Anagrams of ancestresses
Word ancestresses has
641 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of ancestresses.
- ancestress
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noun,
a woman from whom a person is descended.
- 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.
- esterases
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noun,
any enzyme that hydrolyzes an ester into an alcohol and an acid.
- sarsenets
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noun,
sarcenet.
- sesterces
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noun,
a silver coin of ancient Rome, the quarter of a denarius, equal to 2½ asses: introduced in the 3rd century b.c.
- sarcenet
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- 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.
- secretes
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noun,
a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat.
- sesterce
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noun,
a silver coin of ancient Rome, the quarter of a denarius, equal to 2½ asses: introduced in the 3rd century b.c.
- stresses
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noun,
importance attached to a thing:
Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- strasses
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noun,
a flint glass with a high lead content, used to imitate gemstones.
- caresses
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noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- esterase
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noun,
any enzyme that hydrolyzes an ester into an alcohol and an acid.
- earnests
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- 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.
- centares
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noun,
centiare.
- recesses
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noun,
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- secerns
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verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- encases
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verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- secrete
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noun,
a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat.
- censers
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noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- entrees
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noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- sateens
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- centare
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noun,
centiare.
- tessera
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noun,
one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- asserts
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Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- essence
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noun,
the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature or features:
- 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.
- assents
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noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- seances
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noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- teasers
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noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- 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.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- casters
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noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- seaters
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noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- caserns
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noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- Terence
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noun,
(Publius Terentius Afer) c190–159? b.c, Roman playwright.
- 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.
- 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.
- teeners
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noun,
a teenager.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- 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.
- crenate
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adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- secants
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noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- creases
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noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- 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.
- careens
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noun,
a careening.
- ecartes
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- creeses
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noun,
a short sword or heavy dagger with a wavy blade, used by the Malays.
- secrets
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- seeress
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noun,
a woman who prophesies future events.
- recasts
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noun,
a recasting.
- resects
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- Stassen
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noun,
Harold Edward, 1907–2001, U.S. politician and university president.
- trasses
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noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- sensate
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adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- reseats
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- actress
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noun,
a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.
- tresses
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noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- 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.
- 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.
- nectars
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- retenes
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noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- recants
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- 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.
- serenes
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noun,
serenity; tranquillity.
- ascents
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noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- stances
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noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- tanrecs
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noun,
tenrec.
- resect
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- crests
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noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Cretan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- stares
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noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- tenses
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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.
- tensas
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noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- C-star
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noun,
carbon star.
- reseat
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- scents
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noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- certes
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adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- reests
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verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- tenrec
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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.
- 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.
- seance
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noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- 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.
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- crease
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noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- Recent
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noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- 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.
- recess
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noun,
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- screes
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noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- recast
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noun,
a recasting.
- crates
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- cesses
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noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- sneers
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noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- 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.
- create
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- recant
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- 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.
- creese
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noun,
a short sword or heavy dagger with a wavy blade, used by the Malays.
- stanes
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noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- snares
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noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- 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:
- scenas
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noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- sasses
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noun,
stewed fruit; fruit sauce.
- 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:
- nectar
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- retene
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noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- tanrec
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noun,
tenrec.
- 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:
- sateen
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Ernest
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- Nasser
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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.
- stance
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noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- tasses
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noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- escent
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- nacres
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noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Santee
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- 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.
- eterne
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adjective,
eternal.
- sarees
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noun,
sari.
- 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 .
- enter-
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- nesses
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noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- teener
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noun,
a teenager.
- resets
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noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- ranees
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noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Essene
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noun,
a member of a Palestinian sect, characterized by asceticism, celibacy, and joint holding of property, that flourished from the 2nd century b.c. to the 2nd century a.d.
- steres
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- scarts
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verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- 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.
- Sterne
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noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- sterns
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noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- scares
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noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- 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:
- ecarte
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- strass
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noun,
a flint glass with a high lead content, used to imitate gemstones.
- ecrase
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adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- stress
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noun,
importance attached to a thing:
Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- teases
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noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- teaser
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noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- 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.
- 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.
