Words Containing: A,R,S,O,N,S

• United States sociologist (1902-1979)

• pungent Old World weedy plant

• money demanded for the return of a captured person

• payment for the release of someone

• the act of freeing from captivity or punishment

• exchange or buy back for money; under threat

• a loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body; worn by both women and men in the South Pacific

• a Spanish title or form of address for a married woman; similar to the English `Mrs' or `madam'

• a rational motive for a belief or action

• an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon

• the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination

• the state of having good sense and sound judgment

• a justification for something existing or happening

• a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion

• decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion

• present reasons and arguments

• think logically

• a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return

• malicious burning to destroy property