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- subcentral
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adjective,
near or almost to the center.
- ancestral
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adjective,
pertaining to ancestors; descending or claimed from ancestors:
- saturable
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adjective,
capable of being saturated.
- barnacles
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noun,
any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
- balancers
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noun,
a person or thing that balances.
- Anacletus
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noun,
flourished 1st century a.d, pope 76–88.
- fractable
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noun,
a coping concealing the slopes of the roof, especially one having an ornamental silhouette.
- scrutable
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adjective,
capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- subaltern
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noun,
a person who has a subordinate position.
- trabecula
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noun,
Anatomy, Botany. a structural part resembling a small beam or crossbar.
- balancer
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noun,
a person or thing that balances.
- lucarnes
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noun,
a dormer window.
- caterans
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noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- bearcats
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that fights or acts with force or fierceness.
- Flaubert
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noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1821–80, French novelist.
- fractals
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noun,
a geometrical or physical structure having an irregular or fragmented shape at all scales of measurement between a greatest and smallest scale such that certain mathematical or physical properties of the structure, as the perimeter of a curve or the flow rate in a porous medium, behave as if the dimensions of the structure (fractal dimensions) are greater than the spatial dimensions.
- cabarets
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noun,
a restaurant providing food, drink, music, a dance floor, and often a floor show.
- abluents
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noun,
a cleansing agent.
- unstable
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adjective,
not stable; not firm or firmly fixed; unsteady.
- naturals
-
noun,
any person or thing that is or is likely or certain to be very suitable to and successful in an endeavor without much training or difficulty.
- arbalest
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noun,
a powerful medieval crossbow with a steel bow, used to shoot stones, metal balls, arrows, etc.
- abreacts
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verb (used with object),
to remove by abreaction.
- Etruscan
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noun,
an inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
- berascal
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verb (used with object),
to call (someone) a rascal.
- Austral.
-
- labrusca
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adjective,
of or derived from the North American fox grape, Vitis labrusca.
- balances
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noun,
a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.
- balestra
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noun,
a jump toward the opponent followed immediately by a lunge.
- fabulate
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verb (used without object),
to tell invented stories; create fables or stories filled with fantasy.
- sea-calf
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noun,
harbor seal.
- lacunars
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noun,
Architecture.
a coffered vault, ceiling, or soffit.
coffer (def 4).
- barnacle
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noun,
any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
- neutrals
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noun,
a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
- analects
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plural noun,
selected passages from the writings of an author or of different authors.
- flatcars
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noun,
a railroad car consisting of a platform without sides or top.
- centrals
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- factures
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noun,
the act, process, or manner of making anything; construction.
- centaurs
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- furcates
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adjective,
forked; branching.
- flaneurs
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noun,
idler; dawdler; loafer.
- Antabuse
-
- unbraces
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verb (used with object),
to remove the braces of.
- asternal
-
adjective,
not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
- ratsbane
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noun,
rat poison.
- baluster
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noun,
Architecture. any of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing.
- recusant
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noun,
a person who is recusant.
- Setubal
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noun,
Bay of, an inlet of the Atlantic, in W Portugal. 20 miles (32 km) long; 35 miles (56 km) wide.
- Renault
-
noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1843–1918, French jurist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- brunets
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noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- refusal
-
noun,
an act or instance of refusing.
- fluster
-
noun,
nervous excitement or confusion.
- arcuate
-
adjective,
bent or curved like a bow.
- relucts
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- earfuls
-
noun,
an outpouring of oral information or advice, especially when given without solicitation.
- fluters
-
noun,
a person who makes flutings.
- recusal
-
noun,
the disqualification of a judge for a particular lawsuit or proceeding, especially due to some possible conflict of interest or prejudice.
- arables
-
noun,
land that can be or is cultivated.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- cutlers
-
noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- burnets
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium, of the rose family, having pinnate leaves and dense heads of small flowers.
- cabaret
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noun,
a restaurant providing food, drink, music, a dance floor, and often a floor show.
- curable
-
adjective,
capable of being cured.
- Ancaeus
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noun,
a son of Poseidon who joined the Argonauts and became helmsman of the Argo.
- curates
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- butanes
-
noun,
a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , a saturated aliphatic existing in two isometric forms: used chiefly in the manufacture of rubber and as fuel.
- sealant
-
noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- anlaces
-
noun,
anelace.
- restful
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adjective,
giving or conducive to rest.
- curtals
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noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- secular
-
noun,
a layperson.
- Falster
-
noun,
an island in SE Denmark. 198 sq. mi. (513 sq. km).
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- francas
-
noun,
a city in Sao Paulo state, SE Brazil.
- Anterus
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noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- fractus
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adjective,
containing small, individual elements that have a ragged appearance.
- FRACTAL
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noun,
a geometrical or physical structure having an irregular or fragmented shape at all scales of measurement between a greatest and smallest scale such that certain mathematical or physical properties of the structure, as the perimeter of a curve or the flow rate in a porous medium, behave as if the dimensions of the structure (fractal dimensions) are greater than the spatial dimensions.
- transl.
-
- transf.
-
- arsenal
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noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- Breslau
-
noun,
German name of Wrocław.
- flaunts
-
noun,
the act of flaunting.
- sulfate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- bearcat
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that fights or acts with force or fierceness.
- faucets
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noun,
any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock.
- Balance
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noun,
a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.
- fabular
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adjective,
of or relating to a story, novel, or the like written in the form of a fable.
- sulcate
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adjective,
having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- 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.
- balteus
-
noun,
(on an Ionic capital) the horizontal band connecting the volutes on either side.
