3-Letter Words Ending With S

an affirmative

slang for sexual intercourse

a car that is old and unreliable

a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes

ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle

a female person who has the same parents as another person

(Roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of Saturn; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor

any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes

an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States

(ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet)

an operating system that is on a disk

any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances

(Roman mythology) god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Hades

an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code

the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function

a fluid product of inflammation

the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands

a tube in which a body fluid circulates

type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch

thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs

wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini

a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells

type genus of the Suidae

a congenital medical condition in which body deformation occurs or facial development or mental ability is impaired because the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy

a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using X-ray technology and computers; designed for use in airports

(in India) a unit of length having different values in different localities

a federal warning system that is activated by FEMA; enables the President to take over the United States airwaves to warn the whole country of major catastrophic events

agency that oversees the intelligence relationships of the Treasury's offices and bureaus and provides a link between the Intelligence Community and officials responsible for international economic policy

the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991

an associate degree in applied science

a city in north central Morocco; religious center