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- dinner-dance
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noun,
a formal social gathering that includes a dinner followed by dancing.
- incarnadine
-
noun,
an incarnadine color.
- androclinia
-
noun,
clinandrium.
- Lincolniana
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plural noun,
materials pertaining to Abraham Lincoln, as objects, writings, or anecdotes.
- endocardial
-
adjective,
situated within the heart; intracardiac.
- crown-land
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noun,
land belonging to the crown, the revenue of which goes to the reigning sovereign.
- Carolinian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of North Carolina or of South Carolina.
- all-in-one
-
noun,
an undergarment that combines a girdle and brassiere in one piece.
- Cinderella
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noun,
a heroine of a fairy tale or folk tale who is maltreated by a malevolent stepmother but achieves happiness and marries a prince through the benevolent intervention of a fairy godmother.
- clinandria
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noun,
a cavity in the apex of the column in orchids, in which the anthers rest; the androclinium.
- cannelloni
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plural noun,
tubular or rolled pieces of pasta, usually filled with a mixture of meat or poultry and often cheese and baked in a cream or tomato sauce.
- redondilla
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noun,
a Spanish verse form in which each stanza consists of four lines, each with eight syllables, and a rhyme scheme abba.
- adrenaline
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noun,
epinephrine (def 1).
- Lindenwold
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noun,
a town in SW New Jersey.
- Caledonian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caledonia.
- endocrania
-
noun,
the inner lining membrane of the skull; the dura mater.
- Lincolnian
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adjective,
of or relating to Abraham Lincoln, his character, or his political principles.
- wonderland
-
noun,
a land of wonders or marvels.
- endocardia
-
noun,
the serous membrane that lines the cavities of the heart.
- radiolead
-
- Daedalion
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noun,
a son of Lucifer who, despondent over the death of his daughter Chione, leaped off Parnassus: Apollo changed him into a hawk.
- cnidarian
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noun,
any invertebrate animal, as a hydra, jellyfish, sea anemone, or coral, considered as belonging to the phylum Cnidaria, characterized by the specialized stinging structures in the tentacles surrounding the mouth; a coelenterate.
- Orwellian
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary work of George Orwell or the totalitarian future described in his antiutopian novel 1984 (1949).
- air-lance
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noun,
a lance using an air blast.
- adenoidal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the adenoids; adenoid.
- well-read
-
adjective,
having read extensively (sometimes followed by in):
- land-wind
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noun,
land breeze.
- Darwinian
-
noun,
a follower of Charles Darwin; a person who accepts or advocates Darwinism.
- Clarendon
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noun,
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of, 1609–74, British statesman and historian.
- Adrenalin
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- landowner
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noun,
an owner or proprietor of land.
- dalliance
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noun,
a trifling away of time; dawdling.
- dandelion
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noun,
a weedy composite plant, Taraxacum officinale, having edible, deeply toothed or notched leaves, golden-yellow flowers, and rounded clusters of white, hairy seeds.
- Lowlander
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noun,
a native of the Lowlands.
- well-done
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adjective,
performed accurately and diligently; executed with skill and efficiency.
- Corneille
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noun,
Pierre [pee-air;; French pyer] /piˈɛər;; French pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1606–84, French dramatist and poet.
- celloidin
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noun,
a concentrated form of pyroxylin used to embed tissues for cutting and microscopic examination.
- Nederland
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Netherlands.
- eiderdown
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noun,
down, or soft feathers, from the breast of the female eider duck.
- Edwardian
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noun,
a person who lived during the reign of Edward VII.
- arecoline
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noun,
a toxic alkaloid obtained from the seeds of the areca, used chiefly in veterinary medicine as an agent for killing and expelling intestinal worms.
- nonleaded
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adjective,
lead-free.
- Draconian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of the Athenian statesman Draco, or his severe code of laws.
- dodecanal
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noun,
lauric aldehyde.
- endocrine
-
noun,
an internal secretion; hormone.
- Caledonia
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noun,
Chiefly Literary. Scotland.
- androecia
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noun,
the stamens of a flower collectively.
- celandine
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noun,
Also called greater celandine, swallowwort. an Old World plant, Chelidonium majus, of the poppy family, having yellow flowers.
- in-and-in
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adverb,
repeatedly within the same family, strain, etc.:
- cannonade
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noun,
a continued discharge of cannon, especially during an attack.
- cannoneer
-
noun,
an artilleryman.
- Indianola
-
noun,
a town in central Iowa.
- ordinance
-
noun,
an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
- Laodicean
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noun,
a person who is lukewarm or indifferent, especially in religion.
- indolence
-
noun,
the quality or state of being indolent.
- carnelian
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noun,
a red or reddish variety of chalcedony, used in jewelry.
- decillion
-
noun,
a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 33 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 60 zeros.
- allowance
-
noun,
the act of allowing.
- decennial
-
noun,
a decennial anniversary.
- cold-weld
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verb (used with object),
to weld (metal objects) by extreme high pressure with no application of heat.
- cornelian
-
noun,
carnelian.
- lidocaine
-
noun,
a synthetic crystalline powder, C 14 H 22 N 2 O, used as a local anesthetic and also in the management of certain arrhythmias.
- crinoline
-
noun,
a petticoat of haircloth or other stiff material, worn under a full skirt to keep it belled out.
- cold-draw
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verb (used with object),
to draw (wire, tubing, etc.) without preheating the metal.
- collinear
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adjective,
lying in the same straight line.
- coralline
-
adjective,
composed of coral or having the structure of coral:
- ordinand
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a candidate for ordination.
- indocile
-
adjective,
not willing to receive teaching, training, or discipline; fractious; unruly.
- Indienne
-
noun,
(lowercase) a lightweight cotton fabric printed or painted in imitation of fabrics made in India.
- windrode
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adjective,
riding with the force of the wind.
- Nocardia
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noun,
any of several filamentous or rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Nocardia, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other animals.
- crannied
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adjective,
having or full of crannies.
- Alliance
-
noun,
the act of allying or state of being allied.
- Cardinal
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a high ecclesiastic appointed by the pope to the College of Cardinals and ranking above every other ecclesiastic but the pope.
- Conelrad
-
noun,
a system formerly used by the U.S. civil defense system to prevent enemy planes or missiles from homing on radio and television frequencies.
- in-crowd
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noun,
in-group (def 1).
- Anacreon
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noun,
c570–c480 b.c, Greek writer, especially of love poems and drinking songs.
- cardioid
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noun,
a somewhat heart-shaped curve, being the path of a point on a circle that rolls externally, without slipping, on another equal circle. Equation: r = a (1−cosA).
- red-lead
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noun,
an orange to red, heavy, earthy, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, Pb 3 O 4 , obtained by heating litharge in the presence of air: used chiefly as a paint pigment, in the manufacture of glass and glazes, and in storage batteries.
- carillon
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noun,
a set of stationary bells hung in a tower and sounded by manual or pedal action, or by machinery.
- diaconal
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adjective,
pertaining to a deacon.
- Delaware
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noun,
Baron, De La Warr, 12th Baron.
- inlander
-
noun,
a person living inland.
- Carniola
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noun,
a former duchy and crown land of Austria: now part of Slovenia.
- Carolean
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adjective,
characteristic of the time of Charles I and II of England:
- Carolina
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noun,
a former English colony on the Atlantic coast of North America: officially divided into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1729.
- Caroline
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noun,
a female given name.
- rocaille
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noun,
Fine Arts. any of the fantastic ornamental, often asymmetrical, combinations characteristic of the Rococo period, consisting of rock, shell, and plant forms combined with artificial forms, esp C -curves.
- Deianira
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noun,
a sister of Meleager and wife of Hercules, whom she killed unwittingly by giving him a shirt that had been dipped in the poisoned blood of Nessus.
- Ioannina
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noun,
a city in NW Greece.
- declared
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adjective,
publicly avowed or professed; self-confessed:
- Linnaean
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adjective,
of or relating to Linnaeus, who established the binomial system of scientific nomenclature.
- Alcandre
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noun,
the wife of Polybus who received Helen and Menelaus on their way home from Troy.
- inclined
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noun,
an inclined surface; slope; slant.
- Candolle
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noun,
Augustin Pyrame de [oh-gys-tan pee-ram duh] /oʊ güsˈtɛ̃ piˈram də/ (Show IPA), 1778–1841, Swiss botanist.
- caneware
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noun,
a tan unglazed stoneware developed by Wedgwood.
- old-line
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adjective,
following or supporting conservative or traditional ideas, beliefs, customs, etc.
- lie-down
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noun,
a nap.
- nonideal
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adjective,
(of a gas or solution) differing in behavior from that of an ideal gas or solution.
- Nordland
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noun,
a county in N Norway. 14,797 sq. mi. (38,325 sq. km). County seat: Bodö.
- Cornelia
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noun,
flourished 2nd century b.c, Roman matron: mother of Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus.
- Draconid
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noun,
any of several unrelated meteor showers whose radiants are in the constellation Draco.
- corn-law
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noun,
any of the laws regulating domestic and foreign trading of grain, the last of which was repealed in 1846.
- encaenia
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) festive ceremonies commemorating the founding of a city or the consecration of a church.
- oeillade
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noun,
an amorous glance; ogle.
- Cornwall
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noun,
a county in SW England. 1369 sq. mi. (3545 sq. km).
- cordwain
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noun,
cordovan leather.
- rondelle
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noun,
a small disk of glass used as an ornament in a stained-glass window.
- Caerleon
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noun,
a town in Gwent, in SE Wales: site of ancient Roman fortress, a supposed seat of King Arthur's court.
- Annelida
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noun,
the phylum comprising the annelids.
- oleander
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noun,
a poisonous shrub, Nerium oleander, of the dogbane family, native to southern Eurasia, having evergreen leaves and showy clusters of pink, red, or white flowers, and widely cultivated as an ornamental.
- Crandall
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noun,
a tool for dressing stone, having adjustable, pointed, steel rods held in a slot at the end of the handle.
- Diredawa
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noun,
a city in E Ethiopia.
- cordelle
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noun,
a heavy rope formerly used for towing boats on rivers in Canada and the U.S.
- Cordelia
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noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the youngest of Lear's three daughters and the only one who remains loyal to her father.
Compare Goneril, Regan.
- calendar
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noun,
a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year:
- Calender
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noun,
a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
- dillweed
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noun,
the leaves of the dill plant, especially when used dried and as a food flavoring.
- canaille
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noun,
riffraff; rabble.
- cowinner
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noun,
one of two or more joint winners.
- canaller
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noun,
a freight boat built for use on canals.
- dieldrin
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noun,
a light tan, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , used as an insecticide: manufacture and use have been discontinued in the U.S.
- narceine
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noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- Idlewild
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noun,
former name of John F. Kennedy International Airport.
- Decadron
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- decennia
-
noun,
a period of ten years; a decade.
- ordnance
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noun,
cannon or artillery.
- Adlerian
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adjective,
of or relating to Alfred Adler or his doctrines, especially in respect to the belief that behavior is determined by compensation for feelings of inferiority.
- Cnidaria
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noun,
an alternative name for the invertebrate phylum Coelenterata, giving emphasis to the stinging structures as characteristic of the phylum.
- Airedale
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noun,
one of a breed of large terriers having a wiry, black-and-tan coat and a docked tail.
- la-di-da
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noun,
an affected or pretentious person.
- deadline
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noun,
the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something:
- ironical
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adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, exhibiting, or characterized by irony or mockery:
- acrolein
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noun,
a yellow, flammable liquid, C 3 H 4 O, having a stifling odor, usually obtained by the decomposition of glycerol: used chiefly in the synthesis of commercial and pharmaceutical products.
- dead-air
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noun,
the loss or suspension of the video or audio signal during a television or radio transmission.
- ironweed
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noun,
any of certain North American composite plants of the genus Vernonia, having tubular, chiefly purple or red disk flowers.
- Clarinda
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Clara.
- Lawrence
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noun,
D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- colander
-
noun,
a metal or plastic container with a perforated bottom, for draining and straining foods.
- radicand
-
noun,
the quantity under a radical sign.
- renowned
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adjective,
celebrated; famous.
- radiance
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noun,
radiant brightness or light:
- Landrace
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noun,
one of several widely distributed strains of large, white, lop-eared swine of northern European origin.
- Daladier
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noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1884–1970, premier of France 1933, 1934, 1938–40.
- landward
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adverb,
Also, landwards. toward the land or interior.
- wildland
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noun,
land that has not been cultivated, especially land set aside and protected as a wilderness.
- colinear
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adjective,
collinear.
- Londrina
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noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Reliance
-
noun,
confident or trustful dependence.
- Adelaide
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Australia, in Australia.
- landline
-
noun,
a circuit of wire or cable connecting two ground locations.
- Adrienne
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Adrian.
- landlord
-
noun,
a person or organization that owns and leases apartments to others.
- acridine
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline solid, C 13 H 9 N, usually obtained from the anthracine fraction of coal tar: used chiefly in the synthesis of dyes and drugs.
- Lawndale
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noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- ironclad
-
noun,
a wooden warship of the middle or late 19th century having iron or steel armor plating.
- riddance
-
noun,
the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
- Clorinda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- linoleic
-
adjective,
of or derived from linoleic acid.
- Laodicea
-
noun,
ancient name of Latakia.
- Danielle
-
noun,
a female given name.
- air-line
-
adjective,
straight; direct; traveling a direct route:
- Cairene
-
noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- Dillard
-
noun,
Annie, born 1945, U.S. writer.
- Dionaea
-
noun,
the Venus's-flytrap.
- dineric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the face of separation of two immiscible liquid phases.
- Dinaric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Alpine region of the Balkan Peninsula, from Slovenia to N Albania and extending across W Coatia, and most of Bosnia and Herzegovna, and Montenegro.
- crinoid
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noun,
any echinoderm of the class Crinoidea, having a cup-shaped body to which are attached branched, radiating arms, comprising the sea lilies, feather stars, and various fossil forms.
- crowded
-
noun,
a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng:
- calando
-
adverb,
in a slower, softer manner.
- Rolland
-
noun,
Romain [raw-man] /rɔˈmɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, French novelist, music critic, and dramatist: Nobel prize 1915.
- Caldera
-
noun,
a large, basinlike depression resulting from the explosion or collapse of the center of a volcano.
- Calorie
-
noun,
Thermodynamics.
Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal.
(usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- caldron
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noun,
cauldron.
- criolla
-
noun,
a woman or girl born in Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- Cordele
-
noun,
a city in SW Georgia.
- danaide
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plural noun,
the 50 daughters of Danaus, 49 of whom were condemned to pour water forever into a leaky vessel for having murdered their husbands.
- Colleen
-
noun,
an Irish girl.
- crowned
-
noun,
any of various types of headgear worn by a monarch as a symbol of sovereignty, often made of precious metal and ornamented with valuable gems.
- Oceania
-
noun,
the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).
- reladle
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verb (used with object),
to mix (molten alloy steel) by pouring from ladle to ladle.
- nodical
-
adjective,
of or relating to a node or the nodes.
- re-laid
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- codeine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
- Cornell
-
noun,
Ezra, 1809–74, U.S. capitalist and philanthropist.
- Eadwine
-
noun,
Edwin (def 1).
- Nordica
-
noun,
Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
- norland
-
noun,
northland.
- dwindle
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verb (used with object),
to make smaller and smaller; cause to shrink:
- dreidel
-
noun,
a four-sided top bearing the Hebrew letters nun, gimel, he, and shin, one on each side, used chiefly in a children's game traditionally played on the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.
- ocarina
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- awardee
-
noun,
the recipient of an award.
- Oceanid
-
noun,
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- clowder
-
noun,
a group or cluster of cats.
- Dowland
-
noun,
John, 1563–1626, English lutenist and composer.
- ocellar
-
adjective,
pertaining to an ocellus.
- Doriden
-
- donnard
-
adjective,
stunned; dazed.
- codline
-
noun,
an untarred cord of hemp or cotton, used for fishing and for various purposes aboard a ship.
- Caddoan
-
noun,
a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the upper Missouri valley in North Dakota, in the Platte valley in Nebraska, in southwestern Arkansas, and in neighboring parts of Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana.
- Corelli
-
noun,
Arcangelo [ahr-kahn-je-law] /ɑrˈkɑn dʒɛˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1653–1713, Italian violinist and composer.
- re-coil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- cordial
-
noun,
a strong, sweetened, aromatic alcoholic liquor; liqueur.
- dodeca-
-
- cadelle
-
noun,
a small, blackish beetle, Tenebroides mauritanicus, that feeds, as both larva and adult, on stored grain and on other insects.
- Caelian
-
noun,
the southeastern hill of the seven hills of ancient Rome.
- Conrail
-
noun,
a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
- cleaner
-
noun,
a person who cleans, especially one whose regular occupation is cleaning offices, buildings, equipment, etc.
- candela
-
noun,
a basic unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined as the luminous intensity of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10 12 hertz and that has a radiant intensity of 1/683 watt/steradian: adopted in 1979 as the international standard of luminous intensity. Abbreviation: Cd.
- decline
-
noun,
a downward slope; declivity.
- ralline
-
adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Rallidae, comprising the rails and allied species.
- Carleen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carline
-
noun,
an old woman.
- carload
-
noun,
the amount carried by a car, especially a freight car.
- cineole
-
noun,
a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- redline
-
noun,
Automotive.
the maximum rotational speed, or angular velocity, of the engine crankshaft that is considered safe: often measured in rpm.
a red line or boundary of a red area that delineates such a value, as on a tachometer.
- Delaine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- deicide
-
noun,
a person who kills a god.
- Collier
-
noun,
a ship for carrying coal.
- crawdad
-
noun,
crayfish (def 1).
- decrial
-
noun,
the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- decoder
-
noun,
a person who decodes messages or the like.
- collard
-
noun,
a variety of kale, Brassica oleracea acephala, grown in the southern U.S., having a rosette of green leaves.
