Common Words

rit.

adjective

(music) gradually decreasing in tempo

rnase

noun

a transferase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ribonucleic a...

roneo

noun

a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is...

ropey

adjective

(British informal) very poor in quality

rophy

noun

street names for flunitrazepan

rtlt

noun

the elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth...

rubel

noun

the basic unit of money in Belarus

rubor

noun

a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characte...

rubus

noun

large genus of brambles bearing berries

ruga

noun

(anatomy) a fold or wrinkle or crease

ruly

adjective

neat and tidy

rumex

noun

docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temper...

runch

noun

Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and po...

runup

noun

a substantial increase over a relatively short period of tim...

rya

noun

a shag rug made in Sweden

s.c.

noun

a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies

s.d.

noun

a state in north central United States

s/n

noun

the ratio of signal intensity to noise intensity

saame

noun

a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern...

sabal

noun

American dwarf fan palms

sadhe

noun

the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

saek

noun

a branch of the Tai languages

salai

noun

East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burne...

salat

noun

the second pillar of Islam is prayer; a prescribed liturgy p...

salix

noun

a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shru...

salmo

noun

type genus of the Salmonidae: salmon and trout

salp

noun

minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body wi...

sanaa

noun

the capital and largest city of Yemen; on the central platea...

sango

noun

a trade language widely used in Chad

saone

noun

a river in eastern France; rises in Lorraine and flows south...

sarda

noun

bonitos

sawm

noun

the third pillar of Islam is fasting (primarily during the m...

saxe

noun

an area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original...

sayda

noun

the main city of ancient Phoenicia

sba

noun

an independent agency of the United States government that p...

sbe

noun

the compass point that is one point east of due south

sbw

noun

the compass point that is one point west of due south

scaramouche

noun

a stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a boastf...

scaup

noun

diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill

scd

noun

an honorary degree in science

scet

noun

the coordinated universal time on board the spacecraft

scid

noun

a congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from...

sclk

noun

the clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraf...

scnt

noun

moving a cell nucleus and its genetic material from one cell...

scpo

noun

a senior noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard...

scry

verb

divine by gazing into crystals

scsi

noun

interface consisting of a standard port between a computer a...

sebe

noun

the compass point that is one point east of southeast

sebs

noun

the compass point that is one point south of southeast

sedna

noun

a planetoid of rock and ice about three-quarters the size of...