Anagrams of convertibles
Word convertibles has
1889 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of convertibles.
- convertible
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noun,
an automobile or a boat with a folding top.
- ventricose
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adjective,
swollen, especially on one side or unequally; protuberant.
- violescent
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adjective,
tending to a violet color:
- ventricle
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noun,
Zoology. any of various hollow organs or parts in an animal body.
- evections
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noun,
a periodic irregularity in the moon's motion, caused by the attraction of the sun.
- televisor
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noun,
an apparatus for transmitting or receiving television.
- vernicles
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noun,
veronica1 .
- novelties
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noun,
state or quality of being novel, new, or unique; newness:
- secretion
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- neoterics
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- resolvent
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noun,
something resolvent.
- sclerotin
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noun,
an insoluble protein that serves to stiffen the chitin of the cuticle of arthropods.
- resection
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noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- violences
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noun,
swift and intense force:
- bilestone
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noun,
gallstone.
- centriole
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noun,
a small, cylindrical cell organelle, seen near the nucleus in the cytoplasm of most eukaryotic cells, that divides in perpendicular fashion during mitosis, the new pair of centrioles moving ahead of the spindle to opposite poles of the cell as the cell divides: identical in internal structure to a basal body.
- virescent
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adjective,
turning green.
- cenobites
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noun,
a member of a religious order living in a convent or community.
- selection
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noun,
an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- Elsinore
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noun,
Helsingør.
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- tensible
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adjective,
capable of being stretched; tensile.
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- entresol
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noun,
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
- Leinster
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noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- eversion
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noun,
a turning or being turned outward or inside out.
- stilbene
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noun,
a colorless to slightly yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 14 H 12 , used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes (stilbene dyes)
- bisector
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noun,
a line or plane that bisects an angle or line segment.
- lecterns
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noun,
a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- lections
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- binocles
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noun,
binocular (def 1).
- sirvente
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noun,
a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.
- violence
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noun,
swift and intense force:
- tiercels
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noun,
tercel.
- election
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noun,
the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- electros
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noun,
electrotype.
- contrive
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verb (used with object),
to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent:
- veinlets
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noun,
a small vein.
- cenobite
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noun,
a member of a religious order living in a convent or community.
- centiles
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- 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.
- cloister
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noun,
a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
- close-in
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adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- 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.
- coistrel
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noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- conserve
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noun,
Often, conserves. a mixture of several fruits cooked to jamlike consistency with sugar and often garnished with nuts and raisins.
- vernicle
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noun,
veronica1 .
- contrib.
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- Converse
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noun,
familiar discourse or talk; conversation.
- electron
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noun,
Also called negatron. Physics, Chemistry. an elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of matter, having a negative charge of 1.602 × 10 −19 coulombs, a mass of 9.108 × 10 −31 kilograms, and spin of ½, and existing independently or as the component outside the nucleus of an atom.
- converts
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noun,
one who has been converted, as to a religion or opinion.
- corbeils
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noun,
a sculptured ornament, especially on a capital, having the form of a basket.
- corselet
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noun,
Also, corselette. a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece.
- versicle
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noun,
a little verse.
- coverlet
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noun,
Also, coverlid [kuhv-er-lid] /ˈkʌv ər lɪd/ (Show IPA). a bed quilt that does not cover the pillow, used chiefly for warmth; bedspread.
- bornites
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noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- vertices
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noun,
a plural of vertex.
- Tirolese
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adjective, noun,
Tyrolese.
- ebonites
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noun,
vulcanite.
- silencer
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noun,
a person or thing that silences.
- electro-
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- bicornes
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noun,
a two-cornered cocked hat worn especially in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- evection
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noun,
a periodic irregularity in the moon's motion, caused by the attraction of the sun.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- seicento
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noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- relievos
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noun,
Obsolete. relief2 (defs 2, 3).
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- reclines
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verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- vortices
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noun,
a plural of vortex.
- overline
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noun,
a cutline, usually of one line, appearing over a picture, cartoon, etc.
- retinols
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noun,
vitamin A.
- revoices
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verb (used with object),
to voice again or in return; echo.
- scienter
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noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- Nobelist
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noun,
a person who is awarded a Nobel prize.
- sclerite
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- berlines
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noun,
an automobile with the front and rear compartments separated by a glass partition, as some limousines.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- novelist
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noun,
a person who writes novels.
- betonies
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noun,
a plant, Stachys (formerly Betonica) officinalis, of the mint family, having hairy leaves and dense spikes of purple flowers, formerly used in medicine and dyeing.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- revoice
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verb (used with object),
to voice again or in return; echo.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- cornels
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noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- corbels
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noun,
any bracket, especially one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- Corbeil
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noun,
a sculptured ornament, especially on a capital, having the form of a basket.
- selenic
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adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- corslet
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noun,
corselet (def 2).
- convert
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noun,
one who has been converted, as to a religion or opinion.
- silence
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noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- reticle
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noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- restive
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adjective,
impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
- constr.
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- overlie
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verb (used with object),
to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
- reviles
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verb (used with object),
to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- corvine
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adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a crow.
- corvees
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noun,
unpaid labor for one day, as on the repair of roads, exacted by a feudal lord.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- ebonist
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noun,
a worker in ebony.
- ebonies
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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.
- onliest
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Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- riblets
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noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- creoles
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noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- Sievert
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noun,
the standard unit in the International System of Units (SI) of dose equivalent having the same biological effect as one joule of x-rays per kilogram of recipient mass (or one gray):
Abbreviation: Sv.
- revolts
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noun,
the act of revolting; an insurrection or rebellion.
- crenels
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noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- coverts
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noun,
a covering; cover.
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- coterie
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noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- costrel
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noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- costive
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adjective,
suffering from constipation; constipated.
- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- colters
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noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- obverts
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verb (used with object),
to turn (something) so as to show a different surface.
- centile
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- cervine
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adjective,
resembling or characteristic of deer; deerlike.
- centro-
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- Servite
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noun,
a member of an order of mendicant friars, founded in Florence in 1233, engaged in fostering devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- centri-
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- centres
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- cenotes
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noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- cineole
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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.
- servile
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adjective,
slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning:
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- veinlet
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noun,
a small vein.
- relievo
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noun,
Obsolete. relief2 (defs 2, 3).
- Venetic
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noun,
an Indo-European language of NE Italy, possibly belonging to the Italic branch, known from inscriptions from the 4th to 2nd centuries b.c.
- venters
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- relents
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- vection
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noun,
the transference of a disease from one person to another.
- lobster
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noun,
any of various large, edible, marine, usually dull-green, stalk-eyed decapod crustaceans of the family Homaridae, especially of the genus Homarus, having large, asymmetrical pincers on the first pair of legs, one used for crushing and the other for cutting and tearing: the shell turns bright red when cooked.
- trebles
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noun,
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
- clovers
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense flower heads, many species of which, as T. pratense, are cultivated as forage plants.
- Colbert
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noun,
Claudette (Lily Claudette Chauchoin) 1903–96, U.S. actress, born in France.
- overset
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noun,
the act or fact of oversetting; upset; overturn.
- resolve
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noun,
a resolution or determination made, as to follow some course of action.
- Trevino
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noun,
Lee ("Super Mex") born 1939, U.S. golfer.
- Treviso
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noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- coesite
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- Service
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noun,
an act of helpful activity; help; aid:
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- recline
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verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- clivers
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noun,
cleavers.
- citrons
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- citoles
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noun,
cittern.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- ebonite
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noun,
vulcanite.
- obverse
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noun,
the side of a coin, medal, flag, etc., that bears the principal design (opposed to reverse).
- 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.
- inverts
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noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- solvent
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noun,
a substance that dissolves another to form a solution:
- sorbent
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noun,
a surface that sorbs.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- stencil
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noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- stereo-
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- Nilotes
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- inverse
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noun,
an inverted state or condition.
- Nicolet
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- sterno-
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- inclose
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verb (used with object),
enclose.
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- evinces
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verb (used with object),
to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.
- sclero-
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- silvern
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adjective,
made of or like silver.
- lectern
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noun,
a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- lectins
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noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- etoiles
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- sectile
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adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- Liberec
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noun,
a city in the NW Czech Republic.
- leviter
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adverb,
(in prescriptions) lightly.
- leviers
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noun,
a person who levies.
- lictors
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- necrose
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verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- section
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- Leotine
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noun,
a female given name.
- lection
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- Lenotre
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- liernes
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- seleno-
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- Slovene
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noun,
one of a Slavic people dwelling in Slovenia.
- lectors
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noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- screeno
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- Ventose
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noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the sixth month of the year, extending from February 19 to March 20.
- estrone
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- elector
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noun,
a person who elects or may elect, especially a qualified voter.
- notices
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- entero-
-
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- enrobes
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verb (used with object),
to dress; attire:
- encores
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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.
- enclose
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verb (used with object),
to shut or hem in; close in on all sides:
- tiercel
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noun,
tercel.
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- elevons
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noun,
a control surface functioning both as an elevator and as an aileron.
- Oberlin
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noun,
Jean Frédéric [French zhahn frey-dey-reek] /French ʒɑ̃ freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1740–1826, Alsatian clergyman.
- obscene
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adjective,
offensive to morality or decency; indecent; depraved:
- observe
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verb (used with object),
to see, watch, perceive, or notice:
- electr-
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- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- nostril
-
noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- estriol
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- erosive
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adjective,
serving to erode; causing erosion.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- 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.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- tenrecs
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- noetics
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noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- tensile
-
adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- tensive
-
adjective,
stretching or straining.
- Ericson
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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).
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- tercels
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- enviers
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- terebic
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adjective,
of or derived from terebic acid.
