Anagrams of astrobiologies
Word astrobiologies has
2027 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of astrobiologies.
- astrologies
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noun,
the study that assumes and attempts to interpret the influence of the heavenly bodies on human affairs.
- aerobiosis
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noun,
life in an environment containing oxygen or air.
- solitaires
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noun,
Also called patience. any of various games played by one person with one or more regular 52-card packs, part or all of which are usually dealt out according to a given pattern, the object being to arrange the cards in a predetermined manner.
- sitologies
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noun,
the branch of medicine dealing with nutrition and dietetics.
- solitaries
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noun,
a person who lives alone or in solitude, or avoids the society of others.
- biologies
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noun,
the science of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, especially with reference to origin, growth, reproduction, structure, and behavior.
- gasoliers
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noun,
a chandelier furnished with gaslights.
- solitaire
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noun,
Also called patience. any of various games played by one person with one or more regular 52-card packs, part or all of which are usually dealt out according to a given pattern, the object being to arrange the cards in a predetermined manner.
- oralities
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noun,
the condition or quality of being oral; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the oral phase of psychosexual development.
- glossator
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noun,
a person who writes glosses; glossarist.
- Glassboro
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noun,
a borough in SW New Jersey.
- sorbitols
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noun,
a white, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble powder, C 6 H 8 (OH) 6 , occurring in cherries, plums, pears, seaweed, and many berries, obtained by the breakdown of dextrose and used as a sugar substitute for diabetics and in the manufacture of vitamin C, synthetic resins, candy, varnishes, etc.; sorbol.
- biologist
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noun,
a specialist in biology.
- bigotries
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noun,
stubborn and complete intolerance of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own.
- otologies
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noun,
the science of the ear and its diseases.
- sibilates
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verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce with a hissing sound.
- barstools
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noun,
a stool or seat, usually high and having a round, cushioned top, of a type often used for seating customers at a bar.
- trilogies
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noun,
a series or group of three plays, novels, operas, etc., that, although individually complete, are closely related in theme, sequence, or the like.
- ostiaries
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noun,
Also called doorkeeper, porter. Roman Catholic Church.
a member of the lowest-ranking of the four minor orders.
the order itself. Compare acolyte (def 2), exorcist (def 2), lector (def 2).
- seraglios
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noun,
the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; harem.
- laborites
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noun,
a member of a political party promoting the interests of labor.
- obligatos
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adjective, noun,
obbligato.
- obligates
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verb (used with object),
to bind or oblige morally or legally:
- storables
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noun,
Usually, storables. articles that are storable.
- ateliosis
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noun,
a form of infantilism caused by pituitary malfunction, characterized by a childish face and voice and associated physical underdevelopment, but not affecting intelligence.
- rosolios
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noun,
a cordial flavored with rose petals, cloves, cinnamon, or the like, popular in southern Europe.
- girosols
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noun,
girasol.
- Botsares
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noun,
Markos [Greek mahr-kaws] /Greek ˈmɑr kɔs/ (Show IPA), Bozzaris, Marco.
- obligors
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noun,
a person who is bound to another.
- librates
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- saltiers
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noun,
saltire.
- barstool
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noun,
a stool or seat, usually high and having a round, cushioned top, of a type often used for seating customers at a bar.
- orbitale
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noun,
Craniometry, Cephalometry. the lowermost point on the lower margin of the left orbit, located instrumentally on the skull or by palpation on the head.
- orbitals
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noun,
Physics, Chemistry.
a wave function describing the state of a single electron in an atom (atomic orbital) or in a molecule (molecular orbital)
the electron in that state.
- Gossaert
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noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), Mabuse, Jan.
- latigoes
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noun,
a leather strap on the saddletree of a Western saddle used to tighten and secure the cinch.
- saltires
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- oralists
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noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- sorbates
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noun,
a sorbed substance.
- gasolier
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noun,
a chandelier furnished with gaslights.
- stablers
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noun,
a person who runs a horse stable.
- Israelis
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- argosies
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noun,
a large merchant ship, especially one with a rich cargo.
- seraglio
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noun,
the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; harem.
- gristles
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noun,
cartilage, especially in meats.
- Laborite
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noun,
a member of a political party promoting the interests of labor.
- isolates
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- girasols
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noun,
an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.
- bristols
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noun,
a seaport in Avon, in SW England, on the Avon River near its confluence with the Severn estuary.
- bristles
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noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- oologies
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noun,
the branch of ornithology that studies birds' eggs.
- brigsail
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noun,
a large gaffsail on the mainmast or trysail mast of a brig.
- Gilberts
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noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetomotive force, equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns. Abbreviation: Gi.
- garboils
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noun,
confusion.
- sorbitol
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noun,
a white, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble powder, C 6 H 8 (OH) 6 , occurring in cherries, plums, pears, seaweed, and many berries, obtained by the breakdown of dextrose and used as a sugar substitute for diabetics and in the manufacture of vitamin C, synthetic resins, candy, varnishes, etc.; sorbol.
- biserial
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adjective,
of or relating to the correlation between two sets of measurements, one set of which is limited to one of two values.
- Libertas
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noun,
the ancient Roman personification of liberty.
- borstals
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noun,
(in England) a school for delinquent boys that provides therapy and vocational training.
- stabiles
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noun,
a piece of abstract sculpture having immobile units constructed of sheet metal, wire, or other material and attached to fixed supports.
Compare mobile (def 10).
- Tiberias
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noun,
Lake. Galilee, Sea of.
- rag-bolt
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noun,
barb bolt.
- bootlegs
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noun,
alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
- estriols
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- rootages
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noun,
the act of taking root.
- boosters
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noun,
a person or thing that boosts, especially an energetic and enthusiastic supporter.
- stoolies
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- rootless
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adjective,
having no roots.
- sibilate
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verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce with a hissing sound.
- trilbies
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noun,
a hat of soft felt with an indented crown.
- Tiresias
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noun,
a blind prophet, usually said to have been blinded because he saw Athena bathing, and then to have been awarded the gift of prophecy as a consolation for his blindness.
- Gabriels
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noun,
one of the archangels, appearing usually as a divine messenger. Dan. 8:16, 9:21; Luke 1:19, 26.
- roseolas
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noun,
a kind of rose-colored rash.
- Gabrieli
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noun,
Andrea [ahn-drey-uh;; Italian ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1510–86, Italian organist and composer.
- soilages
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noun,
grass or leafy plants raised as feed for fenced-in livestock.
- storable
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noun,
Usually, storables. articles that are storable.
- legators
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noun,
a person who bequeaths; a testator.
- ostioles
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noun,
Biology. a small opening or pore, especially in the fruiting body of a fungus.
- bolsters
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noun,
a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- boasters
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noun,
a person who boasts or brags.
- abristle
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adverb, adjective,
in a bristling state:
- glisters
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noun,
glitter; sparkle.
- strigose
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adjective,
Botany. set with stiff bristles of hairs; hispid.
- obligate
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adjective,
morally or legally bound; obliged; constrained.
- bootless
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adjective,
without result, gain, or advantage; unavailing; useless.
- strigils
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noun,
an instrument with a curved blade, used especially by the ancient Greeks and Romans for scraping the skin at the bath and in the gymnasium.
- seaboots
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noun,
a high, waterproof wading boot worn for fishing and sailing.
- obligato
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adjective, noun,
obbligato.
- strobila
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noun,
the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region.
Compare scolex.
- aerosols
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noun,
Physical Chemistry. a system of colloidal particles dispersed in a gas; smoke or fog.
- bloaters
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noun,
a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
- blisters
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noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Iobates
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noun,
a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.
- barites
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noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- riboses
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- sorbate
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noun,
a sorbed substance.
- riblets
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noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- egoists
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noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- Israeli
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- stabile
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noun,
a piece of abstract sculpture having immobile units constructed of sheet metal, wire, or other material and attached to fixed supports.
Compare mobile (def 10).
- sorites
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noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- soloist
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noun,
a person who performs a solo.
- soilage
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noun,
grass or leafy plants raised as feed for fenced-in livestock.
- Salieri
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noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- sailors
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noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- loiasis
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noun,
infestation with the parasitic eye worm, Loa loa, of the subcutaneous tissues and orbit: endemic in West Africa.
- retools
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verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- eslisor
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noun,
elisor.
- sorbets
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noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- storage
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noun,
the act of storing; state or fact of being stored:
- Salters
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- bailors
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noun,
a person who delivers personal property in bailment.
- sorbose
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noun,
a ketohexose, C 6 H 12 O 6 , occurring in mountain ash and obtained industrially from sorbitol by bacterial oxidation: used in the synthesis of vitamin C.
- ribosos
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noun,
rebozo.
- basters
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noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- solates
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verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- isobars
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noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- rigolet
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noun,
a small stream; rivulet.
- iolites
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noun,
cordierite.
- isolate
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- loobies
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noun,
an awkward person, especially one who is lazy or stupid; lout; lubber.
- rialtos
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noun,
an exchange or mart.
- brassie
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noun,
a club with a wooden head, the brass-plated face of which has more slope than a driver but less than a spoon, for hitting long, low drives on the fairway.
- lobster
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noun,
any of various large, edible, marine, usually dull-green, stalk-eyed decapod crustaceans of the family Homaridae, especially of the genus Homarus, having large, asymmetrical pincers on the first pair of legs, one used for crushing and the other for cutting and tearing: the shell turns bright red when cooked.
- boaster
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noun,
a person who boasts or brags.
- Latrobe
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noun,
Benjamin Henry, 1764–1820, U.S. architect and engineer, born in England.
- borstal
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noun,
(in England) a school for delinquent boys that provides therapy and vocational training.
- rosolio
-
noun,
a cordial flavored with rose petals, cloves, cinnamon, or the like, popular in southern Europe.
- Bleriot
-
noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1872–1936, French aviator, pioneer aeronautical engineer, and inventor.
- Liberia
-
noun,
a republic in W Africa: founded by freed American slaves 1822. About 43,000 sq. mi. (111,000 sq. km). Capital: Monrovia.
- blister
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noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- Liatris
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noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- borates
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noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- liaises
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verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- bloater
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noun,
a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
- borages
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noun,
a plant, Borago officinalis, native to southern Europe, having hairy leaves and stems, used medicinally and in salads.
Compare borage family.
- strobes
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noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- stooges
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noun,
an entertainer who feeds lines to the main comedian and usually serves as the butt of his or her jokes.
- strigil
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noun,
an instrument with a curved blade, used especially by the ancient Greeks and Romans for scraping the skin at the bath and in the gymnasium.
- librate
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- bootleg
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noun,
alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
- boatels
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noun,
a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- boaters
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noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- rootage
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noun,
the act of taking root.
- Boeotia
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noun,
a district in ancient Greece, NW of Athens. Capital: Thebes.
- booster
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noun,
a person or thing that boosts, especially an energetic and enthusiastic supporter.
- legator
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noun,
a person who bequeaths; a testator.
- boilers
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noun,
a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process certain materials, etc.
Compare fire-tube boiler, water-tube boiler.
- Rosalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- roseola
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noun,
a kind of rose-colored rash.
- boogers
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noun,
Informal. any person or thing:
- stories
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- legists
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noun,
an expert in law, especially ancient law.
- boleros
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noun,
a lively Spanish dance in triple meter.
- blasto-
-
- latigos
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noun,
a leather strap on the saddletree of a Western saddle used to tighten and secure the cinch.
