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- clarinets
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- Canticles
-
noun,
one of the nonmetrical hymns or chants, chiefly from the Bible, used in church services.
- Nearctic
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adjective,
belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising temperate Greenland and arctic North America, sometimes including high mountainous regions of the northern Temperate Zone.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- canister
-
noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- calcites
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noun,
one of the commonest minerals, calcium carbonate, CaCO 3 , found in a great variety of crystalline forms: a major constituent of limestone, marble, and chalk; calc-spar.
- calcines
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noun,
material resulting from calcination; calx.
- calciner
-
noun,
a person or thing that calcines.
- carlines
-
noun,
an old woman.
- retinals
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- centrals
-
noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- ratlines
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- circlets
-
noun,
a small circle.
- cisterna
-
noun,
cistern (def 2).
- clarinet
-
noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- canticle
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noun,
one of the nonmetrical hymns or chants, chiefly from the Bible, used in church services.
- acentric
-
adjective,
not centered; having no center.
- cartels
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- citrals
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- centri-
-
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- sanicle
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- article
-
noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- centric
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adjective,
pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- claires
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- recital
-
noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- 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.
- clarets
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- Clarice
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noun,
a female given name, form of Clara.
- claries
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noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- stencil
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noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- latices
-
noun,
a plural of latex.
- Castile
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noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- inlaces
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- arctics
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- circles
-
noun,
a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- circlet
-
noun,
a small circle.
- Linacre
-
noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- accents
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- relicts
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- ascetic
-
noun,
a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
- centals
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- cancels
-
noun,
an act of canceling.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- cantles
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noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- transl.
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- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Nicetas
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noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- nectars
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- acetins
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- eclairs
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- tincals
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- calices
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noun,
plural of calix.
- lancers
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noun,
a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
- clastic
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adjective,
Biology. breaking up into fragments or separate portions; dividing into parts.
- central
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- lancets
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noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- recants
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Carlist
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noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- clerics
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noun,
a member of the clergy.
- Carline
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noun,
an old woman.
- retinal
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- lectins
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- calcine
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noun,
material resulting from calcination; calx.
- elastic
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noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- Scarlet
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noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- calcite
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noun,
one of the commonest minerals, calcium carbonate, CaCO 3 , found in a great variety of crystalline forms: a major constituent of limestone, marble, and chalk; calc-spar.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- inter.
-
- intra-
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- celiac
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adjective,
of, relating to, or located in the cavity of the abdomen.
- cecils
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noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Catlin
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noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- Senlac
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noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- cantle
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noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- carets
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noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- eclair
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- serial
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- caters
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verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- cartel
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- cartes
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noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Strain
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- casein
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noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- casern
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noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- Israel
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noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Celtic
-
noun,
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, and Breton, which survive now in Ireland, the Scottish Highlands, Wales, and Brittany.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- cleans
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- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- scarce
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Idioms,
make oneself scarce, Informal.
to depart, especially suddenly.
to stay away; avoid.
- cleric
-
noun,
a member of the clergy.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- scenic
-
noun,
a photograph, graphic representation, etc., depicting natural scenery.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- scler-
-
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- instr.
-
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- centi-
-
- centr-
-
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- cerat-
-
- Cercis
-
noun,
any shrub or small tree of the genus Cercis, as the redbud or Judas tree.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- Stalin
-
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.
- C-in-C
-
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- 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.
- circle
-
noun,
a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- stacc.
-
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- Arctic
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- arsen-
-
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- trans.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- lactic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or obtained from milk.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- actin-
-
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- calces
-
noun,
a plural of calx.
- calci-
-
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- cancel
-
noun,
an act of canceling.
- Cancer
-
noun,
Pathology.
a malignant and invasive growth or tumor, especially one originating in epithelium, tending to recur after excision and to metastasize to other sites.
any disease characterized by such growths.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- accel.
-
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- acetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to, derived from, or producing vinegar or acetic acid.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- nastic
-
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.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- latins
-
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.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- recti-
-
- accent
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 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.
- 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.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- scat-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- nails
-
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.
- nitr-
-
- natl.
-
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- 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.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- encl.
-
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- sect.
-
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- 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.
- 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.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- intr.
-
- rect.
-
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Recit
-
- reni-
-
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- 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.
- lact-
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Ital.
-
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- licet
-
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Icel.
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- sanit
-
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- IATSE
-
- sarc-
-
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- inst.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lect.
-
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- incas
-
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.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- incr.
-
- incl.