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- relicts
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- bristle
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noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- Vereins
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noun,
a union, association, or society.
- berline
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noun,
an automobile with the front and rear compartments separated by a glass partition, as some limousines.
- vesicle
-
noun,
a small sac or cyst.
- berlins
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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.
- bo-tree
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noun,
the pipal, or sacred fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, under which the founder of Buddhism is reputed to have attained the Enlightenment that constituted him the Buddha.
- bicorne
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noun,
a two-cornered cocked hat worn especially in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- Bristol
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noun,
a seaport in Avon, in SW England, on the Avon River near its confluence with the Severn estuary.
- veriest
-
adverb,
in a high degree; extremely; exceedingly:
- Bleriot
-
noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1872–1936, French aviator, pioneer aeronautical engineer, and inventor.
- bricole
-
noun,
Billiards. a shot in which the cue ball strikes a cushion after touching the object ball and before hitting the carom ball.
- boneset
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Eupatorium, especially E. perfoliatum, of North America, having white flowers in a flat-topped cluster.
- bovines
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noun,
a bovine animal.
- Bernice
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “bringer of victory.”.
- verites
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- bolster
-
noun,
a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- bretons
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- brevets
-
noun,
a commission promoting a military officer to a higher rank without increase of pay and with limited exercise of the higher rank, often granted as an honor immediately before retirement.
- violent
-
adjective,
acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force:
- verbose
-
adjective,
characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy:
- blister
-
noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- bornite
-
noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- versine
-
noun,
versed sine.
- ventri-
-
- Ventris
-
noun,
Michael George Francis, 1922–56, English architect and linguist.
- version
-
noun,
a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account:
- ventro-
-
- binocle
-
noun,
binocular (def 1).
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Bertie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- boites
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- enrobe
-
verb (used with object),
to dress; attire:
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- vibro-
-
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- 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.
- serbo-
-
- vetoes
-
noun,
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Bernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Bernard.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- nebris
-
noun,
a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- envies
-
noun,
a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- envier
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- 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.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- selen-
-
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- enter-
-
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- betels
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- necro-
-
- betise
-
noun,
lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- select
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- Nesbit
-
noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- 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.
- elvers
-
noun,
a young eel, especially one that is migrating up a stream from the ocean.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- Berlin
-
noun,
a large, four-wheeled, closed carriage hung between two perches and having two interior seats.
- scler-
-
- Nobile
-
noun,
Umberto [oo m-ber-taw] /ʊmˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1978, Italian aeronautical engineer and arctic explorer.
- nobles
-
noun,
a person of noble birth or rank; nobleman or noblewoman. Synonyms: peer; aristocrat, blue blood, patrician.
Antonyms: commoner, serf, peasant.
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- nocti-
-
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- cteno-
-
- nitro-
-
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Benoit
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (or Peter) Léonard Léopold [ley-aw-nar ley-aw-pawld] /leɪ ɔˈnar leɪ ɔˈpɔld/ (Show IPA), 1834–1901, Belgian composer.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- 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.
- Creole
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- novice
-
noun,
a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro:
- Nivose
-
noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fourth month of the year, extending from December 21 to January 19.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Nevers
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nièvre, in central France, on the Loire River: Romanesque church.
- lovers
-
noun,
a person who is in love with another.
- Scribe
-
noun,
a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- elevon
-
noun,
a control surface functioning both as an elevator and as an aileron.
- ecoles
-
noun,
school1 .
- Nicole
-
noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- boners
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- elect.
-
- Elbert
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch range: second highest peak of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. 14,431 feet (4399 meters).
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- ventr-
-
- Victor
-
noun,
a person who has overcome or defeated an adversary; conqueror.
- intro.
-
- Violet
-
noun,
any chiefly low, stemless or leafy-stemmed plant of the genus Viola, having purple, blue, yellow, white, or variegated flowers.
Compare violet family.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- steno-
-
- bisect
-
noun,
Also called split. Philately. a portion of a stamp, usually half, used for payment of a proportionate amount of the face value of the whole stamp.
- invest
-
verb (used with object),
to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- invert
-
noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- Soviet
-
noun,
(before the revolution) any governmental council.
(after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration.
(after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- Bicorn
-
noun,
bicorne.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- instr.
-
- Silver
-
noun,
Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- bicone
-
noun,
an object shaped like two cones with their bases together.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- lictor
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- Bierce
-
noun,
Ambrose (Gwinnett) [gwi-net] /gwɪˈnɛt/ (Show IPA), 1842–1914? U.S. journalist and short-story writer.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- soever
-
adverb,
at all; in any case; of any kind; in any way (used with generalizing force after who, what, when, where, how, any, all, etc., sometimes separated by intervening words):
- sloven
-
noun,
a person who is habitually negligent of neatness or cleanliness in dress, appearance, etc.