- stabler
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noun,
a person who runs a horse stable.
- tigress
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noun,
a female tiger.
- stables
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noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- risible
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adjective,
causing or capable of causing laughter; laughable; ludicrous.
- sailers
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- rissole
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noun,
a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.
- stagers
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noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- bestial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having the form of a beast:
- bestirs
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verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- stearo-
-
- labrets
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noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- tailors
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- listers
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- robalos
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noun,
snook2 (def 1).
- Bristol
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noun,
a seaport in Avon, in SW England, on the Avon River near its confluence with the Severn estuary.
- bristle
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noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- sterols
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noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- stogies
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noun,
a long, slender, roughly made, inexpensive cigar.
- laities
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- breasts
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- stibial
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adjective,
of or resembling antimony.
- ligates
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verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- largess
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noun,
generous bestowal of gifts.
- brasils
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noun,
Brazil.
- ligases
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the joining of two molecules by formation of a covalent bond accompanied by the hydrolysis of ATP.
- bisters
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noun,
bistre.
- braless
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adjective,
wearing no bra.
- bistres
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noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- braises
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verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- bistros
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- 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.
- bossage
-
noun,
stonework blocked out for later carving.
- Igorots
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noun,
a member of a people of the Malay stock in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, some noted as headhunters.
- terbias
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- resails
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- ologies
-
noun,
any science or branch of knowledge.
- girosol
-
noun,
girasol.
- girl-os
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- albergo
-
noun,
an inn or hotel.
- girasol
-
noun,
an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.
- Alberti
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noun,
Leon Battista [le-awn baht-tee-stah] /lɛˈɔn bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1404–72, Italian architect, artist, musician, and poet.
- albites
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noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- Gilbert
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noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetomotive force, equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns. Abbreviation: Gi.
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- Algiers
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Algeria, in the N part.
- giblets
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plural noun,
the heart, liver, gizzard, and the like, of a fowl, often cooked separately.
- oolites
-
noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- ooblast
-
noun,
a primordial cell from which the ovum is developed.
- grilses
-
noun,
a young Atlantic salmon as it returns from the sea to fresh water for the first time.
- airless
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adjective,
lacking air.
- gristle
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noun,
cartilage, especially in meats.
- gerbils
-
noun,
any of numerous small burrowing rodents of the genus Gerbillus and related genera, of Asia, Africa, and southern Russia, having long hind legs used for jumping.
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- rebatos
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noun,
rabato.
- slaters
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Argolis
-
noun,
an ancient district in SE Greece.
- reboots
-
noun,
an act or instance of restarting a computer.
- gastro-
-
- gasters
-
- rebosos
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noun,
rebozo.
- ariosos
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- orbital
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noun,
Physics, Chemistry.
a wave function describing the state of a single electron in an atom (atomic orbital) or in a molecule (molecular orbital)
the electron in that state.
- Silesia
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noun,
a lightweight, smoothly finished, twilled fabric of acetate, rayon, or cotton, for garment linings.
- garotes
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- glories
-
noun,
very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown:
- ostlers
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noun,
hostler.
- ostiole
-
noun,
Biology. a small opening or pore, especially in the fruiting body of a fungus.
- trioses
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- goiters
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- Siberia
-
noun,
Russian Sibirʾ. an extensive region in the Russian Federation in N Asia, extending from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific.
- abiosis
-
noun,
the absence or lack of life; a nonviable state.
- Ossetia
-
noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- goalers
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noun,
goalkeeper in the game of ice hockey.
- goobers
-
noun,
the peanut.
- glosso-
-
- glosser
-
noun,
a person or thing that puts a gloss or shine on something.
- abseils
-
noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- glorias
-
noun,
Liturgy.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
Gloria Patri.
the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”.
- silages
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noun,
fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- globose
-
adjective,
having the shape of a globe; globelike.
- Ortegal
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in NW Spain, on the Bay of Biscay.
- globate
-
adjective,
shaped like a globe.
- Aerosol
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a system of colloidal particles dispersed in a gas; smoke or fog.
- serials
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- triages
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- orioles
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- triable
-
- glister
-
noun,
glitter; sparkle.
- gliosis
-
noun,
an increase in the size and number of astrocytes of the brain.
- glassie
-
noun,
glassy (def 4).
- orgeats
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- glaires
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- bolster
-
noun,
a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- gaiters
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- obelias
-
noun,
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- Seagirt
-
noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- Astilbe
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Astilbe, of the saxifrage family, having spirelike clusters of small white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- satoris
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- seaboot
-
noun,
a high, waterproof wading boot worn for fishing and sailing.
- Seaborg
-
noun,
Glenn T(heodor) 1912–1999, U.S. chemist: chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission 1961–71; Nobel prize 1951.
- oboists
-
noun,
a player of the oboe.
- galoots
-
noun,
an awkward, eccentric, or foolish person.
- oblates
-
noun,
a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- artless
-
adjective,
free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous:
- galiots
-
noun,
a small galley propelled by both sails and oars.
- oblasts
-
noun,
(in Russia and the Soviet Union) an administrative division corresponding to an autonomous province.
- garboil
-
noun,
confusion.
- astrol.
-
- garbles
-
noun,
the act or process of garbling.
- Gabriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels, appearing usually as a divine messenger. Dan. 8:16, 9:21; Luke 1:19, 26.
- aristo-
-
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- Galibis
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of French Guiana.
- obliges
-
verb (used with object),
to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
- obligor
-
noun,
a person who is bound to another.
- gorals
-
noun,
a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.
- Boreal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the north wind.
- Galibi
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of French Guiana.
- irises
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- esrogs
-
noun,
etrog.
- serbo-
-
- latigo
-
noun,
a leather strap on the saddletree of a Western saddle used to tighten and secure the cinch.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- borals
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- sigils
-
noun,
a seal or signet.
- Boreas
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.
- silage
-
noun,
fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- glairs
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- siglos
-
noun,
a silver coin of ancient Persia, the 20th part of a daric.
- Glaber
-
noun,
Raoul [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), or Rudolphe [roo-dawlf] /ruˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), c990–c1050, French ecclesiastic and chronicler.
- Glaser
-
noun,
Donald A. 1926–2013, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1960.
- gorses
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- stolas
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- glaire
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- Borges
-
noun,
Jorge Luis [hawr-he lwees] /ˈhɔr hɛ lwis/ (Show IPA), 1899–1986, Argentine poet, short-story writer, and philosophical essayist.
- glares
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- Borgia
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1476?–1507, Italian cardinal, military leader, and politician.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- gloats
-
noun,
an act or feeling of gloating.
- boogie
-
noun,
Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- goaler
-
noun,
goalkeeper in the game of ice hockey.
- legato
-
adjective, adverb,
smooth and connected; without breaks between the successive tones.
- igloos
-
noun,
an Eskimo house, being a dome-shaped hut usually built of blocks of hard snow.
- stools
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- goalie
-
noun,
a goalkeeper.
- Goober
-
noun,
the peanut.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- gobies
-
noun,
any small marine or freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae, often having the pelvic fins united to form a suctorial disk.
- boosts
-
noun,
an upward shove or raise; lift.
- goblet
-
noun,
a drinking glass with a foot and stem.
- booger
-
noun,
Informal. any person or thing:
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- gabies
-
noun,
a fool.
- goboes
-
noun,
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
- Igorot
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Malay stock in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, some noted as headhunters.
- goiter
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- Sobers
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- borage
-
noun,
a plant, Borago officinalis, native to southern Europe, having hairy leaves and stems, used medicinally and in salads.
Compare borage family.
- Sasebo
-
noun,
a seaport on NW Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- gooses
-
noun,
any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- stooge
-
noun,
an entertainer who feeds lines to the main comedian and usually serves as the butt of his or her jokes.
- Lassie
-
noun,
a young girl; lass.
- leasts
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- Gloria
-
noun,
Liturgy.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
Gloria Patri.
the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- Bootes
-
noun,
the Herdsman, a northern constellation between Ursa Major and Serpens, containing the bright star Arcturus.
- gloss.
-
- Glossa
-
noun,
Anatomy. the tongue.
- Bootle
-
noun,
a city in Merseyside metropolitan county, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- etrogs
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- bootie
-
noun,
Also, bootee. a usually soft, sometimes disposable sock or bootlike covering for the foot or shoe, as for informal wear, warmth, or protection:
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- botels
-
noun,
boatel.
- sarges
-
noun,
sergeant.
- Serbia
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- Groote
-
noun,
Gerhard [Dutch khey-rahrt;; English gair-hahrt] /Dutch ˈxeɪ rɑrt;; English ˈgɛər hɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Gerardus Magnus) 1340–84, Dutch religious reformer, educator, and author: founder of the order of Brethren of the Common Life.
- gelati
-
noun,
a rich ice cream, made with eggs and usually containing a relatively low percentage of butterfat.
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- groats
-
noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- grists
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- Gbaris
-
noun,
Gwari.
- stages
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- sabres
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- labio-
-
- garble
-
noun,
the act or process of garbling.
- stales
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- gerbil
-
noun,
any of numerous small burrowing rodents of the genus Gerbillus and related genera, of Asia, Africa, and southern Russia, having long hind legs used for jumping.
- sorbet
-
noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- stable
-
noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- gators
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- Iberia
-
noun,
Also called Iberian Peninsula. a peninsula in SW Europe, comprising Spain and Portugal.
- egoist
-
noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- sorels
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- iatro-
-
- gaslit
-
noun,
light produced by the combustion of illuminating gas.
- sorbol
-
noun,
sorbitol.
- Gasser
-
noun,
Slang. something that is extraordinarily pleasing or successful, especially a very funny joke.
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- sorgos
-
noun,
any of several varieties of sorghum grown chiefly for the sweet juice yielded by the stems, used in making sugar and syrup and also for fodder.
- gastr-
-
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- slates
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- sotols
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Labors
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- largos
-
noun,
a largo movement.
- galiot
-
noun,
a small galley propelled by both sails and oars.
- ergots
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- larges
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- Brasso
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Braşov.
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- sabirs
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- Grasse
-
noun,
François Joseph Paul [frahn-swa zhaw-zef pawl] /frɑ̃ˈswa ʒɔˈzɛf pɔl/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Grasse-Tilly) 1722–1788, French admiral.
- Isabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- eroto-
-
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- Brasil
-
noun,
Brazil.
- grails
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- girlie
-
noun,
Offensive. a term of address used for a girl or woman.
- girl-o
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- garote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- sargos
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- brails
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- Brigit
-
noun,
Irish Mythology. a goddess of fire, fertility, agriculture, household arts, and wisdom, later associated with St. Brigid.
- steals
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- grilse
-
noun,
a young Atlantic salmon as it returns from the sea to fresh water for the first time.
- griots
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- stego-
-
- broses
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- labret
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- brolga
-
noun,
a large Australian crane, Grus rubicunda, with silvery-gray plumage and a red patch on the head, noted for its elaborate courtship dance.
- broils
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- gables
-
noun,
the portion of the front or side of a building enclosed by or masking the end of a pitched roof.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- lagers
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- galore
-
adverb,
in abundance; in plentiful amounts:
- giblet
-
plural noun,
the heart, liver, gizzard, and the like, of a fowl, often cooked separately.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- galoot
-
noun,
an awkward, eccentric, or foolish person.
- Greats
-
- sabots
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- Bogart
-
noun,
a person who hogs or monopolizes something.
- bolita
-
noun,
a form of numbers pool.
- oblate
-
noun,
a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- tibias
-
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.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- Tigris
-
noun,
a river in SW Asia, flowing SE from SE Turkey through Iraq, joining the Euphrates to form the Shatt-al-Arab. 1150 miles (1850 km) long.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Obelia
-
noun,
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- astro-
-
- oblast
-
noun,
(in Russia and the Soviet Union) an administrative division corresponding to an autonomous province.
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- Bailie
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a municipal officer or magistrate, corresponding to an English alderman.
- assoil
-
verb (used with object),
to absolve; acquit; pardon.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- oblige
-
verb (used with object),
to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
- Tobago
-
noun,
an island in the SE West Indies, off the NE coast of Venezuela: formerly a British colony in the Federation of the West Indies; now part of the independent republic of Trinidad and Tobago. 116 sq. mi. (300 sq. km).
- Tobias
-
noun,
the son of Tobit.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- oboist
-
noun,
a player of the oboe.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- oboles
-
noun,
a silver-alloy coin of France issued during the Middle Ages, the 24th part of a sol, or one-half denier.
- tobira
-
noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- tergal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the tergum.
- bailor
-
noun,
a person who delivers personal property in bailment.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- looses
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- Beloit
-
noun,
a city in S Wisconsin.
- belgas
-
noun,
a former Belgian currency unit in foreign exchange, equal to five Belgian francs: in use from 1926 to 1945.
- tarso-
-
- begats
-
plural noun,
genealogical lists, especially those in the Old Testament.
- tassel
-
noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- beasts
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- looies
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- bastes
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- Basset
-
noun,
one of a breed of hounds having short legs, long body and ears, and usually a black, tan, and white coat.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- basils
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- losers
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Barolo
-
noun,
a dry red wine from the Piedmont region of Italy.
- riboso
-
noun,
rebozo.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- barit.
-
- barges
-
noun,
a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or passengers; lighter.
- ribose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- riblet
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- retool
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- Osages
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- torsos
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- aglets
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- oribis
-
noun,
a small tan-colored antelope, Ourebia ourebi , of south and east Africa, with spikelike horns.
- agists
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Oriole
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- tribal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe:
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- tribo-
-
- orbits
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- abseil
-
noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- Osbert
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Osiris
-
noun,
the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- aborts
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- trigos
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- osteo-
-
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- aiolis
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- torses
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- reboso
-
noun,
rebozo.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- argots
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- ogress
-
noun,
a female monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- argols
-
noun,
a crude tartar, produced as a by-product in casks by the fermentation of wine grapes, used as a mordant in dyeing, in the manufacture of tartaric acid, and in fertilizers.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- argils
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- reboot
-
noun,
an act or instance of restarting a computer.
- rebato
-
noun,
rabato.
- Olbers
-
noun,
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus [hahyn-rikh vil-helm mah-te-oo s] /ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm mɑˈtɛ ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1758–1840, German astronomer and physician.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- oligo-
-
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- oolite
-
noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- rassle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- albite
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Albert
-
noun,
Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- Albers
-
noun,
Josef, 1888–1976, U.S. painter, born in Germany.
- albeit
-
conjunction,
although; even if:
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- lobose
-
adjective,
having broad, thick pseudopodia, as certain ameboid protozoans.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Lobito
-
noun,
a seaport in W Angola.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- blears
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- libers
-
noun,
phloem.
- bleats
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- Libera
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- tabors
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- biogas
-
noun,
any gas fuel derived from the decay of organic matter, as the mixture of methane and carbon dioxide produced by the bacterial decomposition of sewage, manure, garbage, or plant crops.
- blites
-
noun,
sea blite.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- strobe
-
noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- robalo
-
noun,
snook2 (def 1).
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- rooses
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- boarts
-
noun,
bort.
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- roosts
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- boasts
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- biosis
-
- robles
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- boater
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- ligase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the joining of two molecules by formation of a covalent bond accompanied by the hydrolysis of ATP.
- Liebig
-
noun,
Justus [yoo s-too s] /ˈyʊs tʊs/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1803–73, German chemist.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- Blairs
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- Blaise
-
noun,
a male given name.
- blares
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- blasts
-
- libras
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- tables
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- biotas
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- bistro
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- birses
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- ligate
-
verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- birota
-
noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- birles
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- ligers
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- Ligeti
-
noun,
György Sándor [jawr-jee shahn-dawr,, dyawr-] /ˈdʒɔr dʒi ˈʃɑn dɔr,, ˈdyɔr-/ (Show IPA), 1923–2006, Austrian composer, born in Hungary.
- boatel
-
noun,
a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- bloats
-
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.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- boites
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- besots
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- legits
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- Lesbos
-
noun,
Mytilene (def 1).
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- bolero
-
noun,
a lively Spanish dance in triple meter.
- legist
-
noun,
an expert in law, especially ancient law.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- B-girl
-
noun,
a woman employed by a bar, nightclub, etc., to act as a companion to male customers and induce them to buy drinks.
- bogles
-
noun,
a bogy; specter.
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- Strabo
-
noun,
63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- Strega
-
- Bolger
-
noun,
James Brendan, born 1935, prime minister of New Zealand 1990–97.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- roasts
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- lessor
-
noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- Bogota
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Colombia, in the central part.
- lobate
-
adjective,
having a lobe lobes; lobed.
- boiler
-
noun,
a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process certain materials, etc.
Compare fire-tube boiler, water-tube boiler.
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- Libra
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- olig-
-
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- goral
-
noun,
a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- libri
-
noun,
plural of liber2 .
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- segos
-
noun,
sego lily.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Gross
-
noun,
a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things. Abbreviation: gro.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- oste-
-
- Groot
-
noun,
Huig [Dutch hoikh] /Dutch hɔɪx/ (Show IPA), de [duh] /də/ (Show IPA), or van [vahn] /vɑn/ (Show IPA), Hugo Grotius.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- legit
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- oleo-
-
- oleos
-
noun,
margarine.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- orlos
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- Gosse
-
noun,
Sir Edmund William, 1849–1928, English poet, biographer, and critic.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Oreg.
-
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- goose
-
noun,
any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- orial
-
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- oribi
-
noun,
a small tan-colored antelope, Ourebia ourebi , of south and east Africa, with spikelike horns.
- orig.
-
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Libia
-
noun,
Libya.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- GRASS
-
noun,
any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains.
Compare grass family.
- Segal
-
noun,
George, 1924–2000, U.S. sculptor.
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Grail
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- grabs
-
noun,
a sudden, quick grasp or snatch:
- sero-
-
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- sebi-
-
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- isbas
-
noun,
izba.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- salts
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- lotos
-
noun,
lotus.
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- robes
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Legis
-
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- loots
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- loges
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- lobos
-
noun,
the gray or timber wolf of the western U.S.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- sages
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- lobar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a lobe, as of the lungs.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- sails
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Ital.
-
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- logia
-
noun,
a plural of logion.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- logis
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- logo-
-
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Logos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Philosophy. the rational principle that governs and develops the universe.
- labor
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- loose
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- Lagos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Nigeria: former capital.
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- sagos
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- Iblis
-
noun,
an evil spirit or devil, the chief of the wicked jinn.
- obole
-
noun,
a silver-alloy coin of France issued during the Middle Ages, the 24th part of a sol, or one-half denier.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- obols
-
noun,
a silver coin of ancient Greece, the sixth part of a drachma.
- Obote
-
noun,
(Apollo) Milton, 1924–2005, Ugandan political leader: president 1966–71 and 1980–85.
- IATSE
-
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- OBrit
-
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Largo
-
noun,
a largo movement.
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- ogles
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- robot
-
noun,
a machine that resembles a human and does mechanical, routine tasks on command.
- lasso
-
noun,
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- 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.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Regt.
-
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- sabot
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- Sable
-
noun,
an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- roble
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- 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.
- ilio-
-
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- liger
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- ileo-
-
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- relig
-
- obiit
-
- igloo
-
noun,
an Eskimo house, being a dome-shaped hut usually built of blocks of hard snow.
- Igbos
-
noun,
Ibo.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- gales
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- Bliss
-
noun,
supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment:
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- bloat
-
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.
- Blois
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loire-et-Cher, in central France, on the Loire River: historic castle.
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- bless
-
verb (used with object),
to consecrate or sanctify by a religious rite; make or pronounce holy.
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Bogie
-
noun,
Automotive. (on a truck) a rear-wheel assembly composed of four wheels on two axles, either or both driving axles, so mounted as to support the rear of the truck body jointly.
- bogle
-
noun,
a bogy; specter.
- Bogor
-
noun,
a city on W Java, in Indonesia.
Formerly dutch Buitenzorg.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- alto-
-
- bisso
-
noun,
bis2 .
- biog.
-
- biol.
-
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- taboo
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- birls
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- tabis
-
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.
- Blair
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- areo-
-
- boils
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- botas
-
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).
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- botel
-
noun,
boatel.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- Alogi
-
noun,
a group of Christians in the 2nd century a.d. who rejected the doctrine of the Logos.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Bragi
-
noun,
the god of poetry and eloquence, son of Odin, husband of Idun: may be an apotheosis of the 9th-century poet Bragi Boddason.
- brags
-
noun,
a boast or vaunt.
- brail
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- Brale
-
- Brass
-
noun,
any of various metal alloys consisting mainly of copper and zinc.
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- stobs
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- boost
-
noun,
an upward shove or raise; lift.
- Boito
-
noun,
Arrigo [uh-ree-goh;; Italian ahr-ree-gaw] /əˈri goʊ;; Italian ɑrˈri gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1918, Italian opera composer, poet, and novelist.
- bolar
-
adjective,
of or relating to bole or clay.
- bolas
-
noun,
bola (def 1).
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Boles
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- bolos
-
noun,
a large, heavy, single-edged knife or machete for hacking, used in the Philippines and by the U.S. Army.
- bolts
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- Boole
-
noun,
George, 1815–64, English mathematician and logician.
- stool
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Boots
-
noun,
a servant, as at a hotel, who blacks or polishes shoes and boots.
- boral
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- Borel
-
noun,
Félix Édouard Émile [fey-leeks ey-dwar ey-meel] /feɪˈliks eɪˈdwar eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1871–1956, French mathematician.
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- alti-
-
- boro-
-
- argil
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- bilge
-
noun,
Nautical.
either of the rounded areas that form the transition between the bottom and the sides on the exterior of a hull.
Also, bilges. (in a hull with a double bottom) an enclosed area between frames at each side of the floors, where seepage collects.
Also called bilge well. a well into which seepage drains to be pumped away.
Also called bilge water. seepage accumulated in bilges.
- stge.
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- telo-
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- barge
-
noun,
a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or passengers; lighter.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- baro-
-
- Bart.
-
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- Basel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- bases
-
noun,
plural of basis.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- Basil
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- basis
-
noun,
the bottom or base of anything; the part on which something stands or rests.
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- Basso
-
noun,
a person who sings bass; a bass.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Balt.
-
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- astr.
-
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- tibia
-
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.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- bagel
-
noun,
a leavened, doughnut-shaped, firm-textured roll, with a brownish glazed surface, made of dough first poached and then baked.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- asst.
-
- bails
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- bales
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- tera-
-
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- basts
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- bergs
-
noun,
iceberg.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- bests
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Bigot
-
noun,
a person who is utterly intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion.
- argol
-
noun,
a crude tartar, produced as a by-product in casks by the fermentation of wine grapes, used as a mordant in dyeing, in the manufacture of tartaric acid, and in fertilizers.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tears
-
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- belga
-
noun,
a former Belgian currency unit in foreign exchange, equal to five Belgian francs: in use from 1926 to 1945.
- begar
-
noun,
compulsory labor, as for the repair of bridges or roads.
- begat
-
verb,
simple past tense of beget.
- begot
-
verb,
simple past tense and a past participle of beget.
- Tobol
-
noun,
a river rising in Kazakhstan, flowing NE through the Russian Federation in Asia to the Irtysh River. 800 miles (1290 km) long.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Belg.
-
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- trig.
-
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- abstr
-
- Sligo
-
noun,
a county in Connaught province, in the NW Republic of Ireland. 694 sq. mi. (1795 sq. km).
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- gasts
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- garbs
-
noun,
a fashion or mode of dress, especially of a distinctive, uniform kind:
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- Gbari
-
noun,
Gwari.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- slags
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- Garbo
-
noun,
Greta (Greta Lovisa Gustaffson) 1905–90, U.S. film actress, born in Sweden.
- slabs
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- Sobor
-
noun,
a council, synod, or convention.
- Gabes
-
noun,
Gulf of, a gulf of the Mediterranean on the E coast of Tunisia.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Gable
-
noun,
the portion of the front or side of a building enclosed by or masking the end of a pitched roof.
- alibi
-
noun,
Law. the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed.
- gaels
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- aero-
-
- galet
-
noun,
spall (def 1).
- slogs
-
noun,
a long, tiring walk or march.
- aeri-
-
- gaols
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- slobs
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- gelts
-
noun,
money.
- aboil
-
adverb, adjective,
boiling:
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- gloat
-
noun,
an act or feeling of gloating.
- gists
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- glair
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- Glass
-
noun,
a hard, brittle, noncrystalline, more or less transparent substance produced by fusion, usually consisting of mutually dissolved silica and silicates that also contain soda and lime, as in the ordinary variety used for windows and bottles.
- gleba
-
noun,
the sporogenous tissue forming the central part of the sporophore in certain fungi, as in puffballs and stinkhorns.
- glias
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- sigil
-
noun,
a seal or signet.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- Globe
-
noun,
the planet Earth (usually preceded by the).
- globs
-
noun,
a drop or globule of a liquid.
- Gobat
-
noun,
Albert [French al-ber] /French alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1843–1914, Swiss lawyer and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1902.
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- gobos
-
noun,
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
- seti-
-
- 30-30
-
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- geol.
-
- gibes
-
noun,
a taunting or sarcastic remark.
- sito-
-
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- gesso
-
noun,
gypsum or plaster of Paris prepared with glue for use as a surface for painting.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- gests
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Giles
-
noun,
Saint, 8th century a.d., Athenian hermit in France.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- gilts
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- Gabor
-
noun,
Dennis, 1900–79, British physicist, born in Hungary: inventor of holography; Nobel Prize 1971.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- sorgo
-
noun,
any of several varieties of sorghum grown chiefly for the sweet juice yielded by the stems, used in making sugar and syrup and also for fodder.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- broil
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- sorbs
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- stabs
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Srta.
-
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- sotol
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- tools
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- aglet
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- treas
-
- algo-
-
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- estab
-
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- agro-
-
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- Brig.
-
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- ergo-
-
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- Brit.
-
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- ster.
-
- soots
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- BSRet
-
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Reg.
-
- Togo
-
noun,
Heihachiro [hey-hah-chee-raw] /ˈheɪ hɑˈtʃi rɔ/ (Show IPA), Marquis, 1847–1934, Japanese admiral.
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- TRIB
-
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- RIBA
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tri-
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- oto-
-
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tob.
-
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- sobs
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sol.
-
- 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.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- SATB
-
- Sat.
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- SASE
-
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Sra.
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- SBLI
-
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- 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).
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- sibs
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- Sig.
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- slag
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- SEbS
-
- 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.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- slob
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- slog
-
noun,
a long, tiring walk or march.
- sags
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- rel.
-
- 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.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RIIA
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Rigi
-
noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near the Lake of Lucerne. 5906 feet (1800 meters).
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ter.
-
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Ste.
-
- Lat.
-
- stg.
-
- Sab.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- stlg
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- str.
-
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- tab.
-
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- 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.
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- 1080
-
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- goos
-
noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- biri
-
noun,
bidi.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- bio-
-
- grab
-
noun,
a sudden, quick grasp or snatch:
- gras
-
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- gres
-
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- gro.
-
- biga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by two horses harnessed abreast.
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Bglr
-
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- glib
-
adjective,
readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so:
- gilt
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- glob
-
noun,
a drop or globule of a liquid.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- BLit
-
- goal
-
noun,
the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- 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.
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- Gobi
-
noun,
a desert in E Asia, mostly in Mongolia. About 500,000 sq. mi. (1,295,000 sq. km).
- gobo
-
noun,
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- gobs
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- ibis
-
noun,
any of several large wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae, of warm temperate and tropical regions, related to the herons and storks, and characterized by a long, thin, downward-curved bill.
Compare sacred ibis.
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- Bass
-
noun,
the bass part.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- iso-
-
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- bar.
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- itis
-
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- itol
-
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- bal.
-
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- ible
-
- Igbo
-
noun,
Ibo.
- bet.
-
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- Bess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- Berg
-
noun,
iceberg.
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- begs
-
noun,
bey.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- ile-
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- gils
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- BAgr
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- ergs
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- ESIS
-
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- eso-
-
- Brag
-
noun,
a boast or vaunt.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- bot.
-
- 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.
- btl.
-
- BSSE
-
- BSSA
-
- BSRT
-
- BSOT
-
- BSLS
-
- BSIT
-
- BSIR
-
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- BSIE
-
- ELAS
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- BSGE
-
- BSES
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- BSAE
-
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- 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).
- BOSS
-
noun,
a person who employs or superintends workers; manager.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Bolo
-
noun,
a large, heavy, single-edged knife or machete for hacking, used in the Philippines and by the U.S. Army.
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- gelt
-
noun,
money.
- geo-
-
- Ger.
-
- 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.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- Bol.
-
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Bogo
-
noun,
buy one, get one: an offer to a customer to buy an item and receive a second item at a discount.
- Gibe
-
noun,
a taunting or sarcastic remark.
- gibs
-
noun,
a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- Borg
-
noun,
Björn [byawrn] /byɔrn/ (Show IPA), born 1956, Swedish tennis player.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Gabe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gabriel.
- Gabo
-
noun,
Naum [noum] /naʊm/ (Show IPA), (Naum Pevsner) 1890–1977, U.S. sculptor, born in Russia (brother of Antoine Pevsner).
- gabs
-
noun,
idle talk; chatter.
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Boor
-
noun,
a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person.
- Gal.
-
- bor.
-
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- gals
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- Boot
-
noun,
a covering of leather, rubber, or the like, for the foot and all or part of the leg.
- gaol
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- garb
-
noun,
a fashion or mode of dress, especially of a distinctive, uniform kind:
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- boos
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- Lab.
-
- isls
-
- BAgE
-
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- lobs
-
- Loeb
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.
- log-
-
- loge
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- Logi
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- aer-
-
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- lags
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- lobo
-
noun,
the gray or timber wolf of the western U.S.
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- abs-
-
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- lit.
-
- LitB
-
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- Arg.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Olga
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 968? regent of Kiev until 955: saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- agit
-
- Aire
-
- Oboe
-
noun,
a woodwind instrument having a slender conical, tubular body and a double-reed mouthpiece.
- obol
-
noun,
a silver coin of ancient Greece, the sixth part of a drachma.
- obs.
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- agst
-
- ogle
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Alg.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alt.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Alis
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ole-
-
- albs
-
noun,
a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- Alb.
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- aet.
-
- AISI
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- abr.
-
- ARIS
-
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- lea.
-
- asis
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- abl.
-
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- osis
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- leg.
-
- ator
-
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- 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.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- ates
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- ASSR
-
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- agr.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- art.
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Lib.
-
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- org.
-
- ABLS
-
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- LEGO
-
noun,
one of these blocks, usually as part of a set.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- oro-
-
- legs
-
noun,
either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- BTE
-
- BSO
-
- Bt.
-
- 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.
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- BSL
-
- BST
-
- TSI
-
- Eg.
-
- TSE
-
- ab-
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- abt
-
- BSA
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- STB
-
- STL
-
- STI
-
- BRT
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- BRE
-
- Ar.
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- Tro
-
- al.
-
- ag-
-
- BSE
-
- ae.
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- ASI
-
- tlr
-
- tlo
-
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- beg
-
noun,
bey.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- TBA
-
- 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.
- Tbi
-
- TBO
-
- 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.
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- 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.
- ast
-
- ase
-
- Sta
-
- at.
-
- ATB
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- be-
-
- bl.
-
- BSS
-
- Br.
-
- BAg
-
noun,
a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- TIA
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- tra
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- tr.
-
- Agt
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- boo
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- bog
-
noun,
wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- aor
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- BLS
-
- asb
-
- 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:
- bi-
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- TAL
-
- BIE
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- big
-
noun,
the bigs, Sports Slang. the highest level of professional competition, as the major leagues in baseball.
- ARS
-
- 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.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- 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.
- BLA
-
- ble
-
- eo-
-
- OTB
-
- St.
-
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- LBO
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- So.
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- lg.
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- ROI
-
- ROG
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- RTS
-
- SRO
-
- ROA
-
- SST
-
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SAR
-
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ISR
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- ist
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- La.
-
- Lt.
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SAE
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- ILO
-
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- OIt
-
- REA
-
- RBI
-
- Ola
-
- OLG
-
- oo-
-
- 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.
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- OOT
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- OIr
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ose
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- Re.
-
- OTS
-
- OSO
-
- OSS
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- 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.
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- OSA
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- 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.
- LSI
-
- LSS
-
- LST
-
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- ob.
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RGB
-
- OSB
-
- OGO
-
- OAO
-
- 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.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OBE
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- obl
-
- OEO
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ILS
-
- Isl
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- Ga.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- GBE
-
- gi.
-
- GAB
-
noun,
idle talk; chatter.
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- SLR
-
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- ote
-
- ESL
-
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- SLE
-
- Geb
-
noun,
the god of the earth and the father of Osiris and Isis.
- il-
-
- SLA
-
- Ges
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Gib
-
noun,
a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ESR
-
- ESA
-
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- 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.
- SSR
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- SSB
-
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- SRS
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRB
-
- ea.
-
- Sr.
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ERT
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- EBS
-
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- gl.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Gr.
-
- GRB
-
- gre
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- GSA
-
- GSR
-
- gt.
-
- GTO
-
- GTS
-
- io-
-
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- IAS
-
- ib.
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- ier
-
- SBE
-
- SBA
-
- sb.
-
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- 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).
- TSS
-
- Sgt
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- goo
-
noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- gob
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- glb
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- BG
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- T1
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- TG
-
- RI
-
- AO
-
- TB
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- le
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- 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.
- TL
-
- EI
-
- IG
-
- RO
-
- SG
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- GB
-
- SL
-
- rg
-
- OG
-
- O.
-
- G.
-
- OA
-
- BO
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- SA
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- S.
-
- Eb
-
- t.
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- B-
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- LR
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ol
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- i.
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