Anagrams of clerestories
Word clerestories has
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- corsetiere
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noun,
a person who specializes in making, fitting, or selling corsets, brassieres, or other foundation garments.
- coistrels
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noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- tricresol
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noun,
a mixture of the three isomeric cresols.
- electress
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noun,
the wife or widow of an Elector of the Holy Roman Empire.
- crosstree
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noun,
Nautical. either of a pair of timbers or metal bars placed athwart the trestletrees at a masthead to spread the shrouds leading to the mast above, or on the head of a lower mast to support the platform or top.
- Leicester
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noun,
1st Earl of, Robert Dudley.
- rectories
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noun,
a rector's house; parsonage.
- corselets
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noun,
Also, corselette. a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece.
- sclerites
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- sorceries
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noun,
the art, practices, or spells of a person who is supposed to exercise supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits; black magic; witchery.
- secretes
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noun,
a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat.
- Cerritos
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- tireless
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adjective,
untiring; indefatigable:
- sesterce
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noun,
a silver coin of ancient Rome, the quarter of a denarius, equal to 2½ asses: introduced in the 3rd century b.c.
- crosiers
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noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- steerers
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noun,
a person or thing that steers.
- corslets
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noun,
corselet (def 2).
- L-series
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noun,
See under L-line.
- Eteocles
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noun,
a son of Oedipus and the brother of Polynices, by whom he was slain.
Compare Seven against Thebes (def 1).
- Tirolese
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adjective, noun,
Tyrolese.
- corselet
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noun,
Also, corselette. a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece.
- crosslet
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noun,
a small cross, as one used as a heraldic charge.
- crosstie
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noun,
Railroads. a tie.
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- roisters
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- solstice
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noun,
Astronomy.
either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point. Compare summer solstice, winter solstice.
either of the two points in the ecliptic farthest from the equator.
- tiercels
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noun,
tercel.
- isostere
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- erectile
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adjective,
capable of being erected or set upright.
- coesites
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- retirees
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noun,
a person who has retired from an occupation or profession.
- sclerite
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- restores
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verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- cloister
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noun,
a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
- celeries
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noun,
a plant, Apium graveolens, of the parsley family, whose leafstalks are eaten raw or cooked.
- leisters
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- celestes
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “heavenly.”.
- costrels
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noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- resistor
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noun,
a device designed to introduce resistance into an electric circuit.
- electro-
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- coistrel
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noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- estriols
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- electros
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noun,
electrotype.
- tiercel
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noun,
tercel.
- secrete
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noun,
a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat.
- secrets
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- etoiles
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- steerer
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noun,
a person or thing that steers.
- selects
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adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- sectile
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adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- colters
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noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- coesite
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Orestes
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- steelie
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noun,
a playing marble made of steel.
- costers
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noun,
costermonger.
- creoles
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noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- creeses
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noun,
a short sword or heavy dagger with a wavy blade, used by the Malays.
- cresset
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noun,
a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.
- lectors
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noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- sirrees
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noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- coterie
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noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- costrel
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noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- soirees
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- sorites
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noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- lictors
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- crosier
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noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- listers
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- corslet
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noun,
corselet (def 2).
- sorrels
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noun,
light reddish-brown.
- serries
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verb (used with or without object),
to crowd closely together.
- correl.
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- Corliss
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noun,
George Henry, 1817–88, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- corsets
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noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- 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.
- scoters
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- resiles
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- escorts
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- reelers
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noun,
a person or thing that reels.
- roister
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- relicts
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- telesis
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noun,
deliberate, purposeful utilization of the processes of nature and society to obtain particular goals.
- reliers
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noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- resects
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- elector
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noun,
a person who elects or may elect, especially a qualified voter.
- cerises
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- electr-
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- cirrose
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adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- resoles
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verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- stories
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- Celeste
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “heavenly.”.
- restore
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verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- reticle
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noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- retiree
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noun,
a person who has retired from an occupation or profession.
- retires
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noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- rissole
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noun,
a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.
- trioses
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- erector
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noun,
Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
- sterols
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noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- slicers
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noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- ossicle
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noun,
a small bone.
- citoles
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noun,
cittern.
- Ossetic
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noun,
the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Ossets.
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- closers
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noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- terries
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noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- ostlers
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noun,
hostler.
- rosters
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noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- cresols
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noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- stereo-
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- closets
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noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- tercels
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- sclero-
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- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- eslisor
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noun,
elisor.
- osselet
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noun,
a hard nodule on the leg of a horse, especially one on the inner side of the knee or the outer side of the fetlock.
- sliest
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adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- estocs
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noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- socles
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noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- erects
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adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- istles
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noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Etoile
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- Storrs
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noun,
a town in NE Connecticut.
- sterol
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noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- esters
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noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- soiree
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- steels
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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.
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- steles
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noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- sorels
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noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- stores
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noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- sorrel
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noun,
light reddish-brown.
- erotic
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- steres
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- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- stoics
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noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- steers
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noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- escort
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- Locris
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noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- slices
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noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- relict
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- osiers
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Ostler
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noun,
hostler.
- roster
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noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- Rosser
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noun,
a logger who peels the bark from, and often smooths one side of, a log so that it may be dragged easily.
- rosets
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- recess
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noun,
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- recite
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- recoil
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noun,
an act of recoiling.
- recti-
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- Rector
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noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- rectos
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- reeler
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noun,
a person or thing that reels.
- reests
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verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- relier
-
noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- Ortler
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noun,
a range of the Alps in N Italy.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- resect
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- resets
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noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- resile
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- resist
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noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- resoil
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verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- resole
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verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- resort
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noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- r-less
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adjective,
r-dropping.
- retire
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noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- retro-
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- ricers
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noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- risers
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- Osetic
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adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- scler-
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- slicer
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noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- sleets
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noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- Sister
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noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- sirree
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noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- sirees
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noun,
sirree.
- lessee
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noun,
a person, group, etc., to whom a lease is granted.
- Lesser
-
noun,
a small amount, quantity, or degree:
- lessor
-
noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- Lester
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noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- lictor
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- setose
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adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- liters
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- series
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noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- oriels
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- elites
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Loiret
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noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- loiter
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- lories
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noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- Lorrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- losers
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- select
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adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- scries
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verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- screes
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noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Scoter
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- scores
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Steele
-
noun,
Sir Richard, 1672–1729, English essayist, journalist, dramatist, and political leader; born in Ireland.
- Corrie
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noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- Crosse
-
noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Cloete
-
noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- crores
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noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- cross-
-
- citole
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noun,
cittern.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- closes
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- cisele
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- cirro-
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- torsel
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noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- tierce
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- torses
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noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Terris
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noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- crests
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- cossie
-
noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- corses
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noun,
corpse.
- Cortes
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noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- cosets
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- cosies
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- cosset
-
noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- creese
-
noun,
a short sword or heavy dagger with a wavy blade, used by the Malays.
- Creole
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- cresol
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- ecesis
-
noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- elect.
-
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- celto-
-
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- teleo-
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- ceorls
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noun,
churl (def 4).
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- ecoles
-
noun,
school1 .
- cores
-
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- sect.
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- OIcel
-
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- sero-
-
- coele
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- 30-30
-
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- corr.
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- Seric
-
- coel-
-
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Recit
-
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- rect.
-
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- cero-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- Scot.
-
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- cert.
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- restr
-
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- oste-
-
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- 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.
- Icel.
-
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- ileo-
-
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- crit.
-
- terr.
-
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- tele-
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- Errol
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- telo-
-
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- ecto-
-
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- ster.
-
- ecol.
-
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- sito-
-
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- licet
-
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- seti-
-
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lect.
-
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- 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.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- ter.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tri-
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- str.
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- rit.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- sics
-
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).
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Sol.
-
- sec.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- sci.
-
- scil
-
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- SLIC
-
- scr.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- 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.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- Ste.
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- 1080
-
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- eco-
-
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- cts.
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- ctr.
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Cor.
-
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Cort
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- Cres
-
- ect-
-
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- 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.
- Ice.
-
- etc.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- IEEE
-
- est.
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- ile-
-
- eso-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ESIS
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Ire.
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- EEOC
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- itol
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- iso-
-
- isls
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Oct.
-
- Cels
-
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- Ceto
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- osis
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cet-
-
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- OEEC
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- ole-
-
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- Col.
-
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- ese
-
- STL
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- CLR
-
- ERT
-
- Esc
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- cr.
-
- CLI
-
- STI
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ics
-
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- tlo
-
- TLC
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Co.
-
- TSI
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESR
-
- TSE
-
- cs.
-
- ESL
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Tro
-
- TCS
-
- ct.
-
- eo-
-
- EEC
-
- St.
-
- tr.
-
- ec-
-
- CIE
-
- CRS
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Clo
-
- CRT
-
- CSO
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- cte
-
- CST
-
- cle
-
- EEE
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- cl.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- CSR
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- EOE
-
- tlr
-
- CEO
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- EEO
-
- io-
-
- IOT
-
- SST
-
- LST
-
- OIr
-
- SCS
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- se-
-
- oic
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- OTC
-
- Oc.
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ltr
-
- LSS
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- LSI
-
- LSC
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LOC
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SSR
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- OIt
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- ote
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RCT
-
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- OTS
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ot-
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- OSS
-
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- RSS
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- sc.
-
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- 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).
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ior
-
- ITC
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- IRL
-
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOC
-
- SLR
-
- ILS
-
- ILO
-
- il-
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ier
-
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRS
-
- ss.
-
- SSC
-
- SSE
-
- SSI
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- TSS
-
- ite
-
- Lt.
-
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- LCT
-
- LCI
-
- SLE
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- LC
-
- RC
-
- T1
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RI
-
- TC
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- t.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- i.
-
- CE
-
- ic
-
- RO
-
- ee
-
- R.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L.
-
- O.
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SL
-
- S.
-
- LR
-
- TL
-
- ol
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- le
-
- EI
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.