Anagrams of calamints
Word calamints has
560 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of calamints.
- staminal
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adjective,
of or relating to stamens.
- calamint
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noun,
any of several aromatic plants belonging to the genus Calamintha (or Satureja) of the mint family, having simple, opposite leaves and drooping clusters of flowers.
- talisman
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noun,
a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm.
- claimant
-
noun,
a person who makes a claim.
- clamant
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adjective,
clamorous; noisy.
- stamina
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noun,
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
- stamin-
-
- manilas
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. Abbreviation: Man.
Compare Quezon City.
- Santali
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noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- camails
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noun,
aventail (def 1).
- lactams
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noun,
any of a group of cyclic amides characterized by the NHCO group, derived from aminocarboxylic acids by the intramolecular elimination of water from the amino and carboxylic groups.
- actinal
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adjective,
having tentacles or rays.
- climant
-
adjective,
rampant, as a goat:
- laminas
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noun,
a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- satanic
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adjective,
of Satan.
- 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.
- Catalin
-
- tincals
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- caimans
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noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- camail
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noun,
aventail (def 1).
- lamina
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noun,
a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- animal
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noun,
any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli: some classification schemes also include protozoa and certain other single-celled eukaryotes that have motility and animallike nutritional modes.
- Cantal
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noun,
a department in S central France. 2231 sq. mi. (5780 sq. km). Capital: Aurillac.
- Stalin
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noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- Latina
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noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- lactam
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noun,
any of a group of cyclic amides characterized by the NHCO group, derived from aminocarboxylic acids by the intramolecular elimination of water from the amino and carboxylic groups.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- latins
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noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- Altaic
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noun,
the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese and Korean sometimes also included, or a group of languages with shared typologies and histories, but not genetically akin.
- Manati
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noun,
a city in N Puerto Rico.
- Altman
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noun,
Robert, 1925–2006, U.S. film director, producer, and screenwriter.
- clints
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noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- natals
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noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- maniac
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noun,
a raving or violently insane person; lunatic.
- nastic
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adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- claims
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noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- lianas
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noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- lamias
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- Santal
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noun,
sandalwood.
- casita
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noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- matins
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- Salina
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noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- Samain
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noun,
Samhain.
- tincal
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- caiman
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noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- maslin
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noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- ticals
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noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- Salian
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noun,
a Salian Frank.
- Tasman
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noun,
Abel Janszoon [ah-buh l yahn-sohn] /ˈɑ bəl ˈyɑn soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- linacs
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noun,
linear accelerator.
- Mastic
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noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- manias
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noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- Samian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samos.
- lanais
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noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Animas
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noun,
soul; life.
- actin-
-
- Manisa
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noun,
a city in W Turkey, near the Aegean: Roman defeat of Antiochus the Great 190 b.c.
- mantic
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adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- Tamils
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noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- mantas
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noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- sancta
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noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- Itasca
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noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- Calais
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noun,
the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
- aslant
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adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- actins
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noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- mantis
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noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- Manila
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. Abbreviation: Man.
Compare Quezon City.
- salami
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noun,
a kind of sausage, originally Italian, often flavored with garlic.
- calms
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noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- cants
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noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Salic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- canal
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noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- Cant.
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- Saint
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noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- canst
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noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Lamas
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noun,
Carlos Saavedra [kahr-laws sah-ah-ve-drah] /ˈkɑr lɔs ˌsɑ ɑˈvɛ drɑ/ (Show IPA), Saavedra Lamas, Carlos.
- salat
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noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- lamia
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- camis
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noun,
camisole (def 1).
- cains
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noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- nasal
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noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- malts
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noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- incas
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noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- manit
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noun,
man-minute.
- Manta
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noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- Milan
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noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- micas
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noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Ital.
-
- matin
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- incl.
-
- minas
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noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- inst.
-
- mast-
-
- masc.
-
- Masan
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noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- Isaac
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noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- Masai
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- milts
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noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- manic
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adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- manas
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noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- Nasca
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adjective,
Nazca.
- cata-
-
- natl.
-
- Natal
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noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- claim
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noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- Manat
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noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- clans
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noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- mints
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noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- clast
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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.
- Clint
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noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- nails
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noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- lact-
-
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- misc.
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- salmi
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noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- Salta
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noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- Alta.
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- alani
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plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- Alans
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noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alas.
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- alias
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noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- alist
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adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- almas
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- tails
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noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- alti-
-
- snail
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noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- amain
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adverb,
with full force.
- smalt
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noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- Smail
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noun,
snail mail.
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- Malta
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noun,
an island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Africa. 95 sq. mi. (246 sq. km).
- Liman
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noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- 30-30
-
- Tsana
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noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- lints
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noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- 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.
- Talca
-
noun,
a city in central Chile.
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- amin-
-
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- anti-
-
- antic
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noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- malic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from apples.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Malan
-
noun,
Daniel François [frahn-swah] /frɑnˈswɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1959, South African editor and political leader: prime minister 1948–54.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- sanit
-
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- slain
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noun,
sley.
- scat-
-
- anat.
-
- mains
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noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- anils
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noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- anim.
-
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- anal.
-
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- anis-
-
- sinal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- mal-
-
- Main
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noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- malt
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noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- MALS
-
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- Man.
-
- Mac-
-
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- 1080
-
- NTIA
-
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- sci.
-
- scil
-
- sial
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noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- SIAM
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noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- 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.
- SLIC
-
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Sat.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- 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.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tasm
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Saml
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Mic.
-
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- mil.
-
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- min.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mis-
-
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- MNAS
-
- NACA
-
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NCAA
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- 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.
- Sam.
-
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- lit.
-
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Can.
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- atm.
-
- atic
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Cal.
-
- calm
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- clam
-
noun,
any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species.
Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- cml.
-
- cts.
-
- iana
-
- IATA
-
- ical
-
- Inc.
-
- asc-
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- ins.
-
- Alma
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- ACLS
-
- 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:
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ala.
-
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- ant.
-
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Amal
-
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- AMLS
-
- amt.
-
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- Anas
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ANSI
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- int.
-
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- 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).
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lani
-
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- LAMA
-
noun,
a priest or monk in Lamaism.
- lin.
-
- Lam.
-
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- intl
-
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- TIA
-
- LCA
-
- LCI
-
- SCM
-
- LCM
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- LCT
-
- an.
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ANC
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- TCS
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- sc.
-
- SLA
-
- at.
-
- ATC
-
- ATA
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- Am.
-
- TLC
-
- ac-
-
- AIA
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- al.
-
- ast
-
- ASN
-
- ASM
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ASI
-
- LIM
-
- TCA
-
- AMS
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSM
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- TAL
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- LSI
-
- LSC
-
- STM
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIC
-
- LMT
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- STL
-
- ACS
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- AAM
-
- MAA
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AMC
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- SMA
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MSL
-
- STI
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- ALM
-
- Mc-
-
- ALC
-
- MSC
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ca.
-
- MSI
-
- CTA
-
- ml.
-
- MLA
-
- MLS
-
- MNA
-
- CST
-
- MNS
-
- MSA
-
- MSN
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- NAA
-
- CSA
-
- CNS
-
- CNM
-
- MIT
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- MCI
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ILS
-
- il-
-
- ics
-
- ISA
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Isl
-
- IAS
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- ist
-
- MTS
-
- CMA
-
- SAA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NMI
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Lt.
-
- 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).
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- CAI
-
- CAA
-
- cl.
-
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- NIA
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TSI
-
- La.
-
- CLI
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- CIA
-
- CIM
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- CM
-
- N.
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NC
-
- NI
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- L.
-
- SM
-
- TL
-
- SN
-
- TM
-
- TN
-
- 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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SL
-
- NL
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- L1
-
- MN
-
- t.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ln
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- NM
-
- TC
-
- i.
-
- LM
-
- ic
-
- LC
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- L2
-
- S.
-
- M.
-
- SA
-