Anagrams of ancestress
Word ancestress has
611 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of ancestress.
- sarcenets
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- actresses
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noun,
a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.
- sarsenets
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noun,
sarcenet.
- cressets
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noun,
a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.
- sarcenet
-
noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- caresses
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noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- earnests
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- sarsenet
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noun,
sarcenet.
- cerastes
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noun,
any of several small vipers of the genus Cerastes, including the horned viper, that have a sideways looping motion like that of a sidewinder and inhabit deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia.
- centares
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noun,
centiare.
- assents
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noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- secerns
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verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- tenrecs
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- tenaces
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noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- secants
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noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- secrets
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- easters
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noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- sensate
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adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- ecartes
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- senecas
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noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- asserts
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Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- teasers
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noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- censers
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noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- stances
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noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- Stassen
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noun,
Harold Edward, 1907–2001, U.S. politician and university president.
- centare
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noun,
centiare.
- centres
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- casters
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noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- cerates
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- caserns
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noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- tanrecs
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noun,
tenrec.
- cetanes
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- creases
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noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- careens
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noun,
a careening.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- crenate
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adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- resents
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- cresses
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noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- cresset
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noun,
a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.
- seaters
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noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- ascents
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noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- encases
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verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- seances
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noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- sarsens
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noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- nectars
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- recasts
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noun,
a recasting.
- sateens
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- tresses
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noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- trasses
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noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- reseats
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- recants
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- actress
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noun,
a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.
- Screens
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noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- tessera
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noun,
one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
- resects
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- recant
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- recess
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noun,
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- create
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- Santee
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- recast
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noun,
a recasting.
- crease
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noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- crates
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- stares
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noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- crests
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noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Recent
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noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- reests
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verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- cetane
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- cerat-
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- censes
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verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- resect
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- centas
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noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- Center
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centr-
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- centra
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noun,
a plural of centrum.
- Centre
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- reseat
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- cerate
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cestas
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noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- rentes
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- steres
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- certes
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adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- Cesena
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noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- steers
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noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- resets
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noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- cesses
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noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- Cretan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- ranees
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noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- stance
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noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- stanes
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noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- secret
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- enters
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Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- erases
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verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- erects
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adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- scarts
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verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Ernest
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- scenas
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noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- scents
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noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Senate
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noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- secern
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verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- nacres
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noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- screen
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noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- secant
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noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- screes
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noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- escent
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- seance
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noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- seater
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noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- enter-
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- censer
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noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- sarees
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noun,
sari.
- Easter
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noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- esters
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noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- sarsen
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noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- C-star
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noun,
carbon star.
- sneers
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noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snares
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noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Serena
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noun,
a female given name.
- sateen
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- seracs
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noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- scants
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adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- encase
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verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- senses
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noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- nesses
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noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- ecarte
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- scares
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noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- ecrase
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adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- Seneca
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noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- enacts
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verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- enates
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noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- nectar
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- resent
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- terces
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noun,
tierce (def 3).
- tasses
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noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- transe
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noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
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- teases
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noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- cartes
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noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- arsen-
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- traces
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noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- carses
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noun,
bottom land.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- carnet
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- tanrec
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noun,
tenrec.
- aretes
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noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- carets
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noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- ternes
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noun,
terne metal.
- caress
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- careen
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noun,
a careening.
- caners
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noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Teresa
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noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- casern
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noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- trance
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noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- assent
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noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- tenace
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noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- caters
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verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- strass
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noun,
a flint glass with a high lead content, used to imitate gemstones.
- assert
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Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- astern
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adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- ceases
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noun,
cessation:
- treens
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noun,
treenware.
- castes
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noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Sterne
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noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Caster
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noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- ascent
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noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- sterns
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noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- tensas
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noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- stress
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noun,
importance attached to a thing:
Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- terce
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noun,
tierce (def 3).
- nares
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plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- esses
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noun,
the letter S, s.
- scene
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noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- arces
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noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- nates
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noun,
buttocks; rump.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- ernes
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noun,
sea eagle.
- sceat
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noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scats
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noun,
scat singing.
- narcs
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noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nacre
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noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- tera-
-
- Ernst
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noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Arete
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noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Sears
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noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- scree
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noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- etnas
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noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tense
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noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Estes
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noun,
a male given name.
- scat-
-
- arses
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noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Ester
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noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- seats
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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.
- Essen
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noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- cense
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verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- nears
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Sans.
-
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- react
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- treas
-
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- rect.
-
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- sarc-
-
- reest
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verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- acet-
-
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- 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.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- 30-30
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- sates
-
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.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- antes
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noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- nests
-
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.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- scans
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- 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.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- asses
-
noun,
plural of ass1 .
- sect.
-
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Srta.
-
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Cant.
-
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- astr.
-
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- asst.
-
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- assn.
-
- cent.
-
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- cert.
-
- ster.
-
- tears
-
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- str.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- 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.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- tRNA
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Ste.
-
- RNAS
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- 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.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- 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.
- sec.
-
- ter.
-
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- SASE
-
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Sass
-
noun,
stewed fruit; fruit sauce.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Sra.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sers
-
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).
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- scr.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- 1080
-
- ctr.
-
- Can.
-
- ence
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Ens.
-
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- ASSR
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- enc.
-
- ect-
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- Cres
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- crat
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- 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.
- cts.
-
- CERN
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- cene
-
- cen.
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- cat.
-
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- NCTE
-
- ates
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- asc-
-
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- acr-
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ance
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- art.
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- ant.
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- 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.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- CEA
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- ac-
-
- TSE
-
- CNS
-
- 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.
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- CSA
-
- CSR
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tra
-
- ARS
-
- ASR
-
- ASN
-
- ast
-
- at.
-
- ATC
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- CTA
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ca.
-
- ase
-
- cr.
-
- 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.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- 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.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANC
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- tr.
-
- CST
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Sta
-
- 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:
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- NRC
-
- sc.
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- NES
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEC
-
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ETS
-
- St.
-
- SCS
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- rt.
-
- 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.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- RNA
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- RSS
-
- rte
-
- 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.
- RTS
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- REA
-
- SAE
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- SAR
-
- se-
-
- ETR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- SRS
-
- 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).
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ean
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- Sr.
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- ec-
-
- ss.
-
- SSA
-
- SSC
-
- SSE
-
- SSN
-
- SSR
-
- SSS
-
- SST
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- ECA
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ESR
-
- ese
-
- Esc
-
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- EEC
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- TSS
-
- ene
-
- en-
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- TN
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- CE
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- T1
-
- R.
-
- TC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- N.
-
- NC
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- t.
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- RN
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SN
-