- snivel
-
noun,
weak, whining, or pretended weeping.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- sliver
-
noun,
a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- 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.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- birles
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- levier
-
noun,
a person who levies.
- levies
-
noun,
an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
- Levine
-
noun,
Jack, 1915–2010, U.S. painter.
- sorbet
-
noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- Levins
-
noun,
lightning.
- Levite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Levi.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- libers
-
noun,
phloem.
- bistro
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- servo-
-
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- svelte
-
adjective,
slender, especially gracefully slender in figure; lithe.
- bevies
-
noun,
a group of birds, as larks or quail, or animals, as roebuck, in close association.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- bevels
-
noun,
the inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- teleo-
-
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- 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.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- escent
-
- Ervine
-
noun,
St. John Greer [greer] /grɪər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1971, Irish dramatist and novelist.
- vireos
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- ervils
-
noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- 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;
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- blites
-
noun,
sea blite.
- strove
-
verb,
simple past tense of strive.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- sevier
-
noun,
John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.
- Lisbon
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Portugal, in the SW part, on the Tagus estuary.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Bicols
-
noun,
Bikol.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- Steven
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Stevin
-
noun,
Simon [see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- stiver
-
noun,
Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- livens
-
verb (used with object),
to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
- everts
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- livers
-
noun,
Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- Stover
-
noun,
coarse roughage used as feed for livestock.
- livres
-
noun,
a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- strive
-
verb (used without object),
to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
- evites
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- Severn
-
noun,
a river in Great Britain, flowing from central Wales through W England into the Bristol Channel. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- evince
-
verb (used with object),
to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.
- strobe
-
noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- evicts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (a person, especially a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent. Synonyms: eject, remove, dispossess, dislodge.
- crenel
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- Ecevit
-
noun,
Bülent [by-lent] /büˈlɛnt/ (Show IPA), 1925–2006, Turkish journalist and political leader: prime minister 1974, 1978–80, 1998–2002.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Beloit
-
noun,
a city in S Wisconsin.
- belive
-
adverb,
before long; soon.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- revise
-
noun,
an act of revising.
- brines
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- cobles
-
noun,
a flat-bottomed fishing boat with a lugsail, used mainly in northern England and Scotland for salmon.
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- renvoi
-
noun,
the expulsion by a government of an alien, especially a foreign diplomat, from the country.
- broncs
-
noun,
bronco:
- rebote
-
noun,
the rear wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare frontis.
- tribo-
-
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Clovis
-
noun,
a town in central California.
- cloves
-
noun,
the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, Syzygium aromaticum, of the myrtle family, used whole or ground as a spice.
- revile
-
verb (used with object),
to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- Clover
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense flower heads, many species of which, as T. pratense, are cultivated as forage plants.
- Vernet
-
noun,
Claude Joseph [klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1714–89, French painter.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- rebecs
-
noun,
a Renaissance fiddle with a pear-shaped body tapering into a neck that ends in a sickle-shaped or scroll-shaped pegbox.
- Briton
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- brevet
-
noun,
a commission promoting a military officer to a higher rank without increase of pay and with limited exercise of the higher rank, often granted as an honor immediately before retirement.
- 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.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- Belsen
-
noun,
locality in NW Germany: site of Nazi concentration camp during World War II.
- centi-
-
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- treble
-
noun,
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
- brevi-
-
- centr-
-
- Bronte
-
noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- riblet
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- colent
-
- orbits
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- revolt
-
noun,
the act of revolting; an insurrection or rebellion.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- cloven
-
verb,
a past participle of cleave2 .
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- voices
-
noun,
the sound or sounds uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, singing, etc.
- resole
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- verite
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- troves
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- clevis
-
noun,
a U -shaped yoke at the end of a chain or rod, between the ends of which a lever, hook, etc., can be pinned or bolted.
- Cleves
-
noun,
a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
- clever
-
adjective,
mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.
- Volsci
-
plural noun,
an ancient people of Latium who were conquered by the Romans in the last part of the 4th century b.c.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- clino-
-
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- civets
-
noun,
a yellowish, unctuous substance with a strong musklike odor, obtained from a pouch in the genital region of civets and used in perfumery.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- voiles
-
noun,
a lightweight, semisheer fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton constructed in plain weave.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- ovines
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- 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.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- revets
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- Cervin
-
noun,
Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of the Matterhorn.
- revest
-
verb (used with object),
to vest (a person) again, as with ownership or office; reinvest; reinstate.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- vector
-
noun,
Mathematics.
a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction, represented by an arrow the direction of which indicates the direction of the quantity and the length of which is proportional to the magnitude. Compare scalar (def 4).
such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities obey the parallelogram law of addition.
such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities are to transform in a particular way under changes of the coordinate system.
any generalization of the above quantities.
- Osbert
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Cloete
-
noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- broils
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- Veblen
-
noun,
Oswald, 1880–1960, U.S. mathematician.
- revels
-
noun,
Hiram Rhoades [rohdz] /roʊdz/ (Show IPA), 1822–1901, U.S. clergyman, educator, and politician: first black senator 1870–71.
- V/STOL
-
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- 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.
- voters
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- Cornel
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- Venite
-
noun,
the 95th Psalm (94th in the Vulgate and Douay), used as a canticle at matins or morning prayers.
- celto-
-
- veloce
-
adjective,
played at a fast tempo (used as a musical direction).
- robles
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- rectos
-
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- verset
-
noun,
Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- celebs
-
noun,
a celebrity.
- covens
-
noun,
an assembly of witches, especially a group of thirteen.
- Veneti
-
noun,
Also, Venetia. Also called Veneto [ve-ne-taw] /ˈvɛ nɛ tɔ/ (Show IPA). a region in NE Italy. 7095 sq. mi. (18,375 sq. km).
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- recti-
-
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- Belton
-
noun,
a town in W Missouri.
- corvee
-
noun,
unpaid labor for one day, as on the repair of roads, exacted by a feudal lord.
- botels
-
noun,
boatel.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- corves
-
noun,
plural of corf.
- obvert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn (something) so as to show a different surface.
- relive
-
verb (used with object),
to experience again, as an emotion.
- 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.
- Velsen
-
noun,
a seaport in W Netherlands.
- rivets
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- Velcro
-
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Venice
-
noun,
Italian Venezia. a seaport in NE Italy, built on numerous small islands in the Lagoon of Venice.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- corbel
-
noun,
any bracket, especially one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
- covets
-
verb (used with object),
to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others:
- Breton
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- contr.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Verein
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- venose
-
adjective,
having many or prominent veins.
- venter
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- covert
-
noun,
a covering; cover.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- bovine
-
noun,
a bovine animal.
- Oliver
-
noun,
one of the 12 paladins of Charlemagne.
Compare Roland.
- Corbie
-
noun,
a raven or crow.
- Corbin
-
noun,
Margaret (Cochran) 1751–1800, American Revolutionary military heroine.
- covers
-
noun,
something that covers, as the lid of a container or the binding of a book.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- brents
-
noun,
brant.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- votes
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- 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.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- sieve
-
noun,
an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- overt
-
adjective,
open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret:
- reive
-
verb (used with or without object),
to rob; plunder.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- ovine
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- lives
-
noun,
plural of life.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- liven
-
verb (used with object),
to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
- livre
-
noun,
a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- 30-30
-
- liver
-
noun,
Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- vols.
-
- bices
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Recit
-
- rect.
-
- licet
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- levo-
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- volti
-
verb (imperative),
turn; turn over: a direction to turn the page.
- Sino-
-
- voter
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- viols
-
noun,
a bowed musical instrument, differing from the violin in having deeper ribs, sloping shoulders, a greater number of strings, usually six, and frets: common in the 16th and 17th centuries in various sizes from the treble viol to the bass viol.
- volts
-
noun,
the standard unit of potential difference and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the difference of electric potential between two points of a conductor carrying a constant current of one ampere, when the power dissipated between these points is equal to one watt. Abbreviation: V.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lieve
-
adverb,
lief.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Leven
-
noun,
Loch, a lake in E Scotland: ruins of a castle in which Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned.
- 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.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Bicol
-
noun,
Bikol.
- 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.
- sito-
-
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Lever
-
noun,
Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
Compare machine (def 4b).
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- reni-
-
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- rebec
-
noun,
a Renaissance fiddle with a pear-shaped body tapering into a neck that ends in a sickle-shaped or scroll-shaped pegbox.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- Rebel
-
noun,
a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
- Levin
-
noun,
lightning.
- BCerE
-
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- sever
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- 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.
- riven
-
verb,
a past participle of rive.
- rivel
-
noun,
a very small dumpling made of a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning, cooked in broth.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- OIcel
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Beret
-
noun,
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
- viron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Scot.
-
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- nieve
-
noun,
Archaic Northern British and Scot. Dialect. a clenched or closed hand; fist.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Berne
-
noun,
Bern.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- 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.
- Nevis
-
noun,
one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
Compare St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
- 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.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- roble
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Benes
-
noun,
Eduard [e-doo-ahrt] /ˈɛ dʊˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1884–1948, Czech patriot and statesman: president of Czechoslovakia 1935–38 and 1945–48.
- Benet
-
noun,
Stephen Vincent, 1898–1943, U.S. poet and novelist.
- novel
-
noun,
a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- obese
-
adjective,
very fat or overweight; corpulent.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- roves
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Visct
-
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- 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.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- OBrit
-
- noct-
-
- visor
-
noun,
Armor.
(on a close helmet) a piece having slits or holes for vision, situated above and pivoted with a beaver or a ventail and beaver.
a similar piece of plate having holes or slits for vision and breathing, attached to or used with any of various other helmets, as the armet, sallet, basinet, or helm.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- rivet
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- Nevil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neville.