- nectars
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- factual
-
adjective,
of or relating to facts; concerning facts:
- baneful
-
adjective,
destructive; pernicious:
- nuclear
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noun,
nuclear energy:
- facture
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noun,
the act, process, or manner of making anything; construction.
- surface
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noun,
the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- banters
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noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- Sultana
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noun,
a small, seedless raisin.
- bascule
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noun,
a device operating like a balance or seesaw, especially an arrangement of a movable bridge (bascule bridge) by which the rising floor or section is counterbalanced by a weight.
- Sunbelt
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noun,
the southern and southwestern region of the U.S.
- Barents
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noun,
Willem [wil-uh m] /ˈwɪl əm/ (Show IPA), died 1597, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- neutral
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noun,
a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
- falters
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noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- Barnaul
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noun,
the capital of the Altai territory in the Russian Federation, on the Ob River, S of Novosibirsk.
- nebulas
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noun,
Astronomy.
Also called diffuse nebula. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Compare dark nebula, emission nebula, reflection nebula.
(formerly) any celestial object that appears nebulous, hazy, or fuzzy, and extended in a telescope view.
- sublate
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verb (used with object),
to deny or contradict; negate.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- encrust
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verb (used with or without object),
incrust.
- Aruntas
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noun,
Aranda.
- flatcar
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noun,
a railroad car consisting of a platform without sides or top.
- branles
-
noun,
a lively 16th- and 17th-century round dance originating in France.
- tearful
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adjective,
full of tears; weeping.
- flaneur
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noun,
idler; dawdler; loafer.
- bluster
-
noun,
boisterous noise and violence:
- eluants
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noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- funeral
-
noun,
the ceremonies for a dead person prior to burial or cremation; obsequies.
- stabler
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noun,
a person who runs a horse stable.
- bleaunt
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noun,
a short tunic or blouse, worn in the Middle Ages.
- ferulas
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noun,
Botany. any of various plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family, chiefly of the Mediterranean region and central Asia, generally tall and coarse with dissected leaves, many of the Asian species yielding strongly scented, medicinal gum resins.
- tableau
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noun,
a picture, as of a scene.
- Aubanel
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noun,
Théodore [tey-aw-dawr] /teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1829–86, French poet.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- natural
-
noun,
any person or thing that is or is likely or certain to be very suitable to and successful in an endeavor without much training or difficulty.
- ratable
-
adjective,
capable of being rated or appraised.
- Ausable
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noun,
a river in NE New York, flowing NE through a gorge (Ausable Chasm) into Lake Champlain. 20 miles (32 km) long.
- ranulas
-
noun,
a cystic tumor formed beneath the tongue, caused by obstruction of the sublingual or submaxillary gland or of a mucous gland.
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- tabular
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or arranged in a table or systematic arrangement by columns, rows, etc., as statistics.
- Belfast
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noun,
a seaport in and capital of Northern Ireland, on the E coast.
- subarea
-
noun,
a subsidiary area, field, study, or the like.
- festuca
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Festuca, chiefly characterized by tufted blades and spikelets, comprising the fescues.
- Antaeus
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noun,
an African giant who was invincible when in contact with the earth but was lifted into the air by Hercules and crushed.
- cablets
-
noun,
a small cable, especially a cablelaid rope under 10 inches (25 cm) in circumference.
- careful
-
adjective,
cautious in one's actions:
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- acetals
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noun,
Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes.
- unlaces
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verb (used with object),
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- scalare
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noun,
any of three deep-bodied, cichlid fishes, Pterophyllum scalare, P. altum, and P. eimekei, inhabiting northern South American rivers, often kept in aquariums.
- carfuls
-
noun,
the largest number or amount that a car can hold.
- unbrace
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verb (used with object),
to remove the braces of.
- unbelts
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verb (used with object),
to remove the belt from.
- actable
-
adjective,
capable of being acted or suitable for acting:
- lacunas
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noun,
a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
- cartels
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- carafes
-
noun,
a wide-mouthed glass or metal bottle with a lip or spout, for holding and serving beverages.
- lacunar
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noun,
Architecture.
a coffered vault, ceiling, or soffit.
coffer (def 4).
- lactase
-
noun,
an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing lactose into glucose and galactose.
- canulas
-
noun,
cannula.
- canular
-
adjective,
cannular.
- Lacerta
-
noun,
the Lizard, a northern constellation between Cepheus and Pegasus.
- cantles
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- cluster
-
noun,
a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch:
- lancers
-
noun,
a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
- Leuctra
-
noun,
a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.
- Lateran
-
noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- Saracen
-
noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- Lautrec
-
noun,
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri.
- Laurens
-
noun,
Henry, 1724–92, South Carolina and U.S. Revolutionary political leader: president of the Continental Congress 1777–78.
- laurate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of lauric acid.
- central
-
noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- launces
-
noun,
sand lance.
- centaur
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- centals
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- lancets
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- clarets
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- cateran
-
noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- ablates
-
verb (used with object),
to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.:
- ablauts
-
noun,
(in Indo-European languages) regular alternation in the internal phonological structure of a word element, especially alternation of a vowel, that is coordinated with a change in grammatical function or combination, as in English sing, sang, sung, song; apophony.
- abluent
-
noun,
a cleansing agent.
- abreact
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by abreaction.
- abreast
-
adverb, adjective,
side by side; beside each other in a line:
- saunter
-
noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- Caserta
-
noun,
a city in S Italy, near Naples.
- labrets
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- falcate
-
adjective,
curved like a scythe or sickle; hooked; falciform.
- canfuls
-
noun,
the amount that a can will hold.
- lucarne
-
noun,
a dormer window.
- Scarlet
-
noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- Alcaeus
-
noun,
flourished c600 b.c, Greek poet of Mytilene.
- caftans
-
noun,
a long garment having long sleeves and tied at the waist by a girdle, worn under a coat in the Middle East.
- Alberta
-
noun,
a province in W Canada. 255,285 sq. mi. (661,190 sq. km). Capital: Edmonton.
Abbreviation: Alba., Alta.
- caesura
-
noun,
Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- crustal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a crust, as of the earth.
- tunable
-
adjective,
capable of being tuned.
- funster
-
noun,
a person who creates or seeks fun, as a comedian or reveler.
- furnace
-
noun,
a structure or apparatus in which heat may be generated, as for heating houses, smelting ores, or producing steam.
- furcate
-
adjective,
forked; branching.
- basalt
-
noun,
the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
- strafe
-
noun,
a strafing attack.
- cerat-
-
- Rabaul
-
noun,
a seaport on NE New Britain island, in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea.
- rabats
-
noun,
a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, especially in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- suable
-
adjective,
liable to be sued; capable of being sued.
- caftan
-
noun,
a long garment having long sleeves and tied at the waist by a girdle, worn under a coat in the Middle East.
- cuneal
-
adjective,
wedgelike; wedge-shaped.
- Butler
-
noun,
the chief male servant of a household, usually in charge of serving food, the care of silverware, etc.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- sancta
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- casual
-
noun,
a worker employed only irregularly.
- beauts
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- calesa
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a small, two-wheeled calash.
- Besant
-
noun,
bezant.
- sublet
-
noun,
a sublease.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- cablet
-
noun,
a small cable, especially a cablelaid rope under 10 inches (25 cm) in circumference.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- blares
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- blancs
-
noun,
a silver coin of France of the 14th–18th centuries, debased in later years.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- Cletus
-
noun,
Anacletus.
- eructs
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- Rascal
-
noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- Escaut
-
noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- ranula
-
noun,
a cystic tumor formed beneath the tongue, caused by obstruction of the sublingual or submaxillary gland or of a mucous gland.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- Rubens
-
noun,
Peter Paul [pee-ter pawl;; Flemish pey-tuh r poul] /ˈpi tər pɔl;; Flemish ˈpeɪ tər paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1577–1640, Flemish painter.
- salute
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- cabers
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- bateau
-
noun,
Also, batteau. Nautical.
Chiefly Canadian and Southern U.S.. a small, flat-bottomed rowboat used on rivers.
a half-decked, sloop-rigged boat used for fishing on Chesapeake Bay; skipjack.
(in some regions) a scow.
- cuesta
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- cabals
-
noun,
a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- cabane
-
noun,
a mastlike structure on some early airplanes, used for supporting the wing.
- culets
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- centr-
-
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- sultan
-
noun,
the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- facula
-
noun,
an irregular, unusually bright patch on the sun's surface.
- basnet
-
noun,
basinet.
- faenas
-
noun,
the final third of a bullfight in which the matador uses a muleta and the sword in making the final series of passes preparatory to the kill.
- Caesar
-
noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- facets
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- catena
-
noun,
a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
- subnet
-
noun,
the abstraction, in topology, of a subsequence.
- scler-
-
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- cleans
-
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- clause
-
noun,
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- subtle
-
adjective,
thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor.
- facers
-
noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- causal
-
adjective,
of, constituting, or implying a cause.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- ruanas
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- cables
-
noun,
a heavy, strong rope.
- Fables
-
noun,
a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue:
- sacral
-
adjective,
of or relating to sacred rites or observances.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- setula
-
noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- Canute
-
noun,
a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- Burnet
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium, of the rose family, having pinnate leaves and dense heads of small flowers.
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- carafe
-
noun,
a wide-mouthed glass or metal bottle with a lip or spout, for holding and serving beverages.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- burans
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- brutal
-
adjective,
savage; cruel; inhuman:
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- brunts
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- brunet
-
noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- Brunel
-
noun,
Isambard Kingdom [iz-uh m-bahrd] /ˈɪz əmˌbɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1806–59, English civil engineer and naval architect.
- brules
-
noun,
(in the Pacific Northwest) an area of forest destroyed by fire.
- curtal
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- earful
-
noun,
an outpouring of oral information or advice, especially when given without solicitation.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- Sabean
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Saba.
- Cantab
-
- Cutler
-
noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- Custer
-
noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- Cantal
-
noun,
a department in S central France. 2231 sq. mi. (5780 sq. km). Capital: Aurillac.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- canful
-
noun,
the amount that a can will hold.
- reluct
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- cruets
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- cantus
-
noun,
cantus firmus.
- canula
-
noun,
cannula.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Bruant
-
noun,
Libéral [lee-bey-ral] /li beɪˈral/ (Show IPA), c1635–1697, French architect.
- blears
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- craals
-
noun,
kraal.
- bustle
-
noun,
thriving or energetic activity; stir; ferment.
- scalar
-
noun,
Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude.
Compare vector (def 1a).
- carnal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
- blurts
-
noun,
an abrupt utterance.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- eluant
-
noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- blunts
-
noun,
something blunt, as a small-game arrow, a short sewing needle, or a short, thick cigar.
- bluets
-
noun,
Usually, bluets. Also called innocence, Quaker-ladies. any of several North American plants of the genus Houstonia (or Hedyotis), of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, a low-growing plant having four-petaled blue and white flowers.
- Elbrus
-
noun,
a mountain in the S Russian Federation, in the Caucasus range: the highest peak in Europe, 18,465 feet (5628 meters).
