Anagrams of Coleridge-Taylor
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- collegiate
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noun,
(in Canada) collegiate institute.
- deltiology
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noun,
the hobby of collecting post cards.
- delegatory
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adjective,
of or relating to the delegation or assignment of authority, power, or responsibility.
- cordillera
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noun,
a chain of mountains, usually the principal mountain system or mountain axis of a large landmass.
- derogatory
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adjective,
tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory:
- coral-tree
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noun,
any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Erythrina, of the legume family, having large clusters of pealike flowers.
- Corriedale
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noun,
one of a breed of sheep raised originally in New Zealand and noted for their high-quality wool and good market lambs.
- galleryite
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noun,
a spectator, as in a theater gallery or at a golf match.
- teleology
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noun,
the doctrine that final causes exist.
- edge-tool
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noun,
a tool with a cutting edge.
- Coleridge
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noun,
Samuel Taylor, 1772–1834, English poet, critic, and philosopher.
- colligate
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verb (used with object),
to bind or fasten together.
- radiology
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noun,
the science dealing with x-rays or nuclear radiation, especially for medical uses.
- decorator
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noun,
interior designer.
- aetiology
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noun,
etiology.
- decretory
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adjective,
pertaining to or following a decree.
- glyceride
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noun,
any of a group of esters obtained from glycerol by the replacement of one, two, or three hydroxyl groups with a fatty acid: the principal constituent of adipose tissue.
- glycerite
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noun,
a preparation of a medicinal substance dissolved in or mixed with glycerin.
- traceried
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adjective,
ornamented or decorated with tracery.
- glycolate
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noun,
a salt or ester of glycolic acid.
- decollate
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verb (used with object),
to behead; decapitate.
- decaliter
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noun,
dekaliter.
- treillage
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noun,
latticework; a lattice or trellis.
- Cordelier
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noun,
a Franciscan friar: so called from the knotted cord worn as a girdle.
- artillery
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noun,
mounted projectile-firing guns or missile launchers, mobile or stationary, light or heavy, as distinguished from small arms.
- correlate
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noun,
either of two related things, especially when one implies the other.
- cartridge
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noun,
Also called cartouche. a cylindrical case of pasteboard, metal, or the like, for holding a complete charge of powder, and often also the bullet or the shot for a rifle, machine gun, or other small arm.
- coralloid
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adjective,
having the form or appearance of coral.
- corallite
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noun,
the skeleton of a single coral polyp.
- corollary
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noun,
Mathematics. a proposition that is incidentally proved in proving another proposition.
- Directory
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noun,
a book containing an alphabetical index of the names and addresses of persons in a city, district, organization, etc., or of a particular category of people.
- electoral
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adjective,
pertaining to electors or election.
- ocellated
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adjective,
(of a spot or marking) eyelike.
- corollate
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adjective,
having a corolla.
- acetylide
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noun,
any compound derived from acetylene by the replacement of one or both of its hydrogen atoms by a metal, as silver acetylide, Ag 2 Cl 2 .
- arteriole
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noun,
Anatomy. any of the smallest branches of an artery, terminating in capillaries.
- coeditor
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noun,
a person who cooperates or collaborates as editor with another.
- legality
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noun,
the state or quality of being in conformity with the law; lawfulness.
- detailer
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noun,
a manufacturer's representative who calls on customers to supply information on products and visits stores to monitor sales and replenish stock.
- declarer
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noun,
a person or thing that declares.
- collegia
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. college (def 11).
- collaret
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noun,
a small ornamental collar of fur, lace, or other material, worn by women.
- derogate
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adjective,
Archaic. debased.
- air-cool
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verb (used with object),
Machinery. to remove the heat of combustion, friction, etc., from (a machine, engine, or device), as by air streams flowing over an engine jacket.
- decorate
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verb (used with object),
to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish:
- delicate
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noun,
Archaic. a choice food; delicacy.
- derelict
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noun,
a person abandoned by society, especially a person without a permanent home and means of support; vagrant; bum.
- laetrile
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noun,
a controversial drug, purported to cure cancer, prepared from the pits of apricots or peaches and containing about 6 percent cyanide by weight: banned by the FDA.
- decretal
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noun,
a papal decree authoritatively determining some point of doctrine or church law.
- Lacertid
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noun,
any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Lacertidae.
- delegacy
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noun,
the position or commission of a delegate.
- air-core
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adjective,
having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils:
- gyroidal
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adjective,
having a spiral arrangement.
- Terceira
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noun,
an island in the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 153 sq. mi. (395 sq. km). Capital: Angra do Heroismo.
- localite
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noun,
one who lives in a particular locality.
- Cordelia
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noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the youngest of Lear's three daughters and the only one who remains loyal to her father.
Compare Goneril, Regan.
- corelate
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verb (used with object),
to correlate.
- loricate
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adjective,
covered with a lorica.
- areology
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noun,
the observation and study of the planet Mars.
- tailored
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- arterio-
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- oeillade
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noun,
an amorous glance; ogle.
- cotyloid
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adjective,
being in the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
- articled
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noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- creditor
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noun,
a person or firm to whom money is due (opposed to debtor).
- locality
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noun,
a place, spot, or district, with or without reference to things or persons in it or to occurrences there:
- cryolite
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noun,
a mineral, sodium aluminum fluoride, Na 3 AlF 6 , occurring in white masses, used as a flux in the electrolytic production of aluminum.
- legerity
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noun,
physical or mental quickness; nimbleness; agility.
- allergic
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adjective,
of or relating to allergy:
- collyria
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noun,
eyewash (def 1).
- literary
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adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature:
- allegory
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noun,
a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.
- carriole
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noun,
cariole.
- literacy
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noun,
the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.
- diacetyl
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noun,
biacetyl.
- colliery
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noun,
a coal mine, including all buildings and equipment.
- rogatory
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adjective,
pertaining to asking or requesting:
- dactylo-
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- teocalli
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noun,
a ceremonial structure of the Aztecs, consisting of a truncated terraced pyramid supporting a temple.
- rocaille
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noun,
Fine Arts. any of the fantastic ornamental, often asymmetrical, combinations characteristic of the Rococo period, consisting of rock, shell, and plant forms combined with artificial forms, esp C -curves.
- allecret
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noun,
a half suit of light plate armor.
- cordelle
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noun,
a heavy rope formerly used for towing boats on rivers in Canada and the U.S.
- redirect
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adjective,
Law. pertaining to the examination of a witness by the party calling him or her, after cross-examination.
- cetology
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noun,
the branch of zoology dealing with whales and dolphins.
- dolerite
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noun,
a coarse-grained variety of basalt.
- toreador
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noun,
a bullfighter; torero.
- red-clay
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noun,
a brown to red, widely distributed deep-sea deposit consisting chiefly of microscopic particles and tinted red by iron oxides and manganese.
- electro-
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- cellaret
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noun,
a compartment, cabinet, or stand fitted for wine bottles.
- elaterid
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noun,
any beetle of the family Elateridae, comprising the click beetles.
- eclogite
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noun,
a rock consisting of a granular aggregate of green pyroxene and red garnet, often containing kyanite, silvery mica, quartz, and pyrite.
- Goodyear
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noun,
Charles, 1800–60, U.S. inventor: developer of the process of vulcanizing rubber.
- aerolite
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noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- tricolor
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noun,
a flag having three colors.
- relocate
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verb (used with object),
to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location:
- toroidal
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adjective,
of or relating to a toroid.
- idolatry
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noun,
the religious worship of idols.
- regality
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noun,
royalty, sovereignty, or kingship.
- gloriole
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noun,
a halo, nimbus, or aureole.
- glycerol
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noun,
a colorless, odorless, syrupy, sweet liquid, C 3 H 8 O 3 , usually obtained by the saponification of natural fats and oils: used for sweetening and preserving food, in the manufacture of cosmetics, perfumes, inks, and certain glues and cements, as a solvent and automobile antifreeze, and in medicine in suppositories and skin emollients.
- raillery
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noun,
good-humored ridicule; banter.
- aerology
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noun,
the branch of meteorology involving the observation of the atmosphere by means of balloons, airplanes, etc.
- drollery
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noun,
something whimsically amusing or funny.
- re-trace
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verb (used with object),
to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.
- idolater
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noun,
Also, idolist [ahyd-l-ist] /ˈaɪd l ɪst/ (Show IPA). a worshiper of idols.
- cellarer
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noun,
a person in a monastery or community who is responsible for supplying food and drink.
- ideology
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noun,
the body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group.
- dilatory
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adjective,
tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- directly
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adverb,
in a direct line, way, or manner; straight:
- director
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noun,
a person or thing that directs.
- category
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noun,
any general or comprehensive division; a class.
- geodetic
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adjective,
pertaining to geodesy.
- cat-eyed
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adjective,
having eyes resembling those of a cat.
- ceratoid
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adjective,
hornlike; horny.
- grillade
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noun,
a dish or serving of broiled or grilled meat.
- re-tread
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verb (used with or without object),
to tread again.
- elytroid
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adjective,
resembling an elytron.
- etiology
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noun,
Pathology.
the study of the causes of diseases.
the cause or origin of a disease.
- acrology
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noun,
acrophony.
- celerity
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noun,
swiftness; speed.
- colloid
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noun,
Physical Chemistry. a substance made up of a system of particles with linear dimensions in the range of about 10 −7 to 5 × 10 −5 cm dispersed in a continuous gaseous, liquid, or solid medium whose properties depend on the large specific surface area. The particles can be large molecules like proteins, or solid, liquid, or gaseous aggregates and they remain dispersed indefinitely.
Compare aerosol, emulsion, gel, sol4 , suspension.
- redroot
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noun,
a North American plant, Lachnanthes caroliniana (or L. tinctoria), having sword-shaped leaves, woolly, yellowish flowers, and a root that is red in color.
- Oratory
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noun,
skill or eloquence in public speaking:
- Odoacer
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noun,
a.d. 434?–493, first barbarian ruler of Italy 476–493.
- colored
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noun,
Older Use: Offensive.
a black person.
the colored, black people as a group.
- ocreate
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adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- cedilla
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noun,
a mark (¸) placed under a consonant letter, as under c in French, in Portuguese, and formerly in Spanish, to indicate that it is pronounced (s), under c and s in Turkish to indicate that they are pronounced, respectively, (ch) and (sh), or under t and s in Romanian to indicate that they are pronounced, respectively, (ts) and (sh).
- regrate
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verb (used with object),
to buy up (grain, provisions, etc.) in order to sell again at a profit in or near the same market.
- ocellar
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adjective,
pertaining to an ocellus.
- caterer
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noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- reladle
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verb (used with object),
to mix (molten alloy steel) by pouring from ladle to ladle.
- cordage
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noun,
fiber and wire ropes, lines, hawsers, etc., taken as a whole, especially with reference to the rigging and other equipment of a vessel.
- cordate
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adjective,
heart-shaped:
- Cordele
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noun,
a city in SW Georgia.
- Cartier
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noun,
Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
- re-laid
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- Reigate
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noun,
a city in Surrey in SE England, a London suburb.
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- Collodi
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noun,
Carlo [kahr-loh;; Italian kahr-law] /ˈkɑr loʊ;; Italian ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), (Carlo Lorenzini) 1826–90, Italian writer: creator of the story of Pinocchio.
- collate
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verb (used with object),
to gather or arrange in their proper sequence (the pages of a report, the sheets of a book, the pages of several sets of copies, etc.).
- clootie
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) cloot (def 2).
- orderly
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noun,
Military. an enlisted soldier assigned to perform various chores for a commanding officer or group of officers.
- Ortegal
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noun,
Cape, a cape in NW Spain, on the Bay of Biscay.
- clearly
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adverb,
in a clear manner:
- old-age
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noun,
the last period of human life, now often considered to be the years after 65.
- radicel
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noun,
a minute root; a rootlet.
- clarity
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noun,
clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
- radicle
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noun,
Botany.
the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root.
a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
- collage
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noun,
a technique of composing a work of art by pasting on a single surface various materials not normally associated with one another, as newspaper clippings, parts of photographs, theater tickets, and fragments of an envelope.
- collard
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noun,
a variety of kale, Brassica oleracea acephala, grown in the southern U.S., having a rosette of green leaves.
- citadel
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noun,
a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
- collat.
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- cirrate
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adjective,
having cirri.
- redcoat
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noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- college
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noun,
an institution of higher learning, especially one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training.
Compare university.
- reactor
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noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- readily
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adverb,
promptly; quickly; easily:
- reality
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noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- re-ally
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verb (used with or without object),
to ally again or anew.
- collide
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verb (used with object),
to cause to collide:
- Collier
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noun,
a ship for carrying coal.
- Realtor
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- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- rectory
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noun,
a rector's house; parsonage.
- cerato-
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- cerated
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adjective,
covered with wax.
- orality
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noun,
the condition or quality of being oral; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the oral phase of psychosexual development.
- literal
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noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- cordial
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noun,
a strong, sweetened, aromatic alcoholic liquor; liqueur.
- goldeye
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noun,
a silvery, herringlike game fish, Hiodon alosoides, found in the fresh waters of central North America.
- edacity
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noun,
the state of being edacious; voraciousness; appetite.
- ecology
-
noun,
the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
- Girdler
-
noun,
a person or thing that girdles.
- 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.
- glacier
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noun,
an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
- dry-rot
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noun,
Plant Pathology.
a decay of seasoned timber, resulting in its becoming brittle and crumbling to a dry powder, caused by various fungi.
any of various diseases of plants in which the rotted tissues are dry.
- go-cart
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noun,
a small carriage for young children to ride in; stroller.
- Goliard
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noun,
one of a class of wandering scholar-poets in Germany, France, and England, chiefly in the 12th and 13th centuries, noted as the authors of satirical Latin verse written in celebration of conviviality, sensual pleasures, etc.
- garrote
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- gorilla
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noun,
the largest of the anthropoid apes, Gorilla gorilla, terrestrial and vegetarian, of western equatorial Africa and the Kivu highlands, comprising the subspecies G. g. gorilla (western lowland gorilla) G. g. graueri (eastern lowland gorilla) and G. g. beringei (mountain gorilla) now rare.
- gracile
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adjective,
gracefully slender.
- Graeco-
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- Greater
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noun,
a person who has achieved importance or distinction in a field:
- greatly
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adverb,
in or to a great degree; much:
- dog-ear
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noun,
(in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
- dogcart
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noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle for ordinary driving, with two transverse seats back to back, and originally having a box under the rear seat for carrying a dog.
- Docetae
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plural noun,
early Christian adherents of Docetism.
- Geordie
-
noun,
a native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
- egalite
-
noun,
equality.
- grocery
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noun,
Also called grocery store. a grocer's store.
- Electra
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noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- ergodic
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adjective,
of or relating to the condition that, in an interval of sufficient duration, a system will return to states that are closely similar to previous ones: the assumption of such a condition underlies statistical methods used in modern dynamics and atomic theory.
- Ercilla
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noun,
Alonso de [ah-lawn-saw th e] /ɑˈlɔn sɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1533–94, Spanish epic poet; soldier in the conquest of Chile.
- Eritrea
-
noun,
a republic in NE Africa, on the Red Sea: Italian colony 1890–1941; province of Ethiopia 1962–93; independent since 1993. 47,076 sq. mi. (121,927 sq. km). Capital: Asmara.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- erratic
-
noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- elegiac
-
noun,
an elegiac or distich verse.
- Gaylord
-
noun,
a male given name.
- electr-
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- galloot
-
noun,
galoot.
- elector
-
noun,
a person who elects or may elect, especially a qualified voter.
- Eleatic
-
noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- elderly
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) elderly people collectively; senior citizens (usually preceded by the):
- galerie
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noun,
gallery (def 8).
- Galilee
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noun,
a porch or vestibule, often on the ground floor of a tower, at the entrance of some English churches.
- Galileo
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noun,
(Galileo Galilei) 1564–1642, Italian physicist and astronomer.
- gallery
-
noun,
a raised area, often having a stepped or sloping floor, in a theater, church, or other public building to accommodate spectators, exhibits, etc.
- galliot
-
noun,
galiot.
- griller
-
noun,
a person who grills food, especially as a cook in a restaurant.
- Grolier
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adjective,
pertaining to a decorative design (Grolier design) in bookbinding, consisting of bands interlaced in geometric forms.
- cordite
-
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.
- corrode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat or wear away gradually as if by gnawing, especially by chemical action.
- locator
-
noun,
a person who locates something.
- Creator
-
noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- logical
-
adjective,
according to or agreeing with the principles of logic:
- cotidal
-
adjective,
pertaining to a coincidence of tides.
- coterie
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noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- cortege
-
noun,
a procession, especially a ceremonial one:
- corrody
-
noun,
Old English Law. corody.
- corrido
-
noun,
a Mexican ballad or folksong about struggle against oppression and injustice.
- criollo
-
noun,
a person born in Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
Compare Creole (def 1).
- corrida
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noun,
a bullfight.
- correl.
-
- corrade
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verb (used with object),
to wear down by corrasion; abrade.
- Corolla
-
noun,
the inner envelope of floral leaves of a flower, usually of delicate texture and of some color other than green; the petals considered collectively.
- Coryell
-
noun,
John Russell, 1848–1924, U.S. author of detective and adventure stories.
- Coryate
-
noun,
Thomas, 1577–1617, English traveler and author.
- Lorelei
-
noun,
a quasilegendary nymph of the Rhine who lured sailors to shipwreck on her rock by singing: a creation of Clemens Brentano in a poem of 1800.
- Corelli
-
noun,
Arcangelo [ahr-kahn-je-law] /ɑrˈkɑn dʒɛˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1653–1713, Italian violinist and composer.
- criolla
-
noun,
a woman or girl born in Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- lygaeid
-
noun,
Also called lygaeid bug, lygus bug [lahy-guh s] /ˈlaɪ gəs/ (Show IPA). any of numerous, often brightly marked bugs of the family Lygaeidae, which feed on the juices of plants in both the larval and adult stages and are important pests of cultivated crops and some fruit trees.
- ideally
-
adverb,
in accordance with an ideal; perfectly.
- decrial
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noun,
the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- dilator
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that dilates some cavity of the body.
- dietary
-
noun,
a regulated allowance of food.
- dialect
-
noun,
Linguistics. a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.
- Iredell
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noun,
James, 1751–99, associate justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1790–99.
- deltaic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or like a delta.
- Deloria
-
noun,
Vine, (Jr.) [vahyn] /vaɪn/ (Show IPA), 1933–2005, U.S. writer.
- Laodice
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a daughter of Priam and Hecuba who chose to be swallowed up by the earth rather than live as a Greek concubine.
- largely
-
adverb,
to a great extent; in great part; generally; chiefly:
- decolor
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the color from; deprive of color; bleach.
- dacoity
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) gang robbery; robbery by dacoits.
- declare
-
verb (used with object),
to make known or state clearly, especially in explicit or formal terms:
- deciare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- Leclair
-
noun,
Jean Marie [zhahn ma-ree] /ʒɑ̃ maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1697–1764, French violinist and composer.
- dariole
-
noun,
a small round mold.
- legator
-
noun,
a person who bequeaths; a testator.
- leotard
-
noun,
a skintight, one-piece garment for the torso, having a high or low neck, long or short sleeves, and a lower portion resembling either briefs or tights, worn by acrobats, dancers, etc.
- Day-Glo
-
- Lydgate
-
noun,
John, c1370–1451? English monk, poet, and translator.
- carroty
-
adjective,
like a carrot, as in color, flavor, or shape.
- erector
-
noun,
Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
- Carroll
-
noun,
Charles, 1737–1832, American patriot and legislator.
- cardio-
-
- retrace
-
verb (used with object),
to trace backward; go back over:
- tierced
-
adjective,
(of an escutcheon) divided vertically or horizontally into three equal parts.
- triaryl
-
adjective,
containing three aryl groups.
- rootage
-
noun,
the act of taking root.
- allergy
-
noun,
an abnormal reaction of the body to a previously encountered allergen introduced by inhalation, ingestion, injection, or skin contact, often manifested by itchy eyes, runny nose, wheezing, skin rash, or diarrhea.
- allegro
-
noun,
an allegro movement.
- alleged
-
adjective,
declared or stated to be as described; asserted:
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- tiercel
-
noun,
tercel.
- acolyte
-
noun,
an altar attendant in public worship.
- triclad
-
noun,
a planarian.
- Ricardo
-
noun,
David, 1772–1823, English economist.
- tillage
-
noun,
the operation, practice, or art of tilling land.
- trailer
-
noun,
a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road.
Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
- Calorie
-
noun,
Thermodynamics.
Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal.
(usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- rigolet
-
noun,
a small stream; rivulet.
- treadle
-
noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- caloyer
-
noun,
a monk of the Eastern Church.
- air-dry
-
adjective,
dry beyond further evaporation.
- algetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or causing pain; painful.
- treacle
-
noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- retiary
-
adjective,
using a net or any entangling device.
- Torelli
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1650?–1708, Italian composer and violinist.
- reticle
-
noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- Terrell
-
noun,
a city in NE Texas.
- trolley
-
noun,
trolley car.
- age-old
-
adjective,
ancient; from time immemorial:
- related
-
adjective,
associated; connected.
- retired
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- tracery
-
noun,
ornamental work consisting of ramified ribs, bars, or the like, as in the upper part of a Gothic window, in panels, screens, etc.
- tollage
-
noun,
toll; tax.
- relator
-
noun,
a person who relates or tells; narrator.
- Altgeld
-
noun,
John Peter, 1847–1902, U.S. politician, born in Germany: governor of Illinois 1892–96: made controversial decision to pardon those convicted in Haymarket Riot.
- cadelle
-
noun,
a small, blackish beetle, Tenebroides mauritanicus, that feeds, as both larva and adult, on stored grain and on other insects.
- carotid
-
noun,
Also called carotid artery. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
- terrace
-
noun,
a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- Carlyle
-
noun,
Thomas, 1795–1881, Scottish essayist and historian.
- trilogy
-
noun,
a series or group of three plays, novels, operas, etc., that, although individually complete, are closely related in theme, sequence, or the like.
- article
-
noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- cariole
-
noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- arteri-
-
- aerogel
-
noun,
a gel formed by the dispersion of air in a solidified matrix; a solid foam, as Styrofoam.
- Argyrol
-
- tragedy
-
noun,
a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster:
- Trigere
-
noun,
Pauline, 1909–2002, U.S. fashion designer, born in France.
- retread
-
noun,
a tire that has been retreaded.
- Laredo
-
noun,
a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- delate
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- tiered
-
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.
- deicer
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- larder
-
noun,
a room or place where food is kept; pantry.
- lacto-
-
- Tiller
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- delict
-
noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- agric.
-
- Groote
-
noun,
Gerhard [Dutch khey-rahrt;; English gair-hahrt] /Dutch ˈxeɪ rɑrt;; English ˈgɛər hɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Gerardus Magnus) 1340–84, Dutch religious reformer, educator, and author: founder of the order of Brethren of the Common Life.
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- iatro-
-
- ically
-
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- diglot
-
noun,
a bilingual book or edition.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- agreed
-
adjective,
arranged or set by common consent:
- Yeager
-
noun,
Charles (Elwood) ("Chuck") born 1923, U.S. aviator and test pilot: the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound (1947).
- derail
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- Igorot
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Malay stock in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, some noted as headhunters.
- Yigdal
-
noun,
a liturgical prayer or hymn expressing the faith of Israel in God, usually sung responsively by the cantor and congregation at the close of the evening service on the Sabbath and festivals.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- irreal
-
adjective,
unreal.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- irreg.
-
- tilery
-
noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- lately
-
adverb,
of late; recently; not long since:
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- lodger
-
noun,
a person who lives in rented quarters in another's house; roomer.
- loader
-
noun,
a person or thing that loads.
- Allied
-
noun,
a person, group, or nation that is associated with another or others for some common cause or purpose:
- locale
-
noun,
a place or locality, especially with reference to events or circumstances connected with it:
- Allier
-
noun,
a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.
- teleo-
-
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- telega
-
noun,
a Russian cart of rude construction, having four wheels and no springs.
- Creole
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- trolly
-
noun,
trolley.
- teleg.
-
- lyrate
-
adjective,
Botany. (of a pinnate leaf) divided transversely into several lobes, the smallest at the base.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- crayer
-
noun,
a small sailing vessel formerly used in trade along the coasts of western Europe.
- Loyola
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius of (Iñigo López de Loyola) 1491–1556, Spanish soldier and ecclesiastic: founder of the Society of Jesus.
- cradle
-
noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Lolita
-
noun,
(italics) a novel (1955) by Vladimir Nabokov.
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- allege
-
verb (used with object),
to assert without proof.
- ligate
-
verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- decile
-
noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
- Ledger
-
noun,
Bookkeeping. an account book of final entry, in which business transactions are recorded.
- latigo
-
noun,
a leather strap on the saddletree of a Western saddle used to tighten and secure the cinch.
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- deceit
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- decare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- tergal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the tergum.
- leader
-
noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- teredo
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- do-all
-
noun,
a person employed as a factotum, as the manager of all the affairs of an individual or a business.
- dealer
-
noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- legacy
-
noun,
Law. a gift of property, especially personal property, as money, by will; a bequest.
- dacoit
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- carrot
-
noun,
a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- legate
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic delegated by the pope as his representative.
- dartle
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- darter
-
noun,
a person or thing that darts or moves swiftly.
- legato
-
adjective, adverb,
smooth and connected; without breaks between the successive tones.
- Lerida
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- algoid
-
adjective,
like algae.
- 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.
- Teller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- grocer
-
noun,
the owner or operator of a store that sells general food supplies and certain nonedible articles of household use, as soaps and paper products.
- Tooele
-
noun,
a town in NW Utah.
