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- triecious
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adjective,
trioecious.
- ridicules
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noun,
speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- diuretics
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noun,
a diuretic medicine or agent.
- cricetids
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noun,
any of a diverse group of scampering, digging, or jumping rodents of the family Cricetidae, including the gerbils, hamsters, field mice, deer mice, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and several wood and field rats.
- licorices
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noun,
a Eurasian plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra, of the legume family.
- codirects
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verb (used with object),
to direct (a movie or other performance) with another or others.
- crudities
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noun,
the state or quality of being crude.
- delirious
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adjective,
Pathology. affected with or characteristic of delirium.
- Delicious
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a red or yellow variety of apple, cultivated in the U.S.
- courtside
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noun,
(in sports) the area adjoining the official playing area of a court, as in basketball, tennis, or volleyball.
- utilidors
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noun,
an aboveground, insulated network of pipes and cables, used to convey water and electricity in communities situated in areas of permafrost.
- sclerotic
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adjective,
Also, scleral. Anatomy. of or relating to the sclera.
- idiolects
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noun,
a person's individual speech pattern.
Compare dialect (def 1).
- iris-out
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noun,
the gradual disappearance of an image or scene through a contracting circle.
- diuretic
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noun,
a diuretic medicine or agent.
- ice-cold
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adjective,
cold as ice:
- Coulters
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noun,
colter.
- solitude
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noun,
the state of being or living alone; seclusion:
- clitoris
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noun,
the erectile organ of the vulva, homologous to the penis of the male.
- idiolect
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noun,
a person's individual speech pattern.
Compare dialect (def 1).
- 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.
- cordites
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noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- licorice
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noun,
a Eurasian plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra, of the legume family.
- leucitic
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- circlets
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noun,
a small circle.
- cleidoic
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adjective,
isolated from the environment, as certain eggs enclosed within a shell or membrane.
- coistrel
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noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- eductors
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noun,
ejector (def 3).
- scilicet
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adverb,
to wit; namely.
- codirect
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verb (used with object),
to direct (a movie or other performance) with another or others.
- codicils
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noun,
a supplement to a will, containing an addition, explanation, modification, etc., of something in the will.
- outsider
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noun,
a person not belonging to a particular group, set, party, etc.:
- sciuroid
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adjective,
sciurine.
- clotures
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noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- scleroid
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adjective,
hard or indurated.
- citreous
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adjective,
lemon-yellow; greenish-yellow.
- ridicule
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noun,
speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- culicids
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noun,
any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Culicidae, comprising the mosquitoes.
- diecious
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adjective,
dioecious.
- Dioscuri
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plural noun,
Castor and Pollux, the twin sons of Zeus and Leda.
- occludes
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verb (used with object),
to close, shut, or stop up (a passage, opening, etc.).
- diorites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase feldspar and hornblende.
- dicrotic
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adjective,
having or pertaining to a double beat of the pulse for each beat of the heart.
- outcries
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noun,
a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
- cuticles
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noun,
the nonliving epidermis that surrounds the edges of the fingernail or toenail.
- outliers
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noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- cricetid
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noun,
any of a diverse group of scampering, digging, or jumping rodents of the family Cricetidae, including the gerbils, hamsters, field mice, deer mice, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and several wood and field rats.
- cricoids
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noun,
the cricoid cartilage.
- utilidor
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noun,
an aboveground, insulated network of pipes and cables, used to convey water and electricity in communities situated in areas of permafrost.
- crudites
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noun,
an appetizer consisting of a variety of raw vegetables, usually cut into strips or bite-size pieces, and served with a dip.
- utricles
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noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- outrides
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noun,
Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- deictic
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noun,
Grammar. a deictic element.
- codices
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noun,
plural of codex.
- crusted
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noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- codicil
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noun,
a supplement to a will, containing an addition, explanation, modification, etc., of something in the will.
- cluster
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noun,
a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch:
- detours
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noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- coccids
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noun,
any of various related bugs of the superfamily Coccoidea, comprising the scale insects.
- tedious
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adjective,
marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome:
- tousled
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noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- decocts
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verb (used with object),
to extract the flavor or essence of by boiling.
- scouter
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noun,
a person who scouts.
- cutlers
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noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- sclero-
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- cloture
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noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- cuticle
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noun,
the nonliving epidermis that surrounds the edges of the fingernail or toenail.
- closure
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noun,
the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- curites
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noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- curdles
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Idioms,
curdle the / one's blood, to fill a person with horror or fear; terrify:
- rutiles
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- culicid
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noun,
any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Culicidae, comprising the mosquitoes.
- suicide
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noun,
the intentional taking of one's own life.
- credits
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noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- colures
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noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- dirties
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Idioms,
do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
- storied
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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.
- directs
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adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- Coulter
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noun,
colter.
- couldst
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noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- steroid
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noun,
any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- 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.
- doilies
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noun,
any small, ornamental mat, as of embroidery or lace.
- corslet
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noun,
corselet (def 2).
- cricoid
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noun,
the cricoid cartilage.
- cordite
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noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- soldier
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noun,
a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- ductile
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adjective,
capable of being hammered out thin, as certain metals; malleable.
- 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.
- elicits
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verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- soilure
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noun,
a stain.
- duelist
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noun,
a person who participates in a duel.
- colitis
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noun,
inflammation of the colon.
- dulcets
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noun,
an organ stop resembling the dulciana but an octave higher.
- diorite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase feldspar and hornblende.
- Ecclus.
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- silurid
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noun,
any of numerous Old World freshwater fishes of the family Siluridae, comprising the catfishes.
- strudel
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noun,
a pastry, usually consisting of a fruit, cheese, or other mixture, rolled in a paper-thin sheet of dough and baked.
- dilutes
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adjective,
reduced in strength, as a chemical by admixture; weak:
- eductor
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noun,
ejector (def 3).
- couters
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noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- sidero-
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- coedits
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verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- solicit
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verb (used with object),
to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.:
- delicts
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noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- 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.
- Troilus
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noun,
a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- occlude
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verb (used with object),
to close, shut, or stop up (a passage, opening, etc.).
- lectors
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noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- orectic
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adjective,
of or relating to desire; appetitive.
- relucts
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verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- circuit
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noun,
an act or instance of going or moving around.
- 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.
- circlet
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noun,
a small circle.
- cilices
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noun,
a garment of haircloth formerly worn by monks; a hair shirt.
- redouts
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noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- occults
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noun,
the supernatural or supernatural agencies and affairs considered as a whole (usually preceded by the).
- ciceros
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noun,
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inches (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- Lourdes
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noun,
a city in SW France: Roman Catholic shrine famed for miraculous cures.
- outlier
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noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- outride
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noun,
Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- cestoid
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noun,
cestode.
- icicles
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noun,
a pendent, tapering mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
- outside
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noun,
the outer side, surface, or part; exterior:
- cerotic
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adjective,
of or derived from cerotic acid.
- 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.
- circles
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noun,
a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- iridous
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adjective,
containing trivalent iridium.
- clerics
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noun,
a member of the clergy.
- utricle
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noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- citoles
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noun,
cittern.
- iolites
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noun,
cordierite.
- oldster
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noun,
an old or elderly person.
- oculist
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noun,
ophthalmologist.
- triodes
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noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- icterus
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noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- icteric
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adjective,
pertaining to or affected with icterus; jaundiced.
- teiids
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noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- diotic
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adjective,
pertaining to or affecting both ears; binaural.
- louies
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noun,
looie.
- Louise
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noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- Ostler
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noun,
hostler.
- curios
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noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- strode
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noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- Stroud
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noun,
a coarse woolen cloth, blanket, or garment formerly used by the British in bartering with the North American Indians.
- Lucite
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- curite
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noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- ouster
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noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- direct
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adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- 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.
- curets
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noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- stride
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noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- stucco
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noun,
an exterior finish for masonry or frame walls, usually composed of cement, sand, and hydrated lime mixed with water and laid on wet.
- oldest
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- loiter
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Loiret
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noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- curdle
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Idioms,
curdle the / one's blood, to fill a person with horror or fear; terrify:
- disco-
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- diseur
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noun,
a male professional entertainer who performs monologues.
- distil
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verb (used with or without object),
distill.
- locust
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noun,
Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- oilers
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noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- distr.
-
- dilute
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adjective,
reduced in strength, as a chemical by admixture; weak:
- lucres
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noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- studio
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noun,
the workroom or atelier of an artist, as a painter or sculptor.
- tidies
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noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- Decius
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noun,
(Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius) a.d. c201–251, emperor of Rome 249–251.
- decoct
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verb (used with object),
to extract the flavor or essence of by boiling.
- occult
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noun,
the supernatural or supernatural agencies and affairs considered as a whole (usually preceded by the).
- decors
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- Cutler
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noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- sutler
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- Custer
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noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- oriels
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- delict
-
noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- rustle
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- lutose
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adjective,
covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- Curtis
-
noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- delist
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verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- cursed
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- succor
-
noun,
help; relief; aid; assistance.
- Delius
-
noun,
Frederick, 1862–1934, English composer.
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- luteo-
-
- lustre
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- suited
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noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- detour
-
noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- luster
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- deuto-
-
- Osetic
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adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- dicots
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- luetic
-
adjective,
syphilitic.
- occurs
-
verb (used without object),
to happen; take place; come to pass:
- icicle
-
noun,
a pendent, tapering mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
- rectos
-
- stolid
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adjective,
not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
- resoil
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verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- 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.
- rictus
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- Riccio
-
noun,
David [Italian dah-veed] /Italian ˈdɑ vid/ (Show IPA), Rizzio.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- 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.
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- elicit
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- educts
-
noun,
something educed; eduction.
- reluct
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- silure
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- slider
-
noun,
a person or thing that slides.
- itious
-
- eructs
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- Duster
-
noun,
a person or thing that removes or applies dust.
- irides
-
noun,
a plural of iris.
- rustic
-
noun,
a country person.
- rutile
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- idlers
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- scler-
-
- Euclid
-
noun,
flourished c300 b.c, Greek geometrician and educator at Alexandria.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- irido-
-
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Iseult
-
noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- Isidor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Isolde
-
noun,
German name of Iseult.
- escudo
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Cape Verde, equal to 100 centavos.
- duties
-
noun,
something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- durocs
-
noun,
one of an American breed of hardy red hogs having drooping ears.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- solute
-
noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- dorsi-
-
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Docile
-
adjective,
easily managed or handled; tractable:
- douter
-
noun,
an implement for snuffing out candles, consisting either of a scissorlike device with two broad flat blades or of a cone at the end of a handle.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- recti-
-
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Diuril
-
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- douser
-
noun,
a person or thing that douses.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- sluice
-
noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- Lidice
-
noun,
a village in the W Czech Republic: suffered a ruthless reprisal by the Nazis in 1942 for the assassination of a high Nazi official.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- dulcet
-
noun,
an organ stop resembling the dulciana but an octave higher.
- leuco-
-
- soccer
-
noun,
a form of football played between two teams of 11 players, in which the ball may be advanced by kicking or by bouncing it off any part of the body but the arms and hands, except in the case of the goalkeepers, who may use their hands to catch, carry, throw, or stop the ball.
- lictor
-
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.
- ductor
-
noun,
the roller that conveys ink in a press from the ink reservoir to the distributor.
- reduct
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce.
- 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:
- solder
-
noun,
any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- Lieut.
-
- redout
-
noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- source
-
noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- credos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- Crucis
-
noun,
genitive of Crux.
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- cilice
-
noun,
a garment of haircloth formerly worn by monks; a hair shirt.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- cecils
-
noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- cruces
-
noun,
a plural of crux.
- 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.
- crudes
-
noun,
crude oil.
- coders
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Cletus
-
noun,
Anacletus.
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- cruets
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- cruise
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- utero-
-
- Celtic
-
noun,
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, and Breton, which survive now in Ireland, the Scottish Highlands, Wales, and Brittany.
- cordis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the heart.
- celto-
-
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- Crocus
-
noun,
any of the small, bulbous plants of the genus Crocus, of the iris family, cultivated for their showy, solitary flowers, which are among the first to bloom in the spring.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- cleoid
-
noun,
a claw-shaped dental instrument used to remove carious material from a cavity.
- coutil
-
noun,
a sturdy fabric constructed of a compactly woven herringbone twill.
- Clouds
-
noun,
a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- toluic
-
adjective,
of or derived from toluic acid.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- coulis
-
noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- turco-
-
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- courts
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- critic
-
noun,
a person who judges, evaluates, or criticizes:
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- closed
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- coccid
-
noun,
any of various related bugs of the superfamily Coccoidea, comprising the scale insects.
- 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.