- entree
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noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- cerat-
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- secern
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verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- astern
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adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- ternes
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noun,
terne metal.
- secret
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- caners
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noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Canter
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- 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.
- careen
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noun,
a careening.
- assert
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Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- caress
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noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- carets
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noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- carnet
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carses
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noun,
bottom land.
- secant
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noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- cartes
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noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- casern
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noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- assess
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verb (used with object),
to estimate officially the value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation.
- assent
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noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- 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.
- antres
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noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Serene
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noun,
serenity; tranquillity.
- Serena
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noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- treens
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noun,
treenware.
- Aeetes
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noun,
a king of Colchis, father of Medea and custodian of the Golden Fleece.
- 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:
- transe
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noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- 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:
- trans.
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- 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.
- aretes
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noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- trance
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noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- 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.
- arsen-
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- ascent
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noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- Caster
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noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- rentes
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- seater
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noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- 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.
- centr-
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- terces
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noun,
tierce (def 3).
- 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.
- centas
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noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- centra
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noun,
a plural of centrum.
- censes
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verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- caters
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verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- censer
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noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- ceases
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noun,
cessation:
- sarc-
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- crest
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noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Asser
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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.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- esses
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- nests
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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.
- rests
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noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- Saree
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noun,
sari.
- taces
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noun,
tasset.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- cesta
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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.
- Arete
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noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- cent.
-
- nears
-
- sneer
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noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Tarne
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noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- nates
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noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Trace
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noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- seers
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noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Estes
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noun,
a male given name.
- nares
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plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- antre
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noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Srta.
-
- arses
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noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- nacre
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noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- sanes
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noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sans.
-
- tares
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noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- etnas
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noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- cense
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verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- narcs
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noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- sensa
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noun,
plural of sensum.
- antes
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noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- tsars
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noun,
czar.
- react
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- tress
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noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- serac
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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.
- Ceres
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noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- acnes
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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.
- acet-
-
- cents
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noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- Seres
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noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- stare
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noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- rect.
-
- recta
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noun,
a plural of rectum.
- stane
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noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- reest
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verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- 30-30
-
- rents
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noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Renee
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noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- Stans
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noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- rates
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noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ante-
-
- races
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noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- tera-
-
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- ster.
-
- 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:
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- treas
-
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- cert.
-
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scat-
-
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Cant.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- asses
-
noun,
plural of ass1 .
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- 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.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- seats
-
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.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- 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.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- 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.
- astr.
-
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- scans
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- sect.
-
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- tears
-
- asst.
-
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- 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.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- assn.
-
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- 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.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- sec.
-
- SASE
-
- scr.
-
- 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.
- Sass
-
noun,
stewed fruit; fruit sauce.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- 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).
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Sat.
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Sra.
-
- RNAS
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- 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.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- 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.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 1080
-
- 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.
- cet-
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- CERN
-
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- crat
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Cres
-
- ter.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ant.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- tRNA
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acr-
-
- 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.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- aer-
-
- 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.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aet.
-
- ance
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- 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.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- asc-
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- ASSR
-
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- 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.
- Can.
-
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- 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.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- 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.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NCTE
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- 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.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- str.
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Ste.
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- etc.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ect-
-
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- Ens.
-
- 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.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- 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.
- TSE
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Sr.
-
- SRS
-
- SSA
-
- SSN
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- SSC
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- SSE
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- SSS
-
- SSR
-
- ss.
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- CSA
-
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- ean
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- EEC
-
- EEE
-
- en-
-
- ene
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- 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).
- Esc
-
- CNS
-
- CEA
-
- ESR
-
- 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.
- ac-
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ANC
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ARS
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ase
-
- ASN
-
- ASR
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ast
-
- at.
-
- ATC
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ca.
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ese
-
- TSS
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- RSE
-
- 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.
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- RNA
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSS
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SAE
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAR
-
- sc.
-
- SCS
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NEC
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- RCS
-
- NES
-
- ETR
-
- 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:
- ETS
-
- NSC
-
- Re.
-
- ne-
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NEA
-
- NSA
-
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- RN
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
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- SN
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
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- S.
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- T1
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- t.
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
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- ee
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
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