Anagrams of antiglobulin
Word antiglobulin has
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- intaglio
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noun,
incised carving, as opposed to carving in relief.
- ablution
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noun,
a cleansing with water or other liquid, especially as a religious ritual.
- Albinoni
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noun,
Tomaso Giovanni [taw-mah-zaw jaw-vah-nee] /tɔˈmɑ zɔ dʒɔˈvɑ ni/ (Show IPA), 1671–1750, Italian composer.
- ligation
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noun,
the act of ligating, especially of surgically tying up a bleeding artery.
- libation
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noun,
a pouring out of wine or other liquid in honor of a deity.
- Liaoning
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noun,
Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a province in NE China. 58,301 sq. mi. (151,000 sq. km). Capital: Shenyang.
- bination
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noun,
celebration of Mass twice on the same day by the same priest.
- tung-oil
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noun,
a yellow drying oil derived from the seeds of a tung tree, Aleurites fordii, used in varnishes, linoleum, etc.
- lunation
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noun,
the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days); a lunar month.
- Bignonia
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noun,
any chiefly tropical American climbing shrub of the genus Bignonia, cultivated for its showy, trumpet-shaped flowers.
- built-in
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noun,
a built-in piece of furniture or appliance.
- inguinal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or situated in the groin.
- Abutilon
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noun,
any tropical shrub belonging to the genus Abutilon, of the mallow family, comprising the flowering maples.
- illation
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noun,
the act of inferring.
- Abington
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noun,
a town in SE Pennsylvania.
- Billiton
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noun,
an island in Indonesia, between Borneo and Sumatra. 1866 sq. mi. (4833 sq. km).
- globulin
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noun,
any of a group of proteins, as myosin, occurring in plant and animal tissue, insoluble in pure water but soluble in dilute salt solutions and coagulable by heat.
- Bulganin
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noun,
Nikolai Aleksandrovich [nik-uh-lahy al-ik-san-druh-vich,, -sahn-;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ˌæl ɪkˈsæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈsɑn-;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1975, Soviet political leader: premier 1955–58.
- bantling
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noun,
a very young child.
- Banting
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noun,
Sir Frederick Grant, 1891–1941, Canadian physician: one of the discoverers of insulin; Nobel Prize 1923.
- nutgall
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noun,
a nutlike gall or excrescence, especially one formed on an oak.
- gunboat
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noun,
a small, armed warship of light draft, used in ports where the water is shallow.
- lingula
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noun,
a tongue-shaped organ, process, or tissue.
- all-out
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adjective,
using all one's resources; complete; total:
- lingual
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noun,
Phonetics. a lingual sound.
- galliot
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noun,
galiot.
- gallnut
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noun,
a nutlike gall on plants.
- boating
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noun,
the use of boats, especially for pleasure:
- in-goal
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noun,
the area at either end of the field between the goal line and the dead-ball line.
- antilog
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noun,
antilogarithm.
- inbuilt
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adjective,
built-in (def 2).
- lanolin
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noun,
a fatty substance, extracted from wool, used in ointments, cosmetics, waterproof coatings, etc.
- Oubangi
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noun,
French name of Ubangi.
- Langton
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noun,
Stephen, c1165–1228, English theologian, historian, and poet: archbishop of Canterbury.
- 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.
- Gillian
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noun,
a female given name, form of Juliana.
- gitalin
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noun,
a mixture of glycosides from Digitalis purpurea, used chiefly in the management of congestive heart failure.
- boiling
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noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- bailout
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noun,
the act of parachuting from an aircraft, especially to escape a crash, fire, etc.
- bitonal
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adjective,
marked by or using bitonality.
- Tallinn
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Estonia, on the Gulf of Finland.
- lobtail
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verb (used without object),
(of a whale) to slap the flukes against the surface of the water.
- tailing
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noun,
the part of a projecting stone or brick tailed or inserted in a wall.
- butanol
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noun,
butyl alcohol.
- botulin
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noun,
the toxin formed by botulinus and causing botulism.
- billion
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noun,
a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 9 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 12 zeros.
- billing
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noun,
the relative position in which a performer or act is listed on handbills, posters, etc.:
- nitinol
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noun,
a paramagnetic alloy of nickel and titanium that, after heating and deformation, resumes its original shape when reheated.
- Bunting
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noun,
a coarse, open fabric of worsted or cotton for flags, signals, etc.
- no-ball
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noun,
an unfairly bowled ball.
- biltong
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noun,
(in South Africa) strips of lean meat dried in the open air.
- nulling
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noun,
knulling.
- Bullion
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noun,
gold or silver considered in mass rather than in value.
- Tongan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Tonga.
- Baguio
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noun,
a city on W Luzon, in the N Philippines: summer capital. 4961 feet (1512 meters) high.
- bagnio
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noun,
a brothel.
- tubing
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noun,
material in the form of a tube:
- unbolt
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verb (used with object),
to open (a door, window, etc.) by or as if by removing a bolt; unlock; unfasten.
- inulin
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noun,
a polysaccharide, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , obtained from the roots of certain plants, especially elecampane, dahlia, and Jerusalem artichoke, that undergoes hydrolysis to the dextrorotatory form of fructose: used chiefly as an ingredient in diabetic bread, in processed foods to increase their fiber content, and as a reagent in diagnosing kidney function.
- Tuinal
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- nougat
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noun,
a chewy or brittle candy containing almonds or other nuts and sometimes fruit.
- Bonita
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noun,
a female given name.
- Ionian
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noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks who invaded the Greek mainland and, after the Dorian invasions, emigrated to the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian2 (def 2), Dorian1 (def 2).
- luting
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noun,
any of various readily molded substances for sealing joints, cementing objects together, or waterproofing surfaces.
- tiglon
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noun,
the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion.
- tiling
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noun,
the operation of covering with tiles.
- labio-
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- Innuit
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noun,
Inuit.
- Galibi
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noun,
a member of an Indian people of French Guiana.
- bunton
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noun,
one of a number of struts reinforcing the walls of a shaft and dividing it into vertical compartments.
- billon
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noun,
an alloy used in coinage, consisting of gold or silver with a larger amount of base metal.
- nilgai
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noun,
a large, Indian antelope, Boselaphus tragocamelus, the male of which is bluish gray with small horns, the female tawny and hornless.
- bating
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noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Outing
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noun,
a pleasure trip, excursion, picnic, or the like:
- globin
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noun,
the protein component of hemoglobin, made up of alpha and beta chains.
- unnail
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verb (used with object),
to take out the nails from.
- global
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adjective,
pertaining to the whole world; worldwide; universal:
- Bangui
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noun,
a city in and the capital of the Central African Republic, in the SW part.
- inlaut
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noun,
medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- nation
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noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- biotin
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noun,
a crystalline, water-soluble vitamin, C 10 H 16 O 3 N 2 S, of the vitamin B complex, that is present in all living cells and functions as a growth factor and as a catalyst in carboxylation reactions.
- bunion
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noun,
inflammation of the synovial bursa of the great toe, usually resulting in enlargement of the joint and lateral displacement of the toe.
- ballot
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noun,
a slip or sheet of paper, cardboard, or the like, on which a voter marks his or her vote.
- ballon
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noun,
the lightness and grace of movement that make a dancer appear buoyant.
- goblin
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noun,
a grotesque sprite or elf that is mischievous or malicious toward people.
- biting
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noun,
an act of biting.
- Baliol
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noun,
John de, 1249–1315, king of Scotland 1292–96.
- aglint
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adjective,
displaying bright points of light, as by reflection; glittering:
- lungan
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noun,
longan.
- Longan
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noun,
the small, one-seeded, greenish-brown fruit of a large evergreen tree, Euphoria longana, of the soapberry family, native to China and allied to the litchi.
- Nubian
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noun,
a member of any of the various peoples inhabiting Nubia.
- ligni-
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- lignin
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noun,
Botany. an organic substance that, with cellulose, forms the chief part of woody tissue.
- ligno-
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- ligula
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noun,
Botany, Zoology. a tonguelike or strap-shaped part or organ.
- longi-
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- lingua
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noun,
the tongue or a part like a tongue.
- bolita
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noun,
a form of numbers pool.
- Galion
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noun,
a city in N central Ohio.
- albino
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noun,
a person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to produce the pigment melanin.
- lining
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noun,
something that is used to line another thing; a layer of material on the inner side or surface of something.
- all-in
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adjective,
Wrestling. without restrictions; with virtually every type of hold permitted.
- Linton
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noun,
Ralph, 1893–1953, U.S. anthropologist.
- galiot
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noun,
a small galley propelled by both sails and oars.
- Albion
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noun,
Alebion.
- Alboin
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noun,
died a.d. 573? king of the Langobards 561?–573?
- Lolita
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noun,
(italics) a novel (1955) by Vladimir Nabokov.
- talion
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noun,
lex talionis.
- Gallo-
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- Anglo-
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- latigo
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noun,
a leather strap on the saddletree of a Western saddle used to tighten and secure the cinch.
- gabion
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noun,
a cylinder of wickerwork filled with earth, used as a military defense.
- Ubangi
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noun,
French Oubangi. a river in W central Africa, forming part of the boundary between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, flowing W and S into the Congo (Zaire) River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- Antung
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noun,
former name of Dandong.
- lanugo
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noun,
a coat of delicate, downy hairs, especially that with which the human fetus or a newborn infant is covered.
- obtain
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verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- anting
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noun,
the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
- agouti
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noun,
any of several short-haired, short-eared, rabbitlike rodents of the genus Dasyprocta, of South and Central America and the West Indies, destructive to sugar cane.
- ganoin
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noun,
a hard, shiny, enamellike substance secreted by the corium, composing the outer layer of the scales of certain fishes.
- U-boat
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noun,
a German submarine.
- Latino
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- anoint
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verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- bluing
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noun,
a substance, as indigo, used to whiten clothes or give them a bluish tinge.
- Lublin
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noun,
a city in E Poland.
- ailing
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adjective,
sickly; unwell.
- Galton
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noun,
Sir Francis, 1822–1911, English scientist and writer.
- gallon
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noun,
a common unit of capacity in English-speaking countries, equal to four quarts, the U.S. standard gallon being equal to 231 cubic inches (3.7853 liters), and the British imperial gallon to 277.42 cubic inches (4.546 liters). Abbreviation: gal.
- angio-
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- Gobat
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noun,
Albert [French al-ber] /French alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1843–1914, Swiss lawyer and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1902.
- gonna
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- Tinia
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noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- gluon
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noun,
an unobserved massless particle with spin 1 that is believed to transmit the strong force between quarks, binding them together into baryons and mesons.
- glout
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verb (used without object),
to scowl or frown.
- gloat
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noun,
an act or feeling of gloating.
- glint
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noun,
a tiny, quick flash of light.
- tibia
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noun,
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- giant
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noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- Gaunt
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noun,
John of, John of Gaunt.
- Gabun
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noun,
Gabon.
- Gabon
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noun,
Official name Gabonese Republic. a republic in W equatorial Africa: formerly a part of French Equatorial Africa; member of the French Community. 102,290 sq. mi. (264,931 sq. km). Capital: Libreville.
- Tobin
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noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- Bunin
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noun,
Ivan Alekseevich [ee-vahn uh-lyi-ksye-yi-vyich] /iˈvɑn ʌ lyɪˈksyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1953, Russian poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1933.
- bulla
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noun,
a seal attached to an official document, as a papal bull.
- bull.
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abbreviation,
bulletin.
- tango
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noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- Ninib
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noun,
Ninurta.
- guano
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noun,
a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.
- Luing
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noun,
one of a breed of beef cattle developed on Luing Island off Scotland by interbreeding Shorthorn bulls and purebred West Highland cows.
- lign-
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- ling.
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- lingo
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noun,
the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual:
- Llano
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noun,
an extensive grassy plain with few trees.
- Logan
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noun,
pokelogan.
- logia
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noun,
a plural of logion.
- login
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noun,
the act of logging in to a database, mobile device, or computer, especially a multiuser computer or a remote or networked computer system.
- longa
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noun,
the second longest note in medieval mensural notation.
- nullo
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noun,
(in certain card games) a bid to take no tricks.
- Nubia
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noun,
a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.
- lulab
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noun,
lulav.
- Libia
-
noun,
Libya.
- lungi
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noun,
a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
- Luton
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noun,
a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
- non-U
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adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- nona-
-
- nano-
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- NoibN
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- natl.
-
- naut.
-
- Nogai
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noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- Nguni
-
noun,
a member of a group of culturally and linguistically related peoples of southern and eastern Africa, including the Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele, and Swazi.
- niton
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noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- ligan
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noun,
lagan.
- Libau
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noun,
German name of Liepāja.
- Guat.
-
- init.
-
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- guilt
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noun,
the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability:
- Guin.
-
- Taino
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noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Iglau
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noun,
Jihlava.
- ilio-
-
- Ilion
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noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- Illia
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noun,
Arturo [ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1900–83, Argentine physician and statesman: president 1963–66.
- ingot
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noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- inion
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noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- in-lb
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- liang
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noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- Inonu
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noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- Inuit
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noun,
a member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
- Ionia
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noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Ital.
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- ition
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- olig-
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- OBulg
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- Laing
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noun,
R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
- lang.
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- Latin
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noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- obiit
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- Bulg.
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- Gatun
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noun,
a town in the N Canal Zone of Panama.
- built
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noun,
the physical structure, especially of a person; physique; figure:
- biol.
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- alti-
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- binal
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adjective,
double; twofold.
- bingo
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noun,
a form of lotto in which balls or slips, each with a number and one of the letters B, I, N, G, or O, are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers printed on their cards, the winner being the first to cover five numbers in any row or diagonal or, sometimes, all numbers on the card.
- along
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Idioms,
all along, all the time; throughout:
- Aloin
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noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Alogi
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noun,
a group of Christians in the 2nd century a.d. who rejected the doctrine of the Logos.
- allot
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verb (used with object),
to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion:
- allo-
-
- biont
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- Alton
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noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Biota
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noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- Blain
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noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- align
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verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- alibi
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noun,
Law. the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed.
- blini
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plural noun,
pancakes made with yeast and either white or buckwheat flour and traditionally served during Shrovetide with caviar and sour cream.
- ALGOL
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noun,
a star of the second magnitude in the constellation Perseus: the first known and most famous eclipsing binary star.
- algo-
-
- algin
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noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- Tonga
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noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- alto-
-
- Bigot
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noun,
a person who is utterly intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion.
- aioli
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noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- ation
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- auto.
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- tubi-
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- balon
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noun,
ballon.
- Balt.
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- BALUN
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noun,
a device for converting a balanced line into an unbalanced line and vice versa.
- tubal
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adjective,
pertaining to a tube, as a Fallopian tube.
- Banon
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noun,
a small, round goat cheese from Provence, France, that is dipped in brandy before being wrapped in chestnut leaves.
- atoll
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noun,
a ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands, enclosing or nearly enclosing a shallow lagoon.
- Bantu
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noun,
a member of any of several peoples forming a linguistically and in some respects culturally interrelated family in central and southern Africa.
- Baton
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noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- tonia
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- tungo
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noun,
rat-kangaroo.
- Anton
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noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- anti-
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- anon.
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- annul
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verb (used with object),
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate:
- annot
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- anion
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noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- Angl.
-
- angi-
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- bloat
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noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- biog.
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- Boult
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noun,
Sir Adrian Cedric, 1889–1983, English conductor.
- Unit.
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- until
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conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- Bogan
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noun,
a backwater, usually narrow and tranquil.
- 30-30
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- tonal
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adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- Blunt
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noun,
something blunt, as a small-game arrow, a short sewing needle, or a short, thick cigar.
- Union
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noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- about
-
adverb,
near in time, number, degree, etc.; approximately:
- tolan
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noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- aboil
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adverb, adjective,
boiling:
- ungt
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- ANTU
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- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Lat.
-
- abl.
-
- Abiu
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noun,
Douay Bible. Abihu.
- noil
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noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Lota
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noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- ant.
-
- Lani
-
- obit
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noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- ano-
-
- non-
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- Liao
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noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- nong
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noun,
a foolish, incompetent person.
- Lib.
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- ann.
-
- Anil
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noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- nail
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noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- uni-
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- tuna
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noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- itol
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- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Ont.
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- nill
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- OLLA
-
noun,
a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.
- aut-
-
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Aug.
-
- Lalo
-
noun,
(Victor Antoine) Edouard [veek-tawr ahn-twan ey-dwar] /vikˈtɔr ɑ̃ˈtwan eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–92, French composer.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- Olga
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 968? regent of Kiev until 955: saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Lab.
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- not-
-
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- null
-
noun,
Electronics. a point of minimum signal reception, as on a radio direction finder or other electronic meter.
- Lugo
-
noun,
a city in NW Spain.
- ulto
-
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Luba
-
noun,
a member of any of various groups of agricultural and hunting people inhabiting the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo, some of whom are famous for their wood carvings.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- log-
-
- Logi
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte or Dolores.
- Alg.
-
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- Alb.
-
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- LitB
-
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- ugli
-
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- abut
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- NTIA
-
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- Lili
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- alt.
-
- lit.
-
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- agit
-
- lung
-
noun,
either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and the higher vertebrates.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- all-
-
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- 1080
-
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- BLit
-
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- gaol
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Gaul
-
noun,
an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps (Cisalpine Gaul) and another part N of the Alps (Transalpine Gaul)
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- Gill
-
noun,
the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
- gilt
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Toll
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- blin
-
noun,
singular of blini.
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- glib
-
adjective,
readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- goal
-
noun,
the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- bio-
-
- Gobi
-
noun,
a desert in E Asia, mostly in Mongolia. About 500,000 sq. mi. (1,295,000 sq. km).
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Gall
-
noun,
impudence; effrontery.
- gon-
-
- Bonn
-
noun,
a city in W Germany, on the Rhine: seat of the government; former capital of West Germany.
- bul.
-
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- btl.
-
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- boun
-
verb (used with or without object),
to prepare; make ready.
- Buna
-
- bung
-
noun,
a stopper for the opening of a cask.
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- Bunn
-
noun,
bun1 (def 1).
- bunt
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- bot.
-
- but-
-
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- bong
-
noun,
a dull, resonant sound, as of a large bell.
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- Tob.
-
- tion
-
- Gabo
-
noun,
Naum [noum] /naʊm/ (Show IPA), (Naum Pevsner) 1890–1977, U.S. sculptor, born in Russia (brother of Antoine Pevsner).
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- Boll
-
noun,
a rounded seed vessel or pod of a plant, as of flax or cotton.
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Gal.
-
- bola
-
noun,
Also, bolas. a weapon consisting of two or more heavy balls secured to the ends of one or more strong cords, hurled by the Indians and gauchos of southern South America to entangle the legs of cattle and other animals.
- Bol.
-
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- glob
-
noun,
a drop or globule of a liquid.
- tab.
-
- tabu
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- bal.
-
- Baul
-
noun,
a member of a nonconformist Bengalese sect having gurus but no dogmas, rituals, religious institutions, or scriptures.
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- Ball
-
noun,
a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere:
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- tonn
-
- Bang
-
noun,
a loud, sudden, explosive noise, as the discharge of a gun.