- coccus
-
noun,
Bacteriology. a spherical bacterium.
- Cedric
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tousle
-
noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- clitic
-
noun,
a clitic word; enclitic or proclitic.
- cleric
-
noun,
a member of the clergy.
- ciders
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- colics
-
noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- Cercis
-
noun,
any shrub or small tree of the genus Cercis, as the redbud or Judas tree.
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- torsel
-
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.
- cercus
-
noun,
one of a pair of appendages at the rear of the abdomen of certain insects and other arthropods, serving as tactile organs.
- circus
-
noun,
a large public entertainment, typically presented in one or more very large tents or in an outdoor or indoor arena, featuring exhibitions of pageantry, feats of skill and daring, performing animals, etc., interspersed throughout with the slapstick antics of clowns.
Compare big top.
- Cicero
-
noun,
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inches (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- cueist
-
noun,
a billiard player.
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- citied
-
adjective,
occupied by a city or cities.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- cuirie
-
noun,
a hardened leather piece for protecting the breast, worn over mail.
- Coleus
-
noun,
any of several tropical Asian or African plants belonging to the genus Coleus, of the mint family, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy, colored foliage and blue flowers.
- circle
-
noun,
a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- culets
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- citric
-
adjective,
of or derived from citric acid.
- clouts
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- Citrus
-
noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- colure
-
noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- seti-
-
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- scudo
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver coins, of various Italian states, issued from the late 16th through the early 19th centuries.
- Cecil
-
noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- scrod
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- oste-
-
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- ecol.
-
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- cocci
-
noun,
plural of coccus.
- coel-
-
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- eccl.
-
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- Scot.
-
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- sito-
-
- ecto-
-
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- educ.
-
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- sero-
-
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- educt
-
noun,
something educed; eduction.
- Seric
-
- Eridu
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city near the Euphrates in S Iraq: center for the worship of Ea; partially excavated.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- edit.
-
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- sect.
-
- secco
-
noun,
fresco secco.
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- 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.
- 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.
- circs
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- oiled
-
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.
- scold
-
noun,
a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- turds
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- lodes
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- cert.
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- irids
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the Iridaceae, the iris family.
- Clerc
-
noun,
Laurent [loh-rahn] /loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1785–1869, French educator of the deaf, in the U.S. after 1816.
- irid-
-
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- istic
-
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Ricci
-
noun,
Sebastiano [se-bahs-tyah-naw] /ˌsɛ bɑsˈtyɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1660?–1734, Italian painter.
- 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.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- rect.
-
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- cero-
-
- ceric
-
adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Recit
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- Lords
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- Icel.
-
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- CLOUD
-
noun,
a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- Euro-
-
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- ideo-
-
- idio-
-
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- ileo-
-
- iodic
-
adjective,
containing iodine, especially in the pentavalent state.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- retd.
-
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- ilio-
-
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- idiot
-
noun,
Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- colds
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- ludes
-
noun,
Quaalude.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- Deut.
-
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- crude
-
noun,
crude oil.
- desc.
-
- cruds
-
noun,
Slang.
a deposit or coating of refuse or of an impure or alien substance; muck.
a filthy, repulsive, or contemptible person.
something that is worthless, objectionable, or contemptible.
prevarication, exaggeration, or flattery.
a nonspecific, imaginary, or vaguely defined disease or disorder of the body:
any unpleasant external ailment, disorder, or the like, as a skin rash.
venereal disease, especially syphilis.
Vulgar. dried semen.
- Delos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: site of an oracle of Apollo.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- occur
-
verb (used without object),
to happen; take place; come to pass:
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- dict.
-
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- crit.
-
- dirls
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- licet
-
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- diols
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- Croce
-
noun,
Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1952, Italian statesman, philosopher, and historian.
- crocs
-
noun,
crocodile.
- dilis
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- Tudor
-
noun,
Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- lucid
-
adjective,
easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible:
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- 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.
- cusec
-
noun,
a unit of flow of one cubic foot per second.
- Cusco
-
noun,
Cuzco.
- tious
-
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- 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.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- 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.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- 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.
- curds
-
noun,
Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- culet
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- 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.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- ocul-
-
- decl.
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- deci-
-
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- lidos
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- telo-
-
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- 30-30
-
- Older
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- ludic
-
adjective,
playful in an aimless way:
- ducts
-
noun,
any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- duces
-
noun,
a leader or dictator.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- leuc-
-
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- cores
-
- duels
-
noun,
a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- Druse
-
noun,
an incrustation of small crystals on the surface of a rock or mineral.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- solid
-
noun,
a body or object having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness).
- 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.
- douse
-
noun,
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- 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.
- Duero
-
noun,
Spanish name of Douro.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- dures
-
verb (used with or without object),
endure.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- sloid
-
noun,
sloyd.
- Durst
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- duros
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- Duroc
-
noun,
one of an American breed of hardy red hogs having drooping ears.
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- Uredo
-
noun,
a skin irritation; hives; urticaria.
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- colic
-
noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- dulse
-
noun,
a coarse, edible, red seaweed, Rhodymenia palmata.
- Dulce
-
noun,
a female given name: from the Latin word meaning “sweet.”.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- duits
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- Cisco
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- duets
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- douce
-
adjective,
sedate; modest; quiet.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- disc.
-
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- OIcel
-
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- Ursid
-
noun,
any plantigrade carnivore of the family Ursidae, comprising the spectacled bear, the black, brown, and sun bears, and various extinct species that also gave rise to the giant panda of the family Ailuropodidae.
- ster.
-
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- could
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- 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.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- USECC
-
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- 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).
- dist.
-
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- leuds
-
noun,
a vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- lurid
-
adjective,
gruesome; horrible; revolting:
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- 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:
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Circe
-
noun,
Also, Kirke. Also called Aeaea. Classical Mythology. the enchantress represented by Homer as turning the companions of Odysseus into swine by means of a magic drink.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- cosec
-
noun,
cosecant.
- dolce
-
noun,
an instruction to the performer that the music is to be executed softly and sweetly.
- Doric
-
noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- 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.
- dolus
-
noun,
fraud; deceit, especially involving or evidencing evil intent (distinguished from culpa):
- dolts
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- 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.
- doles
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- lect.
-
- turd
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- urds
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- uro-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Olds
-
noun,
Ransom Eli, 1864–1950, U.S. automobile pioneer and manufacturer.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- ole-
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- USTC
-
- USRC
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- used
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ord.
-
- 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:
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- rcd.
-
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- uret
-
- OSRD
-
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- ouds
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- ulto
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- out-
-
- udos
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- 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.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- sold
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- Sol.
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- Ste.
-
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- 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.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- SLIC
-
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- sld.
-
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- TODS
-
- 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.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ter.
-
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TDRS
-
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- surd
-
noun,
Phonetics. a voiceless consonant (opposed to sonant).
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- sur-
-
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- stud
-
noun,
a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- str.
-
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- 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.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- 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.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- tude
-
noun,
an arrogant attitude.
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Tues
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- SCUD
-
noun,
the act of scudding.
- scr.
-
- tri-
-
- trid
-
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- std.
-
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- 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.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rus.
-
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Rude
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1784–1855, French sculptor.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- sec.
-
- 1080
-
- Dust
-
noun,
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- ile-
-
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- cuds
-
noun,
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- cule
-
- cur.
-
- iod-
-
- curd
-
noun,
Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Eur.
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- 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.
-
- est.
-
- eso-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- Esd.
-
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- itol
-
- Col.
-
- itis
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Cold
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- 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.
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- Cort
-
- iso-
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Ire.
-
- ious
-
- crud
-
noun,
Slang.
a deposit or coating of refuse or of an impure or alien substance; muck.
a filthy, repulsive, or contemptible person.
something that is worthless, objectionable, or contemptible.
prevarication, exaggeration, or flattery.
a nonspecific, imaginary, or vaguely defined disease or disorder of the body:
any unpleasant external ailment, disorder, or the like, as a skin rash.
venereal disease, especially syphilis.
Vulgar. dried semen.
- Dec.
-
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- Duce
-
noun,
a leader or dictator.
- duro
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- dure
-
adjective,
hard; severe.
- duos
-
noun,
Music. duet.
- duo-
-
- dulc
-
- Duit
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- duet
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- dlr.
-
- dues
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- duel
-
noun,
a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- duct
-
noun,
any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- ducs
-
noun,
duke.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- 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.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- dour
-
adjective,
sullen; gloomy:
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- dol.
-
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- Duse
-
noun,
Eleonora [el-ee-uh-nawr-uh;; Italian e-le-aw-naw-rah] /ˌɛl i əˈnɔr ə;; Italian ˌɛ lɛ ɔˈnɔ rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, Italian actress.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Del.
-
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- der.
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- eous
-
- Deus
-
noun,
God. Abbreviation: D.
- 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.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- dis-
-
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dili
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- dioc
-
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- dir.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- ect-
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- eco-
-
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- Cres
-
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- Ceto
-
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lord
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- cet-
-
- cide
-
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- cir.
-
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LitD
-
- lit.
-
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- loud
-
Idioms,
out loud, aloud; audibly:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- OECD
-
- Odus
-
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- Oct.
-
- CCls
-
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Cdr.
-
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- lude
-
noun,
Quaalude.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- Ltd.
-
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cels
-
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- 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:
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- dols
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- cis-
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- clod
-
noun,
a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- leud
-
noun,
a vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- 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.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- cit.
-
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- 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:
- CED
-
- CCU
-
- STL
-
- DIL
-
- ur-
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- DIU
-
noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- CEC
-
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- 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.
- Clo
-
- CDC
-
- ure
-
- CDT
-
- CLI
-
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- USC
-
- DLC
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- cc.
-
- 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.
- CLU
-
- CLR
-
- uti
-
- Co.
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- Doi
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- UTC
-
- cr.
-
- Sr.
-
- St.
-
- CCR
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- cs.
-
- USR
-
- USO
-
- DLS
-
- ct.
-
- cl.
-
- CCC
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- STI
-
- DLO
-
- CCD
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- ult
-
- CSO
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- TID
-
- CIC
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- CIE
-
- tue
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- Tu.
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- cud
-
noun,
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- 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.
- CSC
-
- TSI
-
- cte
-
- CTC
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- TLC
-
- tlo
-
- tlr
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- DCL
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- cle
-
- UIT
-
- di.
-
- TSE
-
- DET
-
- udo
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- Tro
-
- UDC
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- UCR
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- do.
-
- TCS
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- CRC
-
- UCC
-
- de-
-
- tr.
-
- DCS
-
- 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.
- CEO
-
- DSO
-
- DSC
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- oid
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- LCD
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IUD
-
- IUS
-
- LDS
-
- LSD
-
- Lt.
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- LCI
-
- RLD
-
- LCT
-
- LDC
-
- 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.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- 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.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Les
-
- ist
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- IRC
-
- il-
-
- ILO
-
- ILS
-
- IOC
-
- ior
-
- 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.
- IOT
-
- IOU
-
- Ir.
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ISR
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- RSE
-
- OCD
-
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Oc.
-
- OED
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- OSD
-
- OTC
-
- OCC
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- OCR
-
- ltr
-
- OCS
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- OIt
-
- ODT
-
- OIr
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oic
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- ot-
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- RCS
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- LOC
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RDS
-
- RDC
-
- RCT
-
- Re.
-
- Rd.
-
- ote
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- 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.
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- LSC
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- LSI
-
- oud
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- OTS
-
- LST
-
- Rs.
-
- IRL
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- se-
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SED
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- 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.
- Esc
-
- SLR
-
- rt.
-
- SDR
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- SDI
-
- ESL
-
- ESR
-
- EDC
-
- DUI
-
- 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).
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- SLE
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- EDT
-
- ed.
-
- eir
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- EIS
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ec-
-
- ETD
-
- eo-
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- 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).
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- ESU
-
- Duc
-
noun,
duke.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- ScD
-
- ETO
-
- ICC
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- Ld.
-
- ITU
-
- ide
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- 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.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ier
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- io-
-
- sc.
-
- id.
-
- DRE
-
- Du.
-
- ETR
-
- DST
-
- ETS
-
- eu-
-
- DSR
-
- ics
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- Dr.
-
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- Dou
-
noun,
Gerard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- EI
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- DT
-
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.
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- CE
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- O.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- ol
-
- TL
-
- UL
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- dl
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LC
-
- L.
-
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- i.
-
- 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.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- ic
-
- D.
-
- RO
-
- SL
-
- S.
-
- CU
-
- RU
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- UI
-
- R.
-
- LR
-
- Ud
-
- SU
-
- UC
-
- U.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RC
-
- le
-
- RI
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- t.
-
- TD
-
- T1
-
- TC
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products: