Anagrams of considerable
Word considerable has
2813 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of considerable.
- deaconries
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noun,
the office of a deacon.
- banderoles
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noun,
a small flag or streamer fastened to a lance, masthead, etc.
- bandoleers
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noun,
a broad belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers and having a number of small loops or pockets, for holding a cartridge or cartridges.
- Nicobarese
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noun,
a member of a people or group of peoples inhabiting the Nicobar Islands.
- Bordelaise
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noun,
a brown sauce flavored with red wine and shallots and garnished with poached marrow and parsley.
- cabrioles
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noun,
Furniture. a curved, tapering leg curving outward at the top and inward farther down so as to end in a round pad, the semblance of an animal's paw, or some other feature: used especially in the first half of the 18th century.
- disenable
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of ability; make unable; prevent.
- sea-robin
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noun,
any of various gurnards, especially certain American species of the genus Prionotus, having large pectoral fins used to move across the ocean bottom.
- banderole
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noun,
a small flag or streamer fastened to a lance, masthead, etc.
- bandoleer
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noun,
a broad belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers and having a number of small loops or pockets, for holding a cartridge or cartridges.
- arecoline
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noun,
a toxic alkaloid obtained from the seeds of the areca, used chiefly in veterinary medicine as an agent for killing and expelling intestinal worms.
- obeisance
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noun,
a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.
- leeboards
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noun,
either of two broad, flat objects attached to the sides of a sailing ship amidships, the one on the lee side being lowered into the water to prevent the ship from making leeway.
- oleanders
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noun,
a poisonous shrub, Nerium oleander, of the dogbane family, native to southern Eurasia, having evergreen leaves and showy clusters of pink, red, or white flowers, and widely cultivated as an ornamental.
- Bordelais
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noun,
a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.
- baseliner
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noun,
a player who typically plays near the baseline using ground strokes, as distinguished from one who typically goes to the net.
- calenders
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noun,
a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
- ironclads
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noun,
a wooden warship of the middle or late 19th century having iron or steel armor plating.
- Androcles
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noun,
a slave who was spared in the arena by a lion from whose foot he had long before extracted a thorn.
- Claiborne
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noun,
a male given name.
- acroleins
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noun,
a yellow, flammable liquid, C 3 H 4 O, having a stifling odor, usually obtained by the decomposition of glycerol: used chiefly in the synthesis of commercial and pharmaceutical products.
- bilanders
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noun,
a small two-masted merchant vessel, a type of hoy distinguished by the trapezoidal shape of the mainsail, used especially on canals and along coasts of the Low Countries.
- braconids
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noun,
any of numerous wasps of the family Braconidae, the larvae of which are parasitic on aphids and on the larvae of moths, butterflies, beetles, etc.
- larcenies
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noun,
the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.
- balconies
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noun,
a balustraded or railed elevated platform projecting from the wall of a building.
- colanders
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noun,
a metal or plastic container with a perforated bottom, for draining and straining foods.
- conelrads
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noun,
a system formerly used by the U.S. civil defense system to prevent enemy planes or missiles from homing on radio and television frequencies.
- Esdraelon
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noun,
a plain in N Israel, extending from the Mediterranean near Mt. Carmel to the Jordan River: scene of ancient battles.
- Oceanside
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- carolines
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noun,
a female given name.
- reliances
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noun,
confident or trustful dependence.
- seed-corn
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noun,
ears or kernels of corn set apart as seed.
- carbinols
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noun,
methyl alcohol.
- desirable
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noun,
a person or thing that is desirable.
- ordinals
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noun,
an ordinal number or numeral.
- debonair
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adjective,
courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm:
- Oberland
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noun,
a mountain region in central Switzerland, mostly in S Bern canton.
- debacles
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noun,
a general breakup or dispersion; sudden downfall or rout:
- carlines
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noun,
an old woman.
- Elsinore
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noun,
Helsingør.
- islander
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of an island.
- cineoles
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noun,
a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- binocles
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noun,
binocular (def 1).
- sclereid
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noun,
a short, thickened plant cell of the sclerenchyma, typically containing branched pits.
- bedrails
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noun,
a board at the side of a bed connecting the footboard and headboard.
- scleroid
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adjective,
hard or indurated.
- ailerons
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- radicels
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noun,
a minute root; a rootlet.
- bicornes
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noun,
a two-cornered cocked hat worn especially in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- bioclean
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adjective,
free or almost free from harmful microorganisms.
- berlines
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noun,
an automobile with the front and rear compartments separated by a glass partition, as some limousines.
- alienors
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- Ladrones
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noun,
a thief.
- oleander
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noun,
a poisonous shrub, Nerium oleander, of the dogbane family, native to southern Eurasia, having evergreen leaves and showy clusters of pink, red, or white flowers, and widely cultivated as an ornamental.
- Caroline
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noun,
a female given name.
- bilander
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noun,
a small two-masted merchant vessel, a type of hoy distinguished by the trapezoidal shape of the mainsail, used especially on canals and along coasts of the Low Countries.
- sea-born
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adjective,
born in or of the sea, as naiads.
- seaborne
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adjective,
transported by ship over the sea.
- earlobes
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noun,
the soft, pendulous lower part of the external ear.
- Landseer
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noun,
Sir Edwin Henry, 1802–73, English painter, especially of animals.
- Alberoni
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noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1664–1752, Italian cardinal and statesman: prime minister of Spain 1715–19.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- celadons
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noun,
any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- bricoles
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noun,
Billiards. a shot in which the cue ball strikes a cushion after touching the object ball and before hitting the carom ball.
- radicles
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noun,
Botany.
the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root.
a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
- inboards
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noun,
an inboard motor.
- cordials
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noun,
a strong, sweetened, aromatic alcoholic liquor; liqueur.
- 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.
- baldrics
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noun,
a belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip, supporting a sword, horn, etc.
- Rosedale
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noun,
a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- Rosalind
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noun,
a female given name.
- corbinas
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noun,
a game fish, Menticirrhus undulatus, of the croaker family, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- arsenide
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noun,
a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag 3 As.
- Reliance
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noun,
confident or trustful dependence.
- ascender
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noun,
a person or thing that ascends or causes ascension.
- Balinese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Bali.
- corbeils
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noun,
a sculptured ornament, especially on a capital, having the form of a basket.
- idocrase
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noun,
vesuvianite.
- codeines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
- consider
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verb (used with object),
to think carefully about, especially in order to make a decision; contemplate; reflect on:
- Escorial
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noun,
a building in central Spain, 27 miles (43 km) NW of Madrid, containing a monastery, palace, church, and mausoleum of the Spanish sovereigns: erected 1563–84.
- Conelrad
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noun,
a system formerly used by the U.S. civil defense system to prevent enemy planes or missiles from homing on radio and television frequencies.
- escarole
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noun,
a broad-leaved form of Cichorium endivia, used in salads.
Compare endive (def 1).
- colander
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noun,
a metal or plastic container with a perforated bottom, for draining and straining foods.
- rideable
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adjective,
ridable.
- inbreeds
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verb (used with object),
to breed (individuals of a closely related group) repeatedly.
- redlines
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noun,
Automotive.
the maximum rotational speed, or angular velocity, of the engine crankshaft that is considered safe: often measured in rpm.
a red line or boundary of a red area that delineates such a value, as on a tachometer.
- aneroids
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noun,
aneroid barometer.