- grille
-
noun,
a grating or openwork barrier, as for a gate, usually of metal and often of decorative design.
- Garter
-
noun,
Also called, British, sock suspender, suspender. an article of clothing for holding up a stocking or sock, usually an elastic band around the leg or an elastic strap hanging from a girdle or other undergarment.
- eyelid
-
noun,
the movable lid of skin that serves to cover and uncover the eyeball.
- Gallic
-
adjective,
of or containing gallium, especially in the trivalent state.
- Gallo-
-
- eyalet
-
noun,
vilayet.
- galoot
-
noun,
an awkward, eccentric, or foolish person.
- galore
-
adverb,
in abundance; in plentiful amounts:
- garlic
-
noun,
a hardy plant, Allium sativum, of the amaryllis family whose strongly, pungent bulb is used in cookery and medicine.
- garote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- Garret
-
noun,
an attic, usually a small, wretched one.
- gelati
-
noun,
a rich ice cream, made with eggs and usually containing a relatively low percentage of butterfat.
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- 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:
- Gerald
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “spear” and “rule.”.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- Gerard
-
noun,
Also, Gé·rard·. a male given name, form of Gerald.
- Gilder
-
noun,
a person or thing that gilds.
- Gilead
-
noun,
a district of ancient Palestine, E of the Jordan River, in present N Jordan.
- Gilolo
-
noun,
Halmahera.
- Gilroy
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- Girard
-
noun,
Stephen, 1750–1831, U.S. merchant, banker, and philanthropist, born in France.
- gyrate
-
adjective,
Zoology. having convolutions.
- gallet
-
noun,
spall (def 1).
- galley
-
noun,
a kitchen or an area with kitchen facilities in a ship, plane, or camper.
- girdle
-
noun,
a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Elodea
-
noun,
any of several New World submersed aquatic plants of the genus Elodea, having numerous, usually whorled leaves.
- Ellora
-
noun,
a village in S central India: important Hindu archaeological site.
- Ellery
-
noun,
a male given name.
- eroto-
-
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- elytra
-
noun,
plural of elytron.
- Elyria
-
noun,
a city in N Ohio.
- Gadite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Gad.
- galiot
-
noun,
a small galley propelled by both sails and oars.
- Gaelic
-
noun,
a Celtic language that includes the speech of ancient Ireland and the dialects that have developed from it, especially those usually known as Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic. Gaelic constitutes the Goidelic subbranch of Celtic.
- gaiety
-
noun,
the state of being joyous, vivacious, or cheerful.
- elegit
-
noun,
a writ of execution against a judgment debtor's goods, property, or land, held by the judgment creditor until payment of the debt, as from rents on the land.
- elect.
-
- gaited
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- acetyl
-
adjective,
containing the acetyl group.
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- aceto-
-
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- elated
-
adjective,
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:
- girder
-
noun,
a large beam, as of steel, reinforced concrete, or timber, for supporting masonry, joists, purlins, etc.
- tragic
-
noun,
the tragic, the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.:
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- grader
-
noun,
a person or thing that grades.
- toroid
-
noun,
a surface generated by the revolution of any closed plane curve or contour about an axis lying in its plane.
- dotage
-
noun,
a decline of mental faculties, especially as associated with old age; senility.
- goodie
-
noun,
Usually, goodies. something especially attractive or pleasing, especially cake, cookies, or candy.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- dorter
-
noun,
a dormitory, especially in a monastery.
- goodly
-
adjective,
of good or substantial size, amount, etc.:
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- doolie
-
noun,
a first-year cadet in the U.S. Air Force Academy.
- torero
-
noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- Dollar
-
noun,
a paper money, silver or cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of the United States, equal to 100 cents. Symbol: $.
- dragee
-
noun,
a sugarcoated nut or candy.
- Taylor
-
noun,
A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercivale) 1906–90, English historian.
- grater
-
noun,
a person or thing that grates.
- Greco-
-
- greedy
-
adjective,
excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious:
- Greely
-
noun,
Adolphus Washington, 1844–1935, U.S. general and arctic explorer.
- Toller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tolls.
- Gretry
-
noun,
André Ernest Modeste [ahn-drey er-nest maw-dest] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ ɛrˈnɛst mɔˈdɛst/ (Show IPA), 1741–1813, French operatic composer.
- Doctor
-
noun,
a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- Docile
-
adjective,
easily managed or handled; tractable:
- Toledo
-
noun,
Francisco de [frahn-sees-kaw th e] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), c1515–84? Spanish administrator: viceroy of Peru 1569–81.
- aedile
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- goiter
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- glycol
-
noun,
Also called ethylene glycol, ethylene alcohol. a colorless, sweet liquid, C 2 H 6 O 2 , used chiefly as an automobile antifreeze and as a solvent.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- girl-o
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- eatery
-
noun,
a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.
- trader
-
noun,
a person who trades; a merchant or businessperson.
- glaire
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- eaglet
-
noun,
a young eagle.
- glairy
-
adjective,
of the nature of glair; viscous.
- gleety
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling gleet.
- Adygei
-
noun,
Official name Adygei Autonomous Region. an autonomous region in the Russian Federation, part of the Krasnodar territory, in the NW Caucasus Mountains. 1505 sq. mi. (3903 sq. km). Capital: Maikop.
- glyco-
-
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- dreary
-
adjective,
causing sadness or gloom.
- drooly
-
adjective,
drooling, tending to drool, or covered with drool.
- glider
-
noun,
a motorless, heavier-than-air aircraft for gliding from a higher to a lower level by the action of gravity or from a lower to a higher level by the action of air currents.
- Gliere
-
noun,
Reinhold Moritzovich [rahyn-hawlt maw-ryi-tsuh-vyich] /ˈraɪn hɔlt ˈmɔ ryɪ tsə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, Russian composer.
- torrid
-
adjective,
subject to parching or burning heat, especially of the sun, as a geographical area:
- Gloria
-
noun,
Liturgy.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
Gloria Patri.
the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”.
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- goaler
-
noun,
goalkeeper in the game of ice hockey.
- goalie
-
noun,
a goalkeeper.
- goatee
-
noun,
a man's beard trimmed to a tuft or point on the chin.
- Torrey
-
noun,
John, 1796–1873, U.S. botanist and chemist.
- corral
-
noun,
an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- oreide
-
noun,
oroide.
- calli-
-
- Callot
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1592?–1635, French engraver and etcher.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- collet
-
noun,
a collar or enclosing band.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- roadeo
-
noun,
a competition, usually held annually, for professional truck drivers testing driving skill.
- rillet
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- recall
-
noun,
an act of recalling.
- Collie
-
noun,
one of a breed of dogs having a usually long, black, tan, and white or sable and white coat, raised originally in Scotland for herding sheep.
- caller
-
noun,
a person or thing that calls.
- realty
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- really
-
adverb,
in reality; actually:
- Calder
-
noun,
Alexander, 1898–1976, U.S. sculptor; originator of mobiles.
- Collar
-
noun,
the part of a shirt, coat, dress, blouse, etc., that encompasses the neckline of the garment and is sewn permanently to it, often so as to fold or roll over.
- Reader
-
noun,
a person who reads.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- record
-
noun,
an act of recording.
- Rodger
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Roger.
- oyelet
-
noun,
eyelet (def 5).
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- coolie
-
noun,
an unskilled laborer, especially formerly in China and India.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cooler
-
noun,
a container or apparatus, as an insulated chest, in which something may be cooled or kept cool.
- Cooley
-
noun,
Charles Horton [hawr-tn] /ˈhɔr tn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1929, U.S. author and pioneer in the field of sociology.
- Royall
-
noun,
Anne Newport, 1769–1854, U.S. writer, newspaper publisher, and reformer.
- cardi-
-
- retell
-
verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- recti-
-
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- calory
-
noun,
calorie.
- artery
-
noun,
Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- royale
-
noun,
custard cut into shapes and used as a garnish in soups.
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- collo-
-
- collyr
-
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Ridley
-
noun,
Also called Atlantic ridley, bastard ridley, bastard turtle. a gray sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempii, of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America, about 24 inches (61 cm) long, previously thought to be a hybrid of the loggerhead and green turtles: an endangered species.
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- codger
-
noun,
an eccentric man, especially one who is old.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- Otello
-
noun,
an opera (1887) with music by Giuseppe Verdi and a libretto by Arrigo Boito based on Shakespeare's Othello.
- Ortler
-
noun,
a range of the Alps in N Italy.
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- Cleary
-
noun,
Beverly, born 1916, U.S. author.
- oroide
-
noun,
an alloy containing copper, tin, etc., used to imitate gold.
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- oocyte
-
noun,
an immature egg cell of the animal ovary; in humans, one oocyte matures during the menstrual cycle, becoming an ootid and then an ovum, while several others partially mature and then disintegrate.
- cleoid
-
noun,
a claw-shaped dental instrument used to remove carious material from a cavity.
- clergy
-
noun,
the group or body of ordained persons in a religion, as distinguished from the laity.
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- orator
-
noun,
a person who delivers an oration; a public speaker, especially one of great eloquence:
- ordeal
-
noun,
any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
- Oriole
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- Cloete
-
noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- oolite
-
noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- retro-
-
- cirro-
-
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- oillet
-
noun,
eyelet (def 5).
- retool
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- coyote
-
noun,
Also called prairie wolf. a buffy-gray, wolflike canid, Canis latrans, of North America, distinguished from the wolf by its relatively small size and its slender build, large ears, and narrow muzzle.
- rarity
-
noun,
something rare, unusual, or uncommon:
- rarely
-
adverb,
on rare occasions; infrequently; seldom:
- coydog
-
noun,
the offspring of a coyote and a dog.
- oligo-
-
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- clado-
-
- raider
-
noun,
a person or thing that raids.
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- retral
-
adjective,
at or toward the back; posterior.
- radio-
-
- ocelot
-
noun,
a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- cerat-
-
- Corday
-
noun,
Charlotte (Maria Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont) 1768–93, French Revolutionary heroine: assassinated Jean-Paul Marat.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- taille
-
noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- coroll
-
- celery
-
noun,
a plant, Apium graveolens, of the parsley family, whose leafstalks are eaten raw or cooked.
- arride
-
verb (used with object),
to be agreeable or pleasing to.
- Lorrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- regale
-
noun,
a sumptuous feast.
- relier
-
noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- Carrel
-
noun,
Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.
- roller
-
noun,
a person or thing that rolls.
- caryo-
-
- re-lay
-
verb (used with object),
to lay again.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- regard
-
noun,
reference; relation:
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- lordly
-
adverb,
Also, lordlily. in the manner of a lord.
- rooted
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Argyle
-
noun,
a diamond-shaped pattern of two or more colors, used in knitting socks, sweaters, etc.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- Ariege
-
noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- rooter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- Argyll
-
noun,
a historic county in W Scotland.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- regret
-
noun,
a sense of loss, disappointment, dissatisfaction, etc.
- Rotary
-
noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- corody
-
noun,
a right to receive maintenance in the form of housing, food, or clothing, especially the right enjoyed by the sovereign or a private benefactor to receive such maintenance from a religious house.
- reglet
-
noun,
Architecture.
a groove for guiding or holding a panel, window sash, etc.
a narrow, flat molding; fillet.
- celto-
-
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- celled
-
noun,
a small room, as in a convent or prison.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- Redleg
-
noun,
a member of a secret organization, formed in Kansas in 1862, that engaged in guerrilla activities during the Civil War.
- arroyo
-
noun,
(chiefly in southwest U.S.) a small steep-sided watercourse or gulch with a nearly flat floor: usually dry except after heavy rains.
- career
-
noun,
an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework:
- cellar
-
noun,
a room, or set of rooms, for the storage of food, fuel, etc., wholly or partly underground and usually beneath a building.
- retard
-
noun,
a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.
- Carrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- reread
-
noun,
the act of reading something again.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- rally
-
noun,
a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
- Errol
-
noun,
a male given name.
- grade
-
noun,
a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity:
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- orial
-
- gloat
-
noun,
an act or feeling of gloating.
- Glory
-
noun,
very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown:
- glide
-
noun,
a gliding movement, as in dancing.
- rall.
-
- ergo-
-
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- rayed
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- Regt.
-
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Relay
-
noun,
a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.
- Goldi
-
noun,
Nanay.
- gooey
-
adjective,
like or covered with goo; sticky; viscid.
- ricey
-
adjective,
pertaining to, resembling, or containing rice.
- Goody
-
noun,
Usually, goodies. something especially attractive or pleasing, especially cake, cookies, or candy.
- goral
-
noun,
a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.
- golly
-
interjection,
(used as a mild exclamation expressing surprise, wonder, puzzlement, pleasure, or the like.)
- Gordy
-
noun,
Berry, Jr, born 1929, U.S. music and record producer: founder of Motown records.
- Gorey
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- troll
-
noun,
a song whose parts are sung in succession; a round.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- orig.
-
- Golda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- godly
-
adjective,
conforming to the laws and wishes of God; devout; pious.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- godet
-
noun,
a triangular piece of fabric, often rounded at the top, inserted in a garment to give fullness.
Compare gore3 (def 1), gusset (def 1).
- 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.
- Godel
-
noun,
Kurt [kurt] /kɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1906–78, U.S. mathematician and logician, born in Austria-Hungary.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- Grace
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- erode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- Godey
-
noun,
Louis Antoine [an-twahn] /ˈæn twɑn/ (Show IPA), 1804–78, U.S. publisher: founded the first women's magazine in the U.S. 1830.
- Oriya
-
noun,
an Indic language spoken in Odisha, in eastern India.
- Reger
-
noun,
Max [mahks] /mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1873–1916, German composer and pianist.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- geod.
-
- Gilda
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “golden.”.
- Gerry
-
noun,
Elbridge [el-brij] /ˈɛl brɪdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1744–1814, U.S. politician: vice president 1813–14.
Compare gerrymander.
- relig
-
- Gerar
-
noun,
an ancient city in Palestine, near the Mediterranean: now an archaeological site in Israel.
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Grail
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- geol.
-
- Reedy
-
adjective,
full of reeds:
- geoid
-
noun,
an imaginary surface that coincides with mean sea level in the ocean and its extension through the continents.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- geode
-
noun,
a hollow concretionary or nodular stone often lined with crystals.
- redly
-
adverb,
with a red color or glow:
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- gelid
-
adjective,
very cold; icy.
- galet
-
noun,
spall (def 1).
- g-cal
-
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- GATED
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- Galle
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Sri Lanka.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- retd.
-
- Gally
-
verb (used with object),
to frighten or scare.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Glace
-
noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- Tracy
-
noun,
Spencer, 1900–67, U.S. film actor.
- glyc-
-
- regle
-
noun,
a groove or channel for guiding a sliding door.
- gleet
-
noun,
Pathology.
a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound.
persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
- gleed
-
noun,
a glowing coal.
- glary
-
adjective,
harshly brilliant; glaring.
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- glair
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- glade
-
noun,
an open space in a forest.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Gilly
-
noun,
gillie.
- Gayle
-
noun,
a female or male given name.
- gyro-
-
- gaily
-
adverb,
with merriment; merrily; joyfully; cheerfully.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- girly
-
noun,
Offensive. a term of address used for a girl or woman.
- Ready
-
noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- Trill
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- gyral
-
adjective,
gyratory.
- Recit
-
- trig.
-
- Loral
-
adjective,
of or relating to lore, knowledge, learning, etc.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- Leyte
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines: focal point of the U.S. invasion of the Philippines 1944. 3085 sq. mi. (7990 sq. km).
- octa-
-
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Leger
-
noun,
ledger (def 4).
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- legit
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- Leila
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tera-
-
- ledgy
-
adjective,
having ledges.
- Royce
-
noun,
Josiah, 1855–1916, U.S. philosopher and educator.
- LeRoy
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old French, meaning “the king.”.
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- lyard
-
adjective,
streaked or spotted with gray or white.
- lycee
-
noun,
a secondary school, especially in France, maintained by the government.
- licet
-
- Lycia
-
noun,
an ancient country in SW Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- leery
-
adjective,
wary; suspicious (usually followed by of):
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- Lydia
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom in W Asia Minor: under Croesus, a wealthy empire including most of Asia Minor.
- terr.
-
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Terry
-
noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- rodeo
-
noun,
a public exhibition of cowboy skills, as bronco riding and calf roping.
- Larry
-
noun,
a hoe with a perforated blade for mixing mortar or plaster.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- Roger
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “fame” and “spear.”.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- latry
-
- Royal
-
noun,
Nautical. a sail set on a royal mast.
- leady
-
adjective,
like lead; leaden.
- Leary
-
adjective,
leery1 .
- octo-
-
- lect.
-
- ledge
-
noun,
a relatively narrow, projecting part, as a horizontal, shelflike projection on a wall or a raised edge on a tray.
- telo-
-
- telly
-
noun,
television.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Lorry
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a motor truck, especially a large one.
- tele-
-
- logic
-
noun,
the science that investigates the principles governing correct or reliable inference.
- Teyde
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), Teide, Pico de.
- logo-
-
- loyal
-
adjective,
faithful to one's sovereign, government, or state:
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- teary
-
adjective,
of or like tears.
- rotor
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- tarry
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- tardy
-
adjective,
late; behind time; not on time:
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- Tally
-
noun,
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- logia
-
noun,
a plural of logion.
- Lodge
-
noun,
a small, makeshift or crude shelter or habitation, as of boughs, poles, skins, earth, or rough boards; cabin or hut.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Rolla
-
noun,
a city in S central Missouri.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Liege
-
noun,
a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- liger
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- Lilac
-
noun,
any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Syringa, of the olive family, as S. vulgaris, having large clusters of fragrant purple or white flowers: the state flower of New Hampshire.
- roily
-
adjective,
turbid; muddy.
- lyric
-
noun,
a lyric poem.
- 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.
- lt-yr
-
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- lytic
-
adjective,
of, noting, or pertaining to lysis or a lysin.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- LLoyd
-
noun,
Welsh Legend. Llwyd.
- local
-
noun,
a local train, bus, etc.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Rollo
-
noun,
Also called Rolf, Roy, Hrolf, Rolf the Ganger. a.d. c860–931? Norse chieftain: 1st duke of Normandy 911?.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- rooty
-
noun,
bread.
- Largo
-
noun,
a largo movement.
- OIcel
-
- Oreg.
-
- yclad
-
verb,
past participle of clothe.
- ootid
-
noun,
the cell that results from the meiotic divisions of an oocyte and matures into an ovum.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- to-do
-
noun,
bustle; fuss:
- today
-
noun,
this present day:
- toady
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- Yager
-
noun,
jaeger (defs 2, 3).
- iatry
-
- Icel.
-
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- Tyrol
-
noun,
an alpine region in W Austria and N Italy: a former Austrian crown land.
- ology
-
noun,
any science or branch of knowledge.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- Tyree
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, near Ronne Ice Shelf. About 16,290 feet (4965 meters).
- ideo-
-
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- ridge
-
noun,
a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
- idyll
-
noun,
a poem or prose composition, usually describing pastoral scenes or events or any charmingly simple episode, appealing incident, or the like.
- Groot
-
noun,
Huig [Dutch hoikh] /Dutch hɔɪx/ (Show IPA), de [duh] /də/ (Show IPA), or van [vahn] /vɑn/ (Show IPA), Hugo Grotius.
- oracy
-
noun,
the ability to express oneself in and understand spoken language.
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- Rider
-
noun,
a person who rides a horse or other animal, a bicycle, etc.
- tolly
-
noun,
candle (def 1).
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- greed
-
noun,
excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- order
-
noun,
an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- Greer
-
noun,
Germaine, born 1939, Australian feminist and writer.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- grice
-
noun,
a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- gride
-
noun,
a griding or grating sound.
- grill
-
noun,
a grated utensil for broiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc., over a fire; gridiron.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- tolyl
-
adjective,
containing a tolyl group; cresyl.
- Ryder
-
noun,
Albert Pinkham [ping-kuh m] /ˈpɪŋ kəm/ (Show IPA), 1847–1917, U.S. painter.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- Ollie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Oliver.
- olig-
-
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- rigor
-
noun,
strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- Tildy
-
noun,
Zoltán [zawl-tahn] /ˈzɔl tɑn/ (Show IPA), 1889–1961, Hungarian statesman: premier 1945–46; president 1946–48.
- 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.
- oidea
-
- lact-
-
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- ladle
-
noun,
a long-handled utensil with a cup-shaped bowl for dipping or conveying liquids.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- riyal
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Qatar, equal to 100 dirhams.
- Lacey
-
noun,
a town in W Washington.
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- Riley
-
noun,
James Whitcomb [hwit-kuh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt kəm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1849–1916, U.S. poet.
- layer
-
noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- lairy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a lair.
- laity
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- lardy
-
adjective,
like or consisting of lard:
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- 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.
- Italy
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870–1946. 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Capital: Rome.
- oleo-
-
- iodo-
-
- igloo
-
noun,
an Eskimo house, being a dome-shaped hut usually built of blocks of hard snow.
- yield
-
noun,
something yielded.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- ileo-
-
- yodel
-
noun,
a song, refrain, etc., so sung.
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- yodle
-
noun,
a song, refrain, etc., so sung.
- Tilly
-
noun,
Count Johan Tserclaes von [yoh-hahn tser-klahs fuh n] /ˈyoʊ hɑn tsɛrˈklɑs fən/ (Show IPA), 1559–1632, German general in the Thirty Years' War.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Older
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- ridgy
-
adjective,
rising in a ridge or ridges.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Ital.
-
- 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.
- Tyler
-
noun,
tiler (def 2).
- legal
-
noun,
a person who acts in a legal manner or with legal authority.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- Carry
-
noun,
range, as of a gun.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- Caryl
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- cargo
-
noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carey
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- Card.
-
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- cager
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- cagey
-
adjective,
cautious, wary, or shrewd:
- dirge
-
noun,
a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Dilly
-
noun,
something or someone regarded as remarkable, unusual, etc.:
- dirty
-
Idioms,
do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
- cidal
-
- Cilla
-
noun,
a sister of Priam who, with her infant son, was slain by Priam because it had been prophesied that a mother and child of the royal house would cause the destruction of Troy.
- cigar
-
noun,
a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf.
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- dict.
-
- cyder
-
noun,
cider.
- 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.
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- cert.
-
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- cero-
-
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- Cello
-
noun,
the second largest member of the violin family, rested vertically on the floor between the performer's knees when being played.
- cella
-
noun,
the principal enclosed chamber of a classical temple.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- cadgy
-
adjective,
cheerful; merry.
- Cyril
-
noun,
Saint ("Apostle of the Slavs") a.d. 827–869, Greek missionary to the Moravians.
- dryer
-
noun,
Also, drier. a machine, appliance, or apparatus for removing moisture, as by forced ventilation or heat:
- Drago
-
noun,
Luis María [loo-is muh-ree-uh;; Spanish loo-ees mah-ree-ah] /ˈlu ɪs məˈri ə;; Spanish luˈis mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1921, Argentine jurist and statesman.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- argol
-
noun,
a crude tartar, produced as a by-product in casks by the fermentation of wine grapes, used as a mordant in dyeing, in the manufacture of tartaric acid, and in fertilizers.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- drear
-
adjective,
dreary.
- argil
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- drier
-
noun,
a person or thing that dries.
- drily
-
adverb,
dryly.
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- drill
-
noun,
Machinery, Building Trades.
a shaftlike tool with two or more cutting edges for making holes in firm materials, especially by rotation.
a tool, especially a hand tool, for holding and operating such a tool.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- droll
-
noun,
a droll person; jester; wag.
- drool
-
noun,
saliva running down from one's mouth; drivel.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- areo-
-
- ardor
-
noun,
great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion:
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- cadge
-
noun,
a frame on which hawks are carried to the field.
- dolia
-
noun,
a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- dogey
-
noun,
dogie.
- dogie
-
noun,
a motherless calf in a cattle herd.
- Doyle
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Conan [kaw-nuh n,, koh-] /ˈkɔ nən,, ˈkoʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1859–1930, British physician, novelist, and detective-story writer.
- doily
-
noun,
any small, ornamental mat, as of embroidery or lace.
- dolce
-
noun,
an instruction to the performer that the music is to be executed softly and sweetly.
- atory
-
- Dolly
-
noun,
Informal. a doll.
- dorty
-
adjective,
sullen; sulky.
- dolor
-
noun,
sorrow; grief.
- atoll
-
noun,
a ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands, enclosing or nearly enclosing a shallow lagoon.
- dooly
-
noun,
(in India) a simple litter, often used to transport sick or wounded persons.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- arrgt
-
- 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.
- dicey
-
adjective,
unpredictable; risky; uncertain.
- diary
-
noun,
a daily record, usually private, especially of the writer's own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc.
- alto-
-
- cooly
-
noun,
coolie.
- Corey
-
noun,
Elias James, born 1928, U.S. chemist and educator: Nobel Prize 1990.
- dalle
-
noun,
The, a city in N Oregon.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- dally
-
verb (used with object),
to waste (time) (usually followed by away).
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- cooty
-
noun,
cootie1 .
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- corgi
-
noun,
Welsh corgi.
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- cooey
-
noun,
cooee.
- cooee
-
noun,
a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.
- color
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- colog
-
noun,
cologarithm.
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Colo.
-
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- deca-
-
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crit.
-
- cryo-
-
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- Daley
-
noun,
Richard J(oseph) 1902–76, U.S. politician: mayor of Chicago 1955–76.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Craig
-
noun,
Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- daily
-
noun,
a newspaper appearing each day or each weekday.
- dairy
-
noun,
an establishment, as a room, building, or buildings, where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.
- corr.
-
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- Deary
-
noun,
darling.
- Decay
-
noun,
decomposition; rot:
- dial.
-
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- Della
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Delia.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Clyde
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a stupid, inept, or boorish person.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Derry
-
noun,
a meaningless refrain or chorus in old songs.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- cloot
-
noun,
a cloven hoof; one of the divisions of the cloven hoof of the swine, sheep, etc.
- Clary
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- cytol
-
- cyto-
-
- diag.
-
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- coaly
-
adjective,
of, resembling, or containing coal.
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- decoy
-
noun,
a person who entices or lures another person or thing, as into danger, a trap, or the like.
- Colly
-
noun,
grime; soot.
- coll.
-
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- colat
-
- deci-
-
- decyl
-
noun,
a group of isomeric univalent radicals, C 10 H 21 , derived from the decanes by removing one hydrogen atom.
- decl.
-
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- decry
-
verb (used with object),
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
- coele
-
- coel-
-
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- Deity
-
noun,
a god or goddess.
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- delay
-
noun,
the act of delaying; procrastination; loitering.
- Aoede
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- alti-
-
- edit.
-
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- aero-
-
- agcy.
-
- Egadi
-
noun,
a group of islands in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of W Sicily. 15 sq. mi. (39 sq. km).
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- agley
-
adverb,
off the right line; awry; wrong.
- aglet
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- agro-
-
- Ailey
-
noun,
Alvin, Jr. 1931–1989, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- aeri-
-
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- edger
-
noun,
a person who puts an edge, especially a finishing edge, on a garment, surface, lens, etc.
- EDGAR
-
noun,
an award given annually in various categories of mystery writing.
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- Alcor
-
- aldol
-
noun,
Also called acetaldol. a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , formed by the condensation of acetaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of rubber vulcanizers and accelerators, and in perfumery.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- algid
-
adjective,
cold; chilly.
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- ecto-
-
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- algo-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- eyrie
-
noun,
aerie.
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- 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.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- 30-30
-
- Elroy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- acet-
-
- acidy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or resembling acid; sharp; sour:
- acity
-
- acold
-
adjective,
being cold or chilled.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Elyot
-
noun,
Sir Thomas, c1490–1546, English scholar and diplomat.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- acro-
-
- eyrir
-
noun,
an aluminum bronze coin of Iceland, the 100th part of a króna.
- actg.
-
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- Adige
-
noun,
a river in N Italy, flowing SE to the Adriatic Sea. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- elegy
-
noun,
a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- Elder
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- ALGOL
-
noun,
a star of the second magnitude in the constellation Perseus: the first known and most famous eclipsing binary star.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- ecol.
-
- Eagle
-
noun,
any of several large, soaring birds of prey belonging to the hawk family Accipitridae, noted for their size, strength, and powers of flight and vision: formerly widespread in North America, eagles are mostly confined to Alaska and a few isolated populations.
Compare bald eagle, golden eagle.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- allo-
-
- Early
-
noun,
a fruit or vegetable that appears before most others of its type.
- Alogi
-
noun,
a group of Christians in the 2nd century a.d. who rejected the doctrine of the Logos.
- Alyce
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Alley
-
noun,
a passage, as through a continuous row of houses, permitting access from the street to backyards, garages, etc.
- allot
-
verb (used with object),
to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion:
- alloy
-
noun,
a substance composed of two or more metals, or of a metal or metals with a nonmetal, intimately mixed, as by fusion or electrodeposition.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- aer-
-
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- ole-
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Olga
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 968? regent of Kiev until 955: saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- Col.
-
- oldy
-
noun,
oldie.
- cog.
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- oyer
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- coly
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- oily
-
adverb,
in an oily manner.
- Cold
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- 1080
-
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- codo
-
noun,
a city in NE Brazil.
- OLLA
-
noun,
a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- ordo
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a booklet containing short and abbreviated directions for the contents of the office and Mass of each day in the year.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- clog
-
noun,
anything that impedes motion or action; an encumbrance; a hindrance.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- clod
-
noun,
a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
- org.
-
- cloy
-
verb (used with object),
to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
- orgy
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- aet.
-
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- Rory
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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:
- Orly
-
noun,
a suburb SE of Paris, France: international airport.
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- 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:
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Cody
-
noun,
William Frederick ("Buffalo Bill") 1846–1917, U.S. Army scout and showman.
- oory
-
adjective,
ourie.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- ord.
-
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- ogle
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- odor
-
noun,
the property of a substance that activates the sense of smell:
- ogee
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- Lola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte or Dolores.
- crat
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- cray
-
adjective,
crazy.
- Crag
-
noun,
a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
- Coty
-
noun,
René Jules Gustave [ruh-ney zhyl gys-tav] /rəˈneɪ ʒül güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1882–1962, president of France 1954–59.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Lolo
-
noun,
Also called Yi. a member of a people inhabiting the mountainous regions of southwestern China near the eastern borders of Tibet and Burma.
- Cort
-
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- acyl
-
adjective,
containing the acyl group.
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- trid
-
- logy
-
adjective,
lacking physical or mental energy or vitality; sluggish; dull; lethargic.
- tri-
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Troy
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Logi
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- Loco
-
noun,
locoweed.
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- log-
-
- loge
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Lord
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- cool
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- Oct.
-
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- 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.
- odyl
-
noun,
od.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- tel-
-
- oro-
-
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- OECD
-
- OEEC
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- alt.
-
- Arg.
-
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Cory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Lory
-
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.
- 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.
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Cor.
-
- acr-
-
- Ltd.
-
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- oary
-
adjective,
oarlike.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- aged
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old people collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tidy
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- rely
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- aryl
-
adjective,
containing an aryl group.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
- tyee
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Airy
-
adjective,
open to a free current of fresh air; breezy:
- 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.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Call
-
noun,
a cry or shout.
- Cal.
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Llyr
-
noun,
the father of Manawydan: corresponds to the Irish Ler.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- arr.
-
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- regd
-
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- 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.
- regr
-
- Cdr.
-
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- rood
-
noun,
a crucifix, especially a large one at the entrance to the choir or chancel of a medieval church, often supported on a rood beam or rood screen.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- Aire
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- cagy
-
adjective,
cagey.
- Alco
-
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Algy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- art.
-
- Alg.
-
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- ator
-
- ter.
-
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- atic
-
- ryot
-
noun,
a peasant.
- 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.
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- roll
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- ryal
-
noun,
rose noble.
- Ald.
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- 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.
- Rida
-
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Ryle
-
noun,
Sir Martin, 1918–84, British astronomer: Nobel Prize in physics 1974.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Togo
-
noun,
Heihachiro [hey-hah-chee-raw] /ˈheɪ hɑˈtʃi rɔ/ (Show IPA), Marquis, 1847–1934, Japanese admiral.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- City
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- cyte
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- cit.
-
- Clay
-
noun,
a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Toll
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- oto-
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- racy
-
adjective,
slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- rad.
-
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- ally
-
noun,
a person, group, or nation that is associated with another or others for some common cause or purpose:
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- clar
-
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- rcd.
-
- Reg.
-
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- agr.
-
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- cet-
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- cell
-
noun,
a small room, as in a convent or prison.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- tody
-
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.
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- RdAc
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- cyl.
-
- agit
-
- Tyrr
-
noun,
Tyr.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- all-
-
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- cide
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Ceto
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- dol.
-
- gyre
-
noun,
a ring or circle.
- Yogi
-
noun,
a person who practices yoga.
- Yolo
-
interjection,
You only live once! (used especially to rationalize impulsive or reckless behavior):
- yore
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- gyri
-
noun,
plural of gyrus.
- eco-
-
- 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.
- dia-
-
- gird
-
noun,
a gibe.
- ect-
-
- gyr-
-
- Gyor
-
noun,
a city in NW Hungary.
- Ire.
-
- Yoga
-
noun,
a school of Hindu philosophy advocating and prescribing a course of physical and mental disciplines for attaining liberation from the material world and union of the self with the Supreme Being or ultimate principle.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- Gill
-
noun,
the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
- Glad
-
noun,
gladiolus (def 1).
- gley
-
noun,
a mottled soil in which iron compounds have been oxidized and reduced by intermittent water saturation.
- Glee
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- Iyar
-
noun,
the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
- yill
-
noun,
ale.
- yird
-
noun,
earth.
- yirr
-
noun,
a growl or snarl, as of a dog.
- ile-
-
- iod-
-
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Dyce
-
noun,
Alexander, 1798–1869, Scottish editor.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- Ill.
-
- illy
-
adverb,
ill.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- gilt
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- der.
-
- geld
-
noun,
a payment; tax.
- Lacy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Lady
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- dely
-
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- EDTA
-
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Del.
-
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- gelt
-
noun,
money.
- gild
-
noun,
guild.
- Edge
-
noun,
a line or border at which a surface terminates:
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- Gide
-
noun,
André (Paul Guillaume) [ahn-drey pawl gee-yohm] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pɔl giˈyoʊm/ (Show IPA), 1869–1951, French novelist, essayist, poet, and critic: Nobel Prize 1947.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Gerd
-
noun,
the daughter of a giant and the consort of Frey, who wooed her through his servant Skirnir.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- geo-
-
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- itol
-
- Ger.
-
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- yell
-
noun,
a cry uttered by yelling.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- gory
-
adjective,
covered or stained with gore; bloody.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- Dory
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- gro.
-
- Dorr
-
noun,
dor1 .
- gtd.
-
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Good
-
noun,
profit or advantage; worth; benefit:
- Doty
-
adjective,
(of wood) decayed.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- Gold
-
noun,
a precious yellow metallic element, highly malleable and ductile, and not subject to oxidation or corrosion. Symbol: Au; atomic weight: 196.967; atomic number: 79; specific gravity: 19.3 at 20°C.
- grid
-
noun,
a grating of crossed bars; gridiron.
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- dogy
-
noun,
dogie.
- Grey
-
noun,
Charles, 2nd Earl, 1764–1845, British statesman: prime minister 1830–34.
- Doge
-
noun,
the chief magistrate in the former republics of Venice and Genoa.
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- Doll
-
noun,
a small figure representing a baby or other human being, especially for use as a child's toy.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- dlr.
-
- Gray
-
noun,
any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- grad
-
noun,
a graduate.
- door
-
noun,
a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- drag
-
noun,
Nautical.
a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel.
resistance to the movement of a hull through the water.
any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed.
any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor.
any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.
- Dray
-
noun,
a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- yeld
-
adjective,
barren; sterile.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- idae
-
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- dioc
-
- Dill
-
noun,
a plant, Anethum graveolens, of the parsley family, having aromatic seeds and finely divided leaves, both of which are used for flavoring food.
- goal
-
noun,
the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- dig.
-
- goad
-
noun,
a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- Dyer
-
noun,
John, 1700–58, British poet.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- Yedo
-
noun,
a former name of Tokyo.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- Goya
-
noun,
Francisco de [fran-sis-koh duh;; Spanish frahn-thees-kaw de,, -sees-] /frænˈsɪs koʊ də;; Spanish frɑnˈθis kɔ dɛ,, -ˈsis-/ (Show IPA), (Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes) 1746–1828, Spanish painter.
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Yale
-
noun,
Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Yard
-
noun,
a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
- ical
-
- dreg
-
noun,
dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
- dir.
-
- ICAO
-
- Ice.
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- Lalo
-
noun,
(Victor Antoine) Edouard [veek-tawr ahn-twan ey-dwar] /vikˈtɔr ɑ̃ˈtwan eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–92, French composer.
- edgy
-
adjective,
nervously irritable; impatient and anxious.
- Lely
-
noun,
Sir Peter [pee-ter;; Dutch pey-tuh r] /ˈpi tər;; Dutch ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), (Pieter van der Faes) 1618–80, Dutch painter in England.
- gaol
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- dat.
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- eyed
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- leg.
-
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dec.
-
- 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:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- Gary
-
noun,
Elbert Henry, 1846–1927, U.S. financier and lawyer.
- ELLE
-
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- darg
-
noun,
Scot. and North England. a day's work.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Daly
-
noun,
(John) Augustin [aw-guhs-tin] /ɔˈgʌs tɪn/ (Show IPA), 1838–99, U.S. playwright, critic, and theatrical manager.
- Gal.
-
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Gall
-
noun,
impudence; effrontery.
- Eyre
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- 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.
-
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- Dago
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.
- LEGO
-
noun,
one of these blocks, usually as part of a set.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- Gard
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2271 sq. mi. (5882 sq. km). Capital: Nîmes.
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- lyte
-
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- lit.
-
- LitD
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- Lyra
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lyre, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Hercules, containing the bright star Vega.
- ctr.
-
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- deg.
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- lyre
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- eery
-
adjective,
eerie.
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- Lyle
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lily
-
noun,
any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers.
Compare lily family.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- EEOC
-
- lea.
-
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- egad
-
interjection,
(used as an expletive or mild oath):
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- gre
-
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- ETR
-
- Ga.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Ar.
-
- EOE
-
- Gay
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. a homosexual person, especially a male.
- gi.
-
- ery
-
- ag-
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Tro
-
- DRG
-
- Dry
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- Gad
-
noun,
the act of gadding.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- goo
-
noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Dr.
-
- acy
-
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- ROI
-
- at.
-
- ad-
-
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- ATC
-
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- goy
-
noun,
a term used by a Jew to refer to someone who is not Jewish.
- ROG
-
- God
-
noun,
the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ADC
-
- Gr.
-
- ERT
-
- al.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ety
-
- DRE
-
- ETO
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ac-
-
- Gde
-
- ETD
-
- Ely
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- EDT
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EEO
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- ALC
-
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TID
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- EDC
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- GCA
-
- ed.
-
- tlo
-
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- GCT
-
- Ged
-
noun,
any fish of the pike family.
- GCR
-
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- TLC
-
- gey
-
adverb,
Scot. considerably; very.
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- tlr
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- Agt
-
- AIC
-
- EEC
-
- GCI
-
- GCE
-
- GCD
-
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- EEG
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ard
-
- ea.
-
- GDR
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- aor
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ae.
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- eo-
-
- TCA
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- TAL
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- Eg.
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- AEC
-
- TDY
-
- AGC
-
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- ECG
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ECA
-
- eye
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- ec-
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- gl.
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- eir
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ead
-
- Gld
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- CTA
-
- io-
-
- ROA
-
- OLG
-
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lay
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OOT
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oo-
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Dey
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Coy
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- LCA
-
- LCD
-
- Ola
-
- LCI
-
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- Oyo
-
noun,
a city in W Nigeria.
- LCT
-
- Ld.
-
- LDC
-
- CLR
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- 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.
- YTD
-
- IRC
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- cle
-
- DET
-
- Re.
-
- Rd.
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- ite
-
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ity
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- CLI
-
- La.
-
- LCL
-
- ory
-
- Lt.
-
- Clo
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Ldg
-
- LDL
-
- di.
-
- DAE
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- 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.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- lg.
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- DAY
-
noun,
the interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise and sunset:
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- Dag
-
noun,
one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lye
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- Loy
-
noun,
a female given name.
- DOA
-
- do.
-
- DCL
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- LOC
-
- ctg
-
- cte
-
- LLD
-
- ll.
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- LTA
-
- oid
-
- 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.
- oic
-
- OGO
-
- OEO
-
- 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.
- ODT
-
- DEA
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- de-
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- OCR
-
- LTL
-
- OCD
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Ley
-
noun,
leu.
- DAR
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAO
-
- OTC
-
- OED
-
- Oc.
-
- ltr
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- OTA
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- ide
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- DIL
-
- DIY
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- 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.
- CEO
-
- DLC
-
- DLO
-
- CED
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- dye
-
noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- 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.
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- cl.
-
- Yeo
-
- ct.
-
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- 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.
- cay
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- id.
-
- CAI
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- GTO
-
- CRT
-
- Ia.
-
- GTC
-
- yad
-
noun,
a tapered, usually ornamented rod, usually of silver, with the tip of the tapered part forming a fist with the index finger extended, used by the reader of a scroll of the Torah as a place marker.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ial
-
- Yao
-
noun,
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- gt.
-
- icy
-
adjective,
made of, full of, or covered with ice:
- YCL
-
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- CDT
-
- CEA
-
- yer
-
- ier
-
- CGI
-
- RDA
-
- CYO
-
- IOT
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- REA
-
- RDC
-
- ior
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- yod
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- IOC
-
- Doi
-
- RCT
-
- RCA
-
- ca.
-
- ILO
-
- dog
-
noun,
a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- il-
-
- 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.
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- Co.
-
- CIA
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- Cyd
-
noun,
a female given name.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- IGY
-
- RLD
-
- 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.
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- cr.
-
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- Ir.
-
- CIE
-
- Yid
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- LR
-
- i.
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ly
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- D.
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- CE
-
- rg
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- ry
-
- G.
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- 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.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- AO
-
- Y.
-
- dl
-
- O.
-
- T1
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- yl
-
- IG
-
- TC
-
- Yi
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- L2
-
- L1
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LC
-
- L.
-
- RO
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- yo
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- ty
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
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- RI
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- DG
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- cy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- GD
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TD
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- ic
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- OG
-
- OA
-
- YT
-
- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- YA
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noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ey
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- t.
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- TG
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- oy
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noun,
a grandchild.
- EI
-
- yr
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- le
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- GC
-
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- ol
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- DT
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noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
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- TL
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- yd
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noun,
a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one yard on each side; 0.8361 square meters. 2 , sq. yd. Abbreviation: yd.