Anagrams of alternations
Word alternations has
1806 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of alternations.
- alternation
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noun,
the act or process of alternating or the state of being alternated.
- translation
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noun,
the rendering of something into another language or into one's own from another language.
- senatorial
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a senator or senate:
- intolerant
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noun,
an intolerant person; bigot.
- alteration
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noun,
the act or process of altering; the state of being altered:
- stentorian
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adjective,
very loud or powerful in sound:
- transient
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noun,
a person or thing that is transient, especially a temporary guest, boarder, laborer, or the like.
- natrolite
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noun,
a white or colorless zeolite mineral, a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum, Na 2 Al 2 Si 3 O 10 ⋅2H 2 O, often occurring in acicular crystals.
- nationals
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noun,
a citizen or subject of a particular nation who is entitled to its protection:
- natations
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noun,
an act or the skill of swimming.
- sterilant
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noun,
a sterilizing agent.
- antisolar
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adjective,
(on the celestial sphere) opposite the sun.
- rationale
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noun,
the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.
- stationer
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noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- rationals
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noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- Neo-Latin
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noun,
New Latin.
- saltation
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noun,
a dancing, hopping, or leaping movement.
- annotates
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verb (used with object),
to supply with critical or explanatory notes; comment upon in notes:
- intonates
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- instanter
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adverb,
immediately; at once.
- translate
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verb (used with object),
to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own:
- internals
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noun,
Usually, internals. entrails; innards.
- internat.
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- relations
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- serotinal
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adjective,
pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- strontian
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noun,
strontianite.
- orientals
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- trotlines
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noun,
a strong fishing line strung across a stream, or deep into a river, having individual hooks attached by smaller lines at intervals.
- Rosinante
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noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- tearstain
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noun,
a mark or wet streak left by tears.
- alterants
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noun,
something that produces alteration.
- tarnation
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noun,
damnation; hell (used as a euphemism):
- alternant
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noun,
Linguistics. a variant form that exists in alternation with another or others.
- Nestorian
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noun,
one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- Aristotle
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noun,
384–322 b.c, Greek philosopher: pupil of Plato; tutor of Alexander the Great.
- Orleanais
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noun,
a former province in N France. Capital: Orléans.
- Orleanist
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noun,
a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.
- annattos
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noun,
Also called lipstick tree. a small tree, Bixa orellana, of tropical America.
- annotate
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verb (used with object),
to supply with critical or explanatory notes; comment upon in notes:
- tontines
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noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- sanitate
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verb (used with object),
to make sanitary; equip with sanitary appliances:
- alterant
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noun,
something that produces alteration.
- tonalist
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noun,
a person who works with or uses tonality, especially one who uses traditional tonality rather than atonality in composing music.
- tolerant
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adjective,
inclined or disposed to tolerate; showing tolerance; forbearing:
- intonate
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- laotians
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- slattern
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noun,
a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- intranet
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noun,
a computer network with restricted access, as within a company, that uses software and protocols developed for the Internet.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- Santeria
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- intrans.
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- annalist
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noun,
a chronicler of events, especially yearly ones; historian.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- intrants
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noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- Latinate
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adjective,
of, like, pertaining to, or derived from Latin.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- toenails
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- tenorist
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noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- stannate
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noun,
a salt of a stannic acid.
- internal
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noun,
Usually, internals. entrails; innards.
- enations
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- astatine
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noun,
a rare element of the halogen family. Symbol: At; atomic number: 85.
- asternal
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adjective,
not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
- tentoria
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noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- atlantes
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noun,
plural of atlas (def 5).
- Atlantis
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noun,
a legendary island, first mentioned by Plato, said to have existed in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar and to have sunk beneath the sea, but linked by some modern archaeologists with the island of Thera, the surviving remnant of a much larger island destroyed by a volcanic eruption c1500 b.c.
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tannates
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noun,
a salt of tannic acid.
- arnattos
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noun,
annatto (def 2).
- tertials
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noun,
a tertial feather.
- aristate
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adjective,
Botany. having aristae; awned.
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- elations
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- ariettas
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noun,
a short aria.
- INTELSAT
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noun,
a global communications satellite network under international control.
- strontia
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- entrains
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- entrants
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noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- Estonian
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- tinstone
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noun,
cassiterite.
- antirent
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to a political party (1839–47) in New York that opposed the payment of rents to patroons.
- stannite
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noun,
a mineral, iron-black to steel-gray in color, with a metallic luster, copper iron tin sulfide, Cu 2 FeSnS 4 : an ore of tin.
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- insolate
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- insolent
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noun,
an insolent person.
- sonatina
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noun,
a short or simplified sonata.
- also-ran
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noun,
Sports.
(in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers.
an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near-winning one.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- ailerons
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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.
- resonant
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noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- tritones
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- retinols
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noun,
vitamin A.
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- Aaronite
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noun,
one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
- rational
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noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- neonatal
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adjective,
of or relating to newborn children.
- triolets
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noun,
a short poem of fixed form, having a rhyme scheme of ab, aa, abab, and having the first line repeated as the fourth and seventh lines, and the second line repeated as the eighth.
- Lorestan
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noun,
Luristan.
- alienors
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- alanines
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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;
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- aerostat
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noun,
any lighter-than-air aircraft, as a balloon or dirigible.
- National
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noun,
a citizen or subject of a particular nation who is entitled to its protection:
- rat-tail
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noun,
grenadier (def 4).
- natation
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noun,
an act or the skill of swimming.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- orinasal
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noun,
an orinasal sound.
- notarial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- trotline
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noun,
a strong fishing line strung across a stream, or deep into a river, having individual hooks attached by smaller lines at intervals.
- Roseanna
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noun,
a female given name.
- nonaries
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noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- Saarinen
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noun,
Eero [air-oh] /ˈɛər oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1910–61, U.S. architect, born in Finland.
- attires
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noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Stilton
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- nostril
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noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- strati-
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- stratal
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adjective,
of a stratum or strata.
- natrons
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noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- entrant
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noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- natters
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noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Astolat
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noun,
a place in the Arthurian romances, possibly in Surrey, England.
- sterno-
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- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- natator
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noun,
a swimmer.
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Astarte
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noun,
an ancient Semitic deity, goddess of fertility and reproduction worshiped by the Phoenicians and Canaanites.
- Astaire
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noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- Telstar
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- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- etalons
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noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Natalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Stentor
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- Etonian
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noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- steato-
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- stearo-
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- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- entrain
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Neilson
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noun,
William Allan, 1869–1946, U.S. educator and lexicographer, born in Scotland.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- onliest
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Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- Tarlton
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noun,
Richard, died 1588, English actor.
- Taranto
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noun,
Ancient Tarentum. a fortified seaport in SE Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: founded by the Greeks in the 8th century b.c.; naval base.
- attains
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verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- atresia
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- 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.
- nitrate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- tannate
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noun,
a salt of tannic acid.
- oralist
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noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- 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.
- talions
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noun,
lex talionis.
- tartine
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noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- notates
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verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- attorns
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verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- Nilotes
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- talents
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noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- enation
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- Aterian
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adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- tailors
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Orleans
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- astrol.
-
- ensnarl
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verb (used with object),
to entangle in or as in a snarl.
- striate
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adjective,
striated.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- strato-
-
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- saltant
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adjective,
dancing; leaping; jumping.
- Stanton
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noun,
Edwin McMasters [muh k-mas-terz,, -mah-sterz] /məkˈmæs tərz,, -ˈmɑ stərz/ (Show IPA), 1814–69, U.S. statesman: Secretary of War 1862–67.
- Statler
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noun,
Ellsworth Milton, 1863–1928, U.S. hotel-chain developer.
- litotes
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noun,
understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in “not bad at all.”.
- satiate
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adjective,
satiated.
- satinet
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- sealant
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noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- rialtos
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noun,
an exchange or mart.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- lariats
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noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Laotian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- lantern
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noun,
a transparent or translucent, usually portable, case for enclosing a light and protecting it from the wind, rain, etc.
- lanners
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noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- tension
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- litters
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noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- Setaria
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noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- 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.
- latinos
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- iterant
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adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- rotates
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adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- Salerno
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- Santali
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noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- latrias
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- linnets
-
noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- lattens
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- settlor
-
noun,
a person who makes a settlement of property.
- Sinaloa
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noun,
a state in W Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of California. 22,582 sq. mi. (58,485 sq. km). Capital: Culiacán.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- intents
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- intens.
-
- rattles
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noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- rattans
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noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- instant
-
noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- insnare
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- starlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the stars:
- startle
-
noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- Sinatra
-
noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- slotter
-
noun,
a person or thing that slots.
- solaria
-
noun,
a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- solatia
-
noun,
something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- introns
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- loaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- loiters
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- intrant
-
noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- Loraine
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- Loretta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- intones
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- Lorient
-
noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- starlet
-
noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- Trianta
-
noun,
Trianda.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- anatine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the family Anatidae, comprising the swans, geese, and ducks.
- tontine
-
noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- anattos
-
noun,
annatto.
- Ansonia
-
noun,
a city in SW Connecticut.
- 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.
- Aetolia
-
noun,
an ancient district in W Greece, now part of the province of Aetolia and Acarnania.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- arsenal
-
noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- arseno-
-
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- altoist
-
noun,
a performer on the alto saxophone.
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- tonlets
-
noun,
a skirt of plates.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- triolet
-
noun,
a short poem of fixed form, having a rhyme scheme of ab, aa, abab, and having the first line repeated as the fourth and seventh lines, and the second line repeated as the eighth.
- transl.
-
- aristo-
-
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- 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;
- antero-
-
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- Trenton
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Jersey, in the W part, on the Delaware River: Washington defeated Hessian troops here 1776.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- arnatto
-
noun,
annatto (def 2).
- tertial
-
noun,
a tertial feather.
- Alastor
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an avenging spirit or deity frequently evoked in Greek tragedy; a male Nemesis.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- tortile
-
adjective,
twisted; coiled.
- trental
-
noun,
a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.
- Antonia
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Antonius.
- arietta
-
noun,
a short aria.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- areolas
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- alinota
-
noun,
the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- Annatol
-
noun,
a male given name.
- annatto
-
noun,
Also called lipstick tree. a small tree, Bixa orellana, of tropical America.
- anneals
-
noun,
an act, instance, or product of annealing.
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- toaster
-
noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- anisole
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- 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).
- tinners
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- alienor
-
noun,
a person who transfers property.
- aeonian
-
adjective,
eternal; everlasting.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- latter
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- latten
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- aniso-
-
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- lanner
-
noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- irones
-
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.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- toilet
-
noun,
a bathroom fixture consisting of a bowl, usually with a detachable, hinged seat and lid, and a device for flushing with water, used for defecation and urination.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- tonlet
-
noun,
a skirt of plates.
- Latona
-
noun,
the goddess Leto as identified in Roman mythology.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Altona
-
noun,
a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- latest
-
noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Anatol
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- anatto
-
noun,
annatto.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- natant
-
adjective,
swimming; floating.
- Nelson
-
noun,
a hold in which pressure is applied to the head, back of the neck, and one or both arms of the opponent.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- aeron.
-
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- oleins
-
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.
- online
-
adverb,
with or through a computer, especially over a network.
- nitro-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Aeolia
-
noun,
Aeolis.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Littre
-
noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- litter
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- litten
-
adjective,
lighted1 .
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- totals
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- annals
-
noun,
a record of events, especially a yearly record, usually in chronological order.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- Linton
-
noun,
Ralph, 1893–1953, U.S. anthropologist.
- 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.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Linnet
-
noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Rattan
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- rattle
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Lottie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- trans.
-
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- lorans
-
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.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- Lonnie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alonso.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- areola
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- tetra-
-
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- Tainan
-
noun,
a city in SW Taiwan.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- strata
-
noun,
a plural of stratum.
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- steno-
-
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- tatars
-
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.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- atonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or marked by atonality.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- tenant
-
noun,
a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Tartan
-
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.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- Tanoan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family of which the three surviving languages are spoken in several pueblos, including Taos, in northern New Mexico near the Rio Grande.
- Tantra
-
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.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- terat-
-
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Attila
-
noun,
("Scourge of God") a.d. 406?–453, king of the Huns who invaded Europe: defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451 at Châlons-sur-Marne in France.
- attars
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- arsen-
-
- attain
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- tarso-
-
- iatro-
-
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- intent
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- anneal
-
noun,
an act, instance, or product of annealing.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- instr.
-
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- intro.
-
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- intra-
-
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- inter.
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- titles
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- anoles
-
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.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- sito-
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- Sino-
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- treas
-
- tanna
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Tanta
-
noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- 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.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Rains
-
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).
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- 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.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Tenn.
-
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- teno-
-
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- 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.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- tera-
-
- oste-
-
- Tatar
-
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.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- orial
-
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- telo-
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- tears
-
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- 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.
- orles
-
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:
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- reni-
-
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- stat.
-
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Saran
-
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.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Srta.
-
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- sanit
-
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- ster.
-
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- tonia
-
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- rents
-
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.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sero-
-
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- seti-
-
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- reins
-
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.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- 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.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- total
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- toti-
-
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- 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.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- IATSE
-
- 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.
- ileo-
-
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- 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.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- linns
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- ante-
-
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- anti-
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- linen
-
noun,
fabric woven from flax yarns.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- nails
-
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.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- 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.
- nanas
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- Alas.
-
- ento-
-
- nano-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- areo-
-
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Lotta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- Lotte
-
noun,
angler (def 3).
- 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.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- naso-
-
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- 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.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- anoas
-
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.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- 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.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Ital.
-
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- annal
-
noun,
a record of events of a particular year:
- annas
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- annot
-
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- 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.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- intr.
-
- alto-
-
- alti-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- Alta.
-
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- inst.
-
- insol
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- anon.
-
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- 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.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- lenos
-
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.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- anat.
-
- anal.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Iran.
-
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- ation
-
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- Arnel
-
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- 30-30
-
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- neons
-
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.
- astr.
-
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- aeons
-
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.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- aeri-
-
- atto-
-
- nitr-
-
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- aero-
-
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- ASEAN
-
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- nears
-
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Natta
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- natl.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- nona-
-
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- iso-
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- ator
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- 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.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- ANSI
-
- attn
-
- Anna
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- 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.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Tit.
-
- ano-
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- 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.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Sol.
-
- 1080
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- ann.
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- tel-
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- att.
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 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.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Ire.
-
- itol
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- ten.
-
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ates
-
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- 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.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- ELAS
-
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- 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.
- eso-
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- IAEA
-
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Ens.
-
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- str.
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- enl.
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ARIS
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Ste.
-
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- ter.
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- ins.
-
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Soni
-
- int.
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- intl
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- art.
-
- soln
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- ions
-
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 = .
- ant.
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- 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.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- iana
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- IATA
-
- ile-
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 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.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- inae
-
- 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.
- tion
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- Sra.
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- Nana
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- 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.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Ala.
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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).
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- 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.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- 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.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- 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.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- neo-
-
- 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.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- NOAA
-
- ole-
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- tRNA
-
- oils
-
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.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- tron
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- NTIA
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- non-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- trit
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- 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:
- tri-
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- aet.
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- 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.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- NIRA
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Ont.
-
- aer-
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- lea.
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- 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.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- 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.
- 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.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Anas
-
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- tonn
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- 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.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Sat.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Lani
-
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- 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.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- 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.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- alt.
-
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- RONA
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- 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.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- RNAS
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rit.
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Alis
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 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.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- lin.
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- an.
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- al.
-
- AIA
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
-
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.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- AOA
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- aor
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Ar.
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- TIA
-
- ARS
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- 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.
- tra
-
- tlo
-
- AEA
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- tlr
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- TNT
-
- Aar
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- tr.
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Tro
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- AAE
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ae.
-
- Ir.
-
- ASN
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROI
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- So.
-
- ROA
-
- RNA
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- 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.
- LON
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RTS
-
- SRO
-
- LSI
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- 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)
- 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).
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- se-
-
- SAA
-
- SAR
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- SAE
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LST
-
- La.
-
- OIt
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- NNE
-
- Ola
-
- OIr
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- 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.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
-
- 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.
- OSA
-
- NSA
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- NIA
-
- LTA
-
- ne-
-
- REA
-
- ltr
-
- NAA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- NEA
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- 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.
- Re.
-
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- NES
-
- Lt.
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- TTS
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ESL
-
- STI
-
- eo-
-
- ESR
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ERT
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ier
-
- 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.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ESA
-
- STL
-
- ILO
-
- en-
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- ean
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- TAL
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- EAA
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ILS
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- in.
-
- SLE
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- SLA
-
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- ISR
-
- SLR
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- at.
-
- ast
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ASR
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- 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.
- ATA
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- IOT
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
-
- 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 = .
- O.
-
- TT
-
- EI
-
- OA
-
- 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.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- NL
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- ol
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- 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.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- AO
-
- L.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RO
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L1
-
- L2
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TN
-
- TL
-
- le
-
- SN
-
- SL
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- ln
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- i.
-
- LR
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NI
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- t.
-
- RN
-
- RI
-
- T1
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.