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- cacti
-
noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- 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.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- astr.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- tears
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Arnel
-
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- 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.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- calc-
-
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Cant.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canc.
-
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- aeri-
-
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- 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.
- treas
-
- 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.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- acet-
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- acct.
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- 30-30
-
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- tera-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- 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.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- 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.
- anis-
-
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- alti-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- ster.
-
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Clerc
-
noun,
Laurent [loh-rahn] /loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1785–1869, French educator of the deaf, in the U.S. after 1816.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- 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.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Srta.
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- circs
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- Circe
-
noun,
Also, Kirke. Also called Aeaea. Classical Mythology. the enchantress represented by Homer as turning the companions of Odysseus into swine by means of a magic drink.
- CIRCA
-
preposition, adverb,
about: (used especially in) approximate dates:
Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- eccl.
-
- Seric
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- seti-
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- nears
-
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- crit.
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- 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.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- clase
-
- ceric
-
adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cert.
-
- 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.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- 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: ¢.
- cent.
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Cenci
-
noun,
Beatrice [be-ah-tree-che] /ˌbɛ ɑˈtri tʃɛ/ (Show IPA), 1577–1599, Italian parricide whose life is the subject of various novels and poems.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- cine-
-
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- Cecil
-
noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- 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.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- scr.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- tri-
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- 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.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tRNA
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- RNAS
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- rit.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- NTIA
-
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- 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.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- sec.
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- NIRA
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- str.
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- 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.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- SNCC
-
noun,
a U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks through local and regional action groups.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Sra.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- 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.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tel-
-
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- 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.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- 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.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- 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.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Ste.
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- ter.
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- Sat.
-
- SLIC
-
- 1080
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- asc-
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- ELAS
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- ARIS
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- CERN
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lat.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- Lani
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- cir.
-
- 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).
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- 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.
- Ire.
-
- enc.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- ile-
-
- Cal.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Can.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- ical
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- CCls
-
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- est.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- atic
-
- enl.
-
- 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.
- cen.
-
- Cels
-
- Ens.
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- intl
-
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- 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.
- cac-
-
- Inc.
-
- inae
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- aer-
-
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aet.
-
- clar
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ctr.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Aire
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- ect-
-
- lit.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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:
- cts.
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Cres
-
- NCTE
-
- crat
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- acc.
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- 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.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ACLS
-
- 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.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- 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.
- 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.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- 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.
- 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.
- ance
-
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lea.
-
- cis-
-
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- Alis
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- lin.
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- etc.
-
- 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.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- St.
-
- SLE
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sta
-
- CRC
-
- CIE
-
- SLR
-
- CNS
-
- CNC
-
- CCR
-
- CLI
-
- CIA
-
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CIC
-
- CEA
-
- cle
-
- CLR
-
- Sr.
-
- CEC
-
- ASI
-
- CCA
-
- tr.
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANC
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- 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.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ALC
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- TLC
-
- tlr
-
- tra
-
- TIA
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- al.
-
- ac-
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- STI
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- STL
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAL
-
- CAI
-
- cl.
-
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- cc.
-
- ca.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ATC
-
- at.
-
- TCA
-
- TCS
-
- 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.
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- ASN
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- SLA
-
- ase
-
- ARS
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- CRS
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- CRT
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- La.
-
- 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).
- 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.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ite
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LCA
-
- LCI
-
- LCT
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ITC
-
- REA
-
- IRL
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- RNA
-
- IRC
-
- IRS
-
- ITA
-
- CSA
-
- ISA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- RCT
-
- RTS
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NRA
-
- NIA
-
- 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:
- NES
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NCC
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- nr.
-
- NRC
-
- RCN
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RCA
-
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- 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.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- NSA
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- LSC
-
- NSC
-
- rte
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- 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.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EIS
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- NEC
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- en-
-
- ECA
-
- se-
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ESL
-
- eir
-
- ec-
-
- ETR
-
- cte
-
- CSC
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- CTC
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- ean
-
- 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).
- 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.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ESR
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- sc.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ETS
-
- ICC
-
- ILS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- IAS
-
- SAR
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ier
-
- in.
-
- ial
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Ia.
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- ics
-
- ine
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- il-
-
- SAE
-
- Ir.
-
- TC
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- CE
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SL
-
- NL
-
- 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.
- 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.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- NC
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- SN
-
- RC
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- LC
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- i.
-
- le
-
- ic
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- t.
-
- S.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- T1
-
- R.
-
- L.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- 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.
- ln
-
- LR
-
- RN
-
- RI
-
- TL
-
- TN
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SA
-