- Olive
-
noun,
an evergreen tree, Olea europaea, of Mediterranean and other warm regions, cultivated chiefly for its fruit.
Compare olive family.
- overs
-
noun,
an amount in excess or addition; extra.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- 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.
- sero-
-
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- revel
-
noun,
boisterous merrymaking or festivity; revelry.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Serov
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ural Mountains.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- bevel
-
noun,
the inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- oste-
-
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- serve
-
noun,
the act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- Beers
-
noun,
Clifford Whittingham [hwit-ing-uh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt ɪŋ əm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1876–1943, U.S. pioneer in mental hygiene.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Bevin
-
noun,
Ernest, 1881–1951, British labor leader: foreign minister 1941–51.
- voile
-
noun,
a lightweight, semisheer fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton constructed in plain weave.
- seti-
-
- over-
-
- vireo
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- voles
-
noun,
any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
- seven
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
- Seric
-
- Lover
-
noun,
a person who is in love with another.
- never
-
Idioms,
never mind, don't bother; don't concern yourself.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- sebi-
-
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- nerve
-
noun,
one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- sect.
-
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- virls
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- beset
-
verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- loves
-
noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- belie
-
verb (used with object),
to show to be false; contradict:
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Nebr.
-
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- voice
-
noun,
the sound or sounds uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, singing, etc.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- betel
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- 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.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- revet
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- inst.
-
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- crit.
-
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- boric
-
adjective,
of or containing boron; boracic.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Bovet
-
noun,
Daniel, 1907–92, Italian pharmacologist, born in Switzerland: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1957.
- 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.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- botel
-
noun,
boatel.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- covet
-
verb (used with object),
to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others:
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- verso
-
noun,
a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- coven
-
noun,
an assembly of witches, especially a group of thirteen.
- cover
-
noun,
something that covers, as the lid of a container or the binding of a book.
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- verst
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- coves
-
noun,
a small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea, lake, or river.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- verse
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a stanza.
- Elvis
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Elwin.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Boles
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- elver
-
noun,
a young eel, especially one that is migrating up a stream from the ocean.
- elves
-
noun,
plural of elf.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- encl.
-
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- bolts
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- ecol.
-
- Ebert
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- Borel
-
noun,
Félix Édouard Émile [fey-leeks ey-dwar ey-meel] /feɪˈliks eɪˈdwar eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1871–1956, French mathematician.
- verts
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- econ.
-
- veter
-
- ecto-
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- 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.
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- bonce
-
noun,
head; skull.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- cores
-
- Breen
-
noun,
a deep brownish green.
- 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.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- cero-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cert.
-
- bronc
-
noun,
bronco:
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cine-
-
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- broil
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- trove
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- veers
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- Brit.
-
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Venlo
-
noun,
a city in SE Netherlands.
- veni-
-
- Vener
-
noun,
Vänern.
- velic
-
adjective,
pertaining to the operation of the velum in relation to the passageway into the nasal cavity:
- veins
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- BSElE
-
- vents
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- celeb
-
noun,
a celebrity.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- veils
-
noun,
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- cent.
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- 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.
- Brice
-
noun,
Fanny (Fannie Borach) 1891–1951, U.S. singer and comedian.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- coel-
-
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Cons.
-
- Const
-
- breve
-
noun,
a mark (˘) over a vowel to show that it is short, or to indicate a specific pronunciation, as ŭ in (kŭt) cut.
- cont.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- coele
-
- coble
-
noun,
a flat-bottomed fishing boat with a lugsail, used mainly in northern England and Scotland for salmon.
- civet
-
noun,
a yellowish, unctuous substance with a strong musklike odor, obtained from a pouch in the genital region of civets and used in perfumery.
- Clive
-
noun,
Robert (Baron Clive of Plassey) 1725–74, British general and statesman in India.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- Cleve
-
noun,
Per Teodor [par tey-aw-dawr] /pær ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1840–1905, Swedish chemist.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- 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.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- clove
-
noun,
the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, Syzygium aromaticum, of the myrtle family, used whole or ground as a spice.
- Verne
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1828–1905, French novelist.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- incl.
-
- Vince
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vincent.
- incor
-
- incr.
-
- Steve
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Steven or Stephen.
- in-lb
-
- ileo-
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insol
-
- BSRet
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- 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.
- evils
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- evens
-
- event
-
noun,
something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, especially one of some importance.
- Evers
-
noun,
(James) Charles, born 1922, U.S. civil-rights leader.
- Evert
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- evict
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (a person, especially a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent. Synonyms: eject, remove, dispossess, dislodge.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- Icel.
-
- evite
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- stove
-
noun,
a portable or fixed apparatus that furnishes heat for warmth, cooking, etc., commonly using coal, oil, gas, wood, or electricity as a source of power.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- intr.
-
- invt.
-
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- solve
-
verb (used with object),
to find the answer or explanation for; clear up; explain:
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- lebes
-
noun,
a wine bowl having an oval body without handles and a rounded base.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- lect.
-
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- vino-
-
- biont
-
- vinos
-
noun,
wine; specifically, red Italian wine, as chianti.
- biol.
-
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- ster.
-
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- birls
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- 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.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- icons
-
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Boece
-
noun,
Boethius.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- telo-
-
- 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.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- ErvIn
-
noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- vice-
-
- ervil
-
noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- teno-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Blois
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loire-et-Cher, in central France, on the Loire River: historic castle.
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- vibes
-
noun,
Informal. vibration (def 4).
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- ento-
-
- tele-
-
- blent
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- boils
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Vico
-
noun,
Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1668–1744, Italian philosopher and jurist.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Rev.
-
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- verb
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or a relation between two things, and that may be inflected for tense, aspect, voice, mood, and to show agreement with their subject or object.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Vict
-
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- vel.
-
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- vole
-
noun,
any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
- Ven.
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- veto
-
noun,
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- Vic.
-
- viol
-
noun,
a bowed musical instrument, differing from the violin in having deeper ribs, sloping shoulders, a greater number of strings, usually six, and frets: common in the 16th and 17th centuries in various sizes from the treble viol to the bass viol.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- VTOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane capable of taking off and landing vertically, having forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Ste.
-
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- Veno
-
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Vent
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- vet.
-
- scr.
-
- sec.
-
- tron
-
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- vees
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- veer
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- slob
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- Sol.
-
- VINE
-
noun,
any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
- vets
-
noun,
veterinarian.
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- veil
-
noun,
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- Vote
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- SLIC
-
- volt
-
noun,
the standard unit of potential difference and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the difference of electric potential between two points of a conductor carrying a constant current of one ampere, when the power dissipated between these points is equal to one watt. Abbreviation: V.
- vibe
-
noun,
Informal. vibration (def 4).
- ter.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Soni
-
- 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.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- soln
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tel-
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- voc.
-
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seve
-
noun,
the characteristic flavor and body of a wine.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- scil
-
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- str.
-
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- 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.
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tob.
-
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- vil.
-
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- rove
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- SBLI
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- VILE
-
adjective,
wretchedly bad:
- SBIC
-
- serv
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- sci.
-
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Visc
-
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- vise
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- vert
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- VLSI
-
- VLBI
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Vito
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Vins
-
noun,
wine.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tion
-
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- ScBE
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tri-
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- TRIB
-
- 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.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- 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.
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- 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.
- riv.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- virl
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- rit.
-
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- ten.
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- vin-
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- vers
-
- vest
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- rel.
-
- CERN
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- 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.
- 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.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- cet-
-
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Ceto
-
- 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.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- cene
-
- Lev.
-
- Levi
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:34.
- Lib.
-
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- cen.
-
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- civ.
-
- itol
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Ivor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Cels
-
- iso-
-
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- 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.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Love
-
noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- btl.
-
- BSRT
-
- BSOT
-
- BSIT
-
- lobs
-
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- 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.
- 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.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lin.
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- LitB
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- CBEL
-
- live
-
Idioms,
live high off / on the hog. hog (def 16).
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- BSIE
-
- etc.
-
- ect-
-
- eco-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- ever
-
Idioms,
ever and again, now and then; from time to time.
Also, Literary, ever and anon.
- evil
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- crib
-
noun,
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- 1080
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- enc.
-
- elev
-
- ence
-
- 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.
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Ens.
-
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EEOC
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- 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.
- Cres
-
- cove
-
noun,
a small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea, lake, or river.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- 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.
- 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 = .
- Con.
-
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- Ire.
-
- Col.
-
- inv.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- cobs
-
noun,
a corncob.
- 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.
- ISBN
-
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- conv
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- ile-
-
- ible
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cort
-
- intl
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- 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.
- Inc.
-
- Cor.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- BSIR
-
- elve
-
noun,
an extremely dim, flattened, expanding, reddish glow briefly seen over a thunderstorm, due to electromagnetic pulses from intense lightning.
- BSEE
-
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- 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.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- bin-
-
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- obs.
-
- bio-
-
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- Oct.
-
- OEEC
-
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- 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.
- bet.
-
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Bol.
-
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- 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.
- not-
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Nov.
-
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- Novi
-
noun,
a town in SE Michigan.
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- bloc
-
noun,
a group of persons, businesses, etc., united for a particular purpose.
- NTSB
-
- BLit
-
- blin
-
noun,
singular of blini.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- 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.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- ovi-
-
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- 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.
- been
-
verb,
past participle of be.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- oven
-
noun,
a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
- BRCS
-
- beet
-
noun,
any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root.
Compare sugar beet.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- ole-
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Ont.
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Bene
-
adverb,
of validity for the time being but subject to objection or nullification at a later date; provisionally:
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- 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.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- 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.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- Bosc
-
noun,
a large, greenish-yellow variety of pear.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- bot.
-
- NEbE
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Nev.
-
- NLRB
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Neve
-
noun,
granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- 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.
- BSCE
-
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- brev
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- BSEc
-
- NCTE
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- nos-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- 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.
- neo-
-
- bor.
-
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Nor.
-
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- vo.
-
- BVE
-
- bvt
-
- 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.
- CVT
-
- tlr
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- CBE
-
- eo-
-
- TNB
-
- tlo
-
- TLC
-
- Tiv
-
noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- BSL
-
- EbN
-
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- BCL
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- BSN
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- BSO
-
- VTO
-
- BSE
-
- Vte
-
- BST
-
- VTC
-
- EIS
-
- Vt.
-
- eir
-
- BCE
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- be-
-
- EBS
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- vol
-
- bec
-
- ec-
-
- BTE
-
- cte
-
- EEC
-
- BCS
-
- bl.
-
- Br.
-
- EEO
-
- BSC
-
- Bt.
-
- Von
-
preposition,
from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility):
- VOR
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cs.
-
- CST
-
- TSE
-
- Ver
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- Clo
-
- ble
-
- CLI
-
- cle
-
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- BLS
-
- Tro
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- CEO
-
- TSI
-
- CNO
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- CIE
-
- vs.
-
- CIB
-
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- Bn.
-
- BNS
-
- vb.
-
- VCR
-
- Vee
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- CLR
-
- CNS
-
- CSR
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- CSO
-
- CRT
-
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- CRS
-
- BRT
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- Co.
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- cr.
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- COB
-
noun,
a corncob.
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- CVO
-
- cl.
-
- CBS
-
- BeV
-
- bi-
-
- tr.
-
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- BIE
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- BRE
-
- ct.
-
- ib.
-
- en-
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- ne-
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- NEC
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- NES
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- se-
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NbE
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- NOC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- SCB
-
- sc.
-
- SBE
-
- sb.
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- NBS
-
- NBC
-
- rt.
-
- 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).
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- SLE
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- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Lir
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noun,
Ler.
- lis
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TIC
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noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- LOC
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- LOE
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noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LON
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- Lot
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noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LSC
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- LSI
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- LST
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- SER
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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).
- ltr
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- lv.
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- NCO
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- rte
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- RSV
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- lei
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noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- OTS
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- ons
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- rib
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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.
- ORB
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noun,
a sphere or globe:
- orc
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noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orv
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- ose
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- ot-
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- OTB
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- ote
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- ret
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verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ONI
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- ov-
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- RCS
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- Re.
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- RBC
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- RBI
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- RCN
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- RCT
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- Reb
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noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- REC
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noun,
recreation.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ONR
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- one
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noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- RSE
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- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Rs.
-
- nr.
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- NRC
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- NSC
-
- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- ob.
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- Oc.
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- OSB
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- ROI
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- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- OTC
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- OBE
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- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- obi
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noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- obl
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- ROB
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noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- obv
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adverb,
obviously:
- OCR
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- OCS
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- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oic
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- oil
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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.
- OIr
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- OIt
-
- Len
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noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Sib
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noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- SLR
-
- ILS
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- SVC
-
- STV
-
- ics
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- io-
-
- IBN
-
- Ibo
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noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ier
-
- STL
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- ILO
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- STI
-
- SVR
-
- in.
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- ine
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- IOC
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- ion
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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 = .
- ior
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- Ios
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noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- IRL
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- Eve
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
- Tbi
-
- STB
-
- ERV
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ene
-
- env
-
- EOE
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- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- ERT
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- Esc
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- TBO
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- ese
-
- ESL
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- ESR
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- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
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- ETV
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- tee
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noun,
the letter T or t.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- TCS
-
- IRO
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- il-
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- St.
-
- ITC
-
- Lee
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noun,
protective shelter:
- LCT
-
- LCI
-
- LBS
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plural,
pound.
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- LBO
-
- lb.
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plural,
pound.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Lt.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ITV
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- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ite
-
- VTR
-
noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- ISV
-
- ISR
-
- Isl
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- ise
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- SRB
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- IRS
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- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ist
-
- Sr.
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- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RV
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- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- ln
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- VN
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- Eb
-
- VL
-
- TL
-
- TV
-
noun,
television.
- BV
-
noun,
Elihu, 1853–1937, U.S. inventor, born in England.
- R.
-
- RC
-
- V.
-
- VC
-
- BO
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- VI
-
- VR
-
- NL
-
- BC
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- le
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- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- B-
-
- L2
-
- TN
-
- L1
-
- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- SV
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- i.
-
- ic
-
- O.
-
- NV
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- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- LC
-
- N.
-
- NB
-
- NC
-
- SL
-
- SN
-
- S.
-
- L.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- NI
-
- ee
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ol
-
- EV
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- CE
-
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- t.
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- LR
-
- CV
-
- RO
-
- CB
-
- T1
-
- TB
-
- TC
-