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- bass-viol
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noun,
viola da gamba.
- sail-over
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noun,
a repetition of an indecisive or interrupted run of a racing yacht.
- obsessive
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adjective,
being, pertaining to, or resembling an obsession:
- slaveries
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noun,
the condition of a slave; bondage.
- ovarioles
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noun,
any of several tubules that compose an insect ovary.
- aerosols
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noun,
Physical Chemistry. a system of colloidal particles dispersed in a gas; smoke or fog.
- sorboses
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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.
- obverses
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noun,
the side of a coin, medal, flag, etc., that bears the principal design (opposed to reverse).
- baseless
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adjective,
having no base; without foundation; groundless:
- bolivars
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noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Venezuela, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: B.
- overseas
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) countries or territories across the sea or ocean.
- L-series
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noun,
See under L-line.
- revisals
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noun,
the act of revising; revision.
- severals
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noun,
several persons or things; a few; some.
- rissoles
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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.
- roseolas
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noun,
a kind of rose-colored rash.
- savories
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noun,
British. an aromatic, often spicy course or dish served either as an appetizer or as a dessert, as pickled fish or brandied fruit.
- relievos
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noun,
Obsolete. relief2 (defs 2, 3).
- ovariole
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noun,
any of several tubules that compose an insect ovary.
- earlobes
-
noun,
the soft, pendulous lower part of the external ear.
- boilover
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noun,
the act or fact of boiling over:
- varioles
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noun,
a shallow pit or depression like the mark left by a smallpox pustule; foveola.
- abessive
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noun,
the abessive case.
- eslisor
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noun,
elisor.
- ribosos
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noun,
rebozo.
- resales
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noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- resiles
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- resoles
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verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- resolve
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noun,
a resolution or determination made, as to follow some course of action.
- reviles
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verb (used with object),
to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- revisal
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noun,
the act of revising; revision.
- revises
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noun,
an act of revising.
- 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.
- braless
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adjective,
wearing no bra.
- 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.
- 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.
- bailors
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noun,
a person who delivers personal property in bailment.
- robalos
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noun,
snook2 (def 1).
- assoils
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verb (used with object),
to absolve; acquit; pardon.
- 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.
- bossies
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noun,
a familiar name for a cow or calf.
- sailers
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- sailors
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noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- boleros
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noun,
a lively Spanish dance in triple meter.
- salvers
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noun,
a tray, especially one used for serving food or beverages.
- salvors
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noun,
a person who salvages or helps to salvage a ship, cargo, etc.
- Bolivar
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noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Venezuela, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: B.
- bailees
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noun,
a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.
- resails
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- 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.
- blisses
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noun,
supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment:
- lassoes
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noun,
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- lessors
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noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- leviers
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noun,
a person who levies.
- loesses
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noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- loobies
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noun,
an awkward person, especially one who is lazy or stupid; lout; lubber.
- erosive
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adjective,
serving to erode; causing erosion.
- obelias
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noun,
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- observe
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verb (used with object),
to see, watch, perceive, or notice:
- blesses
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verb (used with object),
to consecrate or sanctify by a religious rite; make or pronounce holy.
- earlobe
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noun,
the soft, pendulous lower part of the external ear.
- obverse
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noun,
the side of a coin, medal, flag, etc., that bears the principal design (opposed to reverse).
- orioles
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- 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.
- ovaries
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the female gonad or reproductive gland, in which the ova and the hormones that regulate female secondary sex characteristics develop.
- ariosos
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noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- bravoes
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noun,
a shout of “bravo!”.
- 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.
- overlie
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verb (used with object),
to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
- oversea
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) countries or territories across the sea or ocean.
- brasses
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noun,
any of various metal alloys consisting mainly of copper and zinc.
- rassles
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- rebosos
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noun,
rebozo.
- relievo
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noun,
Obsolete. relief2 (defs 2, 3).
- brasils
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noun,
Brazil.
- sealers
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noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- salvoes
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noun,
a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc.
