Anagrams of childbearing
Word childbearing has
1460 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of childbearing.
- brainchild
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noun,
a product of one's creative work or thought.
- Grindelia
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noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Grindelia, comprising the gumweeds.
- Lindbergh
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noun,
Anne (Spencer) Morrow, 1906–2001, U.S. writer (wife of Charles Augustus Lindbergh).
- hard-line
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noun,
an uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
- Chandler
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noun,
a person who makes or sells candles and sometimes other items of tallow or wax, as soap.
- Hibernia
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noun,
Ireland.
- acridine
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline solid, C 13 H 9 N, usually obtained from the anthracine fraction of coal tar: used chiefly in the synthesis of dyes and drugs.
- heraldic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry:
- dragline
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noun,
a rope dragging from something; dragrope.
- Richland
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noun,
a city in SE Washington, on the Columbia River: residential and administrative quarters for the Hanford Works.
Compare Hanford (def 2).
- Heraclid
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noun,
a person claiming descent from Hercules, especially one of the Dorian aristocracy of Sparta.
- Reginald
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “counsel and rule.”.
- hibernal
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adjective,
of or relating to winter; wintry.
- Charline
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noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- braiding
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noun,
braids collectively.
- air-line
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adjective,
straight; direct; traveling a direct route:
- Alberich
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noun,
a king of the dwarfs, the possessor of the tarnkappe and of the treasure of the Nibelungs.
- clearing
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that clears; the process of becoming clear.
- cradling
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noun,
framework for supporting a coved or vaulted ceiling.
- hangbird
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noun,
a bird that builds a hanging nest, especially the Baltimore oriole.
- algicide
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noun,
a substance or preparation for killing algae.
- Dahlgren
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noun,
John Adelphus Bernard, 1809–70, U.S. naval officer and inventor.
- children
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noun,
plural of child.
- hairline
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noun,
a very slender line.
- narghile
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noun,
a Middle Eastern tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water before reaching the lips; hookah.
- Gabrieli
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noun,
Andrea [ahn-drey-uh;; Italian ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1510–86, Italian organist and composer.
- bilinear
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having reference to two lines:
- bilander
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noun,
a small two-masted merchant vessel, a type of hoy distinguished by the trapezoidal shape of the mainsail, used especially on canals and along coasts of the Low Countries.
- hireling
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noun,
a person who works only for pay, especially in a menial or boring job, with little or no concern for the value of the work.
- birdcage
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noun,
a cage for confining birds.
- Bernicia
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noun,
a 6th- and 7th- century Anglian kingdom, merged with Deira to form the kingdom of Northumbria, in present-day NE England and SE Scotland.
- blinder
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noun,
a person or thing that blinds.
- headrig
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noun,
(in a sawmill) the carriage and saw used in cutting a log into slabs.
- chiliad
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noun,
a group of 1000.
- birchen
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adjective,
of or relating to birch.
- healing
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noun,
the act or process of regaining health:
- charnel
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noun,
a repository for dead bodies.
- hearing
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noun,
the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived.
- archine
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noun,
arshin.
- Liberia
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noun,
a republic in W Africa: founded by freed American slaves 1822. About 43,000 sq. mi. (111,000 sq. km). Capital: Monrovia.
- Charlie
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noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter C.
- charged
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noun,
expense or cost:
- Chardin
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noun,
Jean Baptiste Siméon [zhahn ba-teest see-mey-awn] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist si meɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1699–1779, French painter.
- changer
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noun,
a person or thing that changes something.
- re-laid
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- arching
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noun,
arched work or formation.
- Benicia
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noun,
a town in W California.
- heading
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noun,
something that serves as a head, top, or front.
- cringle
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noun,
an eye or grommet formed on the boltrope of a sail to permit the attachment of lines.
- halberd
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noun,
a shafted weapon with an axlike cutting blade, beak, and apical spike, used especially in the 15th and 16th centuries.
- Iceland
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noun,
a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
- Handler
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noun,
a person or thing that handles.
- Reading
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noun,
the action or practice of a person who reads.
- Iberian
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noun,
one of the ancient inhabitants of Iberia in Europe, from whom the Basques are supposed to be descended.
- Angelic
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adjective,
of or belonging to angels:
- Craigie
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noun,
Sir William (Alexander) 1867–1957, Scottish lexicographer and philologist.
- clanger
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noun,
a person or thing that clangs.
- bighead
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noun,
Informal. an excessive estimate of one's importance; conceit.
- Anglice
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adverb,
in English; as the English would say it; according to the English way: .
- Ireland
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noun,
John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
- anilide
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noun,
any compound containing the univalent group C 6 H 5 NH–, derived from aniline, as acetanilide, C 8 H 9 NO.
- radicel
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noun,
a minute root; a rootlet.
- radicle
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noun,
Botany.
the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root.
a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
- Bengali
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noun,
a native or an inhabitant of Bengal; Bengalese.
- inhaler
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noun,
an apparatus or device used in inhaling medicinal vapors, anesthetics, etc.
- railing
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noun,
a fencelike barrier composed of one or more horizontal rails supported by widely spaced uprights; balustrade.
- Hebraic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of the Hebrews, their language, or their culture.
- branchi
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- Blanche
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noun,
a female given name: ultimately from a Germanic word meaning “white.”.
- Brindle
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noun,
a brindled coloring.
- brigand
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noun,
a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
- brigade
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noun,
a military unit having its own headquarters and consisting of two or more regiments, squadrons, groups, or battalions.
- hilding
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noun,
a contemptible person.
- brangle
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noun,
a squabble.
- beading
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noun,
material composed of or adorned with beads.
- Igraine
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noun,
the mother of King Arthur.
- cabling
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noun,
decoration with cable moldings.
- brained
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- bearing
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noun,
the manner in which one conducts or carries oneself, including posture and gestures:
- Behring
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noun,
Emil von [ey-meel fuh n] /ˈeɪ mil fən/ (Show IPA), 1854–1917, German physician and bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1901.