- reasoned
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- ironclad
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noun,
a wooden warship of the middle or late 19th century having iron or steel armor plating.
- clarinos
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noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- clarions
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noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- sardonic
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adjective,
characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering:
- Basildon
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noun,
a town in S Essex, in SE England: designated as a model residential community after World War II.
- carioles
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noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- baseline
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noun,
Baseball. the area between bases within which a base runner must keep when running from one base to another.
- baronies
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noun,
the domain of a baron.
- Clorinda
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noun,
a female given name.
- coalbins
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noun,
a bin used for holding coal.
- credible
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adjective,
capable of being believed; believable:
- salience
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noun,
the state or condition of being salient.
- reclines
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verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- endosarc
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noun,
the endoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to ectosarc).
- Increase
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- close-in
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adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- bandores
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noun,
an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar.
- redbones
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noun,
an American hound having a red coat, used in hunting raccoons, bears, cougars, and wildcats.
- Cornelia
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noun,
flourished 2nd century b.c, Roman matron: mother of Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus.
- cleanser
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noun,
a preparation for cleansing, as a liquid or powder for scouring sinks, bathtubs, etc., or a cream for cleaning the face.
- darioles
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noun,
a small round mold.
- aerobics
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noun,
Also called aerobic exercises. (used with a plural verb) any of various sustained exercises, as jogging, rowing, swimming, or cycling, that stimulate and strengthen the heart and lungs, thereby improving the body's utilization of oxygen.
- sidereal
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adjective,
determined by or from the stars:
- caldrons
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noun,
cauldron.
- Calender
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noun,
a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
- delaines
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- silencer
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noun,
a person or thing that silences.
- calibers
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noun,
the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube:
- acrolein
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noun,
a yellow, flammable liquid, C 3 H 4 O, having a stifling odor, usually obtained by the decomposition of glycerol: used chiefly in the synthesis of commercial and pharmaceutical products.
- sidebone
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noun,
ossification of the cartilages in the lateral portion of the foot of a horse, resulting in lameness.
- Leonidas
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noun,
died 480 b.c, Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.
- decrials
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noun,
the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- leeboard
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noun,
either of two broad, flat objects attached to the sides of a sailing ship amidships, the one on the lee side being lowered into the water to prevent the ship from making leeway.
- Bodleian
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noun,
the library of Oxford University, reestablished by Sir Thomas Bodley, 1545–1613, English diplomat and scholar.
- declines
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noun,
a downward slope; declivity.
- declares
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verb (used with object),
to make known or state clearly, especially in explicit or formal terms:
- carbides
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noun,
a compound of carbon with a more electropositive element or group.
- Caerleon
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noun,
a town in Gwent, in SE Wales: site of ancient Roman fortress, a supposed seat of King Arthur's court.
- cabriole
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noun,
Furniture. a curved, tapering leg curving outward at the top and inward farther down so as to end in a round pad, the semblance of an animal's paw, or some other feature: used especially in the first half of the 18th century.
- carbines
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noun,
a light, gas-operated semiautomatic rifle.
- solander
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noun,
a case for maps, plates, etc., made to resemble a book and having the front cover and fore edge hinged.
- soredial
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adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a soredium.
- brindles
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noun,
a brindled coloring.
- diocesan
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noun,
one of the clergy or people of a diocese.
- brisance
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noun,
the shattering effect of a high explosive.
- broadens
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verb (used with or without object),
to become or make broad.
- brocades
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noun,
fabric woven with an elaborate design, especially one having a raised overall pattern.
- brandies
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noun,
a spirit distilled from wine or from the fermented juice of grapes or of apples, peaches, plums, etc.
- deniable
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adjective,
capable of being or liable to be denied or contradicted.
- Brandeis
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noun,
Louis Dembitz [dem-bits] /ˈdɛm bɪts/ (Show IPA), 1856–1941, U.S. lawyer and writer: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1916–39.
- describe
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verb (used with object),
to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of:
- linebred
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adjective,
produced by linebreeding.
- sociable
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noun,
Chiefly Northern and Midland U.S. an informal social gathering, especially of members of a church.
- lie-abed
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noun,
a person who remains in bed until a relatively late hour; late riser.
- braconid
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noun,
any of numerous wasps of the family Braconidae, the larvae of which are parasitic on aphids and on the larvae of moths, butterflies, beetles, etc.
- cabildos
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noun,
the chapter house of a cathedral.
- decibels
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noun,
a unit used to express the intensity of a sound wave, equal to 20 times the common logarithm of the ratio of the pressure produced by the sound wave to a reference pressure, usually 0.0002 microbar.
- colinear
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adjective,
collinear.
- Caribees
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noun,
See under Antilles.
- blinders
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noun,
a person or thing that blinds.
- blenders
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noun,
a person or thing that blends.
- deciares
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- carbinol
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noun,
methyl alcohol.
- boranes
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noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- cabildo
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noun,
the chapter house of a cathedral.
- bricole
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noun,
Billiards. a shot in which the cue ball strikes a cushion after touching the object ball and before hitting the carom ball.
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- coarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- Linacre
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noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- liernes
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- redline
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noun,
Automotive.
the maximum rotational speed, or angular velocity, of the engine crankshaft that is considered safe: often measured in rpm.
a red line or boundary of a red area that delineates such a value, as on a tachometer.
- coalers
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noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- leaders
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noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- coalbin
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noun,
a bin used for holding coal.
- Carlson
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noun,
Anton Julius [an-tohn,, -ton] /ˈæn toʊn,, -tɒn/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, U.S. physiologist, born in Sweden.
- license
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noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- Liberec
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noun,
a city in the NW Czech Republic.
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- bandies
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noun,
an early form of tennis.
- indorse
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verb (used with object),
endorse.
- indoles
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noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- recline
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verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- Bardeen
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noun,
John, 1908–91, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1956, 1972.
- bordels
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noun,
a brothel.
- Leonids
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noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- narcose
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adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- Lesbian
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noun,
an inhabitant of Lesbos.
- Oceanid
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noun,
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- obscene
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adjective,
offensive to morality or decency; indecent; depraved:
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- leaners
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noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- inclose
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verb (used with object),
enclose.
- redbone
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noun,
an American hound having a red coat, used in hunting raccoons, bears, cougars, and wildcats.
- blinder
-
noun,
a person or thing that blinds.
- bandore
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noun,
an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar.
- borides
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noun,
a compound consisting of two elements of which boron is the more electronegative one.
- Laodice
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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.
- inbreed
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verb (used with object),
to breed (individuals of a closely related group) repeatedly.
- Brindle
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noun,
a brindled coloring.
- rescale
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verb (used with object),
to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
- rescind
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verb (used with object),
to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- blender
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noun,
a person or thing that blends.
- Iceland
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noun,
a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
- lead-in
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noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- escribe
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verb (used with object),
to draw a circle outside of a triangle tangent to one side of the triangle and to the extensions of the other two sides.
- Londres
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noun,
a cylindrically shaped cigar of medium to large size.
- Carleen
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noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- bridles
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noun,
part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
- escolar
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noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- Loraine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- Brescia
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noun,
a city in central Lombardy, in N Italy.
- Leander
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noun,
a Greek youth, the lover of Hero, who swam the Hellespont every night to visit her until he was drowned in a storm.
- bridals
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noun,
a wedding.
- ribalds
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noun,
a ribald person.
- codline
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noun,
an untarred cord of hemp or cotton, used for fishing and for various purposes aboard a ship.
- codeine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
- brained
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- Carline
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noun,
an old woman.
- baldric
-
noun,
a belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip, supporting a sword, horn, etc.
- Oberlin
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noun,
Jean Frédéric [French zhahn frey-dey-reek] /French ʒɑ̃ freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1740–1826, Alsatian clergyman.
- re-laid
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- linseed
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noun,
flaxseed.
- caribes
-
noun,
piranha.
- blendes
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noun,
sphalerite; zinc sulfide.
- loaders
-
noun,
a person or thing that loads.
- loaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- branles
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noun,
a lively 16th- and 17th-century round dance originating in France.
- obelias
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noun,
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- Brandes
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noun,
Georg Morris [ge-ohrg moh-ris] /gɛˈoʊrg ˈmoʊ rɪs/ (Show IPA), (Georg Morris Cohen) 1842–1927, Danish historian and literary critic.
- bailors
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noun,
a person who delivers personal property in bailment.
- inboard
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noun,
an inboard motor.
- bailees
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noun,
a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.
- brocade
-
noun,
fabric woven with an elaborate design, especially one having a raised overall pattern.
- Leonard
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noun,
Sugar Ray (Ray Charles Leonard) born 1956, U.S. boxer.
- inlaces
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- readies
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noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- berline
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noun,
an automobile with the front and rear compartments separated by a glass partition, as some limousines.
- Bernice
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “bringer of victory.”.
- ordeals
-
noun,
any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
- ordinal
-
noun,
an ordinal number or numeral.
- Nidaros
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noun,
former name of Trondheim.
- berlins
-
noun,
a large, four-wheeled, closed carriage hung between two perches and having two interior seats.
- boilers
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noun,
a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process certain materials, etc.
Compare fire-tube boiler, water-tube boiler.
- cardio-
-
- ordains
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verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- ladrone
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noun,
a thief.
- Ladinos
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- oreides
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noun,
oroide.
- benders
-
noun,
a person or thing that bends, as a pair of pliers or a powered machine.
- Benares
-
noun,
a former name of Varanasi.
- Belinda
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old Spanish word meaning “beautiful.”.
- Orleans
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- nodical
-
adjective,
of or relating to a node or the nodes.
- Celosia
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.
Compare cockscomb (def 3).
- labored
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- oneidas
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- carbine
-
noun,
a light, gas-operated semiautomatic rifle.
- ribands
-
noun,
a decorative ribbon.
- binders
-
noun,
a person or thing that binds.
- bodices
-
noun,
a usually fitted vest or wide, lace-up girdle worn by women over a dress or blouse, especially a cross-laced, sleeveless outer garment covering the waist and bust, common in peasant dress.
- bindles
-
noun,
a bundle, usually of bedding and other possessions, carried by a hobo.
- carbide
-
noun,
a compound of carbon with a more electropositive element or group.
- Landers
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- lardons
-
noun,
a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
- bicorne
-
noun,
a two-cornered cocked hat worn especially in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- Celadon
-
noun,
any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
- binocle
-
noun,
binocular (def 1).
- Celaeno
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Pleiad.
- carbene
-
noun,
the radical CH 2 and its derivatives.
- lancers
-
noun,
a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
- Belasco
-
noun,
David, 1854–1931, U.S. playwright, actor, and producer.
- candors
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- Cairene
-
noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- careens
-
noun,
a careening.
- claires
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- Ireland
-
noun,
John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
- claries
-
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.
- clarino
-
noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- Bonaire
-
noun,
an island in the E Netherlands Antilles, in the S West Indies. 95 sq. mi. (245 sq. km).
- Clarion
-
noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- randies
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- Learned
-
adjective,
having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite:
- inroads
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- Nordica
-
noun,
Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
- cleaner
-
noun,
a person who cleans, especially one whose regular occupation is cleaning offices, buildings, equipment, etc.
- necrose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- cleanse
-
verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- carnose
-
adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- caldron
-
noun,
cauldron.
- bonacis
-
noun,
any of several edible serranid fishes, as Mycteroperca bonaci.
- cariole
-
noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- bedsore
-
noun,
an ulceration of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by poor circulation due to prolonged pressure on body parts, especially bony protuberances, occurring in bedridden or immobile patients; decubitus ulcer.
- Bearden
-
noun,
Romare Howard [roh-mair] /ˈroʊ mɛər/ (Show IPA), 1911–88, U.S. artist.
- candles
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- Nereids
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- bedrail
-
noun,
a board at the side of a bed connecting the footboard and headboard.
- cineole
-
noun,
a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- oilseed
-
noun,
any of several seeds, as the castor bean, sesame, or cottonseed, from which an oil is expressed.
- candies
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- Isadore
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “gift of Isis.”.
- candier
-
- caliber
-
noun,
the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube:
- 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.
- bolides
-
noun,
a large, brilliant meteor, especially one that explodes; fireball.
- radicel
-
noun,
a minute root; a rootlet.
- oilcans
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- Blondie
-
noun,
Informal. a blond person:
- radices
-
noun,
a plural of radix.
- radicle
-
noun,
Botany.
the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root.
a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
- calends
-
noun,
the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar, from which the days of the preceding month were counted backward to the ides.
- broaden
-
verb (used with or without object),
to become or make broad.
- baleens
-
noun,
whalebone (def 1).
- Delaine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- Delores
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Delibes
-
noun,
(Clément Philibert) Léo [kley-mahn fee-lee-ber ley-aw] /kleɪˈmɑ̃ fi liˈbɛr leɪˈɔ/ (Show IPA), 1836–91, French composer, especially of operas, operettas, and ballets.
- sclero-
-
- Eleanor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- donable
-
adjective,
available free from government surpluses:
- Delanos
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- sincere
-
adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- silence
-
noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- acerose
-
adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- deicers
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- sidero-
-
- Adeline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adele.
- side-on
-
adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- sidecar
-
noun,
a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- sidebar
-
noun,
follow-up (def 3b).
- dancers
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- decries
-
verb (used with object),
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
- elodeas
-
noun,
any of several New World submersed aquatic plants of the genus Elodea, having numerous, usually whorled leaves.
- slander
-
noun,
defamation; calumny:
- Daniels
-
noun,
Jonathan Worth, 1902–81, U.S. journalist, editor, and author.
- abscind
-
verb (used with object),
to sever.
- sarcoid
-
noun,
a growth resembling a sarcoma.
- sardine
-
noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- creoles
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- anisole
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- encores
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- aniseed
-
noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- encodes
-
verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- scalene
-
adjective,
Geometry.
(of a cone or the like) having the axis inclined to the base.
(of a triangle) having three unequal sides.
- slender
-
adjective,
having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length:
- abscond
-
verb (used without object),
to depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution:
- enclose
-
verb (used with object),
to shut or hem in; close in on all sides:
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- aneroid
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- Deloria
-
noun,
Vine, (Jr.) [vahyn] /vaɪn/ (Show IPA), 1933–2005, U.S. writer.
- absence
-
noun,
state of being away or not being present:
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- aileron
-
noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- decrial
-
noun,
the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- alienor
-
noun,
a person who transfers property.
- sarcode
-
noun,
protoplasm, especially the semifluid content of a protozoan.
- aerobes
-
noun,
an organism, especially a bacterium, that requires air or free oxygen for life (opposed to anaerobe).
- darnels
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- eclairs
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- albinos
-
noun,
a person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to produce the pigment melanin.
- decanes
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- seconde
-
noun,
the second of the eight defensive positions.
- ebonies
-
noun,
a hard, heavy, durable wood, most highly prized when black, from various tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, as D. ebenum of southern India and Sri Lanka, used for cabinetwork, ornamental objects, etc.
- Decalin
-
- aerobic
-
adjective,
(of an organism or tissue) requiring the presence of air or free oxygen for life.
- decanol
-
noun,
a colorless liquid, C 10 H 22 O, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohol: used as a plasticizer, detergent, and in perfumes and flavorings.
- albedos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the ratio of the light reflected by a planet or satellite to that received by it.
- earlobe
-
noun,
the soft, pendulous lower part of the external ear.
- debones
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the bones from (meat, fish, or fowl); bone:
- Seeland
-
noun,
Zealand.
- dealers
-
noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- dearies
-
noun,
darling.
- debacle
-
noun,
a general breakup or dispersion; sudden downfall or rout:
- selenic
-
adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- Seconal
-
- Alcides
-
noun,
Hercules (def 1).
- screeno
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- Alebion
-
noun,
a son of Poseidon who, with his brother Dercynus, was killed by Hercules while attempting to steal the cattle that Hercules had taken from Geryon.
- decline
-
noun,
a downward slope; declivity.
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- declare
-
verb (used with object),
to make known or state clearly, especially in explicit or formal terms:
- deciles
-
noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
- darbies
-
noun,
a float having two handles, used by plasterers.
- decibel
-
noun,
a unit used to express the intensity of a sound wave, equal to 20 times the common logarithm of the ratio of the pressure produced by the sound wave to a reference pressure, usually 0.0002 microbar.
- seabird
-
noun,
a bird frequenting the sea or coast.
- edibles
-
noun,
Usually, edibles. edible substances; food.
- Serbian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Serbia, especially one of the Slavic peoples inhabiting it.
- aldrins
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- decibar
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/10 bar or 100,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- deciare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- aediles
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- decerns
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- decares
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- dariole
-
noun,
a small round mold.
- Darlene
-
noun,
a female given name: from the Old English word meaning “darling.”.
- deniers
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- enables
-
verb (used with object),
to make able; give power, means, competence, or ability to; authorize:
- crenels
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- corbina
-
noun,
a game fish, Menticirrhus undulatus, of the croaker family, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- cradles
-
noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- areoles
-
noun,
an areola.
- discern
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
- sadiron
-
noun,
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- enlaces
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- cornels
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- corneas
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- enrobes
-
verb (used with object),
to dress; attire:
- cordial
-
noun,
a strong, sweetened, aromatic alcoholic liquor; liqueur.
- disable
-
verb (used with object),
to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate:
- Cordele
-
noun,
a city in SW Georgia.
- soldier
-
noun,
a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- arseno-
-
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- Conrail
-
noun,
a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
- ridable
-
- Ericson
-
noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- soredia
-
noun,
a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- Sorbian
-
noun,
Also called Lusatian, Wendish. a Slavic language spoken by an isolated group in E Germany.
- robands
-
noun,
a short piece of spun yarn or other material, used to secure a sail to a yard, gaff, or the like.
- dineros
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- dialers
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- ascribe
-
verb (used with object),
to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute:
- corbans
-
noun,
a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.
- Corbeil
-
noun,
a sculptured ornament, especially on a capital, having the form of a basket.
- diocese
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
- corbels
-
noun,
any bracket, especially one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
- rondels
-
noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting usually of 14 lines on two rhymes, of which four are made up of the initial couplet repeated in the middle and at the end, with the second line of the couplet sometimes being omitted at the end.
- Derbies
-
noun,
a city in Derbyshire in central England.
- seleno-
-
- Abilene
-
noun,
a city in central Texas.
- craniol
-
- cranio-
-
- endorse
-
noun,
Heraldry. a narrow pale, about one quarter the usual width and usually repeated several times.
- Salerno
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- endears
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- derails
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- Arecibo
-
noun,
a seaport in N Puerto Rico.
- sanicle
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- disrobe
-
verb (used with or without object),
to undress.
- doblas
-
noun,
a former gold coin of Spain.
- decare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- Doblin
-
noun,
Alfred [ahl-freyt] /ˈɑl freɪt/ (Show IPA), 1878–1957, German physician and novelist.
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- libers
-
noun,
phloem.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- dobras
-
noun,
any of various former Portuguese coins, especially a gold coin of John V equal to two johannes.
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- libras
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- brines
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- decern
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- Lerida
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- cardi-
-
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- lodens
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- decals
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- caribe
-
noun,
piranha.
- debris
-
noun,
the remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble:
- cabers
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- bridal
-
noun,
a wedding.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- debars
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- Diesel
-
noun,
diesel engine.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- debase
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in quality or value; adulterate:
- debone
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the bones from (meat, fish, or fowl); bone:
- liards
-
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.
- drails
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- Libera
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- dorsi-
-
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- bridle
-
noun,
part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
- Caribs
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- cables
-
noun,
a heavy, strong rope.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- dienes
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- carbon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a widely distributed element that forms organic compounds in combination with hydrogen, oxygen, etc., and that occurs in a pure state as diamond and graphite, and in an impure state as charcoal. Symbol: C; atomic weight: 12.011; atomic number: 6; specific gravity: (of diamond) 3.51 at 20°C; (of graphite) 2.26 at 20°C.
- decane
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- dorsal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dorsal speech sound.
- Broads
-
noun,
The, (used with a plural verb) a low-lying region in E England, in Norfolk and Suffolk: bogs and marshy lakes.
- carbo-
-
- deices
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- candle
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- Dorcas
-
noun,
a Christian woman at Joppa who made clothing for the poor. Acts 9:36–41.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- donees
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- deicer
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- desire
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Doreen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Delano
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- disco-
-
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- Calder
-
noun,
Alexander, 1898–1976, U.S. sculptor; originator of mobiles.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- Leonid
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- cairds
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- Candor
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- Lenard
-
noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- Docile
-
adjective,
easily managed or handled; tractable:
- decors
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- doable
-
adjective,
capable of being done.
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- derail
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- lidars
-
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.
- decile
-
noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
- Brodie
-
noun,
a suicidal or daredevil leap; wild dive:
- Diablo
-
noun,
Spanish for “devil.”.
- broils
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- Lisbon
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Portugal, in the SW part, on the Tagus estuary.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- diable
-
adjective,
highly spiced; prepared with hot or piquant seasoning; deviled.
- broncs
-
noun,
bronco:
- disbar
-
verb (used with object),
to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- loader
-
noun,
a person or thing that loads.
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- Leiden
-
noun,
a city in W Netherlands.
- desorb
-
verb (used with object),
to remove an absorbate or adsorbate from (an absorbent or adsorbent).
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- cleans
-
- Creole
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- crenel
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- cleoid
-
noun,
a claw-shaped dental instrument used to remove carious material from a cavity.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- clino-
-
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- Enders
-
noun,
John Franklin, 1897–1985, U.S. bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- credos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- indole
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- clones
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- indecl
-
- clado-
-
- Island
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Isabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- enable
-
verb (used with object),
to make able; give power, means, competence, or ability to; authorize:
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- encode
-
verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- cresol
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- closed
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- corban
-
noun,
a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.
- Corbin
-
noun,
Margaret (Cochran) 1751–1800, American Revolutionary military heroine.
- Corbie
-
noun,
a raven or crow.
- cobras
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- corbel
-
noun,
any bracket, especially one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
- coders
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- idlers
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- inbred
-
adjective,
naturally inherent; innate; native:
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- Conrad
-
noun,
Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- ericas
-
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.
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- erodes
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- cobles
-
noun,
a flat-bottomed fishing boat with a lugsail, used mainly in northern England and Scotland for salmon.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- corned
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- cradle
-
noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- enlace
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- Cornel
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- cobias
-
noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- enrobe
-
verb (used with object),
to dress; attire:
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- cordis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the heart.
- Cobden
-
noun,
Richard, 1804–65, English manufacturer, merchant, economist, and statesman.
- Elodea
-
noun,
any of several New World submersed aquatic plants of the genus Elodea, having numerous, usually whorled leaves.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- deasil
-
adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- Landor
-
noun,
Walter Savage, 1775–1864, English poet and prose writer.
- darnel
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- Colden
-
noun,
Cadwallader, 1688–1776, Scottish physician, botanist, and public official in America, born in Ireland.
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- Landis
-
noun,
Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- lardon
-
noun,
a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- Landes
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- ceibas
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- darics
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Lander
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- edible
-
noun,
Usually, edibles. edible substances; food.
- ecoles
-
noun,
school1 .
- C-bias
-
noun,
grid bias.
- celebs
-
noun,
a celebrity.
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- leader
-
noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- leaden
-
adjective,
inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move:
- dealer
-
noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- carobs
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- Laredo
-
noun,
a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- elides
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- elders
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- labrid
-
noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Labridae, including the wrasses, the tautog, and the cunner, and characterized chiefly by well-developed teeth and, often, brilliant colors.
- elands
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- Labors
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- Dacron
-
- Cibola
-
noun,
the Seven Cities of, legendary cities of great wealth believed by earlier Spanish explorers to exist in the SW United States.
- elance
-
noun,
a quick darting movement.
- labio-
-
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- Isolde
-
noun,
German name of Iseult.
- Isolda
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Iseult.
- ciders
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- ladens
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- ediles
-
noun,
aedile.
- lairds
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- cerias
-
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.
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- Ladino
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- eiders
-
noun,
eider duck.
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- ladies
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- bacons
-
noun,
the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- robles
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- roband
-
noun,
a short piece of spun yarn or other material, used to secure a sail to a yard, gaff, or the like.
- 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.
- ribose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- riband
-
noun,
a decorative ribbon.
- ribald
-
noun,
a ribald person.
- resole
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- Ronald
-
noun,
a male given name: from Scandinavian words meaning “counsel” and “rule.”.
- resend
-
verb (used with object),
to send again.
- Reseda
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- bailee
-
noun,
a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.
- bailor
-
noun,
a person who delivers personal property in bailment.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Briand
-
noun,
Aristide [ar-uh-steed;; French a-ree-steed] /ˈær əˌstid;; French a riˈstid/ (Show IPA), 1862–1932, French statesman: minister of France 11 times; Nobel Peace Prize 1926.
- Balder
-
noun,
a god, a son of Odin and Frigg and the twin brother of Hod, by whom he was killed.
- Roland
-
noun,
Italian Orlando. the greatest of the paladins in the Charlemagne cycle of the chansons de geste, renowned for his prowess and the manner of his death in the battle of Roncesvalles (a.d. 778), also for his five days' combat with Oliver in which neither was the victor.
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- baleen
-
noun,
whalebone (def 1).
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- ardebs
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- sacro-
-
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rondel
-
noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting usually of 14 lines on two rhymes, of which four are made up of the initial couplet repeated in the middle and at the end, with the second line of the couplet sometimes being omitted at the end.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sabine
-
noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Arnold
-
noun,
Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- arsen-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Baldie
-
noun,
a bald person (sometimes used as a facetious term of address).
- redoes
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- beards
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- becard
-
noun,
any of several passerine birds of the genus Pachyramphus, of the American tropics, having large heads and swollen bills, and variously classified with the flycatchers or the cotingas.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Belsen
-
noun,
locality in NW Germany: site of Nazi concentration camp during World War II.
- Bender
-
noun,
a person or thing that bends, as a pair of pliers or a powered machine.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- oreide
-
noun,
oroide.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- Berlin
-
noun,
a large, four-wheeled, closed carriage hung between two perches and having two interior seats.
- Bernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Bernard.
- ordeal
-
noun,
any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
- beside
-
Idioms,
beside oneself, almost out of one's senses from a strong emotion, as from joy, delight, anger, fear, or grief:
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- Bianco
-
noun,
Mon·te [mawn-te] /ˈmɔn tɛ/ (Show IPA). Italian name of Mont Blanc.
- biased
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- beanos
-
noun,
bingo.
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- bancos
-
noun,
a declaration made by a bettor in certain gambling games, as baccarat and chemin de fer, indicating a bet matching the full amount in the bank, to the exclusion of all previous lower bets: often used as an interjection.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- bardee
-
noun,
bardy2 .
- bardes
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- rebids
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- rebecs
-
noun,
a Renaissance fiddle with a pear-shaped body tapering into a neck that ends in a sickle-shaped or scroll-shaped pegbox.
- Barnes
-
noun,
Albert Coombs [koomz] /kumz/ (Show IPA), 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- beanie
-
noun,
a skullcap, often brightly colored, worn especially by children and by college freshmen, especially in the 1940s.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- basion
-
noun,
the midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- radons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- beacon
-
noun,
a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- radio-
-
- beader
-
noun,
a tool for forming beads on lumber.
- Beadle
-
noun,
a parish officer having various subordinate duties, as keeping order during services, waiting on the rector, etc.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- bicone
-
noun,
an object shaped like two cones with their bases together.
- serbo-
-
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- adren-
-
- adreno
-
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- adsorb
-
verb (used with object),
to gather (a gas, liquid, or dissolved substance) on a surface in a condensed layer:
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- serdab
-
noun,
a chamber inside a mastaba containing a statue of the deceased.
- aedile
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- Serbia
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- aerobe
-
noun,
an organism, especially a bacterium, that requires air or free oxygen for life (opposed to anaerobe).
- aeron.
-
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- Sender
-
noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- solder
-
noun,
any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- Soldan
-
noun,
the ruler of an Islamic country.
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- abeles
-
noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- abides
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- slider
-
noun,
a person or thing that slides.
- adobes
-
noun,
sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- abseil
-
noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sinbad
-
noun,
Sindbad the Sailor.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- adeno-
-
- ad-lib
-
noun,
something improvised in speech, music, etc.:
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- sendal
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- sarco-
-
- scler-
-
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- screed
-
noun,
a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Scribe
-
noun,
a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing.
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- andro-
-
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- scaled
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- aniso-
-
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- Albion
-
noun,
Alebion.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- selen-
-
- Selden
-
noun,
George Baldwin, 1846–1922, U.S. inventor of a gasoline-powered car.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Seidel
-
noun,
a large beer mug with a capacity of one liter (1.1 quarts) and often having a hinged lid.
- sedile
-
noun,
one of the seats (usually three) on the south side of the chancel, often recessed, for the use of the officiating clergy.
- albedo
-
noun,
Astronomy. the ratio of the light reflected by a planet or satellite to that received by it.
- Albers
-
noun,
Josef, 1888–1976, U.S. painter, born in Germany.
- albino
-
noun,
a person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to produce the pigment melanin.
- Alboin
-
noun,
died a.d. 573? king of the Langobards 561?–573?
- seabed
-
noun,
seafloor.
- second
-
noun,
a second part.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- alcids
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- alders
-
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- aldose
-
noun,
a sugar containing the aldehyde group or its hemiacetal equivalent.
- Aldrin
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- Bicols
-
noun,
Bikol.
- bairns
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- Bicorn
-
noun,
bicorne.
- blears
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- blonde
-
noun,
a woman or girl having this coloration.
- braids
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- Nordic
-
noun,
a member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian.
- blinds
-
noun,
something that obstructs vision, as a blinker for a horse.
- brails
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- brains
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- blends
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- bleeds
-
noun,
Printing.
a sheet or page margin trimmed so as to mutilate the text or illustration.
a part thus trimmed off.
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Brando
-
noun,
Marlon, 1924–2004, U.S. actor.
- Bosnia
-
noun,
a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary (1879–1918) now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- brands
-
noun,
kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like:
- branle
-
noun,
a lively 16th- and 17th-century round dance originating in France.
- Obelia
-
noun,
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- blares
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- Brasil
-
noun,
Brazil.
- blancs
-
noun,
a silver coin of France of the 14th–18th centuries, debased in later years.
- Blaise
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Blairs
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- lories
-
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.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- blains
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- Blaine
-
noun,
James Gillespie [gi-les-pee] /gɪˈlɛs pi/ (Show IPA), 1830–93, U.S. statesman.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- braces
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- boards
-
noun,
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
- Odense
-
noun,
a seaport on Fyn island, in S Denmark.
- boiled
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- nebris
-
noun,
a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- necro-
-
- bonsai
-
noun,
a tree or shrub that has been dwarfed, as by pruning the roots and pinching, and is grown in a pot or other container and trained to produce a desired shape or effect.
- bonaci
-
noun,
any of several edible serranid fishes, as Mycteroperca bonaci.
- bolide
-
noun,
a large, brilliant meteor, especially one that explodes; fireball.
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- bolden
-
noun,
Charles ("Buddy") 1868?–1931, U.S. cornet player: early pioneer in jazz.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- borals
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- boiler
-
noun,
a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process certain materials, etc.
Compare fire-tube boiler, water-tube boiler.
- borane
-
noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- bordel
-
noun,
a brothel.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Borden
-
noun,
Gail, 1801–74, U.S. inventor: developed technique for condensing milk.
- Boreal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the north wind.
- Nicole
-
noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- Boreas
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- narco-
-
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- boride
-
noun,
a compound consisting of two elements of which boron is the more electronegative one.
- bodies
-
noun,
the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead.
- bodice
-
noun,
a usually fitted vest or wide, lace-up girdle worn by women over a dress or blouse, especially a cross-laced, sleeveless outer garment covering the waist and bust, common in peasant dress.
- Nobile
-
noun,
Umberto [oo m-ber-taw] /ʊmˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1978, Italian aeronautical engineer and arctic explorer.
- naleds
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- nobles
-
noun,
a person of noble birth or rank; nobleman or noblewoman. Synonyms: peer; aristocrat, blue blood, patrician.
Antonyms: commoner, serf, peasant.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- breads
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- blende
-
noun,
sphalerite; zinc sulfide.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Olbers
-
noun,
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus [hahyn-rikh vil-helm mah-te-oo s] /ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm mɑˈtɛ ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1758–1840, German astronomer and physician.
- bredes
-
noun,
something braided or entwined, especially a plait of hair; braid.
- breeds
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- bindle
-
noun,
a bundle, usually of bedding and other possessions, carried by a hobo.
- binder
-
noun,
a person or thing that binds.
- Brenda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “flame” or “sword.”.
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- oleins
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Bierce
-
noun,
Ambrose (Gwinnett) [gwi-net] /gwɪˈnɛt/ (Show IPA), 1842–1914? U.S. journalist and short-story writer.
- bields
-
noun,
a shelter; refuge.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- 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.
- birles
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- boners
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- dorab
-
noun,
wolf herring.
- doles
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- dirls
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- lobed
-
adjective,
having a lobe or lobes; lobate.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- scrod
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- diols
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- solid
-
noun,
a body or object having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness).
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- ecol.
-
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- sebi-
-
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- disc.
-
- econ.
-
- 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.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- Sino-
-
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- scold
-
noun,
a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- naso-
-
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Elder
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Ndola
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- dolia
-
noun,
a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Edsel
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich” and “hall.”.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- dobla
-
noun,
a former gold coin of Spain.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- lodes
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- sloid
-
noun,
sloyd.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- loads
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- Seric
-
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- dolce
-
noun,
an instruction to the performer that the music is to be executed softly and sweetly.
- sero-
-
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- loden
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- 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.
- dobra
-
noun,
any of various former Portuguese coins, especially a gold coin of John V equal to two johannes.
- Lords
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Dobie
-
noun,
Chiefly Southwestern U.S. adobe.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- lobar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a lobe, as of the lungs.
- lidos
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- 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.
- dribs
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- Libra
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- drabs
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- Nabis
-
- 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.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- endo-
-
- nears
-
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- in-lb
-
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- insol
-
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- OIcel
-
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- oidea
-
- incl.
-
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- Obad.
-
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Obeid
-
noun,
El Obeid.
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- incor
-
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- incr.
-
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- obese
-
adjective,
very fat or overweight; corpulent.
- rebid
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- Indo-
-
- Rebel
-
noun,
a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
- rebec
-
noun,
a Renaissance fiddle with a pear-shaped body tapering into a neck that ends in a sickle-shaped or scroll-shaped pegbox.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Iran.
-
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Ladon
-
noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- orial
-
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- ordn.
-
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- lands
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- Lando
-
noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- 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.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Oland
-
noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- labor
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- Older
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- rabid
-
adjective,
irrationally extreme in opinion or practice:
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- lards
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- 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.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Leeds
-
noun,
a city in West Yorkshire, in N England.
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Sable
-
noun,
an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- lebes
-
noun,
a wine bowl having an oval body without handles and a rounded base.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- Niobe
-
noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Nebr.
-
- Scand
-
- encl.
-
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- scald
-
noun,
a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- sarc-
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Nobel
-
noun,
Alfred Bernhard [ahl-fred ber-nahrd] /ˈɑl frɛd ˈbɛr nɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1833–96, Swedish engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist.
- Noble
-
noun,
a person of noble birth or rank; nobleman or noblewoman. Synonyms: peer; aristocrat, blue blood, patrician.
Antonyms: commoner, serf, peasant.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- Icel.
-
- icons
-
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- ideo-
-
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- reni-
-
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- ileo-
-
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- roble
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- robes
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- nodal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- erode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- 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.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- blind
-
noun,
something that obstructs vision, as a blinker for a horse.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- aeri-
-
- Blida
-
noun,
a city in N Algeria.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- areo-
-
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- cobia
-
noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- coble
-
noun,
a flat-bottomed fishing boat with a lugsail, used mainly in northern England and Scotland for salmon.
- Cobra
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- blend
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- bleed
-
noun,
Printing.
a sheet or page margin trimmed so as to mutilate the text or illustration.
a part thus trimmed off.
- clase
-
- Blois
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loire-et-Cher, in central France, on the Loire River: historic castle.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- 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.
- boils
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Boece
-
noun,
Boethius.
- cidal
-
- 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.
- cine-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- arces
-
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.
- bodes
-
verb,
a simple past tense of bide.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- blond
-
noun,
a blond person.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- board
-
noun,
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- clads
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- ardeb
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- aero-
-
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- adobe
-
noun,
sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- biol.
-
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- colds
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- binds
-
noun,
the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- binal
-
adjective,
double; twofold.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- Cons.
-
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- acold
-
adjective,
being cold or chilled.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- bield
-
noun,
a shelter; refuge.
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- cores
-
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- acro-
-
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- Bland
-
noun,
James A(llen) 1854–1911, U.S. songwriter and minstrel performer.
- Blanc
-
noun,
a silver coin of France of the 14th–18th centuries, debased in later years.
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- coel-
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Blair
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- broil
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Blain
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- blade
-
noun,
the flat cutting part of a sword, knife, etc.
- Arnel
-
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- bison
-
noun,
Also called American bison, American buffalo. a North American, oxlike ruminant, Bison bison, having a large head and high, humped shoulders: formerly common in North America, its small remaining population in isolated western areas of the U.S. and Canada is now protected.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- aden-
-
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- birls
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- bolar
-
adjective,
of or relating to bole or clay.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cabin
-
noun,
a small house or cottage, usually of simple design and construction:
- Cable
-
noun,
a heavy, strong rope.
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Brand
-
noun,
kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like:
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- Brale
-
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caber
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anis-
-
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Caleb
-
noun,
a Hebrew leader, sent as a spy into the land of Canaan. Num. 13:6.
- brail
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- braid
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- brads
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- bread
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- Broca
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist.
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- Broad
-
noun,
the broad part of anything.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- andr-
-
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- BSElE
-
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Bride
-
noun,
a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.
- Brice
-
noun,
Fanny (Fannie Borach) 1891–1951, U.S. singer and comedian.
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Breen
-
noun,
a deep brownish green.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Breed
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- brede
-
noun,
something braided or entwined, especially a plait of hair; braid.
- Breda
-
noun,
a city in the S Netherlands.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Brace
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- cero-
-
- celeb
-
noun,
a celebrity.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- bones
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- Albee
-
noun,
Edward, born 1928, U.S. playwright.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- boned
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Ceiba
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- bonds
-
noun,
something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- Aoede
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- bonce
-
noun,
head; skull.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Boles
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- 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.
- bolas
-
noun,
bola (def 1).
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- boric
-
adjective,
of or containing boron; boracic.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- carb-
-
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- carbs
-
noun,
a carburetor.
- Card.
-
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carib
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Borel
-
noun,
Félix Édouard Émile [fey-leeks ey-dwar ey-meel] /feɪˈliks eɪˈdwar eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1871–1956, French mathematician.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- Alcor
-
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- boral
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- carob
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- coele
-
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Basil
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- beads
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- abide
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- abele
-
noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- BCerE
-
- bason
-
noun,
a basin.
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- Abdon
-
noun,
one of the minor judges of Israel. Judges 12:13–15.
- BASIC
-
noun,
Military.
basic training.
a soldier or airman receiving basic training.
- Basel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- debar
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- Debir
-
noun,
a royal city in the vicinity of Hebron, conquered by Othniel.
- Debra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Deborah.
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- deca-
-
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- Beers
-
noun,
Clifford Whittingham [hwit-ing-uh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt ɪŋ əm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1876–1943, U.S. pioneer in mental hygiene.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- beedi
-
noun,
bidi.
- aboil
-
adverb, adjective,
boiling:
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- abode
-
noun,
a place in which a person resides; residence; dwelling; habitation; home.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Beard
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- beano
-
noun,
bingo.
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- baro-
-
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- desc.
-
- bales
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- Deneb
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Cygnus.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- balds
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a treeless mountaintop or area near the top: often used as part of a proper name.
- 30-30
-
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- Banco
-
noun,
a declaration made by a bettor in certain gambling games, as baccarat and chemin de fer, indicating a bet matching the full amount in the bank, to the exclusion of all previous lower bets: often used as an interjection.
- bails
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- dial.
-
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- Baden
-
noun,
a region in SW Germany, formerly a state, now incorporated in Baden-Württemberg.
- Bacon
-
noun,
the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- balon
-
noun,
ballon.
- BANCS
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- deci-
-
- decl.
-
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- baric
-
adjective,
of or containing barium.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- Bardo
-
noun,
(in Lamaism) the state of the soul between death and rebirth.
- Delos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: site of an oracle of Apollo.
- Barde
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- deles
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- bands
-
noun,
a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop:
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- bronc
-
noun,
bronco:
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- Bicol
-
noun,
Bikol.
- bends
-
noun,
the act of bending.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Benes
-
noun,
Eduard [e-doo-ahrt] /ˈɛ dʊˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1884–1948, Czech patriot and statesman: president of Czechoslovakia 1935–38 and 1945–48.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- Berne
-
noun,
Bern.
- asco-
-
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- acerb
-
adjective,
acerbic.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Berea
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- belie
-
verb (used with object),
to show to be false; contradict:
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- bides
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- bices
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- Bosc
-
noun,
a large, greenish-yellow variety of pear.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- NDAC
-
- RONA
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- band
-
noun,
a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop:
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Brad
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- ano-
-
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- banc
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- 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.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- SBIC
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- SBLI
-
- NDSL
-
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- ole-
-
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- NASD
-
- bio-
-
- Olds
-
noun,
Ransom Eli, 1864–1950, U.S. automobile pioneer and manufacturer.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- BIND
-
noun,
the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Bard
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like.
- bor.
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- scab
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- bar.
-
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- bin-
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- 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.
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- bads
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Badr
-
noun,
Battle of, Islam. a decisive battle in the early days of Islam (a.d. 624), in which Muhammad with about 300 men overcame a force of about 1000 Meccans.
- Loeb
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- BAEd
-
- bade
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- lond
-
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- Rida
-
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- BRCS
-
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- asc-
-
- ScBE
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- 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.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- lobs
-
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- BRCA
-
noun,
either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- bide
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Lord
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- bal.
-
- Bald
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a treeless mountaintop or area near the top: often used as part of a proper name.
- Bred
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- rel.
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- blin
-
noun,
singular of blini.
- OECD
-
- bloc
-
noun,
a group of persons, businesses, etc., united for a particular purpose.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- OEEC
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Sab.
-
- blad
-
noun,
a flier or other promotional material distributed by a company to sell a product.
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- NRAB
-
- rad.
-
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- bead
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Bede
-
noun,
Saint ("the Venerable Bede") a.d. 673?–735, English monk, historian, and theologian: wrote earliest history of England.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- ARIS
-
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- been
-
verb,
past participle of be.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Bend
-
noun,
the act of bending.
- Beer
-
noun,
an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- bldr
-
- OSRD
-
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- obs.
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Bela
-
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:
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Bene
-
adverb,
of validity for the time being but subject to objection or nullification at a later date; provisionally:
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- RIBA
-
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- BDSA
-
- bdls
-
plural,
bundle.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- Bond
-
noun,
something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- rcd.
-
- RNAS
-
- neo-
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- ord.
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- Bird
-
noun,
any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RdAc
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- BASc
-
- Din.
-
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- NEbE
-
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- beld
-
adjective,
bald; hairless.