- butane
-
noun,
a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , a saturated aliphatic existing in two isometric forms: used chiefly in the manufacture of rubber and as fuel.
- stable
-
noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- bleats
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- Snefru
-
noun,
flourished c2920 b.c, Egyptian ruler of the 4th dynasty.
- braces
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- 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.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- curets
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- brents
-
noun,
brant.
- crafts
-
noun,
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill:
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- rustle
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- bracts
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- rebuts
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- brants
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- scarab
-
noun,
any scarabaeid beetle, especially Scarabaeus sacer, regarded as sacred by the ancient Egyptians.
- branle
-
noun,
a lively 16th- and 17th-century round dance originating in France.
- Cabral
-
noun,
Pedro Álvares [pe-droo awl-vuh-ruh sh] /ˈpɛ drʊ ˈɔl və rəʃ/ (Show IPA), c1460–c1520, Portuguese navigator.
- Buster
-
noun,
a person who breaks up something:
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- carful
-
noun,
the largest number or amount that a car can hold.
- falter
-
noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- Barsac
-
noun,
a village and winegrowing district in Gironde, in SW France.
- lunate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the second bone from the thumb side of the proximal row of bones of the carpus.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- anlaut
-
noun,
initial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- anlace
-
noun,
anelace.
- lustre
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- luster
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- Lurcat
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1892–1966, French painter and tapestry designer.
- frusta
-
noun,
the part of a conical solid left after cutting off a top portion with a plane parallel to the base.
- tubers
-
noun,
Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- Tucana
-
noun,
the Toucan, a southern constellation between Octans and Phoenix.
- France
-
noun,
Anatole [a-na-tawl] /a naˈtɔl/ (Show IPA), (Jacques Anatole Thibault) 1844–1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel Prize 1921.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- lunars
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- Alsace
-
noun,
a region and former province of France between the Vosges and the Rhine.
- lucres
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- funest
-
adjective,
boding or causing evil or death; fatal; disastrous.
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- lucent
-
adjective,
shining.
- furans
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated, five-membered heterocyclic compound, C 4 H 4 O, obtained from furfural: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- francs
-
noun,
an aluminum or nickel coin and monetary unit of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: F., f., Fr, fr.
- franca
-
noun,
a city in Sao Paulo state, SE Brazil.
- Albers
-
noun,
Josef, 1888–1976, U.S. painter, born in Germany.
- flutes
-
noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- Arunta
-
noun,
Aranda.
- flatus
-
noun,
intestinal gas produced by bacterial action on waste matter in the intestines and composed primarily of hydrogen sulfide and varying amounts of methane.
- artful
-
adjective,
slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky:
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- flaunt
-
noun,
the act of flaunting.
- arsen-
-
- Arnulf
-
noun,
a.d. 850?–899, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 887–899: crowned 896.
- fluent
-
adjective,
spoken or written with ease:
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- fluter
-
noun,
a person who makes flutings.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- fracas
-
noun,
a noisy, disorderly disturbance or fight; riotous brawl; uproar.
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- Arbela
-
noun,
an ancient city of Assyria, E of the Tigris, on the site of modern Erbil: headquarters of Darius III before his defeat by Alexander the Great at Gaugamela 331 b.c.
- trans.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- arable
-
noun,
land that can be or is cultivated.
- Arabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Albert
-
noun,
Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- flares
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- urbane
-
adjective,
having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities:
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- absent
-
adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- ablaut
-
noun,
(in Indo-European languages) regular alternation in the internal phonological structure of a word element, especially alternation of a vowel, that is coordinated with a change in grammatical function or combination, as in English sing, sang, sung, song; apophony.
- ablate
-
verb (used with object),
to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.:
- ablare
-
adverb, adjective,
blaring:
- lascar
-
noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- Urbana
-
noun,
a city in E Illinois, adjoining Champaign.
- LeBrun
-
noun,
Albert [al-ber] /alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1871–1950, president of France 1932–40.
- unseal
-
verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- abates
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- abacus
-
noun,
a device for making arithmetic calculations, consisting of a frame set with rods on which balls or beads are moved.
- lauans
-
noun,
Philippine mahogany.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- usable
-
adjective,
available or convenient for use:
- Launce
-
noun,
sand lance.
- usance
-
noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- lauras
-
noun,
a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.
- Lauren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Acarus
-
noun,
a mite, especially of the genus Acarus.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- unable
-
adjective,
lacking the necessary power, competence, etc., to accomplish some specified act:
- afters
-
- labret
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- turban
-
noun,
a man's headdress worn chiefly by Muslims in southern Asia, consisting of a long cloth of silk, linen, cotton, etc., wound either about a cap or directly around the head.
- Labuan
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Sabah: part of Sabah state, E Malaysia: a free port. 35 sq. mi. (90.65 sq. km).
- Tuscan
-
noun,
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
- Leucas
-
noun,
Levkas.
- lacuna
-
noun,
a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- ultra-
-
- ultras
-
noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- Aeacus
-
noun,
a judge in Hades, a son of Zeus and grandfather of Achilles.
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- unbars
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- acuate
-
adjective,
sharpened; pointed.
- actual
-
adjective,
existing in act or fact; real:
- unbelt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the belt from.
- uncase
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- unfact
-
noun,
a fabrication that is disseminated as fact.
- unlace
-
verb (used with object),
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- acetal
-
noun,
Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- unreal
-
adjective,
not real or actual.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- austr-
-
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- Bactra
-
noun,
ancient name of Balkh.
- tables
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- ferula
-
noun,
Botany. any of various plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family, chiefly of the Mediterranean region and central Asia, generally tall and coarse with dissected leaves, many of the Asian species yielding strongly scented, medicinal gum resins.
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- faucet
-
noun,
any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock.
- faults
-
noun,
a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing:
- faunas
-
noun,
the animals of a given region or period considered as a whole.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- Tarlac
-
noun,
a city on N central Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- festal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- sutler
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- tablas
-
noun,
an island in the Sibuyan Sea, Philippines, one of the Romblon Islands. 265 sq. mi. (686 sq. km).
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- fecula
-
noun,
fecal matter, especially of insects.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- tanbur
-
noun,
tambura.
- fauces
-
noun,
Anatomy. the cavity at the back of the mouth, leading into the pharynx.
- faucal
-
adjective,
pertaining to the fauces or opening of the throat.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- Barnes
-
noun,
Albert Coombs [koomz] /kumz/ (Show IPA), 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- barcas
-
noun,
an ancient Carthaginian family to which Hamilcar, Hasdrubal, and Hannibal belonged.
- neural
-
adjective,
of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- nebula
-
noun,
Astronomy.
Also called diffuse nebula. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Compare dark nebula, emission nebula, reflection nebula.
(formerly) any celestial object that appears nebulous, hazy, or fuzzy, and extended in a telescope view.
- nausea
-
noun,
sickness at the stomach, especially when accompanied by a loathing for food and an involuntary impulse to vomit.
- fasten
-
verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- fault
-
noun,
a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing:
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- craft
-
noun,
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill:
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- fable
-
noun,
a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue:
- flare
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- Fauna
-
noun,
the animals of a given region or period considered as a whole.
- Rabat
-
noun,
a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, especially in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- fears
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- nears
-
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Nebr.
-
- leuc-
-
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lact-
-
- rabal
-
noun,
the measurement and computation of the speed and direction of winds aloft by theodolitic tracking of a radiosonde.
- nurls
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- Faust
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1538, German magician, alchemist, and astrologer.
- Faure
-
noun,
Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- fauns
-
noun,
one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- 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.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Sabra
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a person born in Israel.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Safar
-
noun,
the second month of the Muslim calendar.
- clefs
-
noun,
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
- Fabre
-
noun,
Jean Henri [zhahn ahn-ree] /ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1823–1915, French entomologist and popular writer on insect life.
- faena
-
noun,
the final third of a bullfight in which the matador uses a muleta and the sword in making the final series of passes preparatory to the kill.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- neur-
-
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- farce
-
noun,
a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lauan
-
noun,
Philippine mahogany.
- fanes
-
noun,
a temple.
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- neut.
-
- Laura
-
noun,
a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.
- fa-la
-
noun,
a text or refrain in old songs.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- clase
-
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- facer
-
noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- cleft
-
noun,
a space or opening made by cleavage; a split.
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- fatal
-
adjective,
causing or capable of causing death; mortal; deadly:
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- faces
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- farls
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- lefts
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- facet
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- farts
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- lect.
-
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- 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.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- Laban
-
noun,
the father of Leah and Rachel and the father-in-law of Jacob. Gen. 24:29; 29:16–30.
- fecal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or being feces.
- lubes
-
noun,
lubricant.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- fetus
-
noun,
(used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, especially in the later stages of development when the body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind, in humans after the end of the second month of gestation.
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fetal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- refl.
-
- franc
-
noun,
an aluminum or nickel coin and monetary unit of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: F., f., Fr, fr.
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- encl.
-
- natl.
-
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Frans
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- rebus
-
noun,
a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables:
- rebut
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- Ecua.
-
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- flats
-
noun,
something flat.
- flans
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- flute
-
noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- Fleur
-
noun,
a female given name.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- rect.
-
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- flubs
-
noun,
a blunder.
- flabs
-
noun,
flabby flesh; unwanted fat:
- flues
-
noun,
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- feral
-
adjective,
existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- naut.
-
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ruble
-
noun,
a silver or copper-alloy coin and monetary unit of Russia, the Soviet Union, and its successor states, equal to 100 kopecks.
- estab
-
- furan
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated, five-membered heterocyclic compound, C 4 H 4 O, obtained from furfural: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- cubas
-
noun,
a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Capital: Havana.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- cubes
-
noun,
a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
- furls
-
noun,
the act of furling.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- Fusan
-
noun,
Pusan.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- rafts
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- Lucan
-
noun,
(Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- lubra
-
noun,
an Aborigine girl or woman.
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- rubes
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- frats
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- Nabal
-
noun,
a wealthy Calebite, husband of Abigail, who refused rightful tribute to King David for protecting Nabal's flocks. I Sam. 25.
- curbs
-
noun,
Also, British, kerb. a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- ruana
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- Fulas
-
noun,
Fulani.
- ft-lb
-
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- culet
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- Ruben
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Reuben (defs 1, 2).
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- FUBAR
-
adjective,
not working; completely messed up; bungled; confused.
- felts
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- lunar
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- fuels
-
noun,
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- leafs
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- Talca
-
noun,
a city in central Chile.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- Bacau
-
noun,
a city in E Romania.
- bact.
-
- tabla
-
noun,
a small drum or pair of drums of India tuned to different pitches and played with the hands.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Balas
-
noun,
a rose-red variety of spinel.
- 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:
- balsa
-
noun,
a tropical American tree, Ochroma pyramidale (lagopus), of the bombax family, yielding an exceedingly light wood used for life preservers, rafts, toy airplanes, etc.
- Balt.
-
- BALUN
-
noun,
a device for converting a balanced line into an unbalanced line and vice versa.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- banal
-
adjective,
devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite:
- Banat
-
noun,
a fertile low-lying region extending through parts of Hungary, Romania, and Serbia.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Aust.
-
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- tera-
-
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Aruba
-
noun,
an island in the Netherlands Antilles, in the West Indies, off the NW coast of Venezuela. 69 sq. mi. (179 sq. km).
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- tears
-
- ASEAN
-
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Aural
-
adjective,
of or relating to an aura.
- astr.
-
- Asura
-
noun,
(in Indian mythology) a god or demon.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- Auber
-
noun,
Daniel François Esprit [da-nyel frahn-swa es-pree] /daˈnyɛl frɑ̃ˈswa ɛsˈpri/ (Show IPA), 1782–1871, French composer.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- BANCS
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- Bantu
-
noun,
a member of any of several peoples forming a linguistically and in some respects culturally interrelated family in central and southern Africa.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- beaut
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- suber
-
noun,
cork (def 6).
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- ster.
-
- 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.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Blaeu
-
noun,
Willem Janszoon [vil-uh m yahn-suh n,, -sohn] /ˈvɪl əm ˈyɑn sən,, -soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1571–1638, Dutch cartographer, geographer, astronomer, and mathematician.
- Blanc
-
noun,
a silver coin of France of the 14th–18th centuries, debased in later years.
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Barca
-
noun,
an ancient Carthaginian family to which Hamilcar, Hasdrubal, and Hannibal belonged.
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- Barea
-
noun,
Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Spanish ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Spanish ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1897–1957, Spanish author, critic, lecturer, and broadcaster: in England after 1939.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- barfs
-
verb, noun,
vomit.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- basal
-
adjective,
of, at, or forming the base.
- Basel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- Basra
-
noun,
a port in SE Iraq, N of the Persian Gulf.
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- basta
-
interjection,
enough; stop.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- sulfa
-
noun,
sulfa drug.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- Batna
-
noun,
a city in NE Algeria.
- Bauer
-
noun,
Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), Agricola, Georgius.
- sulf-
-
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- Arnel
-
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- acet-
-
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- UNCLE
-
noun,
a brother of one's father or mother.
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- unbar
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- ulent
-
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- abuts
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- afars
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic Muslim people living in Eritrea, Djibouti, and northern Ethiopia.
- turfs
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- AFTRA
-
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alas.
-
- acerb
-
adjective,
acerbic.
- abuse
-
noun,
wrong or improper use; misuse:
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- Abate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- 30-30
-
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- USLTA
-
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- abaft
-
adverb,
in the direction of the stern; astern; aft.
- abase
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade.
- Urban
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 222–230.
- Abuna
-
noun,
the title of the chief bishop of the Ethiopian Church.
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- uran-
-
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- abstr
-
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Alban
-
noun,
Saint, 3rd century a.d, first English martyr.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- treas
-
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Arab.
-
- tubal
-
adjective,
pertaining to a tube, as a Fallopian tube.
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- albas
-
noun,
a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
- Alfur
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal people of eastern Indonesia, especially of the Moluccas, whose features show both Malayan and Papuan characteristics.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- tufas
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- alfas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter A.
- Alta.
-
- tubas
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- tubes
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- anal.
-
- anat.
-
- tuber
-
noun,
Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- Bart.
-
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Bursa
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- burnt
-
noun,
a burned place or area:
- Burns
-
noun,
Arthur F(rank) 1904–1987, U.S. economist, born in Austria: chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1970–78.
- burls
-
noun,
a small knot or lump in wool, thread, or cloth.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Buran
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- bunts
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- burse
-
noun,
a pouch or case for some special purpose.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- sect.
-
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- BSRet
-
- sauna
-
noun,
a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
- cata-
-
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- carbs
-
noun,
a carburetor.
- carb-
-
- caus.
-
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- calef
-
- scarf
-
noun,
a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- Caleb
-
noun,
a Hebrew leader, sent as a spy into the land of Canaan. Num. 13:6.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scat-
-
- Cable
-
noun,
a heavy, strong rope.
- Cabet
-
noun,
Étienne [ey-tyen] /eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.
- caber
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- Cabal
-
noun,
a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- burst
-
noun,
an act or instance of bursting.
- scrub
-
noun,
an act or instance of scrubbing.
- SCUBA
-
noun,
a portable breathing device for free-swimming divers, consisting of a mouthpiece joined by hoses to one or two tanks of compressed air that are strapped on the back.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- scurf
-
noun,
the scales or small shreds of epidermis that are continually exfoliated from the skin.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Butes
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- Cant.
-
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Busra
-
noun,
Basra.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- self-
-
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- bract
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- slurb
-
noun,
a shabby, ill-planned suburban area.
- Braun
-
noun,
Eva [ee-vuh;; German ey-vah] /ˈi və;; German ˈeɪ vɑ/ (Show IPA), 1912–45, mistress of Adolf Hitler.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- SNAFU
-
noun,
a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation:
Synonyms: snarl, bedlam, tumult, disarray, disorder, confusion, mess; foul-up.
Antonyms: order, efficiency, calm.
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- cent.
-
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Brale
-
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- sarc-
-
- Brace
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Srta.
-
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- blurt
-
noun,
an abrupt utterance.
- Blunt
-
noun,
something blunt, as a small-game arrow, a short sewing needle, or a short, thick cigar.
- Bluet
-
noun,
Usually, bluets. Also called innocence, Quaker-ladies. any of several North American plants of the genus Houstonia (or Hedyotis), of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, a low-growing plant having four-petaled blue and white flowers.
- blues
-
noun,
the blues, (used with a plural verb) depressed spirits; despondency; melancholy:
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- cert.
-
- blent
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- Bruce
-
noun,
Blanche Kelso, 1841–98, U.S. politician: first black to serve a full term as U.S. senator 1875–81.
- 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.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- brunt
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- Brusa
-
noun,
Bursa.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- Brule
-
noun,
(in the Pacific Northwest) an area of forest destroyed by fire.
- brute
-
noun,
a nonhuman creature; beast.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- turf
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- USRC
-
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- 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.
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- Sab.
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- USNA
-
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USTC
-
- Rus.
-
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Tuba
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- UNEF
-
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- tube
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Tues
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- Sat.
-
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- urbs
-
noun,
an urban area.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- lube
-
noun,
lubricant.
- Luba
-
noun,
a member of any of various groups of agricultural and hunting people inhabiting the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo, some of whom are famous for their wood carvings.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- scab
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- SATB
-
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- tufa
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- USCA
-
- Saba
-
noun,
an island in the Netherlands Antilles, in the N Leeward Islands. 5 sq. mi. (13 sq. km).
- USAR
-
- USAF
-
noun,
the permanent or regular military air force of the United States, established in 1947 as a separate service under the authority of the Department of Defense: a branch of the U.S. Army before 1947. Abbreviation: USAF.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- Urfa
-
noun,
a city in SE Turkey, E of the Euphrates River: on the site of ancient Edessa.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- uret
-
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- saur
-
- 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.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- slub
-
noun,
the fibers produced by slubbing.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- sur-
-
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- 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.
- ref.
-
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- SURF
-
noun,
the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- NLRB
-
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- rel.
-
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- tab.
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- NRAB
-
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- Ste.
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- str.
-
- Sra.
-
- stub
-
noun,
a short projecting part.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- sub-
-
- Raab
-
noun,
broccoli rabe.
- RCAF
-
- RAAF
-
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- nubs
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- NTSB
-
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- sec.
-
- tabu
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- 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.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- ten.
-
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- RNAS
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ter.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- scr.
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Rube
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- ScBE
-
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- rubs
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- NACA
-
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- tRNA
-
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- 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.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- NCTE
-
- NCAA
-
- 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.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- taur
-
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- 1080
-
- lea.
-
- Cal.
-
- Bur.
-
- Burl
-
noun,
a small knot or lump in wool, thread, or cloth.
- burs
-
noun,
a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
- Burt
-
noun,
William Austin, 1792–1858, U.S. surveyor and inventor.
- bus.
-
- Bust
-
noun,
a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, especially a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.
- but-
-
- Bute
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- buts
-
noun,
buts, reservations or objections:
- CAFE
-
noun,
a restaurant, often with an enclosed or outdoor section extending onto the sidewalk.
- calf
-
noun,
the young of the domestic cow or other bovine animal.
- Buna
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Can.
-
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- CanF
-
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- bunt
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- bul.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- bet.
-
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- Blue
-
noun,
the pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 450 and 500 nm.
- blur
-
noun,
a smudge or smear that obscures:
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- btl.
-
- BRCA
-
noun,
either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- Brut
-
noun,
any of a number of partly legendary, partly historical chronicles dealing with early English history, written during the Middle Ages and usually beginning with Brutus, the mythic and eponymous ancestor of the country.
- BSAA
-
- BSAE
-
- BSCE
-
- BSEc
-
- BSFT
-
- BSNA
-
- BSRT
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cat.
-
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- cule
-
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- cur.
-
- curb
-
noun,
Also, British, kerb. a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- Cuba
-
noun,
a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Capital: Havana.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- ect-
-
- EFTA
-
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- cube
-
noun,
a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
- cts.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- CBEL
-
- Cebu
-
noun,
an island in the S central Philippines. 1703 sq. mi. (4411 sq. km).
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Cels
-
- cen.
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Cerf
-
noun,
Bennett (Alfred) 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.
- CERN
-
- cet-
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- ctr.
-
- clar
-
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- CLEF
-
noun,
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
- club
-
noun,
a heavy stick, usually thicker at one end than at the other, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- Crab
-
noun,
any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.
- crat
-
- Cres
-
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- Benu
-
noun,
the sacred bird of ancient Egypt, corresponding to the phoenix.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- ELAS
-
- ALFA
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter A.
- Ala.
-
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Alb.
-
- Alba
-
noun,
a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
- 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.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- alt.
-
- afr-
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Anas
-
- anba
-
noun,
father: a title of a clergyman or saint in the Coptic Church.
- ance
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ant.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- ANTU
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- AFSC
-
- Afar
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic Muslim people living in Eritrea, Djibouti, and northern Ethiopia.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- abut
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Abas
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- ABCs
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- abl.
-
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- ABLS
-
- abr.
-
- abs-
-
- acea
-
- aet.
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ACLS
-
- ACLU
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- aer-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- Bala
-
noun,
Bilhah.
- 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:
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- banc
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- bar.
-
- Bara
-
noun,
Theda [thee-duh] /ˈθi də/ (Show IPA), (Theodosia Goodman) 1890–1955, U.S. actress.
- 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.
- barf
-
verb, noun,
vomit.
- BASc
-
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Baul
-
noun,
a member of a nonconformist Bengalese sect having gurus but no dogmas, rituals, religious institutions, or scriptures.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- 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.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Beau
-
noun,
a male lover or sweetheart.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- bal.
-
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- asc-
-
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- baas
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- ates
-
- Aube
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW to the Seine. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- aur-
-
- AURA
-
noun,
a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere:
- Aus.
-
- aut-
-
- BRCS
-
- Baal
-
noun,
any of numerous local deities among the ancient Semitic peoples, typifying the productive forces of nature and worshiped with much sensuality.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- 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).
- funs
-
noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- FRSL
-
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- fana
-
noun,
the ecstatic union of the Sufi with the Divine.
- frt.
-
- fubs
-
verb (used with object),
fob2 .
- fact
-
noun,
something that actually exists; reality; truth:
- fuel
-
noun,
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- FACS
-
- face
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- Fula
-
noun,
Fulani.
- Fuls
-
noun,
Fulani.
- fac.
-
- fur.
-
- Farl
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- furl
-
noun,
the act of furling.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- FUSE
-
noun,
a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.
- fut.
-
- Eur.
-
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- Lab.
-
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- etc.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- est.
-
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- Frs.
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- FLRA
-
- FERA
-
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- fec.
-
- Fla.
-
- flab
-
noun,
flabby flesh; unwanted fat:
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- Feb.
-
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- flea
-
noun,
any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- flub
-
noun,
a blunder.
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- flue
-
noun,
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- Frau
-
noun,
a married woman; a wife.
- Faun
-
noun,
one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- FRCS
-
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Lat.
-
- enc.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- enl.
-
- Ens.
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- AUA
-
- AAU
-
- be-
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- BCL
-
- TAL
-
- BAA
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- FRC
-
- BCE
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- Aar
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- 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.
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- ASR
-
- TBA
-
- ast
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- ASU
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- LCF
-
- at.
-
- LCA
-
- ATA
-
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- ATB
-
- ATC
-
- Frl
-
- ure
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- BEF
-
- BSC
-
- bl.
-
- suf
-
- USN
-
- FLB
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- al.
-
- Af.
-
- 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.
- USR
-
- ac-
-
- BCS
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- ABA
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ab-
-
- Fl.
-
- UTC
-
- FET
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- NSF
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- BTU
-
noun,
the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound (0.4 kg) of water 1°F. Abbreviation: Btu, BTU, B.t.u., B.T.U., B.th.u.
- Br.
-
- NAA
-
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- Bac
-
- FRB
-
- AAF
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- AAE
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- AUC
-
- USB
-
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- USC
-
- LCT
-
- flu
-
noun,
influenza.
- ASN
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- FSA
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- UAR
-
- AFC
-
- AFL
-
- Une
-
- AFS
-
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- USA
-
- LSC
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- ALC
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- UAE
-
- lub
-
- LaF
-
- unc
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- ae.
-
- AEA
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- AEC
-
- AEF
-
- ult
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- Les
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- AFA
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- AFB
-
- UFC
-
- Ufa
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the Bashkir Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe.
- UCR
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- tue
-
- ase
-
- lbf
-
- TNB
-
- tlr
-
- TLC
-
- tfr
-
- ful
-
noun,
Fulani.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- ARS
-
- tra
-
- fub
-
verb (used with object),
fob2 .
- FTC
-
- ARU
-
- ACS
-
- ft.
-
- asb
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- FSR
-
- tr.
-
- 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.
- ALU
-
- ANF
-
- Lt.
-
- ANC
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- La.
-
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- Tu.
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSE
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- abn
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- uns
-
- abt
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- ur-
-
- fun
-
noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- trf
-
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- bec
-
- CRT
-
- CLU
-
- ETS
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ETR
-
- CNS
-
- SAE
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RAF
-
- CRS
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- eu-
-
- SAA
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- CSA
-
- CSF
-
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- ctf
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ESU
-
- CLR
-
- cle
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- CEA
-
- SBE
-
- SBA
-
- sb.
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- FAB
-
adjective,
fabulous (def 2).
- NUL
-
- FAA
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- CBS
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- REA
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- CEF
-
- FBA
-
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- SAR
-
- CFA
-
- CFL
-
- CFR
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- cfs
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Cub
-
noun,
the young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- ec-
-
- EAA
-
- ean
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- en-
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ELF
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
- EbN
-
- EBS
-
- ECA
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ECF
-
- RBC
-
- RCA
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- ef-
-
- efl
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- ea.
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RSE
-
- ESR
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- ESL
-
- Esc
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- ESA
-
- RTS
-
- RTF
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSA
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Rs.
-
- ERT
-
- RNA
-
- RFE
-
- RFC
-
- rfb
-
- RFA
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- sc.
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- NSU
-
- BTE
-
- Bt.
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- NEA
-
- 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).
- ne-
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- BLS
-
- BST
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- bu.
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- NES
-
- bun
-
noun,
any of a wide variety of variously shaped bread rolls, usually leavened and slightly sweetened or plain, sometimes containing spices, dried currants, etc.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Bn.
-
- BSN
-
- ble
-
- BSA
-
- FCS
-
- FCA
-
- BRT
-
- SLR
-
- SLE
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- SNU
-
- BSL
-
- NEC
-
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- SLA
-
- Sfc
-
- Sr.
-
- BSE
-
- BNS
-
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- BSF
-
- SRB
-
- NFC
-
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SCB
-
- cs.
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- SCF
-
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- cl.
-
- CAA
-
- CAB
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- NLF
-
- cf.
-
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- NSA
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- NSC
-
- cr.
-
- ct.
-
- BRE
-
- CBE
-
- se-
-
- NFL
-
- NFS
-
- BLA
-
- BFT
-
- ca.
-
- STB
-
- CAF
-
- STL
-
- BFS
-
- BFA
-
- NBS
-
- NBA
-
- NBC
-
- NbE
-
- 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.
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- FE
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- Eb
-
- T1
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SU
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RF
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- t.
-
- TB
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- fn
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- SN
-
- CE
-
- TC
-
- NL
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- CB
-
- L2
-
- f.
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noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
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noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
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noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
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