- reveals
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noun,
an act or instance of revealing; revelation; disclosure.
- serials
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- several
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noun,
several persons or things; a few; some.
- variole
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noun,
a shallow pit or depression like the mark left by a smallpox pustule; foveola.
- valises
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noun,
a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag.
- servile
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adjective,
slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning:
- slivers
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noun,
a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
- servals
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noun,
a long-limbed, nocturnal African cat, Felis serval, about the size of a bobcat, having a tawny coat spotted with black: now rare in many former habitats.
- Aerosol
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noun,
Physical Chemistry. a system of colloidal particles dispersed in a gas; smoke or fog.
- aerobes
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noun,
an organism, especially a bacterium, that requires air or free oxygen for life (opposed to anaerobe).
- serosas
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noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- verbals
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noun,
Grammar. a word, particularly a noun or adjective, derived from a verb.
- areoles
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noun,
an areola.
- verbose
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adjective,
characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy:
- airless
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adjective,
lacking air.
- sessile
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adjective,
Botany. attached by the base, or without any distinct projecting support, as a leaf issuing directly from the stem.
- soirees
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- Silvers
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noun,
Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
- abseils
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noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- absolve
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verb (used with object),
to free from guilt or blame or their consequences:
- 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.
- Sievers
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noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ du ɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1850–1932, German philologist.
- sorosis
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noun,
a fleshy multiple fruit composed of many flowers, seed vessels, and receptacles consolidated, as in the pineapple and mulberry.
- Valerie
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noun,
a female given name.
- slavers
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noun,
a dealer in or an owner of slaves.
- Leavis
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noun,
F(rank) R(aymond) 1895–1978, English critic and teacher.
- leaves
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noun,
plural of leaf.
- valors
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noun,
boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle; heroic courage; bravery:
- Lesbos
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noun,
Mytilene (def 1).
- lassos
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noun,
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- Lassie
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noun,
a young girl; lass.
- leases
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noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- lasses
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noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- Lesser
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noun,
a small amount, quantity, or degree:
- lavers
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noun,
Old Testament. a large basin upon a foot or pedestal in the court of the Hebrew tabernacle and subsequently in the temple, containing water for the ablutions of the priests and for the washing of the sacrifices in the temple service.
- levies
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noun,
an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
- lesses
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noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- livres
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noun,
a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
- losses
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noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- losers
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noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- lories
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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.
- looses
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Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- looies
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noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- valise
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noun,
a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag.
- loaves
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noun,
plural of loaf1 .
- livers
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noun,
Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- lessor
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noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- Li-sao
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noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- libras
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noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- libers
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noun,
phloem.
- Libera
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noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- laevo-
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- levier
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noun,
a person who levies.
- Valois
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noun,
a member of a ruling family of France that reigned from 1328 to 1589.
- larees
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noun,
lari.
- essive
-
noun,
the essive case.
- Labors
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noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- viable
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adjective,
capable of living.
- bravos
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noun,
a shout of “bravo!”.
- Brasso
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noun,
Hungarian name of Braşov.
- versal
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adjective,
universal or whole.
- lobose
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adjective,
having broad, thick pseudopodia, as certain ameboid protozoans.
- verses
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noun,
(not in technical use) a stanza.
- versos
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noun,
a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- vessel
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noun,
a craft for traveling on water, now usually one larger than an ordinary rowboat; a ship or boat.
- Brasil
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noun,
Brazil.
- vibro-
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- broils
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noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- braise
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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.
- brails
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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.
- violas
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noun,
a four-stringed musical instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than the violin; a tenor or alto violin.
- bosses
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noun,
a person who employs or superintends workers; manager.
- Boreas
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.
- vireos
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noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- Boreal
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adjective,
of or relating to the north wind.
- voiles
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noun,
a lightweight, semisheer fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton constructed in plain weave.
- brevi-
-
- broses
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noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- labio-
-
- Elvira
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noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “elf counsel.”.
- 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.
- valses
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noun,
waltz.
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- Isabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Varese
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Milan.
- ervils
-
noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- varies
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verb (used with object),
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- elvers
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noun,
a young eel, especially one that is migrating up a stream from the ocean.
- verbal
-
noun,
Grammar. a word, particularly a noun or adjective, derived from a verb.
- Eloise
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noun,
a female given name.
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- 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.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- easels
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- vario-
-
- velars
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noun,
Phonetics. a velar sound.
- lovers
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noun,
a person who is in love with another.
- serais
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noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Obelia
-
noun,
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- robalo
-
noun,
snook2 (def 1).
- sabres
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- sabirs
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noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- serval
-
noun,
a long-limbed, nocturnal African cat, Felis serval, about the size of a bobcat, having a tawny coat spotted with black: now rare in many former habitats.
- Servia
-
noun,
former name of Serbia.
- rooses
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verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- robles
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- servo-
-
- r-less
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adjective,
r-dropping.
- sailor
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noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- rivals
-
noun,
a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- servos
-
noun,
Informal. servomechanism.
- riboso
-
noun,
rebozo.
- severs
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- 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.
- sevier
-
noun,
John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.
- revise
-
noun,
an act of revising.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- silvas
-
noun,
the forest trees of a particular area.
- savors
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- selvas
-
noun,
a tropical rain forest, as that in the Amazon basin of South America.
- 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.
- seises
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- Seaver
-
noun,
(George) Thomas ("Tom"; "Tom Terrific") born 1944, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- serbo-
-
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- salver
-
noun,
a tray, especially one used for serving food or beverages.
- Savoie
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2389 sq. mi. (6185 sq. km). Capital: Chambéry.
- Savior
-
noun,
a person who saves, rescues, or delivers:
- Sasebo
-
noun,
a seaport on NW Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- salvos
-
noun,
a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc.
- salvor
-
noun,
a person who salvages or helps to salvage a ship, cargo, etc.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- sevres
-
noun,
a suburb of Paris in N France.
- revile
-
verb (used with object),
to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- sorels
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Oriole
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- 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.
- sliver
-
noun,
a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- Sobers
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- soever
-
adverb,
at all; in any case; of any kind; in any way (used with generalizing force after who, what, when, where, how, any, all, etc., sometimes separated by intervening words):
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- rassle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- Oliver
-
noun,
one of the 12 paladins of Charlemagne.
Compare Roland.
- 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.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- selves
-
noun,
plural of self.
- sorbol
-
noun,
sorbitol.
- obsess
-
verb (used with object),
to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally:
- oboles
-
noun,
a silver-alloy coin of France issued during the Middle Ages, the 24th part of a sol, or one-half denier.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- sleave
-
noun,
anything matted or raveled.
- revels
-
noun,
Hiram Rhoades [rohdz] /roʊdz/ (Show IPA), 1822–1901, U.S. clergyman, educator, and politician: first black senator 1870–71.
- sisals
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- borals
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- reveal
-
noun,
an act or instance of revealing; revelation; disclosure.
- Silver
-
noun,
Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
- resole
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- ravels
-
noun,
a tangle or complication.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- slaver
-
noun,
a dealer in or an owner of slaves.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- relive
-
verb (used with object),
to experience again, as an emotion.
- slaves
-
noun,
a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- slavo-
-
- reboso
-
noun,
rebozo.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- Brasov
-
noun,
a city in central Romania.
- Averil
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Beaver
-
noun,
a large, amphibious rodent of the genus Castor, having sharp incisors, webbed hind feet, and a flattened tail, noted for its ability to dam streams with trees, branches, etc.
- bailor
-
noun,
a person who delivers personal property in bailment.
- 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.
- aboves
-
noun,
something that was said, mentioned, or written above:
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- 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.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- abseil
-
noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- birles
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- bailee
-
noun,
a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- aerobe
-
noun,
an organism, especially a bacterium, that requires air or free oxygen for life (opposed to anaerobe).
- Barolo
-
noun,
a dry red wine from the Piedmont region of Italy.
