Anagrams of clandestine
Word clandestine has
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- decennials
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noun,
a decennial anniversary.
- celandines
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noun,
Also called greater celandine, swallowwort. an Old World plant, Chelidonium majus, of the poppy family, having yellow flowers.
- tenancies
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noun,
a holding, as of lands, by any kind of title; occupancy of land, a house, or the like, under a lease or on payment of rent; tenure.
- datelines
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noun,
a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
- declinate
-
adjective,
having a downward curve or slope; bending away, as from the horizontal:
- tendances
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noun,
attention; care; ministration, as to the sick.
- celandine
-
noun,
Also called greater celandine, swallowwort. an Old World plant, Chelidonium majus, of the poppy family, having yellow flowers.
- latencies
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noun,
the state of being latent.
- decennial
-
noun,
a decennial anniversary.
- denticles
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noun,
a small tooth or toothlike part.
- delicates
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noun,
Archaic. a choice food; delicacy.
- delicate
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noun,
Archaic. a choice food; delicacy.
- adenines
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noun,
Biochemistry. a purine base, C 5 H 5 N 5 , one of the fundamental components of nucleic acids, as DNA, in which it forms a base pair with thymine, and RNA, in which it pairs with uracil. Symbol: A.
- delaines
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- Sentinel
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noun,
a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching.
- declines
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noun,
a downward slope; declivity.
- lanceted
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adjective,
having lancet-headed openings.
- distance
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noun,
the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- dateline
-
noun,
a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
- denticle
-
noun,
a small tooth or toothlike part.
- cineaste
-
noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- east-end
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noun,
a section of E London, England.
- indecent
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adjective,
offending against generally accepted standards of propriety or good taste; improper; vulgar:
- die-cast
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adjective,
formed by die casting.
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- tendance
-
noun,
attention; care; ministration, as to the sick.
- salience
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noun,
the state or condition of being salient.
- andesite
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noun,
a dark-colored volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase feldspar and one or more mafic minerals, as hornblende or biotite.
- instance
-
noun,
a case or occurrence of anything:
- stand-in
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noun,
a substitute for a motion-picture star during the preparation of lighting, cameras, etc., or in dangerous scenes.
- andesine
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noun,
a mineral, intermediate in the plagioclase feldspar group, having a play of colors and usually found as crystals in igneous rocks.
- Isenland
-
noun,
(in the Nibelungenlied) the country of Brunhild, usually identified with Iceland.
- ancients
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- decennia
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noun,
a period of ten years; a decade.
- centiles
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- catslide
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noun,
(in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
- scandent
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adjective,
climbing, as a plant.
- canteens
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noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- annelids
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noun,
any segmented worm of the phylum Annelida, including the earthworms, leeches, and various marine forms.
- lindanes
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 6 H 6 Cl 6 , the gamma isomer of benzene hexachloride: used chiefly as an insecticide, delouser, and weed-killer.
- descant
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noun,
Music.
a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it.
(in part music) the soprano.
a song or melody.
- descent
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noun,
the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
- silence
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noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- sectile
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adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- Nielsen
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noun,
Carl August [kahrl ou-goo st] /kɑrl ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1865–1931, Danish composer.
- instead
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Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- linnets
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noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- Insecta
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noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- delicts
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noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- Dinesen
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noun,
Isak [ee-sahk] /ˈi sɑk/ (Show IPA), (pen name of Baroness Karen Blixen) 1885–1962, Danish author.
- indenes
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C 9 H 8 , obtained from coal tar by fractional distillation: used in synthesizing resins.
- aniseed
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noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- indents
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noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- intens.
-
- cleanse
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verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- intends
-
verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- destain
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- annelid
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noun,
any segmented worm of the phylum Annelida, including the earthworms, leeches, and various marine forms.
- inlaces
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- linseed
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noun,
flaxseed.
- inlands
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noun,
the interior part of a country.
- destine
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verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- decline
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noun,
a downward slope; declivity.
- incense
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noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- nascent
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adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- stannic
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adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- sanicle
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Castile
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noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- enneads
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noun,
a group of nine persons or things.
- standee
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noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- centile
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- cantles
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noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- centals
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noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- neatens
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verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- Celesta
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noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- 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).
- cetanes
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- deltaic
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adjective,
pertaining to or like a delta.
- ideates
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noun,
ideatum.
- citadel
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noun,
a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
- dentins
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noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- Nicetas
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noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- stencil
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noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- dentils
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noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- Na-Dene
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noun,
a group of North American Indian languages, comprising the Athabaskan family, Eyak, Tlingit, and Haida, hypothetically considered to be descendants of a single protolanguage: the genetic relationship of either Tlingit or Haida to Athabaskan and Eyak is now disputed.
- Eleatic
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noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- calends
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noun,
the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar, from which the days of the preceding month were counted backward to the ides.
- canteen
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noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- candent
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adjective,
glowing with heat; being at a white heat.
- candies
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noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- candles
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noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- dentals
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noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- canines
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noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- enlaces
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verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- nancies
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- encinas
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noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- intense
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adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- details
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noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- decanes
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noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- elastic
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noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- decants
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verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- acetins
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- lectins
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noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- Tenniel
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noun,
Sir John, 1820–1914, English caricaturist and illustrator.
- Delaine
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- adenine
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noun,
Biochemistry. a purine base, C 5 H 5 N 5 , one of the fundamental components of nucleic acids, as DNA, in which it forms a base pair with thymine, and RNA, in which it pairs with uracil. Symbol: A.
- latices
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noun,
a plural of latex.
- Adeline
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adele.
- license
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noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- lenient
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adjective,
agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent:
- Daniels
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noun,
Jonathan Worth, 1902–81, U.S. journalist, editor, and author.
- Decalin
-
- Alcides
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noun,
Hercules (def 1).
- Seeland
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noun,
Zealand.
- Alceste
-
noun,
an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- discant
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noun,
Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- tenaces
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noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- scalene
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adjective,
Geometry.
(of a cone or the like) having the axis inclined to the base.
(of a triangle) having three unequal sides.
- Laennec
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noun,
René Théophile Hyacinthe [ruh-ney tey-aw-feel ya-sant] /rəˈneɪ teɪ ɔˈfil yaˈsɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1781–1826, French physician who invented the stethoscope.
- dialect
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noun,
Linguistics. a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.
- lancets
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noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- ancient
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noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- detains
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- lindens
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noun,
any tree of the genus Tilia, as T. americana (American linden) or T. europaea (European linden) having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and heart-shaped leaves, grown as an ornamental or shade tree.
Compare linden family.
- selenic
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adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- dilates
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verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- sainted
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noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- aediles
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noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- deciles
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noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
- lindane
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 6 H 6 Cl 6 , the gamma isomer of benzene hexachloride: used chiefly as an insecticide, delouser, and weed-killer.
- tincals
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- lead-in
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noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- delates
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verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- deceits
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noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- enlist
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Selden
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noun,
George Baldwin, 1846–1922, U.S. inventor of a gasoline-powered car.
- selen-
-
- enlace
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verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- select
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adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- nestle
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verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- decani
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adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- deasil
-
adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- deceit
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noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- entice
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- decile
-
noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
- Seidel
-
noun,
a large beer mug with a capacity of one liter (1.1 quarts) and often having a hinged lid.
- decent
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adjective,
conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- entail
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- cental
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noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- centi-
-
- ensile
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verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- ediles
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noun,
aedile.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- nested
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- decant
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verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- decane
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- decals
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- ennead
-
noun,
a group of nine persons or things.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- deices
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verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- elated
-
adjective,
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- delate
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- elides
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- clints
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noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- salted
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- eldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- elect.
-
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- elands
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- Nicene
-
adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- sendal
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- cleans
-
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- sedile
-
noun,
one of the seats (usually three) on the south side of the chancel, often recessed, for the use of the officiating clergy.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- delict
-
noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- elance
-
noun,
a quick darting movement.
- escent
-
- delist
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- ladens
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Lenten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or suitable for Lent.
- alcids
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- scaled
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- ladies
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- dicast
-
noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- 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.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Linden
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Tilia, as T. americana (American linden) or T. europaea (European linden) having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and heart-shaped leaves, grown as an ornamental or shade tree.
Compare linden family.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- Island
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- tildes
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- leaden
-
adjective,
inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move:
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- tinned
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- aedile
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- actin-
-
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- Diesel
-
noun,
diesel engine.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- dienes
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- Leiden
-
noun,
a city in W Netherlands.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- distal
-
adjective,
situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal.
Compare proximal.
- Landis
-
noun,
Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Landes
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- Linnet
-
noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- intend
-
verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- Nadine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- denti-
-
- candle
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- canned
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- Dennis
-
noun,
John, 1657–1734, English dramatist and critic.
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- stadle
-
noun,
staddle.
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- dentin
-
noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- indene
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C 9 H 8 , obtained from coal tar by fractional distillation: used in synthesizing resins.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- inland
-
noun,
the interior part of a country.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- indent
-
noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- naleds
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- listed
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- desalt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- indecl
-
- Scand
-
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- scald
-
noun,
a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- sanit
-
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- disc.
-
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- dist.
-
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- Ital.
-
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- linen
-
noun,
fabric woven from flax yarns.
- linns
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- inst.
-
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- incl.
-
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- licet
-
- lact-
-
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lect.
-
- Leeds
-
noun,
a city in West Yorkshire, in N England.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- lands
-
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:
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Lenin
-
noun,
V(ladimir) I(lyich) [vlad-uh-meer il-yich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir ee-lyeech] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov"N. Lenin") 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary leader: Soviet premier 1918–24.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Edsel
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich” and “hall.”.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- edit.
-
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Icel.
-
- Nandi
-
noun,
a member of an agricultural people of southwestern Kenya.
- IATSE
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- natl.
-
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- encl.
-
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- scat-
-
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cades
-
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.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Cant.
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- cent.
-
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anti-
-
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Tenn.
-
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- aden-
-
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- tiled
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- acids
-
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.
- acet-
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 30-30
-
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- 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.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- ante-
-
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Andes
-
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).
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- alti-
-
- tele-
-
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- 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.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- dial.
-
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- deles
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- desc.
-
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- sect.
-
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- seti-
-
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- dent.
-
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- cine-
-
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- cidal
-
- decl.
-
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- dict.
-
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- deca-
-
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- clase
-
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- deci-
-
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- clads
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- tel-
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- lin.
-
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- 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.
- 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:
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- 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.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- 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.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- sec.
-
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- Sat.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NASD
-
- 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.
- Ste.
-
- NDAC
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- 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.
- NCTE
-
- NDSL
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- sld.
-
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- SLIC
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Ltd.
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LitD
-
- lit.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- NTIA
-
- std.
-
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- ical
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- cat.
-
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Cal.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Can.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- EDTA
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- ect-
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 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.
- ELAS
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Ens.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- etc.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Esd.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- atic
-
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- end-
-
- ence
-
- enc.
-
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- 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.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Den.
-
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- Del.
-
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- Dec.
-
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- dia-
-
- cts.
-
- DCNL
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dat.
-
- Danl
-
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- 1080
-
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- Cels
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cide
-
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- dis-
-
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Din.
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- 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.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- enl.
-
- asc-
-
- ins.
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- aet.
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- intl
-
- int.
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- IndE
-
- 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.
- Inc.
-
- inae
-
- Ald.
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ile-
-
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Alis
-
- 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:
- lea.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- 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.
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Lani
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ACLS
-
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- 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.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- AInd
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ant.
-
- Ind.
-
- ANSI
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ann.
-
- Ice.
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- idae
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Idas
-
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).
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- alt.
-
- ance
-
- 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).
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- ands
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- CSA
-
- STI
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ASN
-
- ast
-
- CNS
-
- CTA
-
- at.
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- STL
-
- CNN
-
- TAL
-
- ATC
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- CLI
-
- CST
-
- cte
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- al.
-
- ase
-
- TSE
-
- TLC
-
- ac-
-
- ad-
-
- ADC
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- DSC
-
- an.
-
- cle
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- DCL
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- TCS
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ASI
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- AIC
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- cs.
-
- TCA
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ct.
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- CED
-
- CEA
-
- CIA
-
- cl.
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- CAI
-
- CDT
-
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ANC
-
- ALC
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- TID
-
- SLE
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- SLA
-
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CIE
-
- ca.
-
- SDA
-
- DAE
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- 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).
- ide
-
- id.
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- NAD
-
- il-
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ics
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Esc
-
- en-
-
- ene
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- ESA
-
- NES
-
- ese
-
- ETS
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- NEC
-
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- NDE
-
- LSC
-
- ILS
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LCA
-
- 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).
- LCD
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- LCI
-
- LCT
-
- 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.
- Ld.
-
- LDC
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- in.
-
- Isl
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ist
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- La.
-
- LDS
-
- LSD
-
- Lt.
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ESL
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- DSA
-
- ScD
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DLC
-
- DLS
-
- DNA
-
- sc.
-
- DST
-
- 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.
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ETD
-
- ea.
-
- ead
-
- ean
-
- DIL
-
- SDI
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- 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.
- DCS
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- de-
-
- DEA
-
- Dee
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noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- se-
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- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- DEI
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adverb,
by the grace of God.
- See
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noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SED
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- DET
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- di.
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- TSI
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- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EDS
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noun,
education:
- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NNE
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- NSA
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- NSC
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- sd.
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- EIS
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- ec-
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- Sad
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noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- EEL
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noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EEC
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- SAE
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- EDT
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- SAC
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noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- EDA
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noun,
a female given name.
- Ede
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noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Sal
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noun,
salt1 .
- EDC
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- ECA
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- ed.
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- SN
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- NL
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- t.
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- TD
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- D.
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- DA
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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.
- DC
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noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- T1
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CE
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- AI
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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.
- NC
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- NI
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- dl
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- A.
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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.
- 3D
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noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- TL
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TN
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- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- le
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- ND
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- SA
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- L.
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DT
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noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- ln
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- DN
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- ic
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- TC
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- i.
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- LC
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SL
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- L1
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- N.
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- L2
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- ee
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- S.
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- EI
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