Anagrams of adolescence
Word adolescence has
639 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of adolescence.
- celadons
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noun,
any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
- conceals
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verb (used with object),
to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight:
- cadences
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noun,
rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words:
- Celanese
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- cenacles
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noun,
the room where the Last Supper took place.
- concedes
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verb (used with object),
to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit:
- coalesce
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verb (used with object),
to cause to unite in one body or mass.
- coleseed
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noun,
the seed of the rape.
- seconde
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noun,
the second of the eight defensive positions.
- Seconal
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- cancels
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noun,
an act of canceling.
- Delanos
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noun,
a city in S California.
- Cadence
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noun,
rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words:
- Seeland
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noun,
Zealand.
- decease
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noun,
the act of dying; departure from life; death.
- calends
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noun,
the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar, from which the days of the preceding month were counted backward to the ides.
- decanol
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noun,
a colorless liquid, C 10 H 22 O, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohol: used as a plasticizer, detergent, and in perfumes and flavorings.
- elodeas
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noun,
any of several New World submersed aquatic plants of the genus Elodea, having numerous, usually whorled leaves.
- candles
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noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- decanes
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noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- Celadon
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noun,
any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
- escence
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- Celaeno
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a Pleiad.
- cenacle
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noun,
the room where the Last Supper took place.
- cleanse
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verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- concede
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verb (used with object),
to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit:
- conceal
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verb (used with object),
to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight:
- Needles
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noun,
a town in SE California: on Colorado River at Arizona line.
- seleno-
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- scalene
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adjective,
Geometry.
(of a cone or the like) having the axis inclined to the base.
(of a triangle) having three unequal sides.
- encodes
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verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- enclose
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verb (used with object),
to shut or hem in; close in on all sides:
- enlaces
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verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- accedes
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verb (used without object),
to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; assent; to accede to a request; to accede to the terms of a contract.
- Caslon
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noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- cleans
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- solace
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noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- sconce
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noun,
a bracket for candles or other lights, placed on a wall, mirror, picture frame, etc.
- elands
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noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- lanose
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adjective,
lanate.
- leaden
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adjective,
inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move:
- elance
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noun,
a quick darting movement.
- occas.
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- ascend
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verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- seance
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noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- Soldan
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noun,
the ruler of an Islamic country.
- Odense
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noun,
a seaport on Fyn island, in S Denmark.
- decals
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noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- enlace
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verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- Cesena
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noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- ecoles
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noun,
school1 .
- encode
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verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- Deccan
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noun,
the entire peninsula of India S of the Narmada River.
- lodens
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noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- calces
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noun,
a plural of calx.
- calced
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adjective,
(chiefly of members of certain religious orders) wearing shoes; shod.
- accel.
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- Landes
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noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- decane
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noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- clado-
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- Enesco
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noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- naleds
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noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- scaled
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noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- Delano
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noun,
a city in S California.
- encase
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verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- cancel
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noun,
an act of canceling.
- anoles
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noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- selen-
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- dances
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noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- leones
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noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Senlac
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noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- Eccles
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noun,
Sir John Carew [kuh-roo] /kəˈru/ (Show IPA), 1903–97, Australian physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963.
- Seneca
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noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- sendee
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noun,
the person to whom something is sent.
- sendal
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noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- Eocene
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noun,
the Eocene Epoch or Series.
- Elodea
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noun,
any of several New World submersed aquatic plants of the genus Elodea, having numerous, usually whorled leaves.
- accede
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verb (used without object),
to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; assent; to accede to a request; to accede to the terms of a contract.
- aldose
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noun,
a sugar containing the aldehyde group or its hemiacetal equivalent.
- Sloane
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noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- Selene
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noun,
the Greek goddess of the moon.
Compare Thyone.
- Lencas
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noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- needle
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noun,
a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
- candle
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noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- Selden
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noun,
George Baldwin, 1846–1922, U.S. inventor of a gasoline-powered car.
- lances
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noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- clones
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noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- secede
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verb (used without object),
to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc.
- aneles
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verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- second
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noun,
a second part.
- Elsene
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noun,
Dutch name of Ixelles.
- closed
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noun,
the act of closing.
- Deacon
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noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- donees
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noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- adeno-
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- Colden
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noun,
Cadwallader, 1688–1776, Scottish physician, botanist, and public official in America, born in Ireland.
- ladens
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adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- encl.
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- Eland
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noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- loads
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noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- daces
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noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- elans
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noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- loans
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noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Ndola
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noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- coel-
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- coele
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- needs
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noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- Colas
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noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Elena
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- colds
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noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- Coles
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- conc.
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- loden
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noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- Leone
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noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Conde
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noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- naso-
-
- Cons.
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- cosec
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noun,
cosecant.
- naled
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noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- lodes
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noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- Dalen
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noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- econ.
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- Leona
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noun,
a female given name.
- Enola
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noun,
a female given name.
- dense
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adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- desc.
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- lands
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noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Lando
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noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- dolce
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noun,
an instruction to the performer that the music is to be executed softly and sweetly.
- doles
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noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- LANCE
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noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- donas
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- donec
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conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- donee
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noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- leads
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noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Ladon
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noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- lades
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verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Laden
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adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- laces
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noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- enols
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noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- easel
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noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- eccl.
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- ecol.
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- Ecole
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noun,
school1 .
- denes
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noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- leans
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noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- dance
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noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- 2,4-d
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noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- danes
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- lenos
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noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lends
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Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- Lenca
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noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- deals
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noun,
a business transaction:
- Leeds
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noun,
a city in West Yorkshire, in N England.
- deca-
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- decal
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noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- decan
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noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- Decca
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noun,
a British radio navigational aid by which a fix is obtained by determining phase difference between continuous-wave signals from two synchronized fixed signals.
- Delos
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noun,
a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: site of an oracle of Apollo.
- endo-
-
- Edsel
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noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich” and “hall.”.
- decl.
-
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- Lecce
-
noun,
a city in SE Italy: ancient Greek and Roman city; noted for its baroque architecture.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- lease
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noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- Nelda
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noun,
a female given name.
- deles
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noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- coeds
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noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- codas
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noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- codes
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noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- Sadoc
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noun,
Zadok.
- Saone
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noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- canc.
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- Sande
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noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- canes
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noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- canoe
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noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Canso
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noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- salon
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noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- Alcon
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noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- scald
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noun,
a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam.
- Sacco
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noun,
Nicola [nee-kaw-lah] /niˈkɔ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1927, Italian anarchist, in the U.S. after 1908: together with Bartolomeo Vanzetti, found guilty of robbery and murder 1921; executed 1927.
- aeons
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noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- anode
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noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- onces
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noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- cedes
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verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- calc-
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- alecs
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noun,
a herring.
- Olean
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noun,
a city in SW New York.
- alone
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Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- secco
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noun,
fresco secco.
- Aoede
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noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- A-one
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adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- asco-
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- anele
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verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- ascon
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noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- Andes
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plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Sedan
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noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- Scone
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noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Cades
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noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- scold
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noun,
a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- Alene
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Scand
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- caco-
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- scale
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noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- Sloan
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noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- aden-
-
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- clase
-
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- AC/DC
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adjective,
sexually responsive to both men and women; bisexual.
- clone
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noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- cocas
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- nodal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- 30-30
-
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- clads
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- acold
-
adjective,
being cold or chilled.
- Oland
-
noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Esd.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- soln
-
- enl.
-
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- enc.
-
- sld.
-
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- ence
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- eso-
-
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- sold
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- Sol.
-
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- end-
-
- SNCC
-
noun,
a U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks through local and regional action groups.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- NASD
-
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- ole-
-
- Olds
-
noun,
Ransom Eli, 1864–1950, U.S. automobile pioneer and manufacturer.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- lond
-
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- OEEC
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- OECD
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- NDAC
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- NDSL
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- neo-
-
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- sec.
-
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- lea.
-
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- 1080
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Cold
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Col.
-
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- Cond
-
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- clod
-
noun,
a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
- Con.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- Del.
-
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- Dec.
-
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- DCNL
-
- Danl
-
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- ance
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Ald.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Alco
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- ACLS
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- acc.
-
- ands
-
- ano-
-
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- CCls
-
- cene
-
- cen.
-
- Cels
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- asc-
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Cal.
-
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- cac-
-
- Den.
-
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- eco-
-
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- dols
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- dol.
-
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- EEOC
-
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ESL
-
- ean
-
- EOE
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- sc.
-
- Esc
-
- CEO
-
- ed.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cl.
-
- cs.
-
- Ola
-
- ScD
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- So.
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ons
-
- CEC
-
- ose
-
- CEA
-
- sd.
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- CCA
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- ese
-
- CDC
-
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ESA
-
- CCD
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- SAE
-
- CED
-
- DLO
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Co.
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- SLA
-
- AEC
-
- SLE
-
- ae.
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ACS
-
- en-
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- an.
-
- al.
-
- ADC
-
- ad-
-
- ac-
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ALC
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- cc.
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- ca.
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- SDA
-
- se-
-
- DLC
-
- ASN
-
- ase
-
- EDC
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- SED
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ANC
-
- ene
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- EEC
-
- EEE
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- cle
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- NAD
-
- DSC
-
- DOA
-
- do.
-
- DCL
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LON
-
- CSO
-
- LSC
-
- NCO
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- DSO
-
- CSC
-
- CSA
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- NCC
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- LOC
-
- DAE
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- DNA
-
- DLS
-
- LDC
-
- Ld.
-
- LCD
-
- LCA
-
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Les
-
- DEA
-
- de-
-
- DCS
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- DSA
-
- OAS
-
- CNC
-
- LSD
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- Oc.
-
- OED
-
- OSA
-
- OSD
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- CNS
-
- LDS
-
- OCC
-
- Clo
-
- OCD
-
- OCS
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- La.
-
- CNO
-
- EEO
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- ead
-
- NES
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ea.
-
- eo-
-
- NOC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- ol
-
- le
-
- 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.
- SN
-
- AO
-
- LC
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- DN
-
- ee
-
- L.
-
- NL
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- CE
-
- D.
-
- OA
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- L2
-
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- N.
-
- L1
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NC
-
- SL
-
- SA
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ln
-
- S.
-
- O.
-
- ND
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- dl
-