- bedrail
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noun,
a board at the side of a bed connecting the footboard and headboard.
- bracing
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noun,
a brace.
- hirable
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adjective,
able to be hired; fit for hiring.
- Beghard
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noun,
a member of a former lay brotherhood, founded in Flanders in the 13th century, living after the manner of the Beguines.
- Cabeiri
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noun,
Cabiri.
- blading
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noun,
the act of skating on in-line skates.
- chagrin
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noun,
a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
- carbine
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noun,
a light, gas-operated semiautomatic rifle.
- hircine
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a goat.
- ceiling
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noun,
the overhead interior surface of a room.
- ceilidh
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noun,
a party, gathering, or the like, at which dancing, singing, and storytelling are the usual forms of entertainment.
- Carling
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noun,
a short fore-and-aft beam running beside a hatchway, mast hole, or other deck opening.
- Belinda
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noun,
a female given name: from an Old Spanish word meaning “beautiful.”.
- Carline
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noun,
an old woman.
- carding
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noun,
the process in which fibers, as cotton, worsted, or wool, are manipulated into sliver form prior to spinning.
- Belgian
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noun,
a native or an inhabitant of Belgium.
- Cabrini
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noun,
Saint Frances Xavier ("Mother Cabrini") 1850–1917, U.S. nun, born in Italy; founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
- carbide
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noun,
a compound of carbon with a more electropositive element or group.
- hagride
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verb (used with object),
to afflict with worry, dread, need, or the like; torment.
- candier
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- birding
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noun,
the identification and observation of wild birds in their natural habitat as a recreation; bird-watching.
- birling
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noun,
a game played by lumberjacks, in which each tries to balance longest on a floating log while rotating the log with the feet.
- caliber
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noun,
the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube:
- baldric
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noun,
a belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip, supporting a sword, horn, etc.
- Raleigh
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noun,
Sir Walter. Also, Ralegh, 1552?–1618, English explorer and writer, a favorite of Elizabeth I.
- Harding
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noun,
Chester, 1792–1866, U.S. portrait painter.
- gliadin
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noun,
a prolamin derived from the gluten of grain, as wheat or rye, used chiefly as a nutrient in high-protein diets.
- Grecian
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noun,
a Greek.
- decibar
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noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/10 bar or 100,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- abridge
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verb (used with object),
to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents:
- decrial
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noun,
the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- dineric
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adjective,
of or relating to the face of separation of two immiscible liquid phases.
- Dinaric
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adjective,
of or relating to the Alpine region of the Balkan Peninsula, from Slovenia to N Albania and extending across W Coatia, and most of Bosnia and Herzegovna, and Montenegro.
- Delicia
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noun,
a female given name.
- deliria
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noun,
Pathology. a more or less temporary disorder of the mental faculties, as in fevers, disturbances of consciousness, or intoxication, characterized by restlessness, excitement, delusions, hallucinations, etc.
- airline
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noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- engrail
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verb (used with object),
to ornament the edge of with curved indentations.
- Linacre
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noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- Aldrich
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noun,
Thomas Bailey, 1836–1907, U.S. short-story writer, poet, and novelist.
- gracile
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adjective,
gracefully slender.
- abiding
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adjective,
continuing without change; enduring; steadfast:
- Echidna
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noun,
Also called spiny anteater. any of several insectivorous monotremes of the genera Tachyglossus, of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, and Zaglossus, of New Guinea, that have claws and a slender snout and are covered with coarse hair and long spines.
- endarch
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adjective,
(of a primary xylem or root) developing from the periphery; having the oldest cells closest to the core.
- Labiche
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noun,
Eugène Marin [œ-zhen ma-ran] /œˈʒɛn maˈrɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1815–88, French dramatist.
- dibrach
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noun,
pyrrhic1 (def 3).
- ridable
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- Nigeria
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noun,
a republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 356,669 sq. mi. (923,773 sq. km). Capital: Abuja.
- Lachine
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noun,
a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Quebec, on the St. Lawrence.
- Gabriel
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noun,
one of the archangels, appearing usually as a divine messenger. Dan. 8:16, 9:21; Luke 1:19, 26.
- grained
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noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- Decalin
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- leading
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that leads.
- Galenic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or containing galena.
- glacier
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noun,
an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
- dealing
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noun,
Usually, dealings. relations; business:
- lead-in
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noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- Grindle
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noun,
bowfin.
- gnarled
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noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- Legnica
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noun,
a city in SW Poland: formerly in Germany.
- Darling
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noun,
a person very dear to another; one dearly loved.
- linear
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adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- Ealing
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noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- branch
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noun,
a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- Cabiri
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noun,
a group of gods, probably of Eastern origin, worshiped in mysteries in various parts of ancient Greece, the cult centers being at Samothrace and Thebes.
- glaire
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noun,
the white of an egg.
- girdle
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noun,
a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- Ranchi
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noun,
a city in and capital of Jharkhand state, in E India.
- girlie
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noun,
Offensive. a term of address used for a girl or woman.
- eclair
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- rancid
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adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- earing
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noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- ranged
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noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- branle
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noun,
a lively 16th- and 17th-century round dance originating in France.
- Lidice
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noun,
a village in the W Czech Republic: suffered a ruthless reprisal by the Nazis in 1942 for the assassination of a high Nazi official.
- Bridie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Bridget.
- Brigid
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noun,
Saint. Also, Bride. a.d. 453–523, Irish abbess: a patron saint of Ireland.
- echard
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noun,
the water in soil that is not available for absorption by plants.
- breach
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noun,
the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- Nergal
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noun,
(in Akkadian mythology) the god ruling, with Ereshkigal, the world of the dead.
- hiding
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noun,
act of concealing; concealment:
- Neilah
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noun,
the Jewish religious service marking the conclusion of Yom Kippur.
- Brenda
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noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “flame” or “sword.”.
- bridle
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noun,
part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
- bridal
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noun,
a wedding.
- Bridge
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noun,
a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- Briand
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noun,
Aristide [ar-uh-steed;; French a-ree-steed] /ˈær əˌstid;; French a riˈstid/ (Show IPA), 1862–1932, French statesman: minister of France 11 times; Nobel Peace Prize 1926.
- engild
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verb (used with object),
to brighten with or as with golden light:
- Gilead
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noun,
a district of ancient Palestine, E of the Jordan River, in present N Jordan.
- Gander
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noun,
the male of the goose.
Compare goose (def 2).
- binghi
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noun,
an Aborigine.
- Libera
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noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- Gainer
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noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- bindle
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noun,
a bundle, usually of bedding and other possessions, carried by a hobo.
- binder
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noun,
a person or thing that binds.
- Galibi
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noun,
a member of an Indian people of French Guiana.
- Bihari
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Bihar.
- Gaelic
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noun,
a Celtic language that includes the speech of ancient Ireland and the dialects that have developed from it, especially those usually known as Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic. Gaelic constitutes the Goidelic subbranch of Celtic.
- Gandhi
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noun,
Indira [in-deer-uh] /ɪnˈdɪər ə/ (Show IPA), 1917–84, Indian political leader: prime minister 1966–77 and 1980–84 (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru).
- Iberia
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noun,
Also called Iberian Peninsula. a peninsula in SW Europe, comprising Spain and Portugal.
- nacred
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adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- garble
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noun,
the act or process of garbling.
- bichir
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noun,
any of several primitive freshwater African fishes of the genus Polypterus having functional lungs as well as gills.
- Garden
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noun,
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
- garlic
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noun,
a hardy plant, Allium sativum, of the amaryllis family whose strongly, pungent bulb is used in cookery and medicine.
- bingle
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noun,
base hit.
- nailer
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Gilder
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noun,
a person or thing that gilds.
- engird
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verb (used with object),
to encircle; encompass:
- hinder
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noun,
Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S. the buttocks.
- Gibran
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noun,
Kahlil [kah-leel] /kɑˈlil/ (Show IPA), 1883–1931, Lebanese mystic, poet, dramatist, and artist; in the U.S. after 1910.
- linger
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
- ghibli
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noun,
a hot dust-bearing wind of the North African desert.
- Hering
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noun,
Ewald [ey-vahlt] /ˈeɪ vɑlt/ (Show IPA), 1834–1918, German physiologist and psychologist.
- blench
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verb (used without object),
to shrink; flinch; quail:
- bleach
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noun,
a bleaching agent.
- lichen
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noun,
any complex organism of the group Lichenes, composed of a fungus in symbiotic union with an alga and having a greenish, gray, yellow, brown, or blackish thallus that grows in leaflike, crustlike, or branching forms on rocks, trees, etc.
- gabled
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adjective,
provided with a gable or gables:
- Blanch
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verb (used with object),
to whiten by removing color; bleach:
- Blaine
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noun,
James Gillespie [gi-les-pee] /gɪˈlɛs pi/ (Show IPA), 1830–93, U.S. statesman.
- gerbil
-
noun,
any of numerous small burrowing rodents of the genus Gerbillus and related genera, of Asia, Africa, and southern Russia, having long hind legs used for jumping.
- enrich
-
verb (used with object),
to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.:
- Gerald
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noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “spear” and “rule.”.
- Birdie
-
noun,
a small bird.
- genial
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adjective,
warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial:
- hernia
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noun,
the protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening in its surrounding walls, especially in the abdominal region.
- daring
-
noun,
adventurous courage; boldness.
- cahier
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noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- Claire
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- Harden
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noun,
Sir Arthur, 1865–1940, English biochemist: Nobel Prize 1929.
- Hardin
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noun,
John Wesley, 1853–95, U.S. outlaw in the West.
- clinid
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noun,
any of the blennioid fishes of the family Clinidae, of tropical and subtropical seas.
- grinch
-
noun,
a person or thing that spoils or dampens the pleasure of others.
- Delian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- bhangi
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noun,
a Hindu scavenger who belongs to one of the untouchable castes.
- ligand
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noun,
Biochemistry. a molecule, as an antibody, hormone, or drug, that binds to a receptor.
- decani
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adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- cinder
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noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- denial
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noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- Ciardi
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noun,
John, 1916–86, U.S. poet.
- linage
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noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- chiral
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adjective,
(of a molecule) not superimposable on its mirror image.
- derail
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noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- Derain
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- cradle
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noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- Harbin
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Heilongjiang province, in NE China.
- chield
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noun,
a young man; fellow.
- Dairen
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noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- Daniel
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noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- dangle
-
noun,
the act of dangling.
- danger
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noun,
liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril.
- haired
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adjective,
having hair of a specified kind (usually used in combination):
- darnel
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noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- dancer
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noun,
a person who dances.
- ligni-
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- habile
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adjective,
skillful; dexterous; adroit.
- cringe
-
noun,
servile or fawning deference.
- halide
-
noun,
a chemical compound in which one of the elements is a halogen.
- Handel
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noun,
George Frideric [free-der-ik,, -drik] /ˈfri dər ɪk,, -drɪk/ (Show IPA), (Georg Friedrich Händel) 1685–1759, German composer in England after 1712.
- handle
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noun,
a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- nilgai
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noun,
a large, Indian antelope, Boselaphus tragocamelus, the male of which is bluish gray with small horns, the female tawny and hornless.
- hanger
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noun,
a shoulder-shaped frame with a hook at the top, usually of wire, wood, or plastic, for draping and hanging a garment when not in use.
- Rachel
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noun,
Jacob's favorite wife, the mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Gen. 29–35.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Childe
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noun,
a youth of noble birth.
- grani-
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- herdic
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noun,
a low-hung carriage with two or four wheels, having the entrance at the back and the seats at the sides.
- dreigh
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adjective, verb (used with object),
dree.
- caribe
-
noun,
piranha.
- glider
-
noun,
a motorless, heavier-than-air aircraft for gliding from a higher to a lower level by the action of gravity or from a lower to a higher level by the action of air currents.
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- cardi-
-
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- Glenda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Herald
-
noun,
(formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- dinger
-
noun,
humdinger.
- candle
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- drench
-
noun,
the act of drenching.
- driech
-
adjective, verb (used with object),
dree.
- driegh
-
adjective, verb (used with object),
dree.
- Calder
-
noun,
Alexander, 1898–1976, U.S. sculptor; originator of mobiles.
- glance
-
noun,
a quick or brief look.
- herbal
-
noun,
a book about herbs or plants, usually describing their medicinal values.
- Dingle
-
noun,
a deep, narrow cleft between hills; shady dell.
- Liebig
-
noun,
Justus [yoo s-too s] /ˈyʊs tʊs/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1803–73, German chemist.
- Chenab
-
noun,
a river in S Asia, flowing SW from N India to the Sutlej River in E Pakistan. About 605 miles (1085 km) long.
- Chanel
-
noun,
Gabrielle [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), ("Coco") 1882–1971, French fashion designer.
- Chelan
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N central Washington, in the Cascade Range: one of the deepest freshwater lakes in the U.S. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- Grande
-
noun,
Rio. Rio Grande.
- grand-
-
- charge
-
noun,
expense or cost:
- diable
-
adjective,
highly spiced; prepared with hot or piquant seasoning; deviled.
- change
-
noun,
the act or fact of changing; fact of being changed:
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- dicing
-
noun,
gambling or playing with dice.
- helic-
-
- chaine
-
noun,
a series of short, usually rapid, turns performed in a straight line across the stage.
- gradin
-
noun,
one of a series of steps or seats raised one above another.
- hedral
-
- hegari
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having chalky white seeds.
- Hegira
-
noun,
Islam. Hijra.
- graben
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has dropped downward in relation to adjacent portions.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- Glaber
-
noun,
Raoul [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), or Rudolphe [roo-dawlf] /ruˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), c990–c1050, French ecclesiastic and chronicler.
- agric.
-
- becard
-
noun,
any of several passerine birds of the genus Pachyramphus, of the American tropics, having large heads and swollen bills, and variously classified with the flycatchers or the cotingas.
- lading
-
noun,
the act of lading.
- Regain
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- richen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become rich or richer.
- Algren
-
noun,
Nelson, 1909–81, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Lerida
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- Lenard
-
noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- Richie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Richard.
- adren-
-
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- ad-lib
-
noun,
something improvised in speech, music, etc.:
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- Adighe
-
noun,
Adygei.
- 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.
- Badger
-
noun,
any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- regnal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sovereign, sovereignty, or reign:
- behind
-
noun,
Informal. the buttocks.
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- Ingrid
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aching
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- rhenic
-
adjective,
of or containing rhenium.
- indic.
-
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- bangle
-
noun,
a rigid, ring-shaped bracelet usually made without a clasp so as to slip over the hand, but sometimes having a hinged opening and a clasp.
- airing
-
noun,
an exposure to the air, as for drying.
- incage
-
verb (used with object),
encage.
- rhinal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nose; nasal.
- Baldie
-
noun,
a bald person (sometimes used as a facetious term of address).
- ailing
-
adjective,
sickly; unwell.
- labrid
-
noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Labridae, including the wrasses, the tautog, and the cunner, and characterized chiefly by well-developed teeth and, often, brilliant colors.
- banger
-
noun,
a person or thing that bangs.
- ribald
-
noun,
a ribald person.
- riband
-
noun,
a decorative ribbon.
- inbred
-
adjective,
naturally inherent; innate; native:
- Baring
-
noun,
Alexander, 1st Baron Ashburton, 1774–1848, British statesman.
- Balder
-
noun,
a god, a son of Odin and Frigg and the twin brother of Hod, by whom he was killed.
- BArchE
-
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- inarch
-
verb (used with object),
to graft by uniting a growing branch to a stock without separating the branch from its parent stock.
- balche
-
noun,
(among the Yucatec Maya) a drink made from the bark of a leguminous tree, Lonchocarpus violaceus, which is soaked in honey and water and fermented.
- lacing
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that laces.
- indecl
-
- Aldrin
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- Bailie
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a municipal officer or magistrate, corresponding to an English alderman.
- inhale
-
verb (used with object),
to breathe in; draw in by breathing:
- begird
-
verb (used with object),
to gird about; encompass; surround.
- incher
-
noun,
something that has or is associated with a height or length of an inch or a specified number of inches (often used in combination):
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- Lander
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- inlier
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- Belgic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Belgae.
- Berlin
-
noun,
a large, four-wheeled, closed carriage hung between two perches and having two interior seats.
- Bering
-
noun,
Vitus [vee-too s] /ˈvi tʊs/ (Show IPA), 1680–1741, Danish navigator: explorer of the N Pacific.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- arched
-
noun,
Architecture.
a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening, consisting of a number of wedgelike stones, bricks, or the like, set with the narrower side toward the opening in such a way that forces on the arch are transmitted as vertical or oblique stresses on either side of the opening.
an upwardly curved construction, as of steel or timber functioning in the manner of a masonry arch.
a doorway, gateway, etc., having a curved head; an archway.
the curved head of an opening, as a doorway.
- Bengal
-
noun,
a former province in NE India, now divided between India and Bangladesh.
Compare East Bengal, West Bengal.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- riding
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that rides.
- Langer
-
noun,
Susanne (Knauth) [knout] /knaʊt/ (Show IPA), 1895–1985, U.S. philosopher.