- bassos
-
noun,
a person who sings bass; a bass.
- blears
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- basses
-
noun,
the bass part.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- Albers
-
noun,
Josef, 1888–1976, U.S. painter, born in Germany.
- belive
-
adverb,
before long; soon.
- birses
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- Belovo
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia.
- avisos
-
noun,
a boat used especially for carrying dispatches; dispatch boat.
- Blaise
-
noun,
a male given name.
- averse
-
adjective,
having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc.; opposed:
- besses
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Bessel
-
noun,
Friedrich Wilhelm [free-drik wil-helm;; German free-drikh vil-helm] /ˈfri drɪk ˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1784–1846, German astronomer.
- bevels
-
noun,
the inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles.
- bevies
-
noun,
a group of birds, as larks or quail, or animals, as roebuck, in close association.
- Blairs
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- Bessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- bolero
-
noun,
a lively Spanish dance in triple meter.
- assoil
-
verb (used with object),
to absolve; acquit; pardon.
- avoir.
-
- blares
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- abeles
-
noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- baro-
-
- 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:
- orlos
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- over-
-
- rivel
-
noun,
a very small dumpling made of a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning, cooked in broth.
- OSlav
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Basel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- bases
-
noun,
plural of basis.
- rival
-
noun,
a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- avers
-
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Reave
-
verb (used with object),
to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
- revel
-
noun,
boisterous merrymaking or festivity; revelry.
- bails
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- 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:
- reive
-
verb (used with or without object),
to rob; plunder.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Rebel
-
noun,
a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
- aviso
-
noun,
a boat used especially for carrying dispatches; dispatch boat.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- Ravel
-
noun,
a tangle or complication.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- 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.
- Reval
-
noun,
former German name of Tallinn.
- 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.
- bolos
-
noun,
a large, heavy, single-edged knife or machete for hacking, used in the Philippines and by the U.S. Army.
- basis
-
noun,
the bottom or base of anything; the part on which something stands or rests.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- 30-30
-
- lobos
-
noun,
the gray or timber wolf of the western U.S.
- lobar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a lobe, as of the lungs.
- belie
-
verb (used with object),
to show to be false; contradict:
- livre
-
noun,
a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
- lives
-
noun,
plural of life.
- liver
-
noun,
Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lieve
-
adverb,
lief.
- Berea
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- Libra
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- 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.
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- levo-
-
- Lever
-
noun,
Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
Compare machine (def 4b).
- bevel
-
noun,
the inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lebes
-
noun,
a wine bowl having an oval body without handles and a rounded base.
- leave
-
noun,
permission to do something:
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- loose
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Basso
-
noun,
a person who sings bass; a bass.
- orial
-
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- Olive
-
noun,
an evergreen tree, Olea europaea, of Mediterranean and other warm regions, cultivated chiefly for its fruit.
Compare olive family.
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- 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.
- oleo-
-
- Basov
-
noun,
Nikolai Gennadiyevich [nyi-kuh-lahy gyi-nah-dyi-yi-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ gyɪˈnɑ dyɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1922–2001, Russian physicist: Nobel Prize 1964.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- obols
-
noun,
a silver coin of ancient Greece, the sixth part of a drachma.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- obole
-
noun,
a silver-alloy coin of France issued during the Middle Ages, the 24th part of a sol, or one-half denier.
- obese
-
adjective,
very fat or overweight; corpulent.
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- 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.
- loves
-
noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- Lover
-
noun,
a person who is in love with another.
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Beers
-
noun,
Clifford Whittingham [hwit-ing-uh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt ɪŋ əm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1876–1943, U.S. pioneer in mental hygiene.
- oleos
-
noun,
margarine.
- roves
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- roble
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- valor
-
noun,
boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle; heroic courage; bravery:
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- vairs
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- vails
-
noun,
a tip; gratuity.
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- sorbs
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- solve
-
verb (used with object),
to find the answer or explanation for; clear up; explain:
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- valse
-
noun,
waltz.