- gout
-
noun,
an acute, recurrent disease characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, chiefly those in the feet and hands, and especially in the great toe, and by an excess of uric acid in the blood.
- Igbo
-
noun,
Ibo.
- ign.
-
- out-
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Tuba
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- Ill.
-
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- guna
-
noun,
(in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or nature, which are passion (rajas) dullness or inertia (tamas) and goodness or purity (sattva)
- biga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by two horses harnessed abreast.
- guib
-
noun,
bushbuck.
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- int.
-
- bin-
-
- intl
-
- guan
-
noun,
a large game bird of the curassow family, common in dense woodlands of Central and South America, somewhat resembling a turkey.
- Gula
-
noun,
Zoology.
the upper part of the throat or gullet.
the front or forward part of the neck.
- Bing
-
noun,
a heap or pile.
- gull
-
noun,
any of numerous long-winged, web-toed, aquatic birds of the family Laridae, having usually white plumage with a gray back and wings.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Bill
-
noun,
a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied:
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Tng
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- tlo
-
- TNB
-
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- tug
-
noun,
an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
- Ola
-
- OLG
-
- ung
-
- UNO
-
- OTB
-
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- ONI
-
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OTA
-
- OIt
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- TIA
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TBA
-
- Tbi
-
- TBO
-
- TGN
-
- UIT
-
- ot-
-
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OAU
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ob.
-
- TAL
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Tu.
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- obl
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- NUL
-
- ult
-
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- GAB
-
noun,
idle talk; chatter.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- Gib
-
noun,
a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- gi.
-
- gl.
-
- Ga.
-
- bun
-
noun,
any of a wide variety of variously shaped bread rolls, usually leavened and slightly sweetened or plain, sometimes containing spices, dried currants, etc.
- Bug
-
noun,
Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.
- bu.
-
- Bt.
-
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- glb
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- gul
-
noun,
a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- ITU
-
- Gut
-
noun,
the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it.
Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- Gun
-
noun,
a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- GNU
-
noun,
either of two stocky, oxlike antelopes of the genus Connochaetes, the silver-gray, white-bearded C. taurinus of the eastern African plain and the black, white-tailed C. gnou of central South Africa: recently near extinction, the South African gnu is now protected.
- GTO
-
- gt.
-
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- gob
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- bog
-
noun,
wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter.
- Bn.
-
- ib.
-
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- ANG
-
- ALU
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Agt
-
- abt
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- abn
-
- an.
-
- al.
-
- ag-
-
- ab-
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- AOU
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- BLL
-
- BLA
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- big
-
noun,
the bigs, Sports Slang. the highest level of professional competition, as the major leagues in baseball.
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- bi-
-
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- at.
-
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- BAg
-
noun,
a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
- BTU
-
noun,
the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound (0.4 kg) of water 1°F. Abbreviation: Btu, BTU, B.t.u., B.T.U., B.th.u.
- bl.
-
- ATB
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- GUI
-
noun,
graphical user interface.
- IBN
-
- LTA
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- LBO
-
- lg.
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- ll.
-
- LLB
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- LNG
-
- LON
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- LTL
-
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- lub
-
- LUG
-
noun,
an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NBA
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NIA
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- uti
-
- in.
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- INN
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noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
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- IOT
-
- ITA
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ion
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noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- La.
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- Lt.
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- il-
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- ing
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- IOU
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- UL
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- NI
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- UI
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- NG
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- NB
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- TL
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- t.
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- TB
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- UB
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- TG
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- T1
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- AO
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- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- NL
-
- IG
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- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- 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.
- i.
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- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- U.
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- OA
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- TN
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- L2
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- GB
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- GU
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- G.
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- L1
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- ol
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L.
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- OG
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- N.
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- O.
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- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- BG
-
- GN
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- LU
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- BO
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- OU
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noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- GO
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noun,
the act of going:
- B-
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- NU
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- ln
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