- Anglic
-
noun,
the English language in a simplified spelling devised by R. E. Zachrisson (1880–1937), a Swedish philologist, to make English easier to use as an auxiliary language. About 40 of the most frequent words are kept in their usual spellings; the rest of the vocabulary is spelled phonetically with letters of the traditional 26-letter alphabet.
- angler
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- B-girl
-
noun,
a woman employed by a bar, nightclub, etc., to act as a companion to male customers and induce them to buy drinks.
- ringed
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Archie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Archibald.
- inlaid
-
noun,
inlaid work.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- Ichang
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Yichang.
- archil
-
noun,
orchil.
- archi-
-
- angled
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- Iran.
-
- debar
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- debag
-
verb (used with object),
to depants.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- Debra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Deborah.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Irbid
-
noun,
a town in NW Jordan.
- grind
-
noun,
the act of grinding.
- Lehar
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1870–1948, Hungarian composer of operettas.
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- Debir
-
noun,
a royal city in the vicinity of Hebron, conquered by Othniel.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- deca-
-
- liger
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- deign
-
verb (used with object),
to condescend to give or grant:
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- decl.
-
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- cine-
-
- ligan
-
noun,
lagan.
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- deci-
-
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- clang
-
noun,
a clanging sound.
- arche
-
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Archd
-
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- irid-
-
- haler
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- andr-
-
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- lign-
-
- Dache
-
noun,
Lilly, 1914?–1989, U.S. hat designer, born in France.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- rheda
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a four-wheeled traveling carriage.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- gride
-
noun,
a griding or grating sound.
- Angel
-
noun,
one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- rabid
-
adjective,
irrationally extreme in opinion or practice:
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- angi-
-
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- Angl.
-
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- algid
-
adjective,
cold; chilly.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- Haber
-
noun,
Fritz, 1868–1934, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1918.
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- algin
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- Angle
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- cling
-
noun,
the act of clinging; adherence; attachment.
- alibi
-
noun,
Law. the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- 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.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- anigh
-
adverb,
nearby; close by.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Hagen
-
noun,
Walter, 1892–1969, U.S. golfer.
- align
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Rhein
-
noun,
the Rhine.
- Craig
-
noun,
Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- ligne
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- bhang
-
noun,
a mild preparation of marijuana made from young leaves and stems of the Indian hemp plant, Cannabis sativa, drunk with milk or water as a fermented brew or smoked for its hallucinogenic effects.
- Delhi
-
noun,
a union territory in N India. 574 sq. mi. (1487 sq. km).
- Egadi
-
noun,
a group of islands in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of W Sicily. 15 sq. mi. (39 sq. km).
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- Elgin
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois.
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- ling.
-
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- Gilda
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “golden.”.
- Nebr.
-
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- ghain
-
noun,
the nineteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- EDGAR
-
noun,
an award given annually in various categories of mystery writing.
- acerb
-
adjective,
acerbic.
- neigh
-
noun,
the cry of a horse; whinny.
- Laing
-
noun,
R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
- laigh
-
noun,
a small valley or hollow.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Glace
-
noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- encl.
-
- abide
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- Gbari
-
noun,
Gwari.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- 30-30
-
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- Leach
-
noun,
the act or process of leaching.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- Galen
-
noun,
Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- larch
-
noun,
any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
- rigid
-
adjective,
stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard:
- Gable
-
noun,
the portion of the front or side of a building enclosed by or masking the end of a pitched roof.
- engr.
-
- gelid
-
adjective,
very cold; icy.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- genic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.
- genii
-
noun,
a plural of genius.
- Genl.
-
- 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.
- gerah
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew weight and coin, equal to 1/20 (0.05) of a shekel.
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- ridge
-
noun,
a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
- Lange
-
noun,
Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- lang.
-
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- glade
-
noun,
an open space in a forest.
- grice
-
noun,
a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
- Grail
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Dinah
-
noun,
Also, Douay Bible, Dina. the daughter of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 30:21.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- Grace
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- grade
-
noun,
a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity:
- agnel
-
noun,
a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
- dich-
-
- Dibai
-
noun,
Dubai.
- aeri-
-
- Nigel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neil.
- dial.
-
- diag.
-
- cigar
-
noun,
a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- rhine
-
noun,
Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- rhin-
-
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- dinge
-
noun,
the condition of being dingy.
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- glair
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- gland
-
noun,
Anatomy.
a cell, group of cells, or organ producing a secretion.
any of various organs or structures resembling the shape but not the function of true glands.
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- Lindi
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Tanzania.
- aden-
-
- lagen
-
noun,
laggin.
- Adige
-
noun,
a river in N Italy, flowing SE to the Adriatic Sea. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- glean
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- gleba
-
noun,
the sporogenous tissue forming the central part of the sporophore in certain fungi, as in puffballs and stinkhorns.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- drang
-
noun,
a narrow lane or alleyway.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- niche
-
noun,
an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
- glide
-
noun,
a gliding movement, as in dancing.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- nidge
-
verb (used with object),
to dress (a stone) with a pick or kevel.
- dirge
-
noun,
a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead.
- gnarl
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- cilia
-
plural noun,
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
- Arch.
-
- radii
-
noun,
a plural of radius.
- Brale
-
- Iliac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- Breda
-
noun,
a city in the S Netherlands.
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- bread
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- hier-
-
- Hilda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “maid of battle.”.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- Beach
-
noun,
an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
- Brand
-
noun,
kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like:
- Hind.
-
- Beard
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- brail
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- braid
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- Brahe
-
noun,
Tycho [tee-koh;; Danish ty-koh] /ˈti koʊ;; Danish ˈtü koʊ/ (Show IPA), 1546–1601, Danish astronomer.
- Bragi
-
noun,
the god of poetry and eloquence, son of Odin, husband of Idun: may be an apotheosis of the 9th-century poet Bragi Boddason.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Hindi
-
noun,
the most widely spoken of the modern Indic vernaculars, especially its best-known variety, Western Hindi.
- hinge
-
noun,
a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
- began
-
verb,
simple past tense of begin.
- Brace
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Brice
-
noun,
Fanny (Fannie Borach) 1891–1951, U.S. singer and comedian.
- Begin
-
noun,
Menachem [muh-nah-khuh m] /məˈnɑ xəm/ (Show IPA), 1913–92, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1977–83; Nobel Peace Prize 1978.
- g-cal
-
- incr.
-
- incl.
-
- cager
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- cadge
-
noun,
a frame on which hawks are carried to the field.
- ranch
-
noun,
an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
- Cable
-
noun,
a heavy, strong rope.
- cabin
-
noun,
a small house or cottage, usually of simple design and construction:
- caber
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Iliad
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- Barde
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Lidia
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- Bring
-
Verb phrases,
bring about, to accomplish; cause:
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- barge
-
noun,
a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or passengers; lighter.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- baric
-
adjective,
of or containing barium.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- Bride
-
noun,
a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.
- begar
-
noun,
compulsory labor, as for the repair of bridges or roads.
- blini
-
plural noun,
pancakes made with yeast and either white or buckwheat flour and traditionally served during Shrovetide with caviar and sour cream.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- belga
-
noun,
a former Belgian currency unit in foreign exchange, equal to five Belgian francs: in use from 1926 to 1945.
- bench
-
noun,
a long seat for several persons:
- Birch
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close-grained wood.
Compare birch family.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- Beng.
-
- binge
-
noun,
a period or bout, usually brief, of excessive indulgence, as in eating, drinking alcoholic beverages, etc.; spree.
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- binal
-
adjective,
double; twofold.
- Bergh
-
noun,
Henry, 1811–88, U.S. social reformer: founder of A.S.P.C.A.
- bilge
-
noun,
Nautical.
either of the rounded areas that form the transition between the bottom and the sides on the exterior of a hull.
Also, bilges. (in a hull with a double bottom) an enclosed area between frames at each side of the floors, where seepage collects.
Also called bilge well. a well into which seepage drains to be pumped away.
Also called bilge water. seepage accumulated in bilges.
- Bihar
-
noun,
a state in NE India. 38,301 sq. mi. (99,200 sq. km). Capital: Patna.
- Libia
-
noun,
Libya.
- icing
-
noun,
a sweet, creamy spread, as of confectioners' sugar, butter, and flavoring, for covering cakes, cookies, etc.; frosting.
- ician
-
- ibid.
-
- bield
-
noun,
a shelter; refuge.
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- reach
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- Icel.
-
- Bhili
-
noun,
an Indic language of west central India, the language of the Bhil.
- rebid
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- liang
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- Belg.
-
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- blind
-
noun,
something that obstructs vision, as a blinker for a horse.
- Bland
-
noun,
James A(llen) 1854–1911, U.S. songwriter and minstrel performer.
- Bligh
-
noun,
William, 1754–1817, British naval officer: captain of H.M.S. Bounty, the crew of which mutinied 1789.
- Blida
-
noun,
a city in N Algeria.
- blend
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- Behan
-
noun,
Brendan (Francis) [bren-duh n] /ˈbrɛn dən/ (Show IPA), 1923–64, Irish playwright.
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- being
-
noun,
the fact of existing; existence (as opposed to nonexistence).
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- BldgE
-
- bldg.
-
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Blanc
-
noun,
a silver coin of France of the 14th–18th centuries, debased in later years.
- Blair
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- belah
-
noun,
beefwood.
- Blain
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- belch
-
noun,
an instance of belching; eructation.
- blade
-
noun,
the flat cutting part of a sword, knife, etc.
- libri
-
noun,
plural of liber2 .
- Libra
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Brig.
-
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Ceiba
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- 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.
- Heidi
-
noun,
a female given name.
- chide
-
verb (used with object),
to express disapproval of; scold; reproach:
- argil
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Child
-
noun,
a person between birth and full growth; a boy or girl:
- Leigh
-
noun,
Vivien (Vivian Mary Hartley) 1913–67, English actress.
- badge
-
noun,
a special or distinctive mark, token, or device worn as a sign of allegiance, membership, authority, achievement, etc.:
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Baden
-
noun,
a region in SW Germany, formerly a state, now incorporated in Baden-Württemberg.
- Chile
-
noun,
chili.
- Helga
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “holy.”.
- chili
-
noun,
Also called chili pepper. the pungent pod of any of several species of Capsicum, especially C. annuum longum: used in cooking for its pungent flavor.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- heli-
-
- indri
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- Henri
-
noun,
Robert, 1865–1929, U.S. painter.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Heian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the period in Japan, a.d. 794–1185, characterized by the modification and naturalization of ideas and institutions that were earlier introduced from China.
- Ingle
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- China
-
noun,
a translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature.
- char-
-
- in-lb
-
- Arnel
-
- Hearn
-
noun,
Lafcadio [laf-kad-ee-oh] /læfˈkæd iˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Koizumi Yakumo") 1850–1904, U.S. journalist, novelist, and essayist, born in Greece; Japanese citizen after 1894.
- Chari
-
noun,
Shari.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- BArch
-
- Chard
-
noun,
a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, having leaves and leafstalks that are used as a vegetable.
- relig
-
- Hedin
-
noun,
Sven Anders [sven ahn-duh rs] /svɛn ˈɑn dərs/ (Show IPA), 1865–1952, Swedish geographer and explorer.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Chald
-
- Chian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Chios.
- chair
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- Chain
-
noun,
a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- Reich
-
noun,
(with reference to Germany) empire; realm; nation.
- rehab
-
noun,
rehabilitation, especially a program or facility for treating persons addicted to drugs or alcohol or recovering from certain medical conditions:
- Chiba
-
noun,
a city on SE Honshu, in central Japan, near Tokyo.
- Chin.
-
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- chela
-
noun,
the pincerlike organ or claw terminating certain limbs of crustaceans and arachnids.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- bagel
-
noun,
a leavened, doughnut-shaped, firm-textured roll, with a brownish glazed surface, made of dough first poached and then baked.
- Carib
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- indie
-
noun,
an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- Card.
-
- carb-
-
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- ardeb
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Balch
-
noun,
Emily Greene, 1867–1961, U.S. economist, sociologist, and author: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- reni-
-
- cidal
-
- Caleb
-
noun,
a Hebrew leader, sent as a spy into the land of Canaan. Num. 13:6.
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- India
-
noun,
Hindi Bharat [buh-ruht] /ˈbʌ rʌt/ (Show IPA). a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- chine
-
noun,
a ravine formed in rock by the action of running water.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- head
-
noun,
the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- Gibe
-
noun,
a taunting or sarcastic remark.
- INRI
-
- Gide
-
noun,
André (Paul Guillaume) [ahn-drey pawl gee-yohm] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pɔl giˈyoʊm/ (Show IPA), 1869–1951, French novelist, essayist, poet, and critic: Nobel Prize 1947.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ind.
-
- Lani
-
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- Ice.
-
- NADH
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- lea.
-
- 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.
- hard
-
noun,
Nautical. a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- gild
-
noun,
guild.
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- Ire.
-
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- IADB
-
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- idae
-
- Gerd
-
noun,
the daughter of a giant and the consort of Frey, who wooed her through his servant Skirnir.
- ible
-
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Ger.
-
- Lib.
-
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Gen.
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- geld
-
noun,
a payment; tax.
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- heal
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- ical
-
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- leg.
-
- Heb.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- her.
-
- hade
-
noun,
Geology. the angle between a fault plane and the vertical, measured perpendicular to the strike of the fault; complement of the dip.
- grab
-
noun,
a sudden, quick grasp or snatch:
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- hide
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- grad
-
noun,
a graduate.
- Hab.
-
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- lin.
-
- inae
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Hag.
-
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Inc.
-
- 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.
- Lab.
-
- herl
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- Lech
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- inch
-
noun,
a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- IndE
-
- herd
-
noun,
a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock:
- grid
-
noun,
a grating of crossed bars; gridiron.
- Herb
-
noun,
a flowering plant whose stem above ground does not become woody.
- Leah
-
noun,
the first wife of Jacob. Gen. 29:23–26.
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- lich
-
noun,
the body; the trunk.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gird
-
noun,
a gibe.
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- 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.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Glad
-
noun,
gladiolus (def 1).
- Hand
-
noun,
the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- Hale
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- hal-
-
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- Lehr
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- Held
-
noun,
John, Jr. 1889–1958, U.S. cartoonist, illustrator, and writer.
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- ign.
-
- glib
-
adjective,
readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so:
- hail
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- ile-
-
- Haig
-
noun,
Douglas, 1st Earl, 1861–1928, British field marshal: commander in chief of the British forces in France 1915–18.
- 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.
- Hebr
-
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- Can.
-
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Bred
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- BRCA
-
noun,
either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Brag
-
noun,
a boast or vaunt.
- Brad
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- Alb.
-
- BIND
-
noun,
the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Bing
-
noun,
a heap or pile.
- Bird
-
noun,
any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- biri
-
noun,
bidi.
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- blad
-
noun,
a flier or other promotional material distributed by a company to sell a product.
- AInd
-
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- blah
-
noun,
nonsense; rubbish:
- bldr
-
- Aire
-
- blin
-
noun,
singular of blini.
- rcd.
-
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Chr.
-
- chia
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- chg.
-
- Cher
-
noun,
a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
- Chen
-
noun,
a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 557–89.
- Chal
-
- chai
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- Chad
-
noun,
a small paper disk or square formed when a hole is punched in a punch card or paper tape.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- CERN
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- CBEL
-
- Cal.
-
- agr.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Cdr.
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- 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).
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- cen.
-
- bin-
-
- biga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by two horses harnessed abreast.
- cir.
-
- BAgE
-
- bar.
-
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- Bang
-
noun,
a loud, sudden, explosive noise, as the discharge of a gun.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- band
-
noun,
a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop:
- banc
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- regd
-
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- Bald
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a treeless mountaintop or area near the top: often used as part of a proper name.
- bal.
-
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Bahr
-
noun,
Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1863–1934, Austrian playwright and critic.
- BAgr
-
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Arg.
-
- argh
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of frustration, annoyance, etc.)
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- rel.
-
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- 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.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- BACH
-
noun,
a bachelor.
- bade
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- Badr
-
noun,
Battle of, Islam. a decisive battle in the early days of Islam (a.d. 624), in which Muhammad with about 300 men overcame a force of about 1000 Meccans.
- BAEd
-
- Bard
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- RdAc
-
- Berg
-
noun,
iceberg.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- bidi
-
noun,
(in India) an inexpensive cigarette, locally produced usually from cut tobacco rolled in leaf.
- bide
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- 1080
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Bhil
-
noun,
a people inhabiting the hills of west central India.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Ald.
-
- Bglr
-
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Alg.
-
- ance
-
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- BChE
-
- bdl.
-
plural,
bundle.
- bdle
-
plural,
bundle.
- Reg.
-
- bead
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- beld
-
adjective,
bald; hairless.
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- Bend
-
noun,
the act of bending.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- cide
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- each
-
adverb,
to, from, or for each; apiece:
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- egad
-
interjection,
(used as an expletive or mild oath):
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- abed
-
adverb,
in bed:
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- Neh.
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- abl.
-
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- abr.
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- Rida
-
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- drib
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- ache
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- dreg
-
noun,
dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- drch
-
- drag
-
noun,
Nautical.
a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel.
resistance to the movement of a hull through the water.
any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed.
any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor.
any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.
- drab
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- dlr.
-
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Nah.
-
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- Gard
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2271 sq. mi. (5882 sq. km). Capital: Nîmes.
- garb
-
noun,
a fashion or mode of dress, especially of a distinctive, uniform kind:
- Gand
-
noun,
French name of Ghent.
- 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.
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- Gal.
-
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Gabe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gabriel.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- elhi
-
adjective,
elementary and high-school:
- Rigi
-
noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near the Lake of Lucerne. 5906 feet (1800 meters).
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- RIIA
-
- enc.
-
- end-
-
- Eng.
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- enl.
-
- NDAC
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- NLRB
-
- dbl.
-
- 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.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- darg
-
noun,
Scot. and North England. a day's work.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- NRAB
-
- Danl
-
- Dang
-
verb (used with object), adjective, noun,
damn (used euphemistically).
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NIRA
-
- crib
-
noun,
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- clar
-
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- rad.
-
- Crab
-
noun,
any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.
- Crag
-
noun,
a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- aer-
-
- DEng
-
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- aged
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old people collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- RIBA
-
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- DCNL
-
- DChE
-
- 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.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- 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.
- nigh
-
adverb,
near in space, time, or relation:
- dhal
-
noun,
dal.
- dia-
-
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- dig.
-
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Dili
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- Din.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- ding
-
noun,
a ringing sound.
- dir.
-
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- acr-
-
- deb.
-
- der.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Den.
-
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Del.
-
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- 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.
- deg.
-
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dec.
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- RNA
-
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- RLD
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- rhb
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- RGB
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- NIH
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- NIA
-
- NHL
-
- NHI
-
- NHG
-
- NHA
-
- NGC
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- nr.
-
- NEC
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- NDE
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- NbE
-
- NBC
-
- NBA
-
- LNG
-
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- NAD
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NRA
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- RCA
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lg.
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- lhb
-
- LHD
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- REA
-
- RDC
-
- RDA
-
- RCN
-
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- NRC
-
- RBI
-
- RBC
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- LDC
-
- Re.
-
- Rd.
-
- Ldg
-
- ead
-
- Ld.
-
- cr.
-
- CIA
-
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- ChB
-
- CGI
-
- CED
-
- CEA
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CAI
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- CAB
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- cl.
-
- ch.
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- CBE
-
- CBD
-
- ca.
-
- BRE
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- Bn.
-
- ble
-
- BLA
-
- big
-
noun,
the bigs, Sports Slang. the highest level of professional competition, as the major leagues in baseball.
- BIE
-
- BID
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- bi-
-
- CIB
-
- CIE
-
- bhd
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- DRE
-
- Dr.
-
- DNR
-
- DNB
-
- DNA
-
- DLC
-
- DIL
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- LCI
-
- di.
-
- DHL
-
- dha
-
- dh-
-
- DEA
-
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- de-
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DBA
-
- DAR
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- dah
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a tone interval approximately three times the length of the dot, used to designate the dash of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- Dag
-
noun,
one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
- DAE
-
- DAB
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- DCL
-
- DBE
-
- CLR
-
- CLI
-
- cle
-
- BHL
-
- BHC
-
- Eg.
-
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIC
-
- AHL
-
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- AHE
-
- Agh
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- AGC
-
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ADB
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ALC
-
- abn
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- abd
-
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- al.
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- ag-
-
- ADC
-
- ad-
-
- ac-
-
- ab-
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- BHA
-
- Bac
-
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- beg
-
noun,
bey.
- bec
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- Bde
-
- BDA
-
- BCD
-
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- bah
-
interjection,
(an exclamation of contempt or annoyance):
- BAg
-
noun,
a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
- bad
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- Br.
-
- ANC
-
- bl.
-
- BED
-
noun,
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- be-
-
- bd.
-
plural,
board.
- BCh
-
plural,
bunch.
- BCL
-
- BCE
-
- 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.
- ard
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ANG
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- DRG
-
- DIB
-
verb (used without object),
to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water.
- ea.
-
- HCR
-
- Ia.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- id.
-
- HRE
-
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- hid
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- Hel
-
noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- HDL
-
- hd.
-
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- Had
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hr.
-
- gre
-
- GRB
-
- Gr.
-
- glb
-
- gl.
-
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- Gib
-
noun,
a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
- ial
-
- ib.
-
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- Ir.
-
- LCD
-
- LCA
-
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- 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).
- La.
-
- IRL
-
- IRC
-
- INH
-
- IBN
-
- ing
-
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ier
-
- ide
-
- IDB
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ich
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- GHA
-
- Gld
-
- rnd
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ECA
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Gad
-
noun,
the act of gadding.
- GAB
-
noun,
idle talk; chatter.
- gi.
-
- ECG
-
- GCB
-
- ed.
-
- GBE
-
- GCA
-
- EdB
-
- EDC
-
- edh
-
noun,
eth.
- Ehr
-
- eir
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- en-
-
- ec-
-
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- GCD
-
- 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.
- Ged
-
noun,
any fish of the pike family.
- ean
-
- EbN
-
- Geb
-
noun,
the god of the earth and the father of Osiris and Isis.
- GDR
-
- Gde
-
- Ga.
-
- GCR
-
- GCI
-
- GCE
-
- LH
-
- DG
-
- DB
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 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.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- IG
-
- EI
-
- le
-
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- NH
-
- LC
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- Eb
-
- L2
-
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- L1
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L.
-
- DN
-
- 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.
- NI
-
- G.
-
- GH
-
- BH
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- h.
-
- GC
-
- GN
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- GD
-
- CB
-
- D.
-
- ln
-
- CE
-
- LR
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NB
-
- NC
-
- ND
-
- BG
-
- HB
-
- rg
-
- i.
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- B-
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- BC
-
- NG
-
- ic
-
- RH
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- HL
-
- RI
-
- GB
-
- RN
-
- HG
-
- dl
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- RC
-