relate points on maps, charts, etc.
- masques
-
noun,
a form of aristocratic entertainment in England in the 16th and 17th centuries, originally consisting of pantomime and dancing but later including dialogue and song, presented in elaborate productions given by amateur and professional actors.
- timeous
-
adjective,
timely; sufficiently early.
- masseur
-
noun,
a man who provides massage as a profession or occupation.
- osteoma
-
noun,
a benign tumor composed of osseous tissue.
- Matisse
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- isomers
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- matures
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- 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.
- Maurois
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), (Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog) 1885–1967, French biographer and novelist.
- stagers
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- Iquitos
-
noun,
a city in NE Peru, on the upper Amazon.
- sorites
-
noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- squirts
-
noun,
the act of squirting.
- Ossetia
-
noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- Igorots
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Malay stock in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, some noted as headhunters.
- marques
-
noun,
letter of marque.
- orgeats
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- origami
-
noun,
the traditional Japanese art or technique of folding paper into a variety of decorative or representational forms, as of animals or flowers.
- squamo-
-
- Targums
-
noun,
a translation or paraphrase in Aramaic of a book or division of the Old Testament.
- squares
-
noun,
a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- Orosius
-
noun,
Paulus [paw-luh s] /ˈpɔ ləs/ (Show IPA), flourished 5th century a.d, Spanish theologian and historian.
- Taussig
-
noun,
Frank William, 1859–1940, U.S. economist.
- tigress
-
noun,
a female tiger.
- souters
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- tearoom
-
noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- Marquis
-
noun,
a nobleman ranking next below a duke and above an earl or count.
- Orvieto
-
noun,
a white wine, from dry to sweet, from Umbria, Italy.
- ivories
-
noun,
the hard white substance, a variety of dentin, composing the main part of the tusks of the elephant, walrus, etc.
- osmious
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its lower valences.
- squirms
-
noun,
the act of squirming; a squirming or wriggling movement.
- imagoes
-
noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- ousters
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- missive
-
noun,
a written message; letter.
- grivets
-
noun,
a small Abyssinian monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, with a grayish back, gray tail, black face, and dark extremities.
- qiviuts
-
noun,
the soft, dense, light-brown woolly undercoat of the musk ox, used in making fabrics.
- grouses
-
noun,
any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae.
Compare black grouse, capercaillie, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse.
- stigmas
-
noun,
a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation.
- Grotius
-
noun,
Hugo (Huig de Groot) 1583–1645, Dutch jurist and statesman.
- grooves
-
noun,
a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- mirages
-
noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- stimies
-
noun,
stymie.
- quartes
-
noun,
the fourth of eight defensive positions.
- somato-
-
- muriate
-
noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- orgasms
-
noun,
the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- travois
-
noun,
a transport device, formerly used by the Plains Indians, consisting of two poles joined by a frame and drawn by an animal.
- misgive
-
verb (used with object),
(of one's mind, heart, etc.) to give doubt or apprehension to.
- gravies
-
noun,
the fat and juices that drip from cooking meat, often thickened, seasoned, flavored, etc., and used as a sauce for meat, potatoes, rice, etc.
- stivers
-
noun,
Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- quatres
-
noun,
the four at cards, dice, or the like.
- tourism
-
noun,
the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
- migrate
-
verb (used without object),
to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate.
Antonyms: remain.
- outages
-
noun,
an interruption or failure in the supply of power, especially electricity.
- meiosis
-
noun,
Cell Biology. part of the process of gamete formation, consisting of chromosome conjugation and two cell divisions, in the course of which the diploid chromosome number becomes reduced to the haploid.
Compare mitosis.
- oestrus
-
noun,
estrus.
- outgoes
-
noun,
the act or process of going out:
- outrage
-
noun,
an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.
- Megaris
-
noun,
a district in ancient Greece, between the Gulf of Corinth and Saronic Gulf.
- outsoar
-
verb (used with object),
to soar beyond.
- torques
-
noun,
a ringlike band or formation about the neck, as of feathers, hair, or integument of distinctive color or appearance; a collar.
- gustoes
-
noun,
hearty or keen enjoyment, as in eating or drinking, or in action or speech in general:
Synonyms: enthusiasm, delight, relish, zest, spirit, fervor.
- merisis
-
noun,
growth, especially growth resulting from cell division.
- somites
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- Gustave
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “staff of God.”.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- ovaries
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the female gonad or reproductive gland, in which the ova and the hormones that regulate female secondary sex characteristics develop.
- stearo-
-
- surmise
-
noun,
a matter of conjecture.
- ovarium
-
noun,
ovary.
- musties
-
noun,
(formerly) a kind of snuff having a musty flavor.
- musters
-
noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- vaquero
-
noun,
a cowboy or herdsman.
- gosmore
-
noun,
cat's-ear.
- motives
-
noun,
something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive.
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- ariosos
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- virgate
-
noun,
an early English measure of land of varying extent, usually considered equivalent to a quarter of a hide, or about 30 acres (12 hectares).
- aristo-
-
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- arouses
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- 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.
- viremia
-
noun,
the presence of a virus in the blood.
- viragos
-
noun,
a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew.
- roquets
-
noun,
an act or instance of roqueting.
- rootage
-
noun,
the act of taking root.
- 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.
- Argovie
-
noun,
French name of Aargau.
- Segovia
-
noun,
Andrés [ahn-dres] /ɑnˈdrɛs/ (Show IPA), 1893–87, Spanish guitarist.
- augites
-
noun,
a silicate mineral, chiefly of calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminum: a dark-green to black variety of monoclinic pyroxene, characteristic of basic rocks.
- vertigo
-
noun,
a dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being in tilting or spinning surroundings.
- aurists
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- Austro-
-
- autisms
-
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.
- seismo-
-
- veritas
-
noun,
truth.
- verisms
-
noun,
the theory that rigid representation of truth and reality is essential to art and literature, and therefore the ugly and vulgar must be included.
- verismo
-
noun,
the use of everyday life and actions in artistic works: introduced into opera in the early 1900s in reaction to contemporary conventions, which were seen as artificial and untruthful.
- rivages
-
noun,
a bank, shore, or coast.
- arguses
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant with 100 eyes, set to guard the heifer Io: his eyes were transferred after his death to the peacock's tail.
- virosis
-
noun,
infection with a virus.
- riotous
-
adjective,
(of an act) characterized by or of the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace.
- satoris
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- samites
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- votress
-
noun,
a votaress.
- Samoset
-
noun,
died 1653? North American Indian leader: aided Pilgrims during early years in New England.
- aerugos
-
noun,
verdigris.
- ageisms
-
noun,
discrimination against persons of a certain age group.
- vomitus
-
noun,
the act of vomiting.
- agoutis
-
noun,
any of several short-haired, short-eared, rabbitlike rodents of the genus Dasyprocta, of South and Central America and the West Indies, destructive to sugar cane.
- voiture
-
noun,
a carriage, wagon, or other wheeled vehicle.
- vitreum
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) glass.
- Vitoria
-
noun,
Francisco de [frahn-th ees-kaw th e] /frɑnˈðis kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), c1480–1546, Spanish scholar and theologian.
- airtime
-
noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- visitor
-
noun,
a person who visits, as for reasons of friendship, business, duty, travel, or the like.
- aquiver
-
adjective,
in a state of trepidation or vibrant agitation; trembling; quivering (usually used predicatively):
- saugers
-
noun,
a freshwater, North American pikeperch, Stizostedion canadense.
- sauries
-
noun,
a sharp-snouted fish, Scomberesox saurus, inhabiting temperate regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- sautoir
-
noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- amities
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- amorous
-
adjective,
inclined or disposed to love, especially sexual love:
- visages
-
noun,
the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.; countenance.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- viruses
-
noun,
an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.
- amusive
-
adjective,
amusing; entertaining.
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Sequoia
-
noun,
either of two large coniferous trees of California, Sequoiadendron giganteum or Sequoia sempervirens, both having reddish bark and reaching heights of more than 300 feet (91 meters).
- Seagirt
-
noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- egoisms
-
noun,
the habit of valuing everything only in reference to one's personal interest; selfishness (opposed to altruism).
- varuses
-
noun,
abnormal angulation of a bone or joint, with the angle pointing away from the midline.
- various
-
pronoun,
Informal. several, many, or numerous ones:
- egotism
-
noun,
excessive and objectionable reference to oneself in conversation or writing; conceit; boastfulness.
- varooms
-
noun, verb,
vroom.
- egoists
-
noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- serious
-
noun,
that which is of importance, grave, critical, or somber:
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- orgasm
-
noun,
the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- squam-
-
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- maquis
-
noun,
the French underground movement, or Resistance, that combatted the Nazis in World War II.
- Aomori
-
noun,
a seaport on N Honshu, in N Japan.
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- square
-
noun,
a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- virtue
-
noun,
moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- maigre
-
adjective,
containing neither flesh nor its juices, as food permissible on days of religious abstinence.
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- tarso-
-
- magots
-
noun,
Barbary ape.
- Tarsus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of the proximal segment of the foot; the bones between the tibia and the metatarsus, contributing to the construction of the ankle joint.
- utero-
-
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- rouses
-
noun,
a rousing.
- virgos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Virgin, a zodiacal constellation between Leo and Libra, containing the bright star Spica.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- marges
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- rousts
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- Margie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- squirt
-
noun,
the act of squirting.
- masto-
-
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- vagrom
-
adjective,
vagrant.
- eroto-
-
- omegas
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- egoist
-
noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- masque
-
noun,
a form of aristocratic entertainment in England in the 16th and 17th centuries, originally consisting of pantomime and dancing but later including dialogue and song, presented in elaborate productions given by amateur and professional actors.
- Maseru
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Lesotho, in the NW part.
- masers
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- amours
-
noun,
a love affair.
- visage
-
noun,
the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.; countenance.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Margot
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- squirm
-
noun,
the act of squirming; a squirming or wriggling movement.
- Squire
-
noun,
(in England) a country gentleman, especially the chief landed proprietor in a district.
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- squegs
-
verb (used without object),
(of an electronic circuit or component) to produce an output that oscillates between a certain maximum and zero, especially when due to the effect of a grid.
- amugis
-
noun,
a Philippine tree, Koordersiodendron pinnatum, of the cashew family.
- marque
-
noun,
letter of marque.
- Targum
-
noun,
a translation or paraphrase in Aramaic of a book or division of the Old Testament.
- 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.
- squats
-
noun,
the act or fact of squatting.
- Soviet
-
noun,
(before the revolution) any governmental council.
(after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration.
(after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- Argive
-
noun,
a native of Argos.
- rouges
-
noun,
any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- tauro-
-
- sorgos
-
noun,
any of several varieties of sorghum grown chiefly for the sweet juice yielded by the stems, used in making sugar and syrup and also for fodder.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- ostium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or orifice, as at the end of the oviduct.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- irises
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- tissue
-
noun,
Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
- Iraqis
-
noun,
a native of Iraq.
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- vireos
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- togues
-
noun,
lake trout.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Rostov
-
noun,
a seaport in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the Don River, near the Sea of Azov.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- images
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- estrus
-
noun,
Also, estrum [es-truh m] /ˈɛs trəm/ (Show IPA), oestrus. the period of heat or rut; the period of maximum sexual receptivity of the female.
- Igorot
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Malay stock in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, some noted as headhunters.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- outage
-
noun,
an interruption or failure in the supply of power, especially electricity.
- iatro-
-
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- outgas
-
verb (used with object),
to remove (adsorbed or occluded gases), usually by heat or reduced pressure.
- toques
-
noun,
a brimless and close-fitting hat for women, in any of several shapes.
- Timour
-
noun,
Tamerlane.
- savors
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- Savior
-
noun,
a person who saves, rescues, or delivers:
- osmose
-
noun,
osmosis.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- argots
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- argues
-
verb (used with object),
to state the reasons for or against:
- Osages
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tergum
-
noun,
the dorsal surface of a body segment of an arthropod.
- Osiris
-
noun,
the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- itious
-
- Savoie
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2389 sq. mi. (6185 sq. km). Capital: Chambéry.
- virgas
-
noun,
streaks of water drops or ice particles falling out of a cloud and evaporating before reaching the ground (distinguished from praecipitatio).
- Tigris
-
noun,
a river in SW Asia, flowing SE from SE Turkey through Iraq, joining the Euphrates to form the Shatt-al-Arab. 1150 miles (1850 km) long.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- Timaru
-
noun,
a seaport on the E coast of South Island, in S New Zealand.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- 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.
- esrogs
-
noun,
etrog.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- osteo-
-
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- mature
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- mogote
-
noun,
a residual hillock of limestone, honeycombed with cavities.
- serous
-
adjective,
resembling serum; of a watery nature.
- Vosges
-
noun,
a range of low mountains in NE France: highest peak, 4668 feet (1423 meters).
- Stover
-
noun,
coarse roughage used as feed for livestock.
- stumer
-
noun,
something bogus or fraudulent.
- vorous
-
- ageism
-
noun,
discrimination against persons of a certain age group.
- stours
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- storms
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- equiv.
-
- vario-
-
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- aerugo
-
noun,
verdigris.
- vomits
-
noun,
the act of vomiting.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- stooge
-
noun,
an entertainer who feeds lines to the main comedian and usually serves as the butt of his or her jokes.
- agists
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- vomito
-
noun,
the black vomit of yellow fever.
- 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.
- sugars
-
noun,
a sweet, crystalline substance, C 12 H 22 O 11 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose.
Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- stomas
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- agouti
-
noun,
any of several short-haired, short-eared, rabbitlike rodents of the genus Dasyprocta, of South and Central America and the West Indies, destructive to sugar cane.
- misuse
-
noun,
wrong or improper use; misapplication.
- Straus
-
noun,
Isidor, 1845–1912, U.S. retail merchant and politician, born in Bavaria: congressman 1894–95 (brother of Nathan and Oscar Solomon Straus).
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Agrius
-
noun,
one of the Gigantes.
- varies
-
verb (used with object),
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
- motive
-
noun,
something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive.
- strive
-
verb (used without object),
to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- vrooms
-
noun,
the roaring sound made by a motor at high speed.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- strove
-
verb,
simple past tense of strive.
- vamose
-
verb (used with or without object),
vamoose.
- mosque
-
noun,
a Muslim temple or place of public worship.
- mouser
-
noun,
an animal that catches mice:
- voters
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- mouses
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- Struma
-
noun,
Pathology. goiter.
- sargos
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- mousse
-
noun,
Cookery.
a sweetened dessert with whipped cream as a base, often stabilized with gelatin and chilled in a mold:
an aspic, unsweetened and containing meat, vegetables, or fish:
- morose
-
adjective,
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- Strega
-
- sarges
-
noun,
sergeant.
- morgue
-
noun,
a place in which bodies are kept, especially the bodies of victims of violence or accidents, pending identification or burial.
- Aegium
-
noun,
a town in ancient Achaea, on the Gulf of Corinth: the Achaean League met here.
- Moreau
-
noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1826–98, French painter.
- morass
-
noun,
a tract of low, soft, wet ground.
- movers
-
noun,
a person or thing that moves.
- strums
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- Struve
-
noun,
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von [free-drikh gey-awrk vil-helm fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx geɪˈɔrk ˈvɪl hɛlm fən/ (Show IPA), 1793–1864, Russian astronomer, born in Germany.
- Russo-
-
- 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.).
- matri-
-
- amigos
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- merous
-
- staves
-
noun,
a plural of staff1 .
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- sauger
-
noun,
a freshwater, North American pikeperch, Stizostedion canadense.
- Mergui
-
noun,
a seaport in S Burma, on the Andaman Sea.
- sutras
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- starve
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- ergots
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- megass
-
noun,
bagasse.
- Servia
-
noun,
former name of Serbia.
- stego-
-
- meatus
-
noun,
an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- Ogmios
-
noun,
the ancient Gallic god of eloquence, identified by the Romans with Mercury.
- stages
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- sautes
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- Mauser
-
noun,
Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- servo-
-
- servos
-
noun,
Informal. servomechanism.
- maugre
-
preposition,
in spite of; notwithstanding.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- ogress
-
noun,
a female monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- steams
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- visits
-
noun,
the act of or an instance of visiting:
- Russia
-
noun,
Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
- mirage
-
noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- vomers
-
noun,
a bone of the skull in most vertebrates, in humans forming a large part of the septum between the right and left cavities of the nose.
- russet
-
noun,
yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
- varoom
-
noun, verb,
vroom.
- stiver
-
noun,
Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- vogues
-
noun,
something in fashion, as at a particular time:
- Murage
-
noun,
a toll or tax for the repair or construction of the walls or fortifications of a town.
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- vitrum
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) glass.
- suites
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Musset
-
noun,
(Louis Charles) Alfred de [lwee sharl al-fred duh] /lwi ʃarl alˈfrɛd də/ (Show IPA), 1810–57, French poet, dramatist, and novelist.
- me-too
-
adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- miosis
-
noun,
excessive constriction of the pupil of the eye, as a result of drugs, disease, or the like.
- rugose
-
adjective,
having wrinkles; wrinkled; ridged.
- rugate
-
adjective,
wrinkle; rugose.
- Sumter
-
noun,
a city in central South Carolina.
- muster
-
noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- stigma
-
noun,
a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation.
- Stevia
-
noun,
a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- surges
-
noun,
a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep:
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- metro-
-
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- Sirius
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Dog Star, the brightest-appearing star in the heavens, located in the constellation Canis Major.
- romeos
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- ragout
-
noun,
French Cookery. a highly seasoned stew of meat or fish, with or without vegetables.
- Graves
-
noun,
a wine-growing district in Gironde department, in SW France.
- quarts
-
noun,
a unit of liquid measure of capacity, equal to one fourth of a gallon, or 57.749 cubic inches (0.946 liter) in the U.S. and 69.355 cubic inches (1.136 liters) in Great Britain.
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- avisos
-
noun,
a boat used especially for carrying dispatches; dispatch boat.
- quasi-
-
- Grasse
-
noun,
François Joseph Paul [frahn-swa zhaw-zef pawl] /frɑ̃ˈswa ʒɔˈzɛf pɔl/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Grasse-Tilly) 1722–1788, French admiral.
- Travis
-
noun,
William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.
- Tuareg
-
noun,
a Berber or Hamitic-speaking member of the Muslim nomads of the Sahara.
- smarts
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- quatre
-
noun,
the four at cards, dice, or the like.
- tsuris
-
noun,
trouble; woe.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- quaver
-
noun,
a quavering or tremulous shake, especially in the voice.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- 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.
- Greats
-
- roomie
-
noun,
roommate.
- Vestas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
- grivet
-
noun,
a small Abyssinian monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, with a grayish back, gray tail, black face, and dark extremities.
- groove
-
noun,
a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- Groote
-
noun,
Gerhard [Dutch khey-rahrt;; English gair-hahrt] /Dutch ˈxeɪ rɑrt;; English ˈgɛər hɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Gerardus Magnus) 1340–84, Dutch religious reformer, educator, and author: founder of the order of Brethren of the Common Life.
- grooms
-
noun,
a bridegroom.
- roosts
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- groats
-
noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- smears
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- rooses
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- astro-
-
- grists
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- avoir.
-
- gators
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- trivia
-
noun,
(in Roman religion) Hecate: so called because she was the goddess of the crossroads.
- quart.
-
- Griqua
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a person of mixed African and European descent, especially a native of Griqualand.
- griots
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- quarte
-
noun,
the fourth of eight defensive positions.
- Grimes
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- quarto
-
noun,
a book size of about 9½ × 12 inches (24 × 30 cm), determined by folding printed sheets twice to form four leaves or eight pages. Symbol: 4to, 4°.
- gemots
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a legislative or judicial assembly.
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- tumors
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- quotes
-
noun,
a quotation.
- quiets
-
noun,
freedom from noise, unwanted sound, etc.:
- troves
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- trigos
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- quires
-
noun,
a set of 24 uniform sheets of paper.
- goaves
-
noun,
plural of goaf.
- austr-
-
- quirts
-
noun,
a riding whip consisting of a short, stout stock and a lash of braided leather.
- Tromso
-
noun,
a seaport in N Norway.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- versts
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- quoits
-
noun,
quoits, (used with a singular verb) a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.
- 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.
- giaour
-
noun,
an unbeliever; a non-Muslim, especially a Christian.
- rivets
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- averts
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- gismos
-
noun,
a gadget or device:
- quiver
-
noun,
the act or state of quivering; a tremble or tremor.
- goiter
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- roasts
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- motors
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- vermi-
-
- vermis
-
noun,
the median lobe or division of the cerebellum.
- etrogs
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- gerous
-
- Augier
-
noun,
Guillaume Victor Émile [gee-yohm veek-tawr ey-meel] /giˈyoʊm vikˈtɔr eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1820–89, French dramatist.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- augite
-
noun,
a silicate mineral, chiefly of calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminum: a dark-green to black variety of monoclinic pyroxene, characteristic of basic rocks.
- egoism
-
noun,
the habit of valuing everything only in reference to one's personal interest; selfishness (opposed to altruism).
- truism
-
noun,
a self-evident, obvious truth.
- Aussie
-
noun,
an Australian.
- gorses
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- Segura
-
noun,
Francisco [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), (Pancho Segura"Segoo") born 1921, Ecuadorian tennis player.
- quests
-
noun,
a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something:
- gooses
-
noun,
any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- regius
-
adjective,
of or belonging to a king.
- versus
-
preposition,
against (used especially to indicate an action brought by one party against another in a court of law, or to denote competing teams or players in a sports contest):
- gomuti
-
noun,
Also called gomuti palm, sugar palm. a sago palm, Arenga pinnata, of the East Indies, yielding palm sugar.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- viator
-
noun,
a wayfarer; traveler.
- smites
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- torsos
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- Assiut
-
noun,
Asyut.
- risque
-
adjective,
daringly close to indelicacy or impropriety; off-color:
- Ramses
-
noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- ramous
-
adjective,
ramose.
- gamet-
-
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- roquet
-
noun,
an act or instance of roqueting.
- Somers
-
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- roques
-
noun,
a form of croquet played on a clay or hard-surface court surrounded by a low wall off which the balls may be played.
- somat-
-
- gamous
-
- G-suit
-
noun,
anti-G suit.
- assume
-
verb (used with object),
to take for granted or without proof:
Synonyms: suppose, presuppose; postulate, posit.
- vastus
-
noun,
any of several muscles in the front part of the thigh constituting part of the quadriceps muscle, the action of which assists in extending the leg.
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- gamuts
-
noun,
the entire scale or range:
- vigors
-
noun,
active strength or force.
- virago
-
noun,
a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- Evarts
-
noun,
William Maxwell, 1818–1901, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- gutser
-
noun,
a person who eats too much and greedily.
- torque
-
noun,
Mechanics. something that produces or tends to produce torsion or rotation; the moment of a force or system of forces tending to cause rotation.
- uremia
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- guitar
-
noun,
a stringed musical instrument with a long, fretted neck, a flat, somewhat violinlike body, and typically six strings, which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- Gussie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Augusta.
- gusset
-
noun,
a small, triangular piece of material inserted into a shirt, shoe, etc., to improve the fit or for reinforcement.
Compare godet (def 1), gore3 (def 1).
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- vigias
-
noun,
a navigational hazard whose existence or position is uncertain.
- torses
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- sigmas
-
noun,
the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet: Σ, σ, ς.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- urases
-
noun,
urease.
- ugsome
-
adjective,
horrid; loathsome.
- versos
-
noun,
a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- Ugarit
-
noun,
an ancient city in Syria, N of Latakia, on the site of modern Ras Shamra: destroyed by an earthquake early in the 13th century b.c.; excavations have yielded tablets written in cuneiform and hieroglyphic script that reveal important information on Canaanite mythology.
- Groves
-
noun,
Leslie Richard, 1896–1970, U.S. general.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- simars
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- gastr-
-
- tragus
-
noun,
a fleshy prominence at the front of the external opening of the ear.
- usages
-
noun,
a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice:
- verism
-
noun,
the theory that rigid representation of truth and reality is essential to art and literature, and therefore the ugly and vulgar must be included.
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- Gasser
-
noun,
Slang. something that is extraordinarily pleasing or successful, especially a very funny joke.
- turves
-
noun,
plural of turf.
- rivage
-
noun,
a bank, shore, or coast.
- garote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- grouts
-
noun,
a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.
- assure
-
verb (used with object),
to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to:
- grouse
-
noun,
any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae.
Compare black grouse, capercaillie, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- touses
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- qiviut
-
noun,
the soft, dense, light-brown woolly undercoat of the musk ox, used in making fabrics.
- grumes
-
noun,
blood when viscous.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- quot.
-
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- quota
-
noun,
the share or proportional part of a total that is required from, or is due or belongs to, a particular district, state, person, group, etc.
- Msgr.
-
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- stome
-
- mover
-
noun,
a person or thing that moves.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- quote
-
noun,
a quotation.
- moves
-
noun,
an act or instance of moving; movement.
- stove
-
noun,
a portable or fixed apparatus that furnishes heat for warmth, cooking, etc., commonly using coal, oil, gas, wood, or electricity as a source of power.
- situs
-
noun,
position; situation.
- 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.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- 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)
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- musts
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- MOTOS
-
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- quoit
-
noun,
quoits, (used with a singular verb) a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- sagos
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- Serov
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ural Mountains.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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).
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- SAMOS
-
noun,
a Greek island in the E Aegean. 194 sq. mi. (502 sq. km).
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- rusts
-
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.
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- semi-
-
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- 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.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- movie
-
noun,
motion picture.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- sages
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- sito-
-
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- 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.
- Murat
-
noun,
Joachim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- MOUSE
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- muras
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- rivet
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- ramus
-
noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- soots
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- quits
-
noun,
any of various small tropical birds.
- osmo-
-
- simas
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- 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.
- soave
-
noun,
a dry, white wine from Verona, Italy.
- savor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- oste-
-
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- Smuts
-
noun,
Jan Christiaan [Dutch yahn kris-tee-ahn] /Dutch yɑn ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn/ (Show IPA), 1870–1950, South African statesman and general: prime minister 1919–24, 1939–48.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Roque
-
noun,
a form of croquet played on a clay or hard-surface court surrounded by a low wall off which the balls may be played.
- sours
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- smogs
-
noun,
smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Sousa
-
noun,
John Philip, 1854–1932, U.S. band conductor and composer.
- souse
-
noun,
an act of sousing.
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- rouge
-
noun,
any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- ORuss
-
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- somas
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- sorgo
-
noun,
any of several varieties of sorghum grown chiefly for the sweet juice yielded by the stems, used in making sugar and syrup and also for fodder.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Sigma
-
noun,
the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet: Σ, σ, ς.
- outgo
-
noun,
the act or process of going out:
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- ousts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- sero-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Otomi
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- ovate
-
adjective,
egg-shaped.
- sorus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the clusters of sporangia on the back of the fronds of ferns.
- over-
-
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- overs
-
noun,
an amount in excess or addition; extra.
- overt
-
adjective,
open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret:
- Oveta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- quags
-
noun,
a quagmire.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- quirt
-
noun,
a riding whip consisting of a short, stout stock and a lash of braided leather.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- quiet
-
noun,
freedom from noise, unwanted sound, etc.:
- roves
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- ogive
-
noun,
Architecture.
a diagonal vaulting rib.
a pointed arch.
- ogams
-
noun,
ogham.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- quire
-
noun,
a set of 24 uniform sheets of paper.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- stave
-
noun,
one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- Sivas
-
noun,
a city in central Turkey.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Reaum
-
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- quite
-
adverb,
completely, wholly, or entirely:
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Quito
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ecuador, in the N part. 9348 feet (2849 meters) above sea level.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- ster.
-
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- regma
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- orig.
-
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- rooms
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Oreg.
-
- Romeo
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- seti-
-
- squat
-
noun,
the act or fact of squatting.
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- quass
-
noun,
kvass.
- squeg
-
verb (used without object),
(of an electronic circuit or component) to produce an output that oscillates between a certain maximum and zero, especially when due to the effect of a grid.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Srta.
-
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Regt.
-
- Omuta
-
noun,
a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- segos
-
noun,
sego lily.
- rogue
-
noun,
a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel.
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- ques.
-
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- omega
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- quest
-
noun,
a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something:
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gusto
-
noun,
hearty or keen enjoyment, as in eating or drinking, or in action or speech in general:
Synonyms: enthusiasm, delight, relish, zest, spirit, fervor.
- motor
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- truss
-
noun,
Civil Engineering, Building Trades.
any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c).
any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- trugs
-
noun,
a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood.
- gesso
-
noun,
gypsum or plaster of Paris prepared with glue for use as a surface for painting.
- gests
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- trove
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- geums
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Geum, comprising the avens.
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- gemot
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a legislative or judicial assembly.
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- gismo
-
noun,
a gadget or device:
- gists
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- gitim
-
noun,
a plural of get.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- geom.
-
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Gomer
-
noun,
an undesirable hospital patient.
- Gaius
-
noun,
a.d. c110–c180, Roman jurist and writer, especially on civil law.
- urges
-
noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- Euro-
-
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- Evita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
- Evora
-
noun,
a city in central Portugal: Roman ruins; cathedral.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- gamer
-
noun,
a person who plays games, especially computer or video games.
- Gauss
-
noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic induction, equal to the magnetic induction of a magnetic field in which one abcoulomb of charge, moving with a component of velocity perpendicular to the field and equal to one centimeter per second, is acted on by a force of one dyne; 1 maxwell per square centimeter or 10− 4 weber per square meter. Symbol: G.
- games
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- gamo-
-
- gamut
-
noun,
the entire scale or range:
- gasts
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- gaums
-
verb (used with object),
to smear or cover with a gummy, sticky substance (often followed by up):
- gaurs
-
noun,
a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 meters) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- Urmia
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- Groot
-
noun,
Huig [Dutch hoikh] /Dutch hɔɪx/ (Show IPA), de [duh] /də/ (Show IPA), or van [vahn] /vɑn/ (Show IPA), Hugo Grotius.
- Gross
-
noun,
a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things. Abbreviation: gro.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- grout
-
noun,
a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.
- Grove
-
noun,
a small wood or forested area, usually with no undergrowth:
- Grues
-
verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- grume
-
noun,
blood when viscous.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- groma
-
noun,
an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- guar.
-
- guars
-
noun,
a plant, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, of the legume family, grown as a forage crop and for its seeds, which produce a gum (guar gum) used as a thickening agent and stabilizer in foods and pharmaceuticals and as sizing for paper and cloth.
- Guat.
-
- guess
-
noun,
an opinion that one reaches or to which one commits oneself on the basis of probability alone or in the absence of any evidence whatever.
- Guest
-
noun,
a person who spends some time at another person's home in some social activity, as a visit, dinner, or party.
- guiro
-
noun,
a South American musical instrument consisting of a hollow gourd with serrated surface that is scraped with a stick.
- Guise
-
noun,
general external appearance; aspect; semblance:
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- groom
-
noun,
a bridegroom.
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- goose
-
noun,
any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- gram.
-
- trig.
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- Gosse
-
noun,
Sir Edmund William, 1849–1928, English poet, biographer, and critic.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- gouts
-
noun,
an acute, recurrent disease characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, chiefly those in the feet and hands, and especially in the great toe, and by an excess of uric acid in the blood.
- Govt.
-
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- grams
-
noun,
a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. Abbreviation: g.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- treas
-
- GRASS
-
noun,
any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains.
Compare grass family.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- grave
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- trave
-
noun,
a crossbeam.
- grime
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- stge.
-
- areo-
-
- vises
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- visas
-
noun,
an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- amour
-
noun,
a love affair.
- virus
-
noun,
an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- virtu
-
noun,
excellence or merit in objects of art, curios, and the like.
- Virgo
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Virgin, a zodiacal constellation between Leo and Libra, containing the bright star Spica.
- visit
-
noun,
the act of or an instance of visiting:
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- argue
-
verb (used with object),
to state the reasons for or against:
- Argus
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant with 100 eyes, set to guard the heifer Io: his eyes were transferred after his death to the peacock's tail.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- arium
-
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- amigo
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Amer.
-
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- 30-30
-
- vroom
-
noun,
the roaring sound made by a motor at high speed.
- vouge
-
noun,
an axlike, shafted weapon having a curved blade tapering to a point at the top, used by foot soldiers in the 14th century and after.
- votes
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- voter
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- aeri-
-
- aero-
-
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- visor
-
noun,
Armor.
(on a close helmet) a piece having slits or holes for vision, situated above and pivoted with a beaver or a ventail and beaver.
a similar piece of plate having holes or slits for vision and breathing, attached to or used with any of various other helmets, as the armet, sallet, basinet, or helm.
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- vomit
-
noun,
the act of vomiting.
- agro-
-
- vomer
-
noun,
a bone of the skull in most vertebrates, in humans forming a large part of the septum between the right and left cavities of the nose.
- agues
-
noun,
Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- vogue
-
noun,
something in fashion, as at a particular time:
- vogie
-
adjective,
conceited; proud.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- VISTA
-
noun,
a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
- virga
-
noun,
streaks of water drops or ice particles falling out of a cloud and evaporating before reaching the ground (distinguished from praecipitatio).
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- usage
-
noun,
a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice:
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- avers
-
- avert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- verso
-
noun,
a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- aviso
-
noun,
a boat used especially for carrying dispatches; dispatch boat.
- vegas
-
noun,
Astronomy. a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Lyra.
- vasts
-
noun,
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
- vaso-
-
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- varus
-
noun,
abnormal angulation of a bone or joint, with the angle pointing away from the midline.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- auto.
-
- vari-
-
- equi-
-
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- ergo-
-
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- vairs
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- vague
-
adjective,
not clearly or explicitly stated or expressed:
- uveas
-
noun,
the vascular tunic of the eye, comprising the iris, choroid coat, and ciliary body.
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- verst
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- Aust.
-
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- Assur
-
noun,
the god of war and supreme national god of Assyria.
- vireo
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- arvos
-
noun,
afternoon.
- asgmt
-
- Vigor
-
noun,
active strength or force.
- vigia
-
noun,
a navigational hazard whose existence or position is uncertain.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- asst.
-
- vigas
-
noun,
a rough-hewn beam, usually of fir, used to support the roof in adobe construction.
- auger
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a bit, as for a brace.
a boring tool, similar to but larger than a gimlet, consisting of a bit rotated by a transverse handle.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astr.
-
- vests
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- ative
-
- atmo-
-
- Vesta
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
- vertu
-
noun,
virtu.
- verts
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Tagus
-
noun,
a river in SW Europe, flowing W through central Spain and Portugal to the Atlantic at Lisbon. 566 miles (910 km) long.
- Taegu
-
noun,
a city in SE South Korea: commercial center.
- mega-
-
- Meigs
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Meigs.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- mero-
-
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Mauve
-
noun,
a pale bluish purple.
- Susie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- mesas
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- meso-
-
- surv.
-
- meta-
-
- 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.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metr-
-
- surge
-
noun,
a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep:
- Mavis
-
noun,
a song thrush.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- maqui
-
noun,
an evergreen shrub, Aristotelia chilensis, of Chile, having toothed, oblong leaves, greenish-white flowers, and purple berries, grown as an ornamental in S California.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- marg.
-
- Marge
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Matsu
-
noun,
a pine, Pinus massoniana, of China, yielding a wood used in furniture-making, the construction of houses, etc.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Marut
-
noun,
any of a group of storm gods, the offspring of Rudra.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- mast-
-
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- matr-
-
- surg.
-
- suras
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- stums
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- Moore
-
noun,
Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- moors
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- moose
-
noun,
a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.
- moots
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- Moqui
-
noun,
Moki.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- mogos
-
noun,
a stone hatchet used by the Aborigines.
- Moros
-
noun,
a child of Nyx, and the personification of fate.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- strum
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- Moses
-
noun,
the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness.
- Mossi
-
noun,
an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- mosso
-
adjective,
rapid; fast.
- mosts
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- suave
-
adjective,
(of persons or their manner, speech, etc.) smoothly agreeable or polite; agreeably or blandly urbane.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- misos
-
noun,
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- Suomi
-
noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- sumos
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- 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.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mirvs
-
noun,
multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- miso-
-
- Miss.
-
- suets
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- sugis
-
noun,
Japan cedar.
- 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.
- 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.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Sugar
-
noun,
a sweet, crystalline substance, C 12 H 22 O 11 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose.
Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- imago
-
noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- imit.
-
- tears
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- togue
-
noun,
lake trout.
- ivies
-
noun,
Also called English ivy. a climbing vine, Hedera helix, having smooth, shiny, evergreen leaves, small, yellowish flowers, and black berries, grown as an ornamental.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- tera-
-
- Iraqi
-
noun,
a native of Iraq.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- term.
-
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tious
-
- 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.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- 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.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- issue
-
noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- image
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- Mages
-
noun,
a magician.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- IATSE
-
- magot
-
noun,
Barbary ape.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Magus
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- toque
-
noun,
a brimless and close-fitting hat for women, in any of several shapes.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- vims
-
noun,
lively or energetic spirit; enthusiasm; vitality.
- Sumo
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- 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.
- Vote
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- trav
-
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Virg
-
- Vigo
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jean Almereyda) 1905–34, French film director.
- str.
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- vet.
-
- 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.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- veto
-
noun,
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- vets
-
noun,
veterinarian.
- vias
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- sur-
-
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- stg.
-
- viga
-
noun,
a rough-hewn beam, usually of fir, used to support the roof in adobe construction.
- vugs
-
noun,
a small cavity in a rock or vein, often lined with crystals.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- saur
-
- SASE
-
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- VITA
-
noun,
curriculum vitae (def 1).
- vise
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- Vito
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- 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.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Sat.
-
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Togo
-
noun,
Heihachiro [hey-hah-chee-raw] /ˈheɪ hɑˈtʃi rɔ/ (Show IPA), Marquis, 1847–1934, Japanese admiral.
- 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.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- smog
-
noun,
smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sugi
-
noun,
Japan cedar.
- Save
-
noun,
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
- visa
-
noun,
an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- smug
-
adjective,
contentedly confident of one's ability, superiority, or correctness; complacent.
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- SMSA
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- 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.
- uria
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- uret
-
- Sra.
-
- tavs
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Urga
-
noun,
former name of Ulan Bator.
- urge
-
noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- SRAM
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- 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.
- taur
-
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- uro-
-
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- USAR
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Sig.
-
- USGA
-
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 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.
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Tues
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tugs
-
noun,
an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 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.
- trug
-
noun,
a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- Tasm
-
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Siva
-
noun,
Shiva.
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- USIA
-
- USIS
-
- 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.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Vat.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- vatu
-
noun,
a nickel-brass coin and monetary unit of Vanuatu.
- Vega
-
noun,
Astronomy. a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Lyra.
- 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.
- Veii
-
noun,
an ancient city in central Italy, in Etruria, near Rome: Etruscan city destroyed by the Romans 396 b.c.
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- vers
-
- Sem.
-
- VAST
-
noun,
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
- Ste.
-
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Susa
-
noun,
a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- vert
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- tri-
-
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- vest
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Suva
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Fiji, on Viti Levu island.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- 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.
- uvea
-
noun,
the vascular tunic of the eye, comprising the iris, choroid coat, and ciliary body.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- vair
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- serv
-
- vase
-
noun,
a vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration.
- ter.
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- var.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- vars
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- vas-
-
- svgs
-
- USMA
-
- 1080
-
- Sam.
-
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- moos
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Moss
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- mogs
-
noun,
moggy.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- mout
-
- move
-
noun,
an act or instance of moving; movement.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- MSAE
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- MSgt
-
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- met.
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- est.
-
- migs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- 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.
- MIRV
-
noun,
multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle.
- mogo
-
noun,
a stone hatchet used by the Aborigines.
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- 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.
- Esq.
-
- 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.
- eso-
-
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- ESIS
-
- MSIE
-
- MSTS
-
- 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.
- Aus.
-
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- avos
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- Avis
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
- avg.
-
- Aves
-
noun,
a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Ave.
-
- aut-
-
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- aur-
-
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Auge
-
noun,
a daughter of King Aleus who became a priestess of Athena. After being raped by Hercules she bore a son, Telephus.
- Aug.
-
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- 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.
- ergs
-
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- mtg.
-
- mtge
-
- eous
-
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- mus.
-
- 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.
- muss
-
noun,
a state of disorder or untidiness.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- emia
-
- grue
-
verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- mes-
-
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- give
-
noun,
the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- ious
-
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- Iraq
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, N of Saudi Arabia and W of Iran, centering in the Tigris-Euphrates basin of Mesopotamia. 172,000 sq. mi. (445,480 sq. km). Capital: Baghdad.
- Geum
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Geum, comprising the avens.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- Gmat
-
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- gres
-
- Grus
-
noun,
the Crane, a southern constellation between Indus and Piscis Austrinus.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- gro.
-
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- Guam
-
noun,
an island, belonging to the U.S., in the N Pacific, E of the Philippines: the largest of the Marianas group; U.S. naval station. 206 sq. mi. (535 sq. km). Capital: Agaña.
Abbreviation: GU (for use with zip code).
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- Grim
-
adjective,
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
- gumi
-
noun,
a spreading shrub, Elaeagnus multiflora, of eastern Asia, having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and edible red fruit.
- gust
-
noun,
a sudden, strong blast of wind.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- gras
-
- guts
-
noun,
the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it.
Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- guvs
-
noun,
term of address used to a man, especially by a younger man, boy, employee, or social inferior.
- Gov.
-
- gout
-
noun,
an acute, recurrent disease characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, chiefly those in the feet and hands, and especially in the great toe, and by an excess of uric acid in the blood.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- goos
-
noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- iso-
-
- 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.
- Marv
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Marvin.
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- mags
-
noun,
magazine.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- 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.
- Marq
-
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- mag.
-
- gams
-
noun,
a person's leg, especially an attractive female leg.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- 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.
- Eur.
-
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- gaur
-
noun,
a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 meters) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Ger.
-
- geo-
-
- 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.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- itis
-
- gave
-
noun,
the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- 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.
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- gaum
-
verb (used with object),
to smear or cover with a gummy, sticky substance (often followed by up):
- Ivor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- 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.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- grum
-
adjective,
grim; glum; surly.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- agst
-
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- amt.
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- agr.
-
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- quat
-
- Que.
-
- quim
-
noun,
vagina; vulva.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- ARIS
-
- quit
-
noun,
any of various small tropical birds.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- quos
-
- 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.
- Arg.
-
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- amus
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- quag
-
noun,
a quagmire.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Rev.
-
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- riv.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Rigi
-
noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near the Lake of Lucerne. 5906 feet (1800 meters).
- 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.
- RIIA
-
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Aire
-
- 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).
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- AISI
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Ravi
-
noun,
a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- 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)
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Reg.
-
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- org.
-
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Rom.
-
- req.
-
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- ague
-
noun,
Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- AIME
-
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Quar
-
- quor
-
- Arm.
-
- 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.
- ruga
-
noun,
Usually, rugae. Biology, Anatomy. a wrinkle, fold, or ridge.
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- out-
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- rove
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- Rus.
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- oto-
-
- ovo-
-
- ates
-
- sags
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- ator
-
- oro-
-
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- atm.
-
- osis
-
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- ASTM
-
- ovi-
-
- ASSR
-
- ovum
-
noun,
Cell Biology.
the female reproductive cell or gamete of animals, which is capable of developing, usually only after fertilization, into a new individual.
the female reproductive cell or gamete of plants.
- aet.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- qto.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- agit
-
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- Arvo
-
noun,
afternoon.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- rit.
-
- asis
-
- aer-
-
- qats
-
noun,
kat.
- ASME
-
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- VSS
-
- VOA
-
- Vt.
-
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- Vte
-
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- VTO
-
- VTR
-
noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- vo.
-
- goo
-
noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- vug
-
noun,
a small cavity in a rock or vein, often lined with crystals.
- vog
-
noun,
air pollution containing gases and particles from a volcanic eruption combined with moisture from fog to create an unpleasant atmospheric cloud.
- ae.
-
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- Tro
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- AGM
-
- GeV
-
- tra
-
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- TVA
-
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- gre
-
- Am.
-
- TSI
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- 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.
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- TSS
-
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- VOR
-
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- Ges
-
- Tu.
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- GMT
-
- av.
-
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Gr.
-
- Agt
-
- tue
-
- Ar.
-
- aeq
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- 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.
- ag-
-
- VRM
-
- TSE
-
- tug
-
noun,
an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
- ETV
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- 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.
- EIS
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASM
-
- vim
-
noun,
lively or energetic spirit; enthusiasm; vitality.
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ASI
-
- eq.
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- ase
-
- ARV
-
noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- ARU
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ARS
-
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- vs.
-
- Avi
-
- ATV
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- at.
-
- ASV
-
- VGA
-
- a-v
-
- Via
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- ASU
-
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- ast
-
- Avo
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- Eg.
-
- eo-
-
- Ver
-
- EOM
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- veg
-
noun,
a vegetable.
- ea.
-
- EAM
-
- 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.
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- Va.
-
- UAR
-
- AME
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- eu-
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- EVA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- evg
-
- Ga.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- gi.
-
- ure
-
- ur-
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- UMT
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- UIT
-
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- UAM
-
- UAE
-
- 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.
- USS
-
- USA
-
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ERT
-
- AMU
-
- ERV
-
- uva
-
noun,
ultraviolet light with a relatively long wavelength, able to penetrate the deep layers of the skin.
- 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.
- 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.
- AOU
-
- uti
-
- aor
-
- ESA
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- ETO
-
- USV
-
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- AMS
-
- USR
-
- USO
-
- USM
-
- ESR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESU
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- eir
-
- ov-
-
- tr.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- SSE
-
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- Om.
-
- SRS
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- oo-
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- OOT
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- SQA
-
- SSM
-
- Sq.
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orv
-
- ose
-
- OSO
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- OSS
-
- ot-
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- OTA
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- SSI
-
- SSR
-
- Ova
-
noun,
plural of ovum.
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- MRI
-
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- MSG
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 8 NNaO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used to intensify the flavor of foods.
- MSI
-
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- MTO
-
- MTS
-
- MTV
-
- mug
-
noun,
a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware.
- STM
-
- GSA
-
- STI
-
- SST
-
- OSA
-
- OAO
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAU
-
- OEM
-
- OEO
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OGO
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- MRA
-
- RSE
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- 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).
- seq
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- ROA
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROG
-
- ROI
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSS
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RSV
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- RTS
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- rug
-
noun,
a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design.
Compare carpet.
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- SAR
-
- SAE
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- qt.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- qat
-
noun,
kat.
- QIS
-
- QMG
-
- Qom
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, SW of Teheran, on the Qom river.
- qr.
-
plural,
farthing.
- qrs
-
plural,
farthing.
- SMS
-
- QSO
-
- QSS
-
- qtr
-
- qu.
-
- qua
-
adverb,
as; as being; in the character or capacity of:
- SMA
-
- Qum
-
noun,
Qom.
- Re.
-
- 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.
- RMA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- 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.
- REA
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Sgt
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- MRE
-
- 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.
- TMO
-
- Tav
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- IGM
-
- Mo.
-
- ier
-
- 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.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- IAS
-
- Ia.
-
- 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.
- Iva
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mao
-
- io-
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- TMV
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- IUS
-
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tiv
-
noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
-
- Ir.
-
- ist
-
- ISV
-
- ium
-
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- IOU
-
- IOT
-
- ITA
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ite
-
- TIA
-
- ior
-
- TGV
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ITV
-
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- GTO
-
- ITU
-
- Mig
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- 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:
- GUI
-
noun,
graphical user interface.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- MIT
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- SUG
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- GTS
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- gt.
-
- STV
-
- MOI
-
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- MOR
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- GSR
-
- suq
-
noun,
suk.
- MIE
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MeV
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- guv
-
noun,
term of address used to a man, especially by a younger man, boy, employee, or social inferior.
- Gut
-
noun,
the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it.
Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- GUS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Augustus or Gustave.
- SVS
-
- SVR
-
- Gur
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, including Mossi and other languages spoken in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- Gum
-
noun,
any of various viscid, amorphous exudations from plants, hardening on exposure to air and soluble in or forming a viscid mass with water.
- Sus
-
- meq
-
- MGr
-
- MGT
-
- mi.
-
- RU
-
- RO
-
- rg
-
- VU
-
- IQ
-
- i.
-
- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- GQ
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- RV
-
- IG
-
- SA
-
- SG
-
- AO
-
- S.
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- SM
-
- VM
-
- V.
-
- QA
-
noun,
an exchange of questions and answers.
- TM
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TG
-
- t.
-
- G.
-
- SV
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- MG
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EV
-
- OA
-
- GM
-
- OG
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- MV
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- UT
-
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
-
- VR
-
- VI
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- VG
-
- RQ
-
- RI
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- AQ
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- M.
-
- QM
-
- QV
-
plural,
(used in formal writing after a cross reference) which see.
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- QE
-
- Q.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TV
-
noun,
television.
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- U.
-
- UV
-
- UI
-
- gv
-
- GU
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .