Anagrams of combustibles
Word combustibles has
1134 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of combustibles.
- combustible
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adjective,
capable of catching fire and burning; inflammable; flammable:
- coliseums
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noun,
Also, colosseum. an amphitheater, stadium, large theater, or other special building for public meetings, sporting events, exhibitions, etc.
- columbite
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noun,
a black, crystalline mineral, iron niobate, (Fe, Mn)Nb 2 O 6 , the principal ore of niobium, an end member of a series of solid solutions in which manganese and tantalum combine to form tantalite.
- club-moss
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noun,
any plant of the genus Lycopodium.
- outclimbs
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verb (used with object),
to surpass or outdo in climbing; climb higher or better than:
- botulisms
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noun,
a sometimes fatal disease of the nervous system acquired from spoiled foods in which botulin is present, especially improperly canned or marinated foods.
- litmuses
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noun,
a blue coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, especially Roccella tinctoria. In alkaline solution litmus turns blue, in acid solution, red: widely used as a chemical indicator.
- combusts
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verb (used with or without object),
to burn.
- bibelots
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noun,
a small object of curiosity, beauty, or rarity.
- outclimb
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verb (used with object),
to surpass or outdo in climbing; climb higher or better than:
- costumes
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noun,
a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
- cultisms
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noun,
the practices and devotions of a cult.
- Coliseum
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noun,
Also, colosseum. an amphitheater, stadium, large theater, or other special building for public meetings, sporting events, exhibitions, etc.
- botulism
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noun,
a sometimes fatal disease of the nervous system acquired from spoiled foods in which botulin is present, especially improperly canned or marinated foods.
- coituses
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noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- stumbles
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noun,
the act of stumbling.
- stubbles
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noun,
Usually, stubbles. the stumps of grain and other stalks left in the ground when the crop is cut.
- scumbles
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noun,
the act or technique of scumbling.
- oculists
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noun,
ophthalmologist.
- sublimes
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noun,
the sublime.
the realm of things that are sublime:
the quality of being sublime:
the greatest or supreme degree.
- coulisse
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noun,
a timber or the like having a groove for guiding a sliding panel.
- solecism
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noun,
a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.
- leucosis
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noun,
leukosis.
- solstice
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noun,
Astronomy.
either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point. Compare summer solstice, winter solstice.
either of the two points in the ecliptic farthest from the equator.
- Miletus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a son of Apollo and Aria, and the founder of the city of Miletus.
- bisects
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noun,
Also called split. Philately. a portion of a stamp, usually half, used for payment of a proportionate amount of the face value of the whole stamp.
- musties
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noun,
(formerly) a kind of snuff having a musty flavor.
- stubble
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noun,
Usually, stubbles. the stumps of grain and other stalks left in the ground when the crop is cut.
- sublets
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noun,
a sublease.
- submits
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verb (used with object),
to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- sluices
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noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- stumble
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noun,
the act of stumbling.
- Sublime
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noun,
the sublime.
the realm of things that are sublime:
the quality of being sublime:
the greatest or supreme degree.
- miscues
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noun,
Sports. a failure to execute a play, stroke, or maneuver properly; an error.
- busbies
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noun,
a tall fur hat with a baglike ornament hanging from the top over the right side.
- combust
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verb (used with or without object),
to burn.
- solutes
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noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- mueslis
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noun,
a breakfast cereal similar to granola, usually consisting of rolled oats and dried fruit.
- boluses
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noun,
Pharmacology, Veterinary Medicine. a round mass of medicinal material, larger than an ordinary pill. Abbreviation: bol.
- closets
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noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- Boletus
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noun,
any mushroomlike fungus of the genus Boletus, having an easily separable layer of tubes on the underside of the cap or pileus.
- Bossuet
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noun,
Jacques Bénigne [zhahk bey-neen-yuh] /ʒɑk beɪˈnin yə/ (Show IPA), 1627–1704, French bishop, writer, and orator.
- cobbles
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noun,
a cobblestone.
- muscles
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noun,
a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- molests
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verb (used with object),
to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- missout
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noun,
(in the game of craps) a losing throw of the dice.
- somites
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noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- Soubise
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noun,
a brown or white sauce containing strained or puréed onions and served with meat.
- citoles
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noun,
cittern.
- Moebius
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noun,
August Ferdinand, Möbius, August Ferdinand.
- bumbles
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noun,
an awkward blunder.
- mobiles
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noun,
a piece of sculpture having delicately balanced units constructed of rods and sheets of metal or other material suspended in midair by wire or twine so that the individual parts can move independently, as when stirred by a breeze.
Compare stabile (def 3).
- boucles
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noun,
yarn with loops producing a rough, nubby appearance on woven or knitted fabrics.
- subsoil
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noun,
the bed or stratum of earth or earthy material immediately under the surface soil.
- subtile
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adjective,
subtle.
- costume
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noun,
a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
- bibelot
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noun,
a small object of curiosity, beauty, or rarity.
- lobbies
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noun,
an entrance hall, corridor, or vestibule, as in a public building, often serving as an anteroom; foyer.
- seismol
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- Scotism
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noun,
the set of doctrines of Duns Scotus.
- customs
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noun,
a habitual practice; the usual way of acting in given circumstances.
- lotuses
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noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- cultism
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noun,
the practices and devotions of a cult.
- seismo-
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- sitcoms
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noun,
situation comedy.
- scumble
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noun,
the act or technique of scumbling.
- ossicle
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noun,
a small bone.
- Ossetic
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noun,
the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Ossets.
- 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.
- timeous
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adjective,
timely; sufficiently early.
- lissome
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adjective,
lithesome or lithe, especially of body; supple; flexible.
- cubisms
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noun,
a style of painting and sculpture developed in the early 20th century, characterized chiefly by an emphasis on formal structure, the reduction of natural forms to their geometrical equivalents, and the organization of the planes of a represented object independently of representational requirements.
- bustles
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noun,
thriving or energetic activity; stir; ferment.
- Celsius
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noun,
Anders [ahn-ders] /ˈɑn dərs/ (Show IPA), 1701–44, Swedish astronomer who devised the Celsius temperature scale.
- ictuses
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noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- bimboes
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noun,
a foolish, stupid, or inept person.
- Coueism
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noun,
a method of self-help stressing autosuggestion, popular especially in the U.S. c1920 and featuring the slogan “Day by day in every way I am getting better and better.”.
- oculist
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noun,
ophthalmologist.
- bilboes
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noun,
a finely tempered sword.
- cesiums
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noun,
a rare, highly reactive, soft, metallic element of the alkali metal group, used chiefly in photoelectric cells. Symbol: Cs; atomic weight: 132.905; atomic number: 55; specific gravity: 1.9 at 20°C; melts at 28.5°C.
- cubbies
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noun,
a cubbyhole.
- embolus
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noun,
undissolved material carried by the blood and impacted in some part of the vascular system, as thrombi or fragments of thrombi, tissue fragments, clumps of bacteria, protozoan parasites, fat globules, or gas bubbles.
- embolic
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adjective,
Pathology. pertaining to an embolus or to embolism.
- tousles
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noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- busies
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adjective,
actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime:
- muscle
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noun,
a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- mulcts
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noun,
a fine, especially for a misdemeanor.
- bustle
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noun,
thriving or energetic activity; stir; ferment.
- climbs
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noun,
a climbing; an ascent by climbing:
- multi-
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- scutes
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noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- Cletus
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noun,
Anacletus.
- scouts
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noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- ousels
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noun,
ouzel.
- musics
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noun,
an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- mussel
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noun,
any bivalve mollusk, especially an edible marine bivalve of the family Mytilidae and a freshwater clam of the family Unionidae.
- obtuse
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adjective,
not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
- obelus
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noun,
a mark (− or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to point out spurious, corrupt, doubtful, or superfluous words or passages.
- cestus
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noun,
a girdle or belt, especially as worn by women of ancient Greece.
- cesium
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noun,
a rare, highly reactive, soft, metallic element of the alkali metal group, used chiefly in photoelectric cells. Symbol: Cs; atomic weight: 132.905; atomic number: 55; specific gravity: 1.9 at 20°C; melts at 28.5°C.
- oleums
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noun,
Pharmacology. oil.
- Musset
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noun,
(Louis Charles) Alfred de [lwee sharl al-fred duh] /lwi ʃarl alˈfrɛd də/ (Show IPA), 1810–57, French poet, dramatist, and novelist.
- celto-
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- buteos
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noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- Osetic
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adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- celoms
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noun,
coelom.
- citole
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noun,
cittern.
- ostium
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or orifice, as at the end of the oviduct.
- muesli
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noun,
a breakfast cereal similar to granola, usually consisting of rolled oats and dried fruit.
- Scotus
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noun,
John Duns, Duns Scotus, John.
- Scouse
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noun,
a baked dish or stew made usually with meat and hardtack.
- clites
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Combes
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noun,
a narrow valley or deep hollow, especially one enclosed on all but one side.
- mousse
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noun,
Cookery.
a sweetened dessert with whipped cream as a base, often stabilized with gelatin and chilled in a mold:
an aspic, unsweetened and containing meat, vegetables, or fish:
- custos
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noun,
(italics) Latin. a custodian.
- Lucite
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- Cubism
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noun,
a style of painting and sculpture developed in the early 20th century, characterized chiefly by an emphasis on formal structure, the reduction of natural forms to their geometrical equivalents, and the organization of the planes of a represented object independently of representational requirements.
- cubits
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noun,
an ancient linear unit based on the length of the forearm, from elbow to the tip of the middle finger, usually from 17 to 21 inches (43 to 53 cm).
- cueist
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noun,
a billiard player.
- louses
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noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- cuisse
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noun,
a piece of armor or padding for protecting the thigh.
- Louise
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noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- culets
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noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- louies
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noun,
looie.
- custom
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noun,
a habitual practice; the usual way of acting in given circumstances.
- locust
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noun,
Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- luetic
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adjective,
syphilitic.
- locums
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noun,
locum tenens.
- litmus
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noun,
a blue coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, especially Roccella tinctoria. In alkaline solution litmus turns blue, in acid solution, red: widely used as a chemical indicator.
- limbus
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noun,
limbo1 .
- limbos
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Theology. a region on the border of hell or heaven, serving as the abode after death of unbaptized infants (limbo of infants) and of the righteous who died before the coming of Christ (limbo of the fathers or limbo of the patriarchs)
- Lieut.
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- leuco-
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- Lesbos
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noun,
Mytilene (def 1).
- istles
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noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- emboss
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verb (used with object),
to raise or represent (surface designs) in relief.
- Iseult
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noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- imbues
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verb (used with object),
to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.:
- cubebs
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noun,
the spicy fruit or drupe of an East Indian climbing shrub, Piper cubeba, of the pepper family.
- lumbo-
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- mouses
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noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- Coleus
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noun,
any of several tropical Asian or African plants belonging to the genus Coleus, of the mint family, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy, colored foliage and blue flowers.
- closes
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noun,
the act of closing.
- closet
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noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- moults
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noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- clouts
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noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- motile
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adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- cobble
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noun,
a cobblestone.
- cobles
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noun,
a flat-bottomed fishing boat with a lugsail, used mainly in northern England and Scotland for salmon.
- molies
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noun,
an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
- molest
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verb (used with object),
to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- coitus
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noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- colies
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noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- luteo-
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- Mobile
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noun,
a piece of sculpture having delicately balanced units constructed of rods and sheets of metal or other material suspended in midair by wire or twine so that the individual parts can move independently, as when stirred by a breeze.
Compare stabile (def 3).
- misuse
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noun,
wrong or improper use; misapplication.
- miscue
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noun,
Sports. a failure to execute a play, stroke, or maneuver properly; an error.
- comtes
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noun,
count2 .
- cosets
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noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- cosies
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noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- cosset
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noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- cossie
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noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- coulis
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noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- coutil
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noun,
a sturdy fabric constructed of a compactly woven herringbone twill.
- lutose
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adjective,
covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- Mobius
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noun,
August Ferdinand [ou-goo st fer-di-nahnt] /ˈaʊ gʊst ˈfɛr dɪˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1790–1868, German mathematician.
- osmics
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noun,
the science dealing with the sense of smell.
- bumble
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noun,
an awkward blunder.
- solums
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noun,
the upper part of the soil profile, which is influenced by plant roots; the A horizon and the B horizon.
- sublet
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noun,
a sublease.
- subito
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adverb,
(as a musical direction) suddenly; abruptly:
- Stubbs
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noun,
William, 1825–1901, English historian and bishop.
- blites
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noun,
sea blite.
- stoics
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noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- stimes
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noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- bluets
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noun,
Usually, bluets. Also called innocence, Quaker-ladies. any of several North American plants of the genus Houstonia (or Hedyotis), of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, a low-growing plant having four-petaled blue and white flowers.
- somite
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noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- solute
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noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- boites
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noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- subset
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noun,
a set that is a part of a larger set.
- soleus
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noun,
a muscle in the calf of the leg, behind the gastrocnemius muscle, that helps extend the foot forward.
- socles
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noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- sobeit
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conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- bombes
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noun,
a round or melon-shaped frozen mold made from a combination of ice creams, mousses, or ices.
- smolts
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noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- smites
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Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- smiles
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noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- botels
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noun,
boatel.
- smelts
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noun,
any of various small, silvery food fishes of the family Osmeridae, of cold northern waters, as the North American rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax.
- boucle
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noun,
yarn with loops producing a rough, nubby appearance on woven or knitted fabrics.
- submit
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verb (used with object),
to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- bisect
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noun,
Also called split. Philately. a portion of a stamp, usually half, used for payment of a proportionate amount of the face value of the whole stamp.
- sluice
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noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- toiles
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noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- umbles
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plural noun,
numbles.
- umbels
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noun,
an inflorescence in which a number of flower stalks or pedicels, nearly equal in length, spread from a common center.
- ultimo
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adverb,
in or of the month preceding the current one:
Abbreviation: ult., ulto.
Compare instant (def 11), proximo.
- tussle
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noun,
a rough physical contest or struggle; scuffle.
- Tumbes
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noun,
a seaport in NW Peru.
- tousle
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noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- touses
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noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- toluic
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adjective,
of or derived from toluic acid.
- Beloit
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noun,
a city in S Wisconsin.
- Tobies
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noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- biomes
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noun,
a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
- besoms
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noun,
a broom, especially one of brush or twigs.
- besots
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verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- tmesis
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noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- tissue
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noun,
Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
- Temuco
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noun,
a city in S Chile.
- telium
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noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Bicols
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noun,
Bikol.
- suites
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noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- bimbos
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noun,
a foolish, stupid, or inept person.
- subtle
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adjective,
thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor.
- boules
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noun,
Also called birne. a cylindrical lump of material for synthetic gems, made by the Verneuil process.
- blouse
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noun,
a usually lightweight, loose-fitting garment for women and children, covering the body from the neck or shoulders more or less to the waistline, with or without a collar and sleeves, worn inside or outside a skirt, slacks, etc.
- bouses
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noun,
liquor or drink.
- Slocum
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noun,
Joshua, 1844–c1910, U.S. mariner, author, and lecturer, born in Nova Scotia.
- Seboim
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noun,
Zeboim.
- sebums
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noun,
the fatty secretion of the sebaceous glands.
- buboes
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noun,
an inflammatory swelling of a lymphatic gland, especially in the groin or armpit.
- sitcom
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noun,
situation comedy.
- slices
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noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- sliest
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adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- slimes
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noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- estocs
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noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- boutel
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noun,
boltel (def 1).
- music
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noun,
an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- toile
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noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Seoul
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noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- louse
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noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- to-be
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adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- Scout
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noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- Louis
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noun,
louis d'or.
- semis
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- Louie
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noun,
looie.
- seism
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noun,
an earthquake.
- louts
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noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- toils
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noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Lotus
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noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- sect.
-
- toise
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noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toles
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noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- seti-
-
- tious
-
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- Scot.
-
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sumos
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- Melos
-
noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- melic
-
adjective,
intended to be sung.
- Suomi
-
noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- Susie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- lusts
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- lumb-
-
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- telo-
-
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- tombe
-
noun,
a step in which a dancer falls from one leg to the other, landing with all the weight on the foot that has just moved, while flexing the knee.
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- USSCt
-
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- musts
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- umble
-
plural noun,
numbles.
- scuts
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- issue
-
noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- umbos
-
noun,
a boss on a shield, as one at the center of a circular shield.
- imbue
-
verb (used with object),
to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.:
- lect.
-
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- ileum
-
noun,
Anatomy. the third and lowest division of the small intestine, extending from the jejunum to the cecum.
- ileo-
-
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- Icel.
-
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- umbel
-
noun,
an inflorescence in which a number of flower stalks or pedicels, nearly equal in length, spread from a common center.
- sebum
-
noun,
the fatty secretion of the sebaceous glands.
- suets
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- scums
-
noun,
a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- locum
-
noun,
locum tenens.
- lobus
-
noun,
a lobe.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- slues
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- limos
-
noun,
a limousine.
- leuc-
-
- tubes
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- limbs
-
noun,
a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing:
- tubi-
-
- limbo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Theology. a region on the border of hell or heaven, serving as the abode after death of unbaptized infants (limbo of infants) and of the righteous who died before the coming of Christ (limbo of the fathers or limbo of the patriarchs)
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- licet
-
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- solum
-
noun,
the upper part of the soil profile, which is influenced by plant roots; the A horizon and the B horizon.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- Mosul
-
noun,
a city in N Iraq, on the Tigris, opposite the ruins of Nineveh.
- mosts
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Mossi
-
noun,
an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- Moses
-
noun,
the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- oleum
-
noun,
Pharmacology. oil.
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- solus
-
adjective,
(referring to a man) alone; by oneself (used formerly in stage directions).
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- sluts
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- souse
-
noun,
an act of sousing.
- Musil
-
noun,
Robert, 1880–1942, Austrian writer.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- Smuts
-
noun,
Jan Christiaan [Dutch yahn kris-tee-ahn] /Dutch yɑn ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn/ (Show IPA), 1870–1950, South African statesman and general: prime minister 1919–24, 1939–48.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- smolt
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- mulct
-
noun,
a fine, especially for a misdemeanor.
- OIcel
-
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- muco-
-
- moult
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- MSBus
-
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- slobs
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- slims
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- MOUSE
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- moles
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- moils
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- slubs
-
noun,
the fibers produced by slubbing.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- situs
-
noun,
position; situation.
- sito-
-
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- misc.
-
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Milos
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- oste-
-
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- subst
-
- Metol
-
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- ousts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- simul
-
adverb,
(in prescriptions) together.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- meso-
-
- stums
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- miso-
-
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- ocul-
-
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- moble
-
verb (used with object),
to wrap the head of, as in a hood.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- stobs
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- sebi-
-
- misos
-
noun,
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- stome
-
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- Miss.
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- semi-
-
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- botel
-
noun,
boatel.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- Boule
-
noun,
Also called birne. a cylindrical lump of material for synthetic gems, made by the Verneuil process.
- Boult
-
noun,
Sir Adrian Cedric, 1889–1983, English conductor.
- Bouse
-
noun,
liquor or drink.
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- bombe
-
noun,
a round or melon-shaped frozen mold made from a combination of ice creams, mousses, or ices.
- BSCom
-
- culms
-
noun,
coal dust; slack.
- culet
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- BSMet
-
- cubit
-
noun,
an ancient linear unit based on the length of the forearm, from elbow to the tip of the middle finger, usually from 17 to 21 inches (43 to 53 cm).
- cubes
-
noun,
a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
- bombs
-
noun,
Military. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft.
- bolus
-
noun,
Pharmacology, Veterinary Medicine. a round mass of medicinal material, larger than an ordinary pill. Abbreviation: bol.
- built
-
noun,
the physical structure, especially of a person; physique; figure:
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- Bliss
-
noun,
supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment:
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- Blois
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loire-et-Cher, in central France, on the Loire River: historic castle.
- blues
-
noun,
the blues, (used with a plural verb) depressed spirits; despondency; melancholy:
- Bluet
-
noun,
Usually, bluets. Also called innocence, Quaker-ladies. any of several North American plants of the genus Houstonia (or Hedyotis), of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, a low-growing plant having four-petaled blue and white flowers.
- blume
-
noun,
Judy, born 1938, U.S. novelist.
- bolts
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- boils
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- ecto-
-
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- ecol.
-
- Boles
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- cubeb
-
noun,
the spicy fruit or drupe of an East Indian climbing shrub, Piper cubeba, of the pepper family.
- buses
-
noun,
a large motor vehicle, having a long body, equipped with seats or benches for passengers, usually operating as part of a scheduled service; omnibus.
- blebs
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a blister or vesicle.
- coel-
-
- Colum
-
noun,
Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- climb
-
noun,
a climbing; an ascent by climbing:
- Combe
-
noun,
a narrow valley or deep hollow, especially one enclosed on all but one side.
- coble
-
noun,
a flat-bottomed fishing boat with a lugsail, used mainly in northern England and Scotland for salmon.
- clime
-
noun,
climate.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- clomb
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of climb.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- comb.
-
- lubes
-
noun,
lubricant.
- busts
-
noun,
a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, especially a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- Buteo
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- Butes
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- celom
-
noun,
coelom.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Comus
-
noun,
an ancient Greek and Roman god of drinking and revelry.
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- Combs
-
noun,
a toothed strip of plastic, hard rubber, bone, wood, or metal, used for arranging the hair, untangling it, or holding it in place.
- bless
-
verb (used with object),
to consecrate or sanctify by a religious rite; make or pronounce holy.
- BSBus
-
- Bicol
-
noun,
Bikol.
- biol.
-
- Bible
-
noun,
the collection of sacred writings of the Christian religion, comprising the Old and New Testaments.
- Bibl.
-
- bests
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- bilbo
-
noun,
a long iron bar or bolt with sliding shackles and a lock, formerly attached to the ankles of prisoners.
- emuls
-
- embus
-
verb (used with or without object),
to get or put on a bus.
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- bices
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- besom
-
noun,
a broom, especially one of brush or twigs.
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- bimbo
-
noun,
a foolish, stupid, or inept person.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- biome
-
noun,
a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
- 30-30
-
- bisso
-
noun,
bis2 .
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- Tob.
-
- ole-
-
- osis
-
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- Cels
-
- bus.
-
- but-
-
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- tomb
-
noun,
an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
- bulb
-
noun,
Botany.
a usually subterranean and often globular bud having fleshy leaves emergent at the top and a stem reduced to a flat disk, rooting from the underside, as in the onion and lily.
a plant growing from such a bud.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- bul.
-
- cet-
-
- buss
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
kiss.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- Bute
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- buts
-
noun,
buts, reservations or objections:
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- Bess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ScBE
-
- SBLI
-
- SBIC
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Bust
-
noun,
a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, especially a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.
- Cebu
-
noun,
an island in the S central Philippines. 1703 sq. mi. (4411 sq. km).
- out-
-
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- CBEL
-
- scum
-
noun,
a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- bleb
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a blister or vesicle.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- umbo
-
noun,
a boss on a shield, as one at the center of a circular shield.
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- MusB
-
- USIS
-
- mus.
-
- USMC
-
- mult
-
- mule
-
noun,
the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small feet, and sure-footedness.
Compare hinny.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- USSB
-
- ulto
-
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- muc-
-
- MSTS
-
- MSSc
-
- MSIE
-
- msec
-
- MSCE
-
- USTC
-
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- MSBC
-
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Clem
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clement.
- bbls
-
plural,
barrel.
- cis-
-
- Ceto
-
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- bbl.
-
plural,
barrel.
- Oct.
-
- obs.
-
- tube
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- Tues
-
- muss
-
noun,
a state of disorder or untidiness.
- obb.
-
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- cit.
-
- BMus
-
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- SEbS
-
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- bubs
-
noun,
(used as an often insolent term of address) brother; buddy.
- Sumo
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- Bol.
-
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Sol.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- bomb
-
noun,
Military. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft.
- sobs
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- TCBM
-
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- Bomu
-
noun,
a river in central Africa, forming part of the boundary between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, flowing N and W into the Uele River to form the Ubangi River. About 500 miles (805 km) long.
- Bosc
-
noun,
a large, greenish-yellow variety of pear.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- BOSS
-
noun,
a person who employs or superintends workers; manager.
- bot.
-
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- BMOC
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- sub-
-
- subs
-
noun,
a submarine.
- BLit
-
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- blob
-
noun,
a globule of liquid; bubble.
- stub
-
noun,
a short projecting part.
- bloc
-
noun,
a group of persons, businesses, etc., united for a particular purpose.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- blub
-
noun,
a swelling of fresh plasterwork.
- Blue
-
noun,
the pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 450 and 500 nm.
- bio-
-
- Blum
-
noun,
Léon [lee-on;; French ley-awn] /ˈli ɒn;; French leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1872–1950, French statesman, journalist, and Socialist Party leader: premier of France 1936–37, 1938, 1946–47.
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Ste.
-
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- BMet
-
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- tel-
-
- sec.
-
- BSOT
-
- BSLM
-
- BSLS
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- BSME
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- BSMT
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- bet.
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sibs
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- BSSE
-
- 1080
-
- Sem.
-
- btl.
-
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- Bubo
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling of a lymphatic gland, especially in the groin or armpit.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- BSIT
-
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- BSCE
-
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- slum
-
noun,
Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- slub
-
noun,
the fibers produced by slubbing.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- mout
-
- slob
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- Bib.
-
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- BSEc
-
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- BSEM
-
- BSES
-
- BSIE
-
- SLIC
-
- 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.
- SLBM
-
- eso-
-
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cuss
-
noun,
curse word; oath.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- Loeb
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.
- Culm
-
noun,
coal dust; slack.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- lobs
-
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- ebbs
-
noun,
the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- cule
-
- lit.
-
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- mibs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- met.
-
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- mes-
-
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- cts.
-
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- cube
-
noun,
a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- lube
-
noun,
lubricant.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- LitB
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- Ice.
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- ious
-
- IMCO
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ile-
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ICBM
-
- isls
-
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ible
-
- eous
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- etc.
-
- ESIS
-
- est.
-
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lib.
-
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- limb
-
noun,
a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing:
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- iso-
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- itol
-
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Mic.
-
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- mil.
-
- Moss
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- mis-
-
- club
-
noun,
a heavy stick, usually thicker at one end than at the other, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- cml.
-
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- coml
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- Cobb
-
noun,
Howell [hou-uh l] /ˈhaʊ əl/ (Show IPA), 1815–68, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1849–51.
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- Com.
-
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- cobs
-
noun,
a corncob.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Col.
-
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- mol.
-
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- Esc
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- LCI
-
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- USO
-
- LBO
-
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- ble
-
- Lt.
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- USM
-
- IUS
-
- ium
-
- MSE
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- ite
-
- LCT
-
- ITC
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- ist
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USC
-
- COB
-
noun,
a corncob.
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Sus
-
- BIE
-
- Tbi
-
- TBO
-
- LCM
-
- BLM
-
- UMT
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- SSC
-
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- USS
-
- SSE
-
- SSI
-
- SSM
-
- MIE
-
- St.
-
- STB
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- bl.
-
- STI
-
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- cle
-
- uti
-
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- ESL
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- STL
-
- STM
-
- UTC
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- MSI
-
- BLS
-
- Les
-
- CLI
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- ESU
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- USB
-
- TCS
-
- eu-
-
- ITU
-
- MTI
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Mt.
-
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- ETS
-
- bec
-
- BCS
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- MST
-
- bbs
-
noun,
a size of shot, 0.18 inches (0.46 cm) in diameter, fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- BEM
-
- ib.
-
- io-
-
- ics
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ult
-
- BTU
-
noun,
the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound (0.4 kg) of water 1°F. Abbreviation: Btu, BTU, B.t.u., B.T.U., B.th.u.
- BSC
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- TSS
-
- Tu.
-
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- BSS
-
- Ulm
-
noun,
a city in E Baden-Württemberg, in S Germany, on the Danube.
- tue
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- CLU
-
- il-
-
- MTO
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- IOC
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- UIT
-
- ETO
-
- BCE
-
- Isl
-
- Clo
-
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- IOU
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- IOT
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- SSB
-
- BCL
-
- bi-
-
- be-
-
- MTS
-
- ILS
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- TLC
-
- tlo
-
- ILO
-
- TMO
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- BBC
-
- SST
-
- ss.
-
- Bub
-
noun,
(used as an often insolent term of address) brother; buddy.
- OIt
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- BTE
-
- bu.
-
- cte
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- MBE
-
- Bt.
-
- Mc-
-
- Me.
-
- Mo.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSL
-
- se-
-
- MSC
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- BST
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- lub
-
- BSM
-
- LSM
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- LSS
-
- LST
-
- BSO
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- 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.
- BME
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- Cub
-
noun,
the young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MBO
-
- LSC
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- mi.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- OTS
-
- MIB
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ote
-
- OTB
-
- ot-
-
- cl.
-
- ose
-
- CBS
-
- OSS
-
- Co.
-
- 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.
- MCI
-
- SCM
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- CST
-
- SCS
-
- CSO
-
- CEO
-
- CBE
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Om.
-
- OMB
-
- SCB
-
- sc.
-
- SBE
-
- sb.
-
- So.
-
- LSI
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- oic
-
- EOM
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- mob
-
noun,
a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
- LIM
-
- MOI
-
- LOC
-
- eo-
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- SMB
-
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- OBE
-
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- ECM
-
- Bob
-
noun,
a short, jerky motion:
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LMT
-
- ec-
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OTC
-
- SMS
-
- EBS
-
- ebb
-
noun,
the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- ob.
-
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- OSB
-
- Oc.
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- MLS
-
- BSE
-
- cum
-
noun,
come (def 24).
- EIS
-
- BMI
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- CIB
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- BMT
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- MIT
-
- 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.
- SLE
-
- OCS
-
- BMS
-
- CIE
-
- obl
-
- CIM
-
- ml.
-
- BSL
-
- OEM
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- O.
-
- UI
-
- UL
-
- CM
-
- SM
-
- SL
-
- S.
-
- BC
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- B-
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- UB
-
- SU
-
- UC
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ol
-
- 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.
- CU
-
- TM
-
- TL
-
- MB
-
- t.
-
- TB
-
- T1
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- TC
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- M.
-
- L.
-
- U.
-
- Eb
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- BM
-
- le
-
- CE
-
- CB
-
- i.
-
- BO
-
- LC
-
- ic
-
- LM
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- BB
-
noun,
a size of shot, 0.18 inches (0.46 cm) in diameter, fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).