- 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.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ANSI
-
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- bold
-
Idioms,
be / make (so) bold, to presume or venture; dare:
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- 1080
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- bdl.
-
plural,
bundle.
- bods
-
noun,
body:
- NIRA
-
- NLRB
-
- 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.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- bdle
-
plural,
bundle.
- Bode
-
verb,
a simple past tense of bide.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- bola
-
noun,
Also, bolas. a weapon consisting of two or more heavy balls secured to the ends of one or more strong cords, hurled by the Indians and gauchos of southern South America to entangle the legs of cattle and other animals.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- 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.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- BDes
-
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Bol.
-
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- ACLS
-
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- crib
-
noun,
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
- Cres
-
- end-
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Crab
-
noun,
any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- enl.
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- 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.
- Ens.
-
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Elbe
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the W Czech Republic NW through Germany to the North Sea. 725 miles (1165 km) long.
- slob
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- abr.
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- ELAS
-
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- dabs
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- abs-
-
- SLIC
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- sld.
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- 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.
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- Cor.
-
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- IADB
-
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- ible
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- ical
-
- ICAO
-
- Ice.
-
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- eso-
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- idae
-
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- Ind.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Cond
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Con.
-
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- 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).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Cold
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- acr-
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- 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.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Col.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Esd.
-
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- dol.
-
- dobe
-
noun,
Informal. adobe.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- Den.
-
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- dols
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- Del.
-
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- soln
-
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- Soni
-
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- Dino
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- dioc
-
- Sra.
-
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- 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.
- dibs
-
noun,
money in small amounts.
- dir.
-
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- dis-
-
- dia-
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- der.
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- dlr.
-
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- EEOC
-
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- dbl.
-
- abl.
-
- eco-
-
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- DCNL
-
- ABLS
-
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Danl
-
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- drab
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- Dec.
-
- Debs
-
noun,
Eugene Victor, 1855–1926, U.S. labor leader: Socialist candidate for president 1900–20.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- deb.
-
- drib
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ears
-
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.
- sold
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- ABCs
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- Sol.
-
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- 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.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- abed
-
adverb,
in bed:
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- 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:
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cene
-
- Lib.
-
- cen.
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Cels
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Alb.
-
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- scr.
-
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- CERN
-
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- 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.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Alis
-
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- ance
-
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- 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.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Cal.
-
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- Cdr.
-
- albs
-
noun,
a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.
- CBEL
-
- 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.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- sec.
-
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Alco
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Ald.
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lea.
-
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lab.
-
- scil
-
- clod
-
noun,
a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- BSCE
-
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- aer-
-
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- iod-
-
- BSEc
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- BSAE
-
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- ands
-
- ile-
-
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- inae
-
- cobs
-
noun,
a corncob.
- sci.
-
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- IndE
-
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- BSEE
-
- ins.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- ISBN
-
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- lin.
-
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- iso-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- cide
-
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- 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:
- AInd
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- cir.
-
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- BSIR
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- BSNA
-
- clar
-
- cis-
-
- BSIE
-
- SRB
-
- sc.
-
- ANC
-
- ac-
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- an.
-
- ab-
-
- bl.
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- al.
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- be-
-
- BCE
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- ADC
-
- BDS
-
plural,
board.
- SDA
-
- ad-
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- se-
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- bd.
-
plural,
board.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- BCL
-
- SCB
-
- SDR
-
- SDI
-
- Sr.
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- RLD
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- 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.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ARS
-
- ard
-
- AIC
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ADB
-
- asb
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ACS
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- 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).
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- ae.
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AEC
-
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- SAE
-
- SRO
-
- Rs.
-
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- RSE
-
- ScD
-
- RSA
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- Ar.
-
- sb.
-
- ASN
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- SBA
-
- abd
-
- SBE
-
- ROA
-
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- rnd
-
- RNA
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ALC
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- aor
-
- SLA
-
- SLE
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- SAR
-
- ROI
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ase
-
- abn
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- SLR
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ASI
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- SED
-
- BED
-
noun,
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- CNO
-
- CLR
-
- Clo
-
- CLI
-
- ine
-
- cle
-
- IOC
-
- ior
-
- COB
-
noun,
a corncob.
- 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.
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- CNS
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Isl
-
- 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).
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ib.
-
- IBN
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- IDB
-
- in.
-
- ide
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- ier
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
-
- ILS
-
- ise
-
- CIE
-
- io-
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- LCA
-
- LCD
-
- LCI
-
- Ld.
-
- LDC
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- BOD
-
noun,
body:
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LBO
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- CAI
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- CAB
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- ISR
-
- CEO
-
- La.
-
- LDS
-
- LSD
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- CIB
-
- CIA
-
- 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).
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- CED
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- CEA
-
- CBS
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- Ia.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- cs.
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ea.
-
- ead
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- DEA
-
- de-
-
- DCS
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DSR
-
- EbN
-
- DBS
-
- EBS
-
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- DBA
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- ed.
-
- eo-
-
- DSA
-
- EdB
-
- DNB
-
- DIL
-
- 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.
- DIB
-
verb (used without object),
to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water.
- di.
-
- DLC
-
- DLO
-
- DLS
-
- DNA
-
- DNR
-
- DRE
-
- DOB
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- Doi
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- Dr.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EDC
-
- id.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- en-
-
- CSA
-
- CRS
-
- ene
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- EOE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- CSR
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- ESL
-
- ESR
-
- ics
-
- CSO
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- DAR
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EEC
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EEO
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- DAE
-
- DBE
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- DAB
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- DSO
-
- DSC
-
- DOA
-
- do.
-
- DCL
-
- cl.
-
- 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.
- cr.
-
- ons
-
- OIr
-
- Ola
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- BIE
-
- oid
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- BID
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- bi-
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- 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.
- oic
-
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- OSB
-
- OSD
-
- 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.
- OAS
-
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OBE
-
- ble
-
- obl
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCD
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- OCS
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- BLA
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- ose
-
- OED
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- REA
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- 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.
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- RDC
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- bad
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- Bac
-
- Br.
-
- BSC
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- RDS
-
- RDA
-
- Rd.
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- bec
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Bde
-
- RCN
-
- BDA
-
- BCS
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- BCD
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RBC
-
- RBI
-
- RCA
-
- OSA
-
- OCR
-
- BRE
-
- NBA
-
- ca.
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- LON
-
- NEC
-
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- NDE
-
- NBS
-
- BSN
-
- NbE
-
- BSE
-
- NBC
-
- BSD
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- BSA
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- NAD
-
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- BSL
-
- NCO
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- LSI
-
- LOC
-
- LSC
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- BSO
-
- NES
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- BLS
-
- Bn.
-
- NSC
-
- 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.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- BNS
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOC
-
- CBE
-
- NIA
-
- Co.
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Oc.
-
- NSA
-
- CBD
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ob.
-
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- EI
-
- ee
-
- ln
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- AO
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- B-
-
- CE
-
- DN
-
- le
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- 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.
- BC
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 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.
- CB
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RO
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- dl
-
- 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.
- 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.
- D.
-
- ol
-
- NL
-
- S.
-
- LC
-
- SA
-
- SL
-
- i.
-
- ic
-
- O.
-
- OA
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- L.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- LR
-
- NI
-
- Eb
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NB
-
- NC
-
- DB
-
- ND
-
- RN
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- RI
-
- RC
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- R.
-
- SN
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- BO
-