- Delicia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cedilla
-
noun,
a mark (¸) placed under a consonant letter, as under c in French, in Portuguese, and formerly in Spanish, to indicate that it is pronounced (s), under c and s in Turkish to indicate that they are pronounced, respectively, (ch) and (sh), or under t and s in Romanian to indicate that they are pronounced, respectively, (ts) and (sh).
- declare
-
verb (used with object),
to make known or state clearly, especially in explicit or formal terms:
- recline
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- Celadon
-
noun,
any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
- Celaeno
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Pleiad.
- deciare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- Ariadne
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë who gave Theseus the thread by which he escaped from the labyrinth: deserted by Theseus on Naxos, she became the bride of Dionysus.
- decadal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a decade.
- Cellini
-
noun,
Benvenuto [ben-vuh-noo-toh,, -nyoo-;; Italian ben-ve-noo-taw] /ˌbɛn vəˈnu toʊ,, -ˈnyu-;; Italian ˌbɛn vɛˈnu tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1500–71, Italian, metalsmith, sculptor, and autobiographer.
- collide
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to collide:
- decanol
-
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.
- decanal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a dean or deanery:
- Decalin
-
- cariole
-
noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- deliria
-
noun,
Pathology. a more or less temporary disorder of the mental faculties, as in fevers, disturbances of consciousness, or intoxication, characterized by restlessness, excitement, delusions, hallucinations, etc.
- oneiric
-
adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- Clarion
-
noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- Candida
-
noun,
any of the yeastlike fungi constituting the genus Candida, members of which may cause athlete's foot, vaginitis, thrush, or other infections.
- Candide
-
noun,
a philosophical novel (1759) by Voltaire.
- candied
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- candier
-
- renewal
-
noun,
the act of renewing.
- Danelaw
-
noun,
the body of laws in force in the northeast of England where the Danes settled in the 9th century a.d.
- canella
-
noun,
the cinnamonlike bark of a West Indian tree, Canella winterana, used as a condiment and in medicine.
- dianoia
-
noun,
the mental faculty used in discursive reasoning.
- radicle
-
noun,
Botany.
the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root.
a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
- coniine
-
noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- conidia
-
noun,
(in fungi) an asexual spore formed by abstriction at the top of a hyphal branch.
- radicel
-
noun,
a minute root; a rootlet.
- cannoli
-
plural noun,
tubular pastry shells stuffed with a sweetened filling of whipped ricotta and often containing nuts, citron, or bits of chocolate.
- clarino
-
noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- cinerin
-
noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- cranial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cranium or skull.
- ordinal
-
noun,
an ordinal number or numeral.
- cardio-
-
- clarain
-
noun,
the coal forming the bright layers in banded bituminous coal.
- cranio-
-
- craniol
-
- radical
-
noun,
a person who holds or follows strong convictions or extreme principles; extremist.
- Dendron
-
noun,
a dendrite.
- dendro-
-
- dariole
-
noun,
a small round mold.
- Darlene
-
noun,
a female given name: from the Old English word meaning “darling.”.
- cladode
-
noun,
cladophyll.
- Deloria
-
noun,
Vine, (Jr.) [vahyn] /vaɪn/ (Show IPA), 1933–2005, U.S. writer.
- Randall
-
noun,
a male given name.
- dandier
-
- lacinia
-
noun,
Botany. a jagged or irregular part of a leaf or petal.
- Allende
-
noun,
Isabel, born 1942, Chilean novelist.
- Erwinia
-
noun,
a genus of rod-shaped bacteria that are pathogenic for plants.
- anelace
-
noun,
a short sword having a double-edged blade tapering sharply to a point: worn by civilians from the 13th to the 16th centuries.
- alidade
-
noun,
(in plane-tabling) a straightedge having a telescopic sight or other means of sighting parallel to the straightedge.
- alienor
-
noun,
a person who transfers property.
- aneroid
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- adrenal
-
noun,
adrenal gland.
- Laconia
-
noun,
an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- Acrilan
-
- Ercilla
-
noun,
Alonso de [ah-lawn-saw th e] /ɑˈlɔn sɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1533–94, Spanish epic poet; soldier in the conquest of Chile.
- anilide
-
noun,
any compound containing the univalent group C 6 H 5 NH–, derived from aniline, as acetanilide, C 8 H 9 NO.
- android
-
noun,
an automaton in the form of a human being.
- aniline
-
noun,
Also called aniline oil, aminobenzine, phenylamine. Chemistry. a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 5 NH 2 , usually derived from nitrobenzene by reduction: used chiefly in the synthesis of dyes and drugs.
- acridid
-
noun,
locust (def 1).
- Na-Dene
-
noun,
a group of North American Indian languages, comprising the Athabaskan family, Eyak, Tlingit, and Haida, hypothetically considered to be descendants of a single protolanguage: the genetic relationship of either Tlingit or Haida to Athabaskan and Eyak is now disputed.
- aecidia
-
noun,
an aecium in which the spores are always formed in chains and enclosed in a cup-shaped peridium.
- lead-in
-
noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- Alcoran
-
noun,
Alkoran.
- lioncel
-
noun,
a lion: so called when three or more are displayed on an escutcheon.
- elaenia
-
noun,
any of numerous tropical American flycatchers of the genus Elaenia, having short crests and small bills.
- Leander
-
noun,
a Greek youth, the lover of Hero, who swam the Hellespont every night to visit her until he was drowned in a storm.
- Loraine
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- Willard
-
noun,
Emma (Hart) 1787–1870, U.S. educator and poet.
- Learned
-
adjective,
having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite:
- Nalline
-
- lanolin
-
noun,
a fatty substance, extracted from wool, used in ointments, cosmetics, waterproof coatings, etc.
- incline
-
noun,
an inclined surface; slope; slant.
- Laodice
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a daughter of Priam and Hecuba who chose to be swallowed up by the earth rather than live as a Greek concubine.
- adenoid
-
noun,
Usually, adenoids. an enlarged mass of lymphoid tissue in the upper pharynx, often obstructing breathing through the nasal passages.
- ancilla
-
noun,
an accessory; auxiliary or adjunct.
- adenine
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a purine base, C 5 H 5 N 5 , one of the fundamental components of nucleic acids, as DNA, in which it forms a base pair with thymine, and RNA, in which it pairs with uracil. Symbol: A.
- Adeline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adele.
- Wendell
-
noun,
a male given name.
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- Laennec
-
noun,
René Théophile Hyacinthe [ruh-ney tey-aw-feel ya-sant] /rəˈneɪ teɪ ɔˈfil yaˈsɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1781–1826, French physician who invented the stethoscope.
- ladrone
-
noun,
a thief.
- Nandina
-
noun,
a Chinese and Japanese evergreen shrub, Nandina domestica, of the barberry family, having pinnate leaves and bright red berries, cultivated as an ornamental.
- andiron
-
noun,
one of a pair of metal stands, usually of iron or brass, for holding logs in a fireplace.
- Alencon
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Orne, in NW France: lace manufacture.
- aeonian
-
adjective,
eternal; everlasting.
- Iceland
-
noun,
a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
- in-line
-
adjective,
(of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft.
- Aleardi
-
noun,
Count Aleardo [ah-le-ahr-daw] /ˌɑ lɛˈɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1812–78, Italian poet and patriot.
- Icarian
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Icaria.
- laniard
-
noun,
lanyard.
- Aeolian
-
noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Dorian1 (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- inconel
-
- annelid
-
noun,
any segmented worm of the phylum Annelida, including the earthworms, leeches, and various marine forms.
- Lowland
-
noun,
land that is low or level, in comparison with the adjacent country.
- Nicolai
-
noun,
(Carl) Otto (Ehrenfried) [kahrl awt-oh ey-ruh n-freet] /kɑrl ˈɔt oʊ ˈeɪ rənˌfrit/ (Show IPA), 1810–49, German composer.
- Landini
-
noun,
Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), c1325–97, Italian organist and composer.
- arcaded
-
noun,
Architecture.
a series of arches supported on piers or columns.
an arched, roofed-in gallery. Compare colonnade.
- Nicolle
-
noun,
Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, French physician: Nobel prize 1928.
- alanine
-
noun,
any of several isomers of a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, CH 3 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and produced synthetically: used chiefly in biochemical research. Symbol: A. Abbreviation: Ala;
- Arcella
-
noun,
a genus of freshwater, ameboid protozoa that secrete a hard, umbrellalike shell having a single opening through which the pseudopodia extend.
- allodia
-
noun,
land owned absolutely; land owned and not subject to any rent, service, or other tenurial right of an overlord.
- indican
-
noun,
a glucoside, C 14 H 17 NO 6 , that occurs in plants yielding indigo and from which indigo is obtained.
- Leonard
-
noun,
Sugar Ray (Ray Charles Leonard) born 1956, U.S. boxer.
- Ardella
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leclair
-
noun,
Jean Marie [zhahn ma-ree] /ʒɑ̃ maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1697–1764, French violinist and composer.
- Leonine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the lion.
- Eleanor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- lindane
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 6 H 6 Cl 6 , the gamma isomer of benzene hexachloride: used chiefly as an insecticide, delouser, and weed-killer.
- Aladdin
-
noun,
(in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) the son of a poor widow in China. He becomes the possessor of a magic lamp and ring with which he can command a jinn to do his bidding.
- Lincoln
-
noun,
Abbey (Anna Marie Gaby Wooldridge; Aminata Moseka) born 1930, U.S. jazz singer, activist, and actress.
- indwell
-
verb (used with object),
to inhabit.
- Linaria
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Linaria, of the figwort family, especially of the cultivated species, as L. maroccana or L. aeruginea, having slender clusters of spurred flowers in a variety of colors.
- Linacre
-
noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- airline
-
noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- indrawn
-
adjective,
reserved; introspective:
- aileron
-
noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- allowed
-
Idioms,
allow for, to make concession or provision for:
- Alcalde
-
noun,
a mayor having judicial powers.
- landler
-
noun,
an Austrian and southern German folk dance in moderately slow triple meter, antecedent to the waltz.
- Aloidae
-
plural noun,
Aloadae.
- acaroid
-
adjective,
resembling a mite or tick.
- end-all
-
noun,
the ultimate purpose, object, or conclusion:
- acarine
-
noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- Lorelei
-
noun,
a quasilegendary nymph of the Rhine who lured sailors to shipwreck on her rock by singing: a creation of Clemens Brentano in a poem of 1800.
- Wieland
-
noun,
Wayland.
- araneid
-
noun,
a member of the order Araneae (Araneida), comprising the spiders.
- leeward
-
noun,
the lee side; the point or quarter toward which the wind blows.
- alcaide
-
noun,
a commander of a fortress.
- Nicaean
-
adjective,
Nicene.
- Aaronic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- Iranian
-
noun,
a subbranch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Persian, Pashto, Avestan, and Kurdish.
- Iredell
-
noun,
James, 1751–99, associate justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1790–99.
- Indiana
-
noun,
Robert (Robert Clarke) born 1928, U.S. painter of pop art.
- acerola
-
noun,
the cherrylike fruit of a small tree, Malpighia glabra, of the West Indies and adjacent areas, having a high concentration of vitamin C.
- Ireland
-
noun,
John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
- Wallace
-
noun,
Alfred Russel [ruhs-uh l] /ˈrʌs əl/ (Show IPA), 1823–1913, English naturalist, explorer, and author.
- Alarcon
-
noun,
Pedro Antonio [pe-th raw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Pedro Antonio Alarcón y Ariza) 1833–91, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and diplomat.
- nacelle
-
noun,
the enclosed part of an airplane, dirigible, etc., in which the engine is housed or in which cargo or passengers are carried.
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- Lonnie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alonso.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- landed
-
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:
- radio-
-
- Edwina
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Edwin.
- Dardan
-
adjective, noun,
Trojan.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- racial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the social construct of race:
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- raddle
-
noun,
ruddle.
- radial
-
noun,
a radial section or construction.
- dawdle
-
verb (used with object),
to waste (time) by or as if by trifling (usually followed by away):
- radian
-
noun,
the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- Darwin
-
noun,
Charles (Robert) 1809–82, English naturalist and author.
- Laelia
-
noun,
any of several epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Laelia, having fleshy leaves and showy flowers.
- darnel
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- darned
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- ladder
-
noun,
a structure of wood, metal, or rope, commonly consisting of two sidepieces between which a series of bars or rungs are set at suitable distances, forming a means of climbing up or down.
- Darlan
-
noun,
Jean Louis Xavier François [zhahn lwee gza-vyey frahn-swa] /ʒɑ̃ lwi gzaˈvyeɪ frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1881–1942, French naval officer and politician.
- Laddie
-
noun,
a young lad; boy.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- Ladino
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- dandle
-
verb (used with object),
to move (a baby, child, etc.) lightly up and down, as on one's knee or in one's arms.
- locale
-
noun,
a place or locality, especially with reference to events or circumstances connected with it:
- Dandie
-
- cowrie
-
noun,
the highly polished, usually brightly colored shell of a marine gastropod of the genus Cypraea, as that of C. moneta (money cowrie) used as money in certain parts of Asia and Africa, or that of C. tigris, used for ornament.
- crenel
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- recall
-
noun,
an act of recalling.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- Leiden
-
noun,
a city in W Netherlands.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- Leland
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lineal
-
adjective,
being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- Lenaea
-
noun,
a festival in ancient Athens in honor of Dionysus, celebrated at the beginning of February and comprising a public banquet followed by the performance of comedies.
- Lenard
-
noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- Lindon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cradle
-
noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- Lennon
-
noun,
John, 1940–80, English singer, songwriter, and guitarist for the Beatles.
- Creole
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- cowled
-
noun,
a hooded garment worn by monks.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- Cowell
-
noun,
Henry (Dixon) 1897–1965, U.S. composer.
- Coward
-
noun,
a person who lacks courage in facing danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc.; a timid or easily intimidated person.
- Linden
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Tilia, as T. americana (American linden) or T. europaea (European linden) having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and heart-shaped leaves, grown as an ornamental or shade tree.
Compare linden family.
- Leonid
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- Lerida
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- Corwin
-
noun,
Norman (Lewis) 1910–2011, U.S. radio and stage dramatist and novelist.
- Lidice
-
noun,
a village in the W Czech Republic: suffered a ruthless reprisal by the Nazis in 1942 for the assassination of a high Nazi official.
- lilied
-
adjective,
abounding in lilies.
- leader
-
noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- Lander
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- Dacron
-
- dander
-
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- Landon
-
noun,
Alfred ("Alf") Mossman [maws-muh n,, mos-] /ˈmɔs mən,, ˈmɒs-/ (Show IPA), 1887–1987, U.S. politician.
- Dallin
-
noun,
Cyrus Earle, 1861–1944, U.S. sculptor.
- Landor
-
noun,
Walter Savage, 1775–1864, English poet and prose writer.
- Dallan
-
noun,
dalan.
- Dalila
-
noun,
Delilah (def 1).
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- lanner
-
noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- Daedal
-
adjective,
skillful; ingenious.
- lardon
-
noun,
a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- crewed
-
noun,
a group of persons involved in a particular kind of work or working together:
- Laredo
-
noun,
a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.
- randan
-
noun,
a rowboat designed for three people, one person in the middle using two oars and the other two using one oar each.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- loader
-
noun,
a person or thing that loads.
- loaded
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- L-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (L-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (L-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the L-shell.
- Lionel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leon.
- leaded
-
adjective,
(of gasoline) containing tetraethyllead.
- leaden
-
adjective,
inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move:
- crewel
-
noun,
Also called crewel yarn. a worsted yarn for embroidery and edging.
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- iodine
-
noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- deaden
-
verb (used with object),
to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken:
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- Nicaea
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- enlace
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- do-all
-
noun,
a person employed as a factotum, as the manager of all the affairs of an individual or a business.
- Diwali
-
noun,
the Hindu festival of lights, celebrated as a religious holiday throughout India in mid-November.
- dirndl
-
noun,
a woman's dress with a close-fitting bodice and full skirt, commonly of colorful and strikingly patterned material, fashioned after Tyrolean peasant wear.
- ennead
-
noun,
a group of nine persons or things.
- niacin
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- enroll
-
verb (used with object),
to write the name of (a person) in a roll or register; place upon a list; register:
- enwind
-
verb (used with object),
to wind or coil about; encircle.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- dinner
-
noun,
the main meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday.
- Newari
-
noun,
a Sino-Tibetan language, the language of the Newar.
- erenow
-
adverb,
before this time.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- Dinard
-
noun,
a city in W France: seaside resort.
- Ondine
-
noun,
undine.
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- Dillon
-
noun,
C(larence) Douglas, 1909–1979, U.S. lawyer and government official, born in Switzerland: Secretary of the Treasury 1961–65.
- Nellie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- necro-
-
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- Icaria
-
noun,
Also, Ikaria. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea: a part of the Southern Sporades group. 99 sq. mi. (256 sq. km).
- online
-
adverb,
with or through a computer, especially over a network.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- narco-
-
- Docile
-
adjective,
easily managed or handled; tractable:
- endrin
-
noun,
a highly toxic, chlorinated hydrocarbon, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , formerly used as an insecticide.
- onward
-
adverb,
toward a point ahead or in front; forward, as in space or time.
- Elodea
-
noun,
any of several New World submersed aquatic plants of the genus Elodea, having numerous, usually whorled leaves.
- Edward
-
noun,
Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall ("The Black Prince") 1330–76, English military leader (son of Edward III).
- noddle
-
noun,
the head or brain.
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- elance
-
noun,
a quick darting movement.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Eldred
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “old” and “counsel.”.
- Nordic
-
noun,
a member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian.
- niello
-
noun,
a black metallic substance, consisting of silver, copper, lead, and sulfur, with which an incised design or ground is filled to produce an ornamental effect on metal.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- nidana
-
noun,
any of 12 aspects of Samsara, or the cycle of birth and death, often compared to 12 spokes of a wheel.
- Ellora
-
noun,
a village in S central India: important Hindu archaeological site.
- Nicole
-
noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- downer
-
noun,
Informal.
a depressant or sedative drug, especially a barbiturate.
a depressing experience, person, or situation.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- Dowden
-
noun,
Edward, 1843–1913, Irish critic and poet.
- encode
-
verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- Doreen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- donnee
-
noun,
a set of artistic or literary premises or assumptions.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- Donald
-
noun,
a male given name: from Celtic words meaning “world” and “power.”.
- Dollar
-
noun,
a paper money, silver or cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of the United States, equal to 100 cents. Symbol: $.
- Nicene
-
adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- doiled
-
adjective,
stupid; foolish; crazed.
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- Idaean
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, associated with, or inhabiting Mount Ida in Asia Minor or Crete.
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- iodide
-
noun,
a salt of hydriotic acid consisting of two elements, one of which is iodine, as sodium iodide, NaI.
- inlier
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- oreide
-
noun,
oroide.
- inline
-
noun,
an ornamented type with a line of white or of a contrasting color running just inside the edge and following the contour of each letter.
- Nadine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- deicer
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- inwale
-
noun,
(in an open boat) a horizontal timber binding together the frames along the top strake.
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- inwall
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose with a wall.
- inward
-
noun,
the inward or internal part; the inside.
- decode
-
verb (used with object),
to translate (data or a message) from a code into the original language or form.
- inwind
-
verb (used with object),
enwind.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- Deland
-
noun,
Margaret (Margaretta Wade Campbell Deland) 1857–1945, U.S. novelist.
- Ionian
-
noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks who invaded the Greek mainland and, after the Dorian invasions, emigrated to the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian2 (def 2), Dorian1 (def 2).
- decile
-
noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
- decide
-
verb (used with object),
to solve or conclude (a question, controversy, or struggle) by giving victory to one side:
- decern
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- decare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- decane
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- irido-
-
- decade
-
noun,
a period of ten years:
- Orwell
-
noun,
George (Eric Arthur Blair) 1903–50, English novelist and essayist.
- Deanna
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Diana.
- dealer
-
noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- in-law
-
noun,
a relative by marriage.
- Delano
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- Oradea
-
noun,
a city in NW Romania.
- derail
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- Ilorin
-
noun,
a town in W central Nigeria.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- diadic
-
adjective, noun,
dyadic.
- diacid
-
adjective,
capable of combining with two molecules of a monobasic acid.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Dewali
-
noun,
Diwali.
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- indecl
-
- indeed
-
adverb,
in fact; in reality; in truth; truly (used for emphasis, to confirm and amplify a previous statement, to indicate a concession or admission, or, interrogatively, to obtain confirmation):
- deride
-
verb (used with object),
to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
- ordeal
-
noun,
any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- indene
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C 9 H 8 , obtained from coal tar by fractional distillation: used in synthesizing resins.
- inland
-
noun,
the interior part of a country.
- deodar
-
noun,
a large Himalayan cedar, Cedrus deodara, yielding a durable wood.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- Indian
-
noun,
Also called American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian, Native American. a member of the aboriginal people of America or of any of the aboriginal North or South American stocks, usually excluding the Eskimos.
- indic.
-
- dendra
-
noun,
a plural of dendron.
- dendr-
-
- indole
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- inlaid
-
noun,
inlaid work.
- delead
-
verb (used with object),
to remove lead adhering to (a metal object) after cold-drawing through a die in which the lead served as a lubricant.
- drawee
-
noun,
a person on whom an order, draft, or bill of exchange is drawn.
- caller
-
noun,
a person or thing that calls.
- Cornel
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Carol.
- carnal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- Carlow
-
noun,
a county in Leinster, in the SE Republic of Ireland. 346 sq. mi. (896 sq. km). County seat: Carlow.
- Aldrin
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- wedeln
-
noun,
a skiing technique first developed in Austria in the 1950s that consists of high-speed turns made in succession with both skis parallel while not noticeably setting the ski edges on a slope.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- Alicia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- cardia
-
noun,
an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.
- cardi-
-
- Roland
-
noun,
Italian Orlando. the greatest of the paladins in the Charlemagne cycle of the chansons de geste, renowned for his prowess and the manner of his death in the battle of Roncesvalles (a.d. 778), also for his five days' combat with Oliver in which neither was the victor.
- Cannon
-
noun,
a mounted gun for firing heavy projectiles; a gun, howitzer, or mortar.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- canned
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cannae
-
noun,
an ancient town in SE Italy: Hannibal defeated the Romans here 216 b.c.
- Allied
-
noun,
a person, group, or nation that is associated with another or others for some common cause or purpose:
- alcaid
-
plural noun,
the descendants of Alcaeus.
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- Allier
-
noun,
a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.
- Ciardi
-
noun,
John, 1916–86, U.S. poet.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- clado-
-
- Aeolia
-
noun,
Aeolis.
- renown
-
noun,
widespread and high repute; fame.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- rewind
-
noun,
an act or instance of rewinding.
- wienie
-
noun,
weenie.
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- Wiener
-
noun,
frankfurter.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- aeron.
-
- Alaric
-
noun,
a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- ridden
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Riddle
-
noun,
a question or statement so framed as to exercise one's ingenuity in answering it or discovering its meaning; conundrum.
- widder
-
noun,
widow.
- celled
-
noun,
a small room, as in a convent or prison.
- cellar
-
noun,
a room, or set of rooms, for the storage of food, fuel, etc., wholly or partly underground and usually beneath a building.
- wellie
-
noun,
Usually, wellies. Wellington boot.
- Weller
-
noun,
Thomas Huckle [huhk-uh l] /ˈhʌk əl/ (Show IPA), 1915–2008, U.S. physician: Nobel Prize in medicine 1954.
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- weirdo
-
noun,
an odd, eccentric, or unconventional person.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- all-in
-
adjective,
Wrestling. without restrictions; with virtually every type of hold permitted.
- rennin
-
noun,
a coagulating enzyme occurring in the gastric juice of the calf, forming the active principle of rennet and able to curdle milk.
- Arnold
-
noun,
Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
- Rwanda
-
noun,
a republic in central Africa, E of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly comprising the N part of the Belgian trust territory of Ruanda-Urundi; became independent 1962. 10,169 sq. mi. (26,338 sq. km). Capital: Kigali.
- Warden
-
noun,
a person charged with the care or custody of persons, animals, or things; keeper.
- warded
-
noun,
a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
- Waddle
-
noun,
an act or instance of waddling, especially a waddling gait.
- anlace
-
noun,
anelace.
- wanion
-
noun,
curse; vengeance.
- anneal
-
noun,
an act, instance, or product of annealing.
- Annona
-
noun,
any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Annona, native to tropical America, and grown for their edible fruits.
- wander
-
noun,
Mechanics. the drift of a gyroscope or a similar device.
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- Waller
-
noun,
Edmund, 1607–87, English poet.
- Andron
-
noun,
(in an ancient Greek house) an apartment for men, especially one for banqueting.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- walled
-
noun,
any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- arcade
-
noun,
Architecture.
a series of arches supported on piers or columns.
an arched, roofed-in gallery. Compare colonnade.
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ardeid
-
adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Ardeidae, comprising the herons and bitterns.
- Walden
-
noun,
a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- corned
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- areola
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- Rowena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- andro-
-
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- nanoid
-
adjective,
dwarfish.
- Candor
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- candle
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- alodia
-
noun,
allodium.
- candid
-
noun,
an unposed photograph.
- weaner
-
noun,
a recently weaned animal.
- Candia
-
noun,
former name of Iráklion.
- canard
-
noun,
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
- Canad.
-
- callow
-
noun,
a recently hatched worker ant.
- calli-
-
- Callao
-
noun,
a seaport in W Peru, near Lima.
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- Calder
-
noun,
Alexander, 1898–1976, U.S. sculptor; originator of mobiles.
- Ronald
-
noun,
a male given name: from Scandinavian words meaning “counsel” and “rule.”.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- Ancona
-
noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- rondel
-
noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting usually of 14 lines on two rhymes, of which four are made up of the initial couplet repeated in the middle and at the end, with the second line of the couplet sometimes being omitted at the end.
- Andean
-
adjective,
of or like the Andes.
- Caddie
-
noun,
Golf. a person hired to carry a player's clubs, find the ball, etc.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- Andrea
-
noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- Andrew
-
noun,
one of the 12 apostles of Jesus. Mark 3:18; John 1:40–42.
- Andria
-
noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- windle
-
noun,
a measure of corn, wheat, or other commodities equal to approximately three bushels, but varying in different regions.
- Wonder
-
noun,
something strange and surprising; a cause of surprise, astonishment, or admiration:
- acedia
-
noun,
sloth (def 1).
Compare deadly sins.
- corded
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- Wilder
-
noun,
Billy (Samuel Wilder) 1906–2002, U.S. film director, producer, and writer; born in Austria.
- Winder
-
noun,
a person or thing that winds.
- winded
-
noun,
air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface:
- adreno
-
- adren-
-
- coddle
-
verb (used with object),
to treat tenderly; nurse or tend indulgently; pamper:
- cleoid
-
noun,
a claw-shaped dental instrument used to remove carious material from a cavity.
- Colada
-
noun,
piña colada.
- Willie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of William.
- Winona
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
- redden
-
verb (used with object),
to make or cause to become red.
- reddle
-
noun, verb (used with object),
ruddle.
- clinid
-
noun,
any of the blennioid fishes of the family Clinidae, of tropical and subtropical seas.
- Conrad
-
noun,
Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
- Collar
-
noun,
the part of a shirt, coat, dress, blouse, etc., that encompasses the neckline of the garment and is sewn permanently to it, often so as to fold or roll over.
- adeno-
-
- Coanda
-
noun,
Henri Marie [ahn-ree ma-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1885–1972, French engineer and inventor.
- clino-
-
- Collie
-
noun,
one of a breed of dogs having a usually long, black, tan, and white or sable and white coat, raised originally in Scotland for herding sheep.
- Adonai
-
noun,
Hebrew. a title of reverence for God, serving also as a substitute pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- Colden
-
noun,
Cadwallader, 1688–1776, Scottish physician, botanist, and public official in America, born in Ireland.
- Winner
-
noun,
a person or thing that wins; victor.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- clawed
-
noun,
a sharp, usually curved, nail on the foot of an animal, as on a cat, dog, or bird.
- redowa
-
noun,
a Bohemian dance in two forms, one resembling the waltz or the mazurka, the other resembling the polka.
- aedile
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- acarid
-
noun,
an acarine, especially a mite of the family Acaridae.
- woaded
-
adjective,
dyed or colored blue with woad.
- Adrian
-
noun,
Edgar Douglas, 1889–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1932.
- willed
-
noun,
the faculty of conscious and especially of deliberate action; the power of control the mind has over its own actions:
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- Winnie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Winston.
- aalii
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- Icel.
-
- Narew
-
noun,
a river in NE Poland, flowing S and SW into the Bug River: battle 1915. 290 miles (465 km) long.
- Nedda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ndola
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- wired
-
noun,
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nenni
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1980, Italian socialist leader and author.
- Ewell
-
noun,
Richard Stoddert [stod-ert] /ˈstɒd ərt/ (Show IPA), 1817–72, Confederate lieutenant general in the U.S. Civil War.
- Ewald
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- Lindi
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Tanzania.
- idio-
-
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- ileo-
-
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- Illia
-
noun,
Arturo [ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1900–83, Argentine physician and statesman: president 1963–66.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- ilio-
-
- Iliad
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- Iliac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- ician
-
- Nandi
-
noun,
a member of an agricultural people of southwestern Kenya.
- Lenin
-
noun,
V(ladimir) I(lyich) [vlad-uh-meer il-yich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir ee-lyeech] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov"N. Lenin") 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary leader: Soviet premier 1918–24.
- Nanna
-
noun,
the wife of Balder.
- nano-
-
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- idion
-
- ideo-
-
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- andr-
-
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- Erwin
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “boar” and “friend.”.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- encl.
-
- wonna
-
- Arawn
-
noun,
the lord of Annwfn.
- walla
-
noun,
wallah.
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- Elwin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Waler
-
noun,
a horse bred in New South Wales, Australia, as a military saddle horse and exported in numbers during the 19th century to British India.
- Ellen
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in S Utah. 11,522 feet (3514 meters).
- Waldo
-
noun,
Pierre or Peter, died c1217, French merchant and religious reformer, declared a heretic: founder of the Waldenses.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Lidia
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- Aoede
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- world
-
noun,
the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
- Elder
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- areo-
-
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- 30-30
-
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- nodal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- A-one
-
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.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- erode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Newar
-
noun,
a member of a Mongoloid people of Nepal.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- woald
-
noun,
weld2 .
- Newel
-
noun,
newel post.
- wanna
-
- Woden
-
noun,
the chief god of the pagan Anglo-Saxons, identified with the Scandinavian Odin.
- annal
-
noun,
a record of events of a particular year:
- endo-
-
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Enlil
-
noun,
the king of the Sumerian gods and the god of the air.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Wanda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- endow
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a permanent fund or source of income:
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- 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.
- anon.
-
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- lalia
-
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- Adlai
-
noun,
a male given name.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- Lower
-
noun,
a denture for the lower jaw.
- Loewi
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1961, German pharmacologist in the U.S.: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1936.
- Loewe
-
noun,
Frederick, 1904–88, U.S. composer, born in Austria.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- irid-
-
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- weird
-
noun,
fate; destiny.
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- Iran.
-
- Irwin
-
noun,
Wallace, 1875–1959, U.S. journalist and humorist.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Iowan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Iowa.
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- Alcor
-
- Weill
-
noun,
Kurt [kurt;; German koo rt] /kɜrt;; German kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1900–50, German composer, in the U.S. after 1935.
- iodic
-
adjective,
containing iodine, especially in the pentavalent state.
- aden-
-
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- lowan
-
noun,
mallee fowl.
- loden
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- wilco
-
interjection,
(especially in radio transmission) an indication that the message just received will be complied with.
- Wilde
-
noun,
Oscar (Fingal O'Flahertie Wills) [fing-guh l oh-fla-her-tee wilz,, oh-flair-tee] /ˈfɪŋ gəl oʊˈflæ hər ti ˈwɪlz,, oʊˈflɛər ti/ (Show IPA), ("Sebastian Melmoth") 1854–1900, Irish poet, dramatist, novelist, essayist, and critic.
- aeri-
-
- Ladon
-
noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- ladle
-
noun,
a long-handled utensil with a cup-shaped bowl for dipping or conveying liquids.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aero-
-
- Lando
-
noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- Loral
-
adjective,
of or relating to lore, knowledge, learning, etc.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- wield
-
verb (used with object),
to exercise (power, authority, influence, etc.), as in ruling or dominating.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- widen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become wide or wider; broaden; expand.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- adown
-
adverb, preposition,
down1 .
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Adowa
-
noun,
Aduwa.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Aldan
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from the Yabloni Mountains to the Lena. about 1500 miles (2415 km) long.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- India
-
noun,
Hindi Bharat [buh-ruht] /ˈbʌ rʌt/ (Show IPA). a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.
- Wilno
-
noun,
Polish name of Vilnius.
- Indo-
-
- Indio
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- wince
-
noun,
a wincing or shrinking movement; a slight start.
- indie
-
noun,
an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
- allo-
-
- allow
-
Idioms,
allow for, to make concession or provision for:
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- acold
-
adjective,
being cold or chilled.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- linen
-
noun,
fabric woven from flax yarns.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- aceae
-
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Leila
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Alwin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- anal.
-
- Weald
-
noun,
wooded or uncultivated country.
- incl.
-
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- Allen
-
noun,
(Charles) Grant (Blairfindie) [blair-fin-dee] /blɛərˈfɪn di/ (Show IPA), ("Cecil Power"; "J. Arbuthnot Wilson") 1848–99, British philosophical writer and novelist.
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- inlaw
-
noun,
a relative by marriage.
- addnl
-
- aldol
-
noun,
Also called acetaldol. a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , formed by the condensation of acetaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of rubber vulcanizers and accelerators, and in perfumery.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Edwin
-
noun,
Also, Eadwine. a.d. 585?–633, king of Northumbria 617–633.
- local
-
noun,
a local train, bus, etc.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- naiad
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- addle
-
adjective,
mentally confused; muddled.
- wedel
-
verb (used without object),
to engage in wedeln.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- addio
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- Addie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- acro-
-
- adder
-
noun,
the common European viper, Vipera berus.
- Willa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Wilhelmina.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Llano
-
noun,
an extensive grassy plain with few trees.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- Naida
-
noun,
a female given name.
- liwan
-
noun,
iwan.
- indri
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- Allan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Ninon
-
noun,
a sturdy chiffon or voile constructed in either plain or novelty weaves and generally used in the manufacture of women's garments, curtains, and drapery.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- deci-
-
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- orial
-
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- dedal
-
adjective,
daedal.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- decl.
-
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- cella
-
noun,
the principal enclosed chamber of a classical temple.
- Della
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Delia.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- cilia
-
plural noun,
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- cidal
-
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- owner
-
noun,
a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.
- cero-
-
- decd.
-
- deca-
-
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- Cello
-
noun,
the second largest member of the violin family, rested vertically on the floor between the performer's knees when being played.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- cine-
-
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- diode
-
noun,
a device, as a two-element electron tube or a semiconductor, through which current can pass freely in only one direction.
- Ollie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Oliver.
- Olwen
-
noun,
a princess, the daughter of Ysbaddaden Chief-giant.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Rolla
-
noun,
a city in S central Missouri.
- dilli
-
noun,
Dili.
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- dildo
-
noun,
an artificial erect penis, used as a sexual aid.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- ordn.
-
- canoe
-
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.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- Carew
-
noun,
Thomas, 1598?–1639? English poet.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Card.
-
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- dewan
-
noun,
(in India) any of certain officials, as a financial minister or prime minister of a native colony.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Dewar
-
noun,
Sir James, 1842–1923, Scottish chemist and physicist.
- Canna
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- dial.
-
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Diana
-
noun,
(Princess of Wales; Lady Diana Spencer) 1961–97, former wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.
- Cilla
-
noun,
a sister of Priam who, with her infant son, was slain by Priam because it had been prophesied that a mother and child of the royal house would cause the destruction of Troy.
- rewin
-
verb (used with object),
to win back or again.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- rawin
-
noun,
a method of observation of upper-air winds conducted by means of a weather balloon tracked by radar or a radio direction finder.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- Crown
-
noun,
any of various types of headgear worn by a monarch as a symbol of sovereignty, often made of precious metal and ornamented with valuable gems.
- coel-
-
- crowd
-
noun,
a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng:
- coele
-
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Cower
-
verb (used without object),
to crouch, as in fear or shame.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Conn.
-
- coll.
-
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Conde
-
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.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- crawl
-
noun,
act of crawling; a slow, crawling motion.
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Dacia
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom and later a Roman province in S Europe between the Carpathian Mountains and the Danube, corresponding generally to modern Romania and adjacent regions.
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- radii
-
noun,
a plural of radius.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- reni-
-
- Dania
-
noun,
a town in S Florida.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- Lilac
-
noun,
any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Syringa, of the olive family, as S. vulgaris, having large clusters of fragrant purple or white flowers: the state flower of New Hampshire.
- renew
-
verb (used with object),
to begin or take up again, as an acquaintance, a conversation, etc.; resume.
- rall.
-
- clone
-
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.
- coala
-
noun,
koala.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- clown
-
noun,
a comic performer, as in a circus, theatrical production, or the like, who wears an outlandish costume and makeup and entertains by pantomiming common situations or actions in exaggerated or ridiculous fashion, by juggling or tumbling, etc.
- dalan
-
noun,
(in Persian and Indian architecture) a veranda or open hall for reception of visitors.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- dalle
-
noun,
The, a city in N Oregon.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- Danae
-
noun,
a daughter of the king of Argos and mother, by Zeus disguised as a shower of gold, of Perseus.
- Danai
-
plural noun,
the Argives.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- aware
-
adjective,
having knowledge; conscious; cognizant:
- Ocala
-
noun,
a city in central Florida.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- wader
-
noun,
a person or thing that wades.
- dread
-
noun,
terror or apprehension as to something in the future; great fear.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- drawn
-
noun,
an act of drawing.
- drawl
-
noun,
an act or utterance of a person who drawls.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- award
-
noun,
something awarded, as a payment or medal.
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- drill
-
noun,
Machinery, Building Trades.
a shaftlike tool with two or more cutting edges for making holes in firm materials, especially by rotation.
a tool, especially a hand tool, for holding and operating such a tool.
- dowie
-
adjective,
dull; melancholy; dismal.
- dower
-
noun,
Law. the portion of a deceased husband's real property allowed to his widow for her lifetime.
- dowel
-
noun,
Also called dowel pin. Carpentry. a pin, usually round, fitting into holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent their slipping or to align them.
- awner
-
noun,
a machine for cutting the awns from grain.
- Doric
-
noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- Rowen
-
noun,
Chiefly Northern U.S. the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath.
- Donne
-
noun,
John, 1573–1631, English poet and clergyman.
- rowel
-
noun,
a small wheel with radiating points, forming the extremity of a spur.
- Donna
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- dried
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- nona-
-
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- econ.
-
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- ecol.
-
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- wadna
-
- Arnel
-
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Norw.
-
- Nowel
-
noun,
Noel (def 2).
- dwell
-
noun,
Machinery.
a flat or cylindrical area on a cam for maintaining a follower in a certain position during part of a cycle.
a period in a cycle in the operation of a machine or engine during which a given part remains motionless.
- drown
-
Verb phrases,
drown in,
to be overwhelmed by:
to be covered with or enveloped in:
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- droll
-
noun,
a droll person; jester; wag.
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- Wadai
-
noun,
a former independent sultanate of the Sudan, in N central Africa: now part of the Republic of Chad.
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- Caddo
-
noun,
a member of any of several North American Indian tribes formerly located in Arkansas, Louisiana, and eastern Texas, and now living in Oklahoma.
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- dolce
-
noun,
an instruction to the performer that the music is to be executed softly and sweetly.
- oidea
-
- Rowan
-
noun,
the European mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of bright red berries.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- oidia
-
noun,
one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- oiled
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- OIcel
-
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- Older
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- Oland
-
noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- dolia
-
noun,
a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
- wale
-
noun,
a streak, stripe, or ridge produced on the skin by the stroke of a rod or whip; welt.
- RdAc
-
- Nor.
-
- rcd.
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- rel.
-
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- NDAC
-
- weal
-
noun,
well-being, prosperity, or happiness:
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- wile
-
noun,
a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- warn
-
verb (used with object),
to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable:
- Will
-
noun,
the faculty of conscious and especially of deliberate action; the power of control the mind has over its own actions:
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- RONA
-
- Wall
-
noun,
any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- Wind
-
noun,
air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface:
- Word
-
noun,
a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- ole-
-
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- wold
-
noun,
an elevated tract of open country.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Wain
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Astronomy. Charles's Wain.
- wore
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Redd
-
noun,
the spawning area or nest of trout or salmon.
- NIRA
-
- NOAA
-
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- worn
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- WRAC
-
- Lili
-
noun,
a female given name.
- woad
-
noun,
a European plant, Isatis tinctoria, of the mustard family, formerly cultivated for a blue dye extracted from its leaves.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- wail
-
noun,
the act of wailing.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- OLLA
-
noun,
a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- wine
-
noun,
the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Wald
-
noun,
George, 1906–97, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1967.
- wino
-
noun,
a person who is addicted to wine, especially a derelict.
- non-
-
- wire
-
noun,
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- nill
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- wadi
-
noun,
the channel of a watercourse that is dry except during periods of rainfall.
- neo-
-
- lwei
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Angola, the 100th part of a kwanza.
- lown
-
noun,
loon2 .
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- Weld
-
noun,
a welded junction or joint.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- OEEC
-
- Wend
-
noun,
a member of a Slavic people of E Germany; Sorb.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- RIIA
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Lowe
-
verb (used without object),
low3 .
- OECD
-
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- WAAC
-
noun,
U.S. Military.
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps: founded during World War II.
a member of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Compare Wac.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Weed
-
noun,
a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
- ween
-
verb (used with or without object),
to think; suppose.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- NCAA
-
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- Weil
-
noun,
André, 1906–98, U.S. mathematician, born in France: brother of Simone Weil.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- NACA
-
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Nada
-
noun,
nothing; zero; none:
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Weir
-
noun,
a small dam in a river or stream.
- Rowe
-
noun,
Nicholas, 1674–1718, British poet and dramatist, poet laureate 1715–18.
- Nell
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Ware
-
noun,
Usually, wares.
articles of merchandise or manufacture; goods:
any intangible items, as services or products of artistic or intellectual creativity, that are salable:
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- wand
-
noun,
a slender stick or rod, especially one used by a magician, conjurer, or diviner.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- lond
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Wade
-
noun,
an act or instance of wading:
- Lola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte or Dolores.
- Wane
-
noun,
a gradual decrease or decline in strength, intensity, power, etc.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- wild
-
noun,
Often, wilds. an uncultivated, uninhabited, or desolate region or tract; waste; wilderness; desert:
- Wear
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- roll
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Wal.
-
- wean
-
Verb phrases,
wean on, to accustom to; to familiarize with from, or as if from, childhood:
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Waal
-
noun,
a river in the central Netherlands, flowing W to the Meuse River: the center branch of the lower Rhine. 52 miles (84 km) long.
- Owen
-
noun,
Sir Richard, 1804–92, English zoologist and anatomist.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- wide
-
noun,
Cricket. a bowled ball that goes wide of the wicket, and counts as a run for the side batting.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lord
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- Rida
-
- Wien
-
noun,
Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1864–1928, German physicist: Nobel prize 1911.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Nana
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- ord.
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Wace
-
noun,
Robert [rob-ert;; French raw-ber] /ˈrɒb ərt;; French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), ("Wace of Jersey") c1100–c1180, Anglo-Norman poet born on the Channel Island of Jersey.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- ward
-
noun,
a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
- rad.
-
- Waco
-
noun,
a city in central Texas, on the Brazos River.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- 1080
-
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- dado
-
noun,
Also called die. Architecture. the part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice or cap.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dana
-
noun,
Danu.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Danl
-
- Dard
-
noun,
Also, Dardic. a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir, northern Pakistan, and eastern Afghanistan, and including Kashmiri.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Dawn
-
noun,
the first appearance of daylight in the morning:
- DCNL
-
- dead
-
noun,
the period of greatest darkness, coldness, etc.:
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- 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.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dec.
-
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- deed
-
noun,
something that is done, performed, or accomplished; an act:
- Dada
-
noun,
the style and techniques of a group of artists, writers, etc., of the early 20th century who exploited accidental and incongruous effects in their work and who programmatically challenged established canons of art, thought, morality, etc.
- Crow
-
noun,
any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Con.
-
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Col.
-
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Cold
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- Cond
-
- crew
-
noun,
a group of persons involved in a particular kind of work or working together:
- 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.
- Cor.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cowl
-
noun,
a hooded garment worn by monks.
- Craw
-
noun,
the crop of a bird or insect.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- Del.
-
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- dlr.
-
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- dol.
-
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- Doll
-
noun,
a small figure representing a baby or other human being, especially for use as a child's toy.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- Down
-
noun,
a downward movement; descent.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- Drew
-
noun,
Charles Richard, 1904–50, U.S. physician: developer of blood-bank technique.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- eco-
-
- Edda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- eddo
-
noun,
the edible root of the taro or of any of several related plants.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- dir.
-
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- DIAD
-
noun, adjective,
dyad.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Den.
-
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- der.
-
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- dia-
-
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- Dido
-
noun,
a mischievous trick; prank; antic.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- Dili
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- Dill
-
noun,
a plant, Anethum graveolens, of the parsley family, having aromatic seeds and finely divided leaves, both of which are used for flavoring food.
- Din.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Dino
-
- dioc
-
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- 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:
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Alco
-
- Ald.
-
- Alda
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- all-
-
- alow
-
adverb,
below decks.
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- ance
-
- 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).
- anew
-
adverb,
over again; again; once more:
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ann.
-
- Anna
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ano-
-
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Ala.
-
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- AWOL
-
noun,
a soldier or other military person who is absent from duty without leave.
- AAEE
-
- acad
-
- ACDA
-
- acea
-
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- 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.
- acr-
-
- Adad
-
noun,
Babylonian god of storms and wind.
- Aire
-
- Adar
-
noun,
the sixth month of the Jewish calendar.
- addn
-
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- aer-
-
- Aida
-
noun,
(italics) an opera (1871) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- AInd
-
- Arad
-
noun,
a city in W Romania, on the Mures River.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- cell
-
noun,
a small room, as in a convent or prison.
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- CERN
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cide
-
- cir.
-
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- clar
-
- claw
-
noun,
a sharp, usually curved, nail on the foot of an animal, as on a cat, dog, or bird.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- clew
-
noun,
clue (def 1).
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- clod
-
noun,
a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- awed
-
noun,
an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like:
- 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.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Cdr.
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Cal.
-
- Call
-
noun,
a cry or shout.
- Can.
-
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- Dewi
-
noun,
Saint, David, Saint.
- Wren
-
noun,
any of numerous small, active songbirds of the family Troglodytidae, especially Troglodytes troglodytes, of the Northern Hemisphere, having dark-brown plumage barred with black and a short, upright tail.
Compare house wren, marsh wren, rock wren, winter wren.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Ind.
-
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- 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:
- Ewer
-
noun,
a pitcher with a wide spout.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Ewan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- Lani
-
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- iod-
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- IAEA
-
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- lawn
-
noun,
a stretch of open, grass-covered land, especially one closely mowed, as near a house, on an estate, or in a park.
- enow
-
adjective, adverb,
enough.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- enl.
-
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- end-
-
- ence
-
- lea.
-
- enc.
-
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Lalo
-
noun,
(Victor Antoine) Edouard [veek-tawr ahn-twan ey-dwar] /vikˈtɔr ɑ̃ˈtwan eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–92, French composer.
- iana
-
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- INRI
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- IndE
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Inc.
-
- inae
-
- Iowa
-
noun,
a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,290 sq. mi. (145,790 sq. km). Capital: Des Moines.
Abbreviation: IA (approved esp. for use with zip code), Ia., Io.
- Ill.
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- ile-
-
- Ire.
-
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- idae
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- ICAO
-
- ical
-
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- LACW
-
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ELLE
-
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- EEOC
-
- lewd
-
adjective,
inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- 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.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- 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.
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- 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.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- RLD
-
- AAE
-
- RNA
-
- rnd
-
- ROA
-
- Aar
-
- CED
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- CEA
-
- ad-
-
- caw
-
noun,
the harsh, grating cry of the crow, raven, etc.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LCL
-
- NAD
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ac-
-
- 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).
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- WRA
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- CNN
-
- IRL
-
- CLR
-
- Ir.
-
- NAA
-
- al.
-
- an.
-
- CNO
-
- Clo
-
- CLI
-
- NCO
-
- cle
-
- IRC
-
- woe
-
noun,
grievous distress, affliction, or trouble:
- Ar.
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- La.
-
- CIE
-
- IRO
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Won
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of North and South Korea, equal to 100 chon.
- CIA
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Low
-
noun,
something that is low, as ground or prices:
- CEO
-
- AIA
-
- Iwo
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- ADC
-
- ior
-
- IWC
-
- CAA
-
- Win
-
noun,
a victory, as in a game or horse race.
- War
-
noun,
a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- aor
-
- AOA
-
- Law
-
noun,
the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
- LOC
-
- wid
-
- LCA
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- wen
-
noun,
Pathology. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.
- LCD
-
- LCI
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- ll.
-
- 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.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Wei
-
noun,
any of several dynasties that ruled in North China, especially one ruling a.d. 220–265 and one ruling a.d. 386–534.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- wee
-
adjective,
little; very small.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- LLD
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- LDL
-
- LDC
-
- ANC
-
- WDC
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Ld.
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ard
-
- CAI
-
- cr.
-
- ADA
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- ca.
-
- wd.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Co.
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- CWO
-
- awn
-
noun,
a bristlelike appendage of a plant, especially on the glumes of grasses.
- cl.
-
- ROW
-
noun,
a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line:
- ALC
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- ACW
-
- LON
-
- WAC
-
noun,
a member of the Women's Army Corps, formerly an auxiliary of the U.S. Army.
- AWL
-
noun,
a pointed instrument for piercing small holes in leather, wood, etc.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ae.
-
- AIC
-
- AEC
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- AEA
-
- wae
-
noun,
woe.
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- wad
-
noun,
a small mass, lump, or ball of anything:
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- awa
-
adverb,
away.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- awe
-
noun,
an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like:
- Lew
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lewis, Llewellyn, or Louis.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Ola
-
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- DLC
-
- DLO
-
- ene
-
- DNA
-
- DNR
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- OIr
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- DOD
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Doi
-
- oid
-
- en-
-
- oic
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- EOE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- id.
-
- Ewe
-
noun,
a female sheep, especially when fully mature.
- DEW
-
noun,
moisture condensed from the atmosphere, especially at night, and deposited in the form of small drops upon any cool surface.
- IOC
-
- DID
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ONR
-
- DIL
-
- ONI
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- New
-
noun,
something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.:
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- eir
-
- ean
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EDC
-
- EDD
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- EAA
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NNE
-
- NNW
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- EEC
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- NOC
-
- ead
-
- ea.
-
- ODD
-
noun,
something that is odd.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- OCR
-
- DOW
-
noun,
dhow.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Dr.
-
- DRE
-
- OCD
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- eo-
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OED
-
- Oc.
-
- NWC
-
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- DWI
-
- now
-
noun,
the present time or moment:
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- di.
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- DCL
-
- dd.
-
- do.
-
- DOA
-
- ier
-
- DAD
-
noun,
father.
- DAE
-
- RCA
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ide
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- DAR
-
- raw
-
noun,
a sore or irritated place, as on the flesh.
- RCN
-
- daw
-
noun,
jackdaw.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- EEO
-
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ILO
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- RDA
-
- cow
-
noun,
the mature female of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- CWA
-
- REA
-
- RDC
-
- NDE
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- DEd
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- owe
-
verb (used with object),
to be under obligation to pay or repay:
- DEA
-
- ial
-
- Rd.
-
- de-
-
- DDR
-
- owl
-
noun,
any of numerous, chiefly nocturnal birds of prey, of the order Strigiformes, having a broad head with large, forward-directed eyes that are usually surrounded by disks of modified feathers: many populations are diminishing owing to loss of habitat.
- own
-
Idioms,
come into one's own,
to take possession of that which is due or owed one.
to receive the recognition that one's abilities merit:
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- OWI
-
- 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.
- NEC
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- Re.
-
- CW
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- NC
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- LR
-
- OW
-
interjection,
(used especially as an expression of intense or sudden pain.)
- ND
-
- NL
-
- EW
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation expressing disgust, aversion, or the like):
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- WO
-
noun,
woe.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 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.
- WL
-
- WI
-
- WC
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- w/
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- RW
-
- NI
-
- AO
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- 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.
- EI
-
- LC
-
- ln
-
- ol
-
- L2
-
- DN
-
- le
-
- L1
-
- LW
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- RO
-
- RN
-
- RI
-
- CE
-
- DW
-
- dl
-
- ee
-
- L.
-
- RC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- OA
-
- IW
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
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- DC
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noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- NW
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- we
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- D.
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.