- aeri-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- aero-
-
- Sobor
-
noun,
a council, synod, or convention.
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- soave
-
noun,
a dry, white wine from Verona, Italy.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- slobs
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- above
-
noun,
something that was said, mentioned, or written above:
- aboil
-
adverb, adjective,
boiling:
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- viral
-
Idioms,
go viral, to spread rapidly via the Internet, email, or other media:
- vols.
-
- Volos
-
noun,
a seaport in E Thessaly, in E Greece: ancient ruins.
- voles
-
noun,
any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
- volar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.
- voile
-
noun,
a lightweight, semisheer fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton constructed in plain weave.
- voila
-
interjection,
(used to express success or satisfaction). Voilà, my new winter outfit!
- visor
-
noun,
Armor.
(on a close helmet) a piece having slits or holes for vision, situated above and pivoted with a beaver or a ventail and beaver.
a similar piece of plate having holes or slits for vision and breathing, attached to or used with any of various other helmets, as the armet, sallet, basinet, or helm.
- vises
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- visas
-
noun,
an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- virls
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- vireo
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- viols
-
noun,
a bowed musical instrument, differing from the violin in having deeper ribs, sloping shoulders, a greater number of strings, usually six, and frets: common in the 16th and 17th centuries in various sizes from the treble viol to the bass viol.
- vari-
-
- Viola
-
noun,
a four-stringed musical instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than the violin; a tenor or alto violin.
- Vilas
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Vanuatu.
- vibes
-
noun,
Informal. vibration (def 4).
- verso
-
noun,
a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- verse
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a stanza.
- abele
-
noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- velar
-
noun,
Phonetics. a velar sound.
- veils
-
noun,
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- veers
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- veals
-
noun,
Also, vealer [vee-ler] /ˈvi lər/ (Show IPA). a calf raised for its meat, usually a milk-fed animal less than three months old.
- vaso-
-
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- slavs
-
noun,
one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
- Slave
-
noun,
a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- arvos
-
noun,
afternoon.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- savor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- 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.
- 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.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Salvo
-
noun,
a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc.
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- salve
-
noun,
a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.
- 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.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- 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.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Laver
-
noun,
Old Testament. a large basin upon a foot or pedestal in the court of the Hebrew tabernacle and subsequently in the temple, containing water for the ablutions of the priests and for the washing of the sacrifices in the temple service.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- 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.
- asses
-
noun,
plural of ass1 .
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- sebi-
-
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- slabs
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- sever
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- Sivas
-
noun,
a city in central Turkey.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Albee
-
noun,
Edward, born 1928, U.S. playwright.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Silva
-
noun,
the forest trees of a particular area.
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- sieve
-
noun,
an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations.
- 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.
- alive
-
Idioms,
alive to, alert or sensitive to; aware of:
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- serve
-
noun,
the act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis.
- Serov
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ural Mountains.
- areo-
-
- sero-
-
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- selva
-
noun,
a tropical rain forest, as that in the Amazon basin of South America.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- overs
-
noun,
an amount in excess or addition; extra.
- bisso
-
noun,
bis2 .
- biol.
-
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- bravo
-
noun,
a shout of “bravo!”.
- brave
-
noun,
a brave person.
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Brass
-
noun,
any of various metal alloys consisting mainly of copper and zinc.
- labor
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- elver
-
noun,
a young eel, especially one that is migrating up a stream from the ocean.
- 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.
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- Brale
-
- elves
-
noun,
plural of elf.
- Evora
-
noun,
a city in central Portugal: Roman ruins; cathedral.
- Elvis
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Elwin.
- evils
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- bolar
-
adjective,
of or relating to bole or clay.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- 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.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Blair
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Bliss
-
noun,
supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment:
- bless
-
verb (used with object),
to consecrate or sanctify by a religious rite; make or pronounce holy.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- isbas
-
noun,
izba.
- ileo-
-
- BSElE
-
- Blois
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loire-et-Cher, in central France, on the Loire River: historic castle.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- broil
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- birls
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- breve
-
noun,
a mark (˘) over a vowel to show that it is short, or to indicate a specific pronunciation, as ŭ in (kŭt) cut.
- Evers
-
noun,
(James) Charles, born 1922, U.S. civil-rights leader.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- ervil
-
noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- boral
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- esses
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- 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.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- evase
-
adjective,
widened at the top, as a vase or chimney flue.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- boro-
-
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- bolas
-
noun,
bola (def 1).
- 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.
- Boles
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- Boole
-
noun,
George, 1815–64, English mathematician and logician.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Borel
-
noun,
Félix Édouard Émile [fey-leeks ey-dwar ey-meel] /feɪˈliks eɪˈdwar eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1871–1956, French mathematician.
- 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).
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Elbe
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the W Czech Republic NW through Germany to the North Sea. 725 miles (1165 km) long.
- ELAS
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- SEbS
-
- Avis
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ESIS
-
- 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).
- 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.
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- 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.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Rev.
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- avos
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- eave
-
noun,
Usually, eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- ARIS
-
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- SASE
-
- SBLI
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- Elva
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “elf.”.
- riv.
-
- elve
-
noun,
an extremely dim, flattened, expanding, reddish glow briefly seen over a thunderstorm, due to electromagnetic pulses from intense lightning.
- Sab.
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- rove
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Ave.
-
- 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.
- ASSR
-
- 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.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- 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.
- elev
-
- Arvo
-
noun,
afternoon.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Save
-
noun,
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
- Sass
-
noun,
stewed fruit; fruit sauce.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- 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.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- asis
-
- 1080
-
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Aves
-
noun,
a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- serv
-
- lave
-
noun,
the remainder; the rest.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- vase
-
noun,
a vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration.
- abl.
-
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- Vela
-
noun,
plural of velum.
- vel.
-
- veil
-
noun,
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- vees
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- veer
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- 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.
- Veal
-
noun,
Also, vealer [vee-ler] /ˈvi lər/ (Show IPA). a calf raised for its meat, usually a milk-fed animal less than three months old.
- Bol.
-
- vas-
-
- verb
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or a relation between two things, and that may be inflected for tense, aspect, voice, mood, and to show agreement with their subject or object.
- vars
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- ABLS
-
- var.
-
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- abr.
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- Vale
-
noun,
a valley.
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- vair
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- virl
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- Boor
-
noun,
a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person.
- boos
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- vole
-
noun,
any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
- bor.
-
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- VLSI
-
- VLBI
-
- Bolo
-
noun,
a large, heavy, single-edged knife or machete for hacking, used in the Philippines and by the U.S. Army.
- vise
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- visa
-
noun,
an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- viol
-
noun,
a bowed musical instrument, differing from the violin in having deeper ribs, sloping shoulders, a greater number of strings, usually six, and frets: common in the 16th and 17th centuries in various sizes from the treble viol to the bass viol.
- vers
-
- VILE
-
adjective,
wretchedly bad:
- 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.
- vila
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Vanuatu.
- vil.
-
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- vibe
-
noun,
Informal. vibration (def 4).
- vias
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- Vial
-
noun,
Also, phial. a small container, as of glass, for holding liquids:
- BOSS
-
noun,
a person who employs or superintends workers; manager.
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- val.
-
- Vail
-
noun,
a tip; gratuity.
- Seve
-
noun,
the characteristic flavor and body of a wine.
- BSSA
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- BSEE
-
- Slav
-
noun,
one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
- BSES
-
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- BSIE
-
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- BSIR
-
- Alb.
-
- BSLS
-
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- BSSE
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- BSSS
-
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- 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.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- sibs
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- 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.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alis
-
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Aire
-
- BSAE
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Sra.
-
- abs-
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- brev
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- 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:
- slob
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- aer-
-
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Sol.
-
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- sobs
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- Siva
-
noun,
Shiva.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- lobs
-
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- 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.
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- lobo
-
noun,
the gray or timber wolf of the western U.S.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- Lab.
-
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- Oval
-
noun,
an object of oval shape.
- ible
-
- osis
-
- Loeb
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- oro-
-
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Bess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- bio-
-
- RIBA
-
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- ovo-
-
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- ovi-
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- live
-
Idioms,
live high off / on the hog. hog (def 16).
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Bass
-
noun,
the bass part.
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- Love
-
noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- iso-
-
- isls
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Beer
-
noun,
an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- 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.
- obs.
-
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- obol
-
noun,
a silver coin of ancient Greece, the sixth part of a drachma.
- Oboe
-
noun,
a woodwind instrument having a slender conical, tubular body and a double-reed mouthpiece.
- ole-
-
- Ire.
-
- 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:
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- ile-
-
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Ivor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- 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.
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Lib.
-
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- bar.
-
- Ravi
-
noun,
a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
- 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.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- ever
-
Idioms,
ever and again, now and then; from time to time.
Also, Literary, ever and anon.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- rel.
-
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- 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:
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- bal.
-
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lea.
-
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- lavs
-
noun,
lavatory.
- eso-
-
- 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.
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Levi
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:34.
- Lev.
-
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- evil
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- lv.
-
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- OSB
-
- BLS
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- OSA
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- VOA
-
- ob.
-
- Les
-
- LSS
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- LSI
-
- vo.
-
- lav
-
noun,
lavatory.
- ISR
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- VLA
-
- OAO
-
- SLR
-
- 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.
- OBE
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- ise
-
- VOR
-
- BeV
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- 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.
- LBO
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- BSE
-
- SLE
-
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- Isl
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- BSA
-
- vol
-
- BSL
-
- OAS
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- BIE
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- Ar.
-
- SRS
-
- ss.
-
- SSA
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- SSB
-
- SSE
-
- SSI
-
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- SSR
-
- SSS
-
- bi-
-
- SVR
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- SVS
-
- Va.
-
- vs.
-
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- SRB
-
- Sr.
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- al.
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- ISV
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- Iva
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- ae.
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- abv
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Ver
-
- av.
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- vb.
-
- BRE
-
- Via
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- ab-
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- La.
-
- Vee
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- obl
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ASI
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- SAE
-
- Re.
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- RSV
-
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- boo
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- IAS
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ARS
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ib.
-
- OSO
-
- SLA
-
- ov-
-
- io-
-
- ARV
-
noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- Ova
-
noun,
plural of ovum.
- SAR
-
- ial
-
- asb
-
- Ia.
-
- ase
-
- Rs.
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- SBA
-
- Avo
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ERV
-
- 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.
- BLA
-
- ESR
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ESA
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- be-
-
- bl.
-
- ese
-
- BSS
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Br.
-
- ESL
-
- Avi
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- EOE
-
- Eve
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
- 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.:
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ASV
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- a-v
-
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- ROA
-
- RBI
-
- REA
-
- EVA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- sb.
-
- OSS
-
- SBE
-
- IRO
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- Ola
-
- aor
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- ea.
-
- 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.
- OIr
-
- 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.
- Ir.
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- 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.
- oo-
-
- 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.
- eo-
-
- IRS
-
- ior
-
- ISA
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- BSO
-
- Bav
-
- obv
-
adverb,
obviously:
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- OEO
-
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- BVA
-
- BVE
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- 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.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- IRL
-
- VSS
-
- eir
-
- ILO
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ILS
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- il-
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- EBS
-
- ose
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Orv
-
- ier
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- se-
-
- EIS
-
- 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).
- ble
-
- EEO
-
- L2
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- VL
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- SV
-
- B-
-
- L1
-
- 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.
- BO
-
- le
-
- V.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- BV
-
noun,
Elihu, 1853–1937, U.S. inventor, born in England.
- VI
-
- ee
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- R.
-
- SL
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- RV
-
- Eb
-
- L.
-
- VR
-
- i.
-
- AO
-
- OA
-
- EV
-
- LR
-
- ol
-
- O.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RO
-
- RI
-
- 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.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- EI
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .