(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as "Benelux").
(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words, sometimes exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as "laser") rather than as individual letters (initialisms such as "TNT").
verb
To form into an acronym.
almoner
almoner
noun
A hospital official responsible for patient welfare and after-care.
a title given to a royal officer charged with the duty of distributing alms or bounty on behalf of a monarch
one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop
one who distributes alms, especially the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses
almonry
almonry
noun
(historical) A building in which alms were distributed.
amanori
amanori
noun
Porphyra seaweed used as food in Japan; laver.
amicron
amintor
amorini
amorini
noun
plural of amorino
amorino
amorino
noun
(art) A cupid (a putto, commonly with bow and arrow, representing love).
amyntor
anadrom
anadrom
noun
(zoology) Any anadromous fish, a fish that lives in the sea and goes up rivers to breed in fresh water.
anmoore
anomura
anormal
anormal
adj
(obsolete) Not according to rule; abnormal.
anymore
anymore
adv
(especially US) Alternative form of any more.
armando
armbone
armbone
noun
(anatomy) A bone in the arm, specifically, the humerus.
artemon
artemon
noun
(historical) A square foresail on a Roman oared ship.
bemourn
bemourn
verb
(transitive, rare) To weep or mourn over.
bonorum
boorman
bordman
bordman
noun
(historical) A bordar; a tenant in bordage.
bortman
bremond
brimson
brohman
bromian
bromian
adj
(mineralogy) Describing minerals that contain bromine
bromine
bromine
noun
(countable) A bromine atom
(uncountable) A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Br) with an atomic number of 35; one of the halogens, it is a fuming red-brown liquid at room temperature.
bromins
browman
browman
noun
(mining, historical) The worker in charge of the cages at the pithead.
camaron
camaron
noun
Alternative form of cammaron
cameron
cameron
Proper noun
and a highland Scottish clan name
name derived from the surname.
name derived from the surname, used since the 1970s also in the spellings Camryn and Kamryn.
A in Arizona
An unincorporated community in Illinois
An unincorporated community in Iowa
A in Louisiana
A rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada
A city in Missouri
An unincorporated community in Montana
A town in New York
A town in North Carolina
An unincorporated community in Ohio
A town in Oklahoma
A town in South Carolina
A city in Texas
A city in West Virginia
A village and a town in Wisconsin
cneorum
comorin
comourn
confirm
confirm
verb
(transitive, Christianity) To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).
To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
conform
conform
verb
(intransitive, of persons, often followed by to) To act in accordance with expectations; to behave in the manner of others, especially as a result of social pressure.
(intransitive, of things, situations, etc.) To be in accordance with a set of specifications or regulations, or with a policy or guideline.
(transitive) To make similar in form or nature; to make suitable for a purpose; to adapt.
corneum
corneum
noun
(anatomy) The outermost layer of the skin.
crampon
crampon
noun
(botany) An aerial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy.
(heraldry) A heraldic figure in the form of a bar bent at the ends into the form of a hook.
An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes. Used for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.
verb
To walk or climb using crampons.
craniom
cremona
cremona
Proper noun
Province of Lombardy, Italy.
Town and capital of Cremona.
A village in Alberta, Canada
Noun
A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona in Italy.
cremone
crimson
crimson
adj
Having a deep red colour.
Immodest.
noun
A deep, slightly bluish red.
verb
(intransitive) To become crimson or deep red; to blush.
(transitive) To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.
cromona
cropman
dameron
demonry
demonry
noun
demonic activity, influence, or possession
doorman
doorman
noun
A person who holds open the door at the entryway (entrance) to a building, summons taxicabs, and provides an element of security; in apartment buildings, he also accepts deliveries and may perform certain concierge type services.
doormen
doormen
noun
plural of doorman
dorfman
dormant
dormant
adj
(architecture) Leaning.
(heraldry) In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant.
Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.
noun
(architecture) A crossbeam or joist.
dormins
dorsman
doryman
dorymen
drobman
dromond
dromond
noun
Alternative form of dromon
dromons
dromons
noun
plural of dromon
dropman
dunmore
dworman
embrown
embrown
verb
To become or make brown; to brown.
To become or make dark or dusky; to brown, to darken.
To make (something) brown; to brown.
To make (something) dark or dusky (“having a rather dark shade of colour”); to brown, to darken.
embryon
embryon
adj
(now rare) Embryonic.
emerson
emerson
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
American writer.
A city in Georgia in the United States.
A city in Iowa.
A town in Manitoba.
A village in Nebraska.
A borough in New Jersey.
emitron
enamors
enamors
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enamor
enamour
enamour
verb
(British spelling, Australian spelling, Canadian spelling, New Zealand spelling) Standard spelling of enamor.
ermanno
fermion
fermion
noun
(particle physics, Standard Model) Any elementary or composite particle that has half-integer spin and thus obeys Fermi–Dirac statistics and the Pauli exclusion principle (equivalently, a particle for which the wavefunction of any system of identical such particles changes sign whenever two are swapped); a baryon, a lepton or a quark;
(slightly more loosely) any such particle or any composite particle composed of fermions.
foramen
foramen
noun
(anatomy) An opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone.
foreman
foreman
noun
(US, historical) A slave assistant to the white overseer who managed field hands.
(law) The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.
(management) The leader of a work crew.
foremen
foremen
noun
plural of foreman
forkman
forkmen
formant
formant
noun
(linguistics) A morpheme occurring as an affix to a root or stem, forming an extended root or stem.
(physics, phonetics) A band of frequencies, in a sound spectrum, that have a greater intensity; they determine the quality of a sound; especially the characteristic sounds of the consonants.
formene
forming
forming
noun
The act by which something is formed; formation.
verb
present participle of form
freemon
fremont
froeman
frogman
frogman
noun
A diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one in scuba gear).
A military diver, e.g. a US Navy SEAL.
frogmen
frogmen
noun
plural of frogman
frohman
germano
gormand
gormand
noun
Obsolete spelling of gourmand
gramont
grannom
grimona
gunroom
gunroom
noun
A room where guns are stored.
Living quarters for junior officers and midshipmen on a warship (hence gunroom officers). In the past it was usually set in the forecastle.
hamborn
harmony
harmony
noun
(music) The academic study of chords.
(music) The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously.
(music) Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord.
A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency.
A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds.
Agreement or accord.
hormion
hormone
hormone
noun
(LGBT, colloquial, usually in the plural) Sex hormones, as used in hormone replacement therapy for transgender or intersex people.
(botany) Any similar substance in plants.
(pharmacology) A synthetic compound with the same activity.
(physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
verb
(transitive, colloquial) To treat with hormones.
imbroin
imbrown
imbrown
verb
Archaic spelling of embrown.
inamour
inamour
verb
Archaic form of enamor.
incomer
incomer
noun
An outsider who moves to a community or a place; (used by those who consider themselves to be its original inhabitants).
One who comes in.
informs
informs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inform
ingomar
ionomer
ionomer
noun
(chemistry) a polymer, or a biological macromolecule (such as a protein) in which a small but significant proportion of the constituent monomers have ionic groups
iormina
ironism
ironism
noun
(philosophy) A state of doubt regarding one's own "vocabulary" (set of communicative beliefs) that cannot be removed by making arguments in that vocabulary.
ironman
ironman
noun
(Australia) A form of surf lifesaving competition which combines swimming, board paddling, ski paddling and running.
(by extension) The winner of such a lifesaving event or triathlon.
An extreme form of triathlon, expecially one organised by the World Triathlon Corporation that comprises a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike race and a marathon run.
An extremely tough and strong athlete, especially one who competes in extreme athletic competitions or in a large number of games consecutively.
ironmen
ironmen
noun
plural of ironman
kenmore
kirimon
kirimon
noun
A Japanese governmental seal resembling a stylized paulownia.
knorhmn
koorhmn
lampron
lampron
noun
(obsolete) A lamprey.
lohrman
macaron
macaron
noun
Any of various pastries based on almond and egg white, traditionally made in France.
macrons
macrons
noun
plural of macron
maderno
madrona
madrone
madrone
noun
(US) Any of three local relatives:
The Arizona madrone (Arbutus arizonica)
The Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii)
The Texas madrone (Arbutus xalapensis)
The strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo).
madrono
mainour
mainour
noun
A stolen article found on the person of or near the thief.
mandoer
mandora
mandora
noun
(music) A type of bass string instrument.
mandore
mandore
noun
(music) An early form of lute, that gave rise to the mandolin
Alternative spelling of mandor
mangoro
mangour
manroot
manroot
noun
A flowering plant in the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), genus Marah, native to western North America.
Ipomoea leptophylla
Ipomoea pandurata
manrope
manrope
noun
(nautical) Each of the ropes used in ascending the side of a sailing ship.
mansoor
maranao
maranon
marcion
marconi
marconi
noun
(dated) A marconigram; a message sent via radio.
verb
(dated, transitive) To contact (someone) via radio.
(dated, transitive) To send (a message) via radio.
marengo
mariano
markson
marlton
marmion
maroney
maroons
maroons
noun
plural of maroon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maroon
marrano
marrano
noun
(historical) A Jew who converted to Catholicism under threat or force.
marrons
marrons
noun
plural of marron
marsoon
marston
marston
Proper noun
Any of a great number of places in England.
martino
masoner
masonry
masonry
noun
That which is built by a mason; anything constructed of the materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the like. Dry masonry is applied to structures made without mortar.
The art or occupation of a mason.
The craft, institution, or mysteries of Freemasons; Freemasonry.
The masonry was cracked.
The work or performance of a mason
matrona
matrona
noun
In Ancient Rome, a wife of an honorable man.
matrons
matrons
noun
plural of matron
maynord
megaron
megaron
noun
(architecture, historical) The rectangular great hall in a Mycenaean building, usually supported with pillars.
melborn
melonry
menorah
menorah
noun
(Judaism) A candelabrum with nine branches, used in Jewish worship on Hanukkah.
(Judaism) A holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem.
menorca
mentors
mentors
noun
plural of mentor
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mentor
merinos
merinos
noun
plural of merino
merlion
merlion
noun
(Singapore) Often Merlion: a symbolic creature having the head of a lion and the body of a fish, which is a national symbol of Singapore; an image, statue, or other depiction of this creature.
(heraldry) A depiction of a bird similar to a house martin or swallow with stylized feet; a martlet.
(rare) Alternative form of merlin (“a small falcon, Falco columbarius”).