Anagrams of alternates
Word alternates has
640 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of alternates.
- translate
-
verb (used with object),
to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own:
- alterants
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noun,
something that produces alteration.
- alternate
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noun,
a person authorized to fill the position, exercise the duties, etc., of another who is temporarily absent; substitute.
- slattern
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noun,
a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- serenata
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noun,
a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- sea-lane
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noun,
a standard navigational route for ships traversing an ocean or sea.
- arsenate
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenic acid.
- eternals
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- asternal
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adjective,
not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
- entreats
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verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- anteater
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noun,
any of several mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae, having a long, tapered snout, extensile tongue, and powerful front claws and feeding chiefly on ants and termites.
Compare giant anteater, silky anteater, tamandua.
- ratteens
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noun,
ratiné.
- stearate
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noun,
a salt or ester of stearic acid.
- telerans
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- atlantes
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noun,
plural of atlas (def 5).
- alterant
-
noun,
something that produces alteration.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- Seattle
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noun,
(Seatlh) c1790–1866, Suquamish leader: Seattle, Washington, named after him.
- talents
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noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- estreat
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noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- tenters
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noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- eternal
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- startle
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noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- starlet
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noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- letters
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noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- arsenal
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noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- Antares
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noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- entreat
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- enteral
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adjective,
enteric.
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- transl.
-
- Ternate
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noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- nettles
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noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- restate
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verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- saltant
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adjective,
dancing; leaping; jumping.
- Statler
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noun,
Ellsworth Milton, 1863–1928, U.S. hotel-chain developer.
- leaners
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noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- trental
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noun,
a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.
- natters
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noun,
a conversation; chat.
- aerates
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- trestle
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noun,
a frame typically composed of a horizontal bar or beam rigidly joined or fitted at each end to the top of a transverse A-frame, used as a barrier, a transverse support for planking, etc.; horse.
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- Telstar
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- settler
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noun,
a person or thing that settles.
- sealant
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noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- lattens
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noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- sterlet
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noun,
a small sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar.
- tartans
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noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- Lateran
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noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- rattles
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noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- Astarte
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noun,
an ancient Semitic deity, goddess of fertility and reproduction worshiped by the Phoenicians and Canaanites.
- tantras
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noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- ratteen
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noun,
ratiné.
- rattans
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noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- Teleran
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- stratal
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adjective,
of a stratum or strata.
- relents
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- attars
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noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- natals
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noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- elater
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- letter
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noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- Lester
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noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- Attlee
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noun,
Clement (Richard) 1883–1967, British statesman: prime minister 1945–51.
- tetras
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noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- Serena
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noun,
a female given name.
- tetra-
-
- Easter
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noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Tantra
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noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- teaser
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noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- tester
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noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- teasel
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noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- setter
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noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- Settle
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noun,
a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
- elates
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adjective,
elated.
- learns
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verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Lenaea
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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.
- latten
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noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- leaner
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noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- Searle
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noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- Santee
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- latter
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Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- sealer
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noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- tenets
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noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- lanate
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adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- tenter
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noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- latest
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noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- latent
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adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- larees
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noun,
lari.
- latens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- talers
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noun,
thaler.
- sateen
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- seater
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noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- ternes
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noun,
terne metal.
- selen-
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- Salten
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noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- enates
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noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Senate
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noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- enter-
-
- enters
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Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- Ernest
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- estate
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noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- learnt
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Teresa
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noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- talent
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noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- Renata
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noun,
a female given name.
- terat-
-
- strata
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noun,
a plural of stratum.
- Santal
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noun,
sandalwood.
- Ateste
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noun,
ancient name of Este.
- lateen
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adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- ranees
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noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Alette
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noun,
(in classical architecture) a part of a pier, flanking a pilaster or engaged column and supporting either impost of an arch.
- treats
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noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- alates
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noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Rattan
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noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- Nettle
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noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- tarsal
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noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- Arlene
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noun,
a female given name.
- taters
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noun,
potato.
- Arleen
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noun,
a female given name.
- aretes
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noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- alerts
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- tatars
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noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- Aletes
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noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- ratels
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Street
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noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- antres
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noun,
a cavern; cave.
- ratans
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noun,
rattan.
- antler
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- taster
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noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- altern
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adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- alters
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noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- stater
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noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- ratals
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noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- resent
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- ansate
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adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- reseat
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- aneles
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verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- resale
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noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- arsen-
-
- rattle
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noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- nestle
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verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- aerate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- Sterne
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noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- natter
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noun,
a conversation; chat.
- astral
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adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- rental
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noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- astern
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adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- tra-la
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noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- aslant
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adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- Aeneas
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noun,
a Trojan hero, the reputed ancestor of the Romans: protagonist of the Aeneid.
- Tralee
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noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- trans.
-
- rentes
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- artels
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noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- transe
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noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- reatas
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noun,
riata.
- Tartan
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noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- treens
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noun,
treenware.
- rastle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- ratal
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noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- reals
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noun,
real number.
- reata
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noun,
riata.
- laten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- leant
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noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- tarts
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noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- reels
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noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- rents
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noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- ratel
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- rates
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noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- reest
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verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- ratan
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noun,
rattan.
- rente
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Saran
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noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- nates
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noun,
buttocks; rump.
- learn
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verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- nears
-
- Teena
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noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- teels
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noun,
til.
- Tanta
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noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- teats
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noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- teals
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noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tarns
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noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
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noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- nares
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plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- tears
-
- nasal
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noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- tease
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noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Natal
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noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- Saree
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noun,
sari.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Letts
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noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- teens
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noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- Ranee
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noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- rants
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noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- tele-
-
- natl.
-
- rales
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noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- Tatar
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noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Natta
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- astr.
-
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- anal.
-
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- ATLAS
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noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Alta.
-
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- treas
-
- ante-
-
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Arnel
-
- anat.
-
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- stat.
-
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- Srta.
-
- ASEAN
-
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- tera-
-
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- 30-30
-
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- ster.
-
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Alas.
-
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Ste.
-
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- RNAS
-
- Sra.
-
- Sat.
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- 1080
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- attn
-
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- 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:
- ears
-
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.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- ELAS
-
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- enl.
-
- Ens.
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- rel.
-
- ter.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- att.
-
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tRNA
-
- AAEE
-
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- Ala.
-
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Anas
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ant.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- est.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- tel-
-
- str.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lea.
-
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- ten.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- ette
-
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- 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.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- TSE
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TAL
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- tra
-
- tlr
-
- TNT
-
- tr.
-
- nr.
-
- STL
-
- ESL
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- en-
-
- ene
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ese
-
- ESR
-
- 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.
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- La.
-
- Lt.
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- Sta
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ean
-
- LTA
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- al.
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- AAE
-
- Aar
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ae.
-
- AEA
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- EAA
-
- 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.
- ARS
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- ase
-
- ASN
-
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- at.
-
- ATA
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- LST
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- ltr
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- RNA
-
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- SAA
-
- SAE
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- SAR
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- SLA
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- SLE
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- SLR
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- Sr.
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- St.
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- REA
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- RSA
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- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- NAA
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- nae
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adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ne-
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- NEA
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- Nee
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adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NES
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- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- TTS
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- NRA
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- NSA
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- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Re.
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- t.
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- T1
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- le
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- ln
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- SN
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- A.
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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.
- TT
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RN
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- LR
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- R.
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- N.
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- L2
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- L1
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- L.
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- SL
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- SA
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- S.
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- TN
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- NL
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- TL
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .