Anagrams of credentials
Word credentials has
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- interlaces
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verb (used with object),
to unite or arrange (threads, strips, parts, branches, etc.) so as to intercross one another, passing alternately over and under; intertwine.
- credential
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noun,
Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form:
- decaliters
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noun,
dekaliter.
- dentaries
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noun,
one of a pair of membrane bones that in lower vertebrates form the distal part of the lower jaws and in mammals comprise the mandible.
- elaterids
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noun,
any beetle of the family Elateridae, comprising the click beetles.
- datelines
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noun,
a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
- reclinate
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adjective,
bending or curved downward.
- latencies
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noun,
the state of being latent.
- delicates
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noun,
Archaic. a choice food; delicacy.
- centiares
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- nectaries
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noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- treenails
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- calenders
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noun,
a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
- denticles
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noun,
a small tooth or toothlike part.
- Decretals
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noun,
a papal decree authoritatively determining some point of doctrine or church law.
- iterances
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noun,
iteration.
- larcenies
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noun,
the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.
- detailers
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noun,
a manufacturer's representative who calls on customers to supply information on products and visits stores to monitor sales and replenish stock.
- detainers
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- reliances
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noun,
confident or trustful dependence.
- dicentras
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- lacertids
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noun,
any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Lacertidae.
- creatines
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- discreate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- derelicts
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noun,
a person abandoned by society, especially a person without a permanent home and means of support; vagrant; bum.
- clarinets
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- interlace
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verb (used with object),
to unite or arrange (threads, strips, parts, branches, etc.) so as to intercross one another, passing alternately over and under; intertwine.
- decanters
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noun,
a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like.
- decaliter
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noun,
dekaliter.
- declinate
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adjective,
having a downward curve or slope; bending away, as from the horizontal:
- lanceted
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adjective,
having lancet-headed openings.
- radicles
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noun,
Botany.
the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root.
a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
- Dicentra
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- resident
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noun,
a person who resides in a place.
- Lacertid
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noun,
any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Lacertidae.
- salience
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noun,
the state or condition of being salient.
- Landseer
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noun,
Sir Edwin Henry, 1802–73, English painter, especially of animals.
- centares
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noun,
centiare.
- detrains
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- Leinster
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noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- Reliance
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noun,
confident or trustful dependence.
- catslide
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noun,
(in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
- sidereal
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adjective,
determined by or from the stars:
- decanter
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noun,
a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- detainer
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- telerans
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- trindles
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noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- detailer
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noun,
a manufacturer's representative who calls on customers to supply information on products and visits stores to monitor sales and replenish stock.
- deciares
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- articled
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noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- die-cast
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adjective,
formed by die casting.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- discreet
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adjective,
judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- andesite
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noun,
a dark-colored volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase feldspar and one or more mafic minerals, as hornblende or biotite.
- cleanser
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noun,
a preparation for cleansing, as a liquid or powder for scouring sinks, bathtubs, etc., or a cream for cleaning the face.
- silencer
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noun,
a person or thing that silences.
- Dniester
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noun,
a river in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains to the Black Sea. About 875 miles (1410 km) long.
- ascender
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noun,
a person or thing that ascends or causes ascension.
- distance
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noun,
the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- east-end
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noun,
a section of E London, England.
- discrete
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adjective,
apart or detached from others; separate; distinct:
- Calender
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noun,
a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- entrelac
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noun,
a decorative border of interlaced garlands and leaves.
- arsenide
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noun,
a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag 3 As.
- creatine
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- inserted
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- tendrils
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noun,
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- tiercels
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noun,
tercel.
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- triclads
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noun,
a planarian.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- sclereid
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noun,
a short, thickened plant cell of the sclerenchyma, typically containing branched pits.
- radicels
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noun,
a minute root; a rootlet.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- sarcenet
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- trendies
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noun,
a trendy person, place, object, or idea.
- strained
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- 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:
- dateline
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noun,
a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
- delaines
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- reclines
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verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- 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.
- elaterid
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noun,
any beetle of the family Elateridae, comprising the click beetles.
- declines
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noun,
a downward slope; declivity.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- centiles
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- decrials
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noun,
the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- decretal
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noun,
a papal decree authoritatively determining some point of doctrine or church law.
- sclerite
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- delicate
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noun,
Archaic. a choice food; delicacy.
- islander
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of an island.
- increate
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adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- derelict
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noun,
a person abandoned by society, especially a person without a permanent home and means of support; vagrant; bum.
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- iterance
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noun,
iteration.
- treacles
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- antlered
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adjective,
having antlers.
- treadles
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noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- centrals
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- clarinet
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- denticle
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noun,
a small tooth or toothlike part.
- Increase
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- eternals
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- redlines
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noun,
Automotive.
the maximum rotational speed, or angular velocity, of the engine crankshaft that is considered safe: often measured in rpm.
a red line or boundary of a red area that delineates such a value, as on a tachometer.
- declares
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verb (used with object),
to make known or state clearly, especially in explicit or formal terms:
- cineaste
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noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- carlines
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noun,
an old woman.
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- Delsarte
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noun,
François [fran-swah;; French frahn-swa] /frænˈswɑ;; French frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1811–71, French musician and teacher.
- sericate
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adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- endears
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verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- enteral
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adjective,
enteric.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- enlaces
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verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- centare
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noun,
centiare.
- centile
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- centals
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noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- centri-
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- central
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- 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.
- 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.
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- Scarlet
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noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- Carline
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noun,
an old woman.
- Carleen
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noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- careens
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noun,
a careening.
- Iceland
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noun,
a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
- ideates
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noun,
ideatum.
- cantles
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noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- scalene
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adjective,
Geometry.
(of a cone or the like) having the axis inclined to the base.
(of a triangle) having three unequal sides.
- candles
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noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- inlaces
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- candies
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noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- candier
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- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- Celesta
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noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- selenic
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adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- tenaces
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noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- tenders
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noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- tendril
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noun,
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- eternal
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- 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.
- Seeland
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noun,
Zealand.
- Castile
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noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- sectile
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adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- estrade
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noun,
a slightly raised platform in a room or hall.
- cartels
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- cerated
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adjective,
covered with wax.
- deceits
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noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- cerates
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- dentils
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noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- Darlene
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noun,
a female given name: from the Old English word meaning “darling.”.
- delicts
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noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- deltaic
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adjective,
pertaining to or like a delta.
- deniers
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noun,
a person who denies.
- Daniels
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noun,
Jonathan Worth, 1902–81, U.S. journalist, editor, and author.
- dentals
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noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- dancers
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noun,
a person who dances.
- derails
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noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- dartles
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verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- descant
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noun,
Music.
a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it.
(in part music) the soprano.
a song or melody.
- descent
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noun,
the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
- destain
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- destine
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verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- standee
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noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- Tancred
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noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- details
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noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- tanrecs
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noun,
tenrec.
- darnels
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noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- decline
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noun,
a downward slope; declivity.
- decerns
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- decares
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- deciare
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- decants
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verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- decanes
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noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- deciles
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noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
- declare
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verb (used with object),
to make known or state clearly, especially in explicit or formal terms:
- Decalin
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- 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.
- delates
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verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- dearies
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noun,
darling.
- decrial
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noun,
the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- decries
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verb (used with object),
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
- dealers
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noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- deicers
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noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- Delaine
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- detains
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- dialect
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noun,
Linguistics. a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.
- Electra
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noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- sidecar
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noun,
a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- claires
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- silence
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noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- ecartes
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- citrals
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noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- eclairs
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- citadel
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noun,
a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- claries
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noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- elastic
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noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- cetanes
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Eleatic
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noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- electr-
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- Teleran
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- clarets
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- Insecta
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noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- dialers
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noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- diaster
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noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- crenels
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noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- crenate
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adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- diester
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noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- credits
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noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- dilates
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verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- credent
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adjective,
Archaic. believing.
- directs
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adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- discant
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noun,
Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- discern
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
- cradles
-
noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- disrate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- slender
-
adjective,
having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length:
- drastic
-
adjective,
acting with force or violence; violent.
- cleanse
-
verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- slander
-
noun,
defamation; calumny:
- cleaner
-
noun,
a person who cleans, especially one whose regular occupation is cleaning offices, buildings, equipment, etc.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- Carlist
-
noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- calends
-
noun,
the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar, from which the days of the preceding month were counted backward to the ides.
- treacle
-
noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- relents
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- relates
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- Alcides
-
noun,
Hercules (def 1).
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- related
-
adjective,
associated; connected.
- Alceste
-
noun,
an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- latices
-
noun,
a plural of latex.
- re-laid
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- transl.
-
- license
-
noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- treadle
-
noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- aldrins
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- lancets
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- article
-
noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- redline
-
noun,
Automotive.
the maximum rotational speed, or angular velocity, of the engine crankshaft that is considered safe: often measured in rpm.
a red line or boundary of a red area that delineates such a value, as on a tachometer.
- lancers
-
noun,
a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
- redacts
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- Laertes
-
noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- tiercel
-
noun,
tercel.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- aediles
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- tierced
-
adjective,
(of an escutcheon) divided vertically or horizontally into three equal parts.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- leaders
-
noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- recline
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- lineate
-
adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- tirades
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- rescind
-
verb (used with object),
to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- rescale
-
verb (used with object),
to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- liernes
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- aniseed
-
noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- Linacre
-
noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- leister
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- reticle
-
noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- lead-in
-
noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- lectins
-
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.
- linseed
-
noun,
flaxseed.
- linters
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- tinders
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- lectern
-
noun,
a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- lisente
-
noun,
plural of sente.
- Learned
-
adjective,
having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite:
- leaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- tincals
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- relicts
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- Leander
-
noun,
a Greek youth, the lover of Hero, who swam the Hellespont every night to visit her until he was drowned in a storm.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- Landers
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- Ireland
-
noun,
John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- recital
-
noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- trindle
-
noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- radices
-
noun,
a plural of radix.
- radicel
-
noun,
a minute root; a rootlet.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- sanicle
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- Adeline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adele.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- readies
-
noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- triclad
-
noun,
a planarian.
- sardine
-
noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- radicle
-
noun,
Botany.
the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root.
a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- tercels
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- randies
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- Nereids
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- Cairene
-
noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- astride
-
preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- lidars
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- Diesel
-
noun,
diesel engine.
- drails
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- dienes
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- listed
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- 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.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- distal
-
adjective,
situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal.
Compare proximal.
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- decile
-
noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- distr.
-
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- slider
-
noun,
a person or thing that slides.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- delict
-
noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- delate
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- denti-
-
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- nested
-
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.
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- recti-
-
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- delist
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- derail
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- naleds
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- dicast
-
noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- deicer
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- 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.
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- deters
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- desalt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- deices
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- desire
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- desert
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Reseda
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- escent
-
- Selden
-
noun,
George Baldwin, 1846–1922, U.S. inventor of a gasoline-powered car.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Seidel
-
noun,
a large beer mug with a capacity of one liter (1.1 quarts) and often having a hinged lid.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- sedile
-
noun,
one of the seats (usually three) on the south side of the chancel, often recessed, for the use of the officiating clergy.
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- select
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- salted
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- Lander
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- enter-
-
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- 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:
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- selen-
-
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- lairds
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- ladies
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- ladens
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- enlace
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- instr.
-
- intra-
-
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- scaled
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- indecl
-
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- idlers
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- decern
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- screed
-
noun,
a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- Island
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- scler-
-
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- resend
-
verb (used with object),
to send again.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- Leiden
-
noun,
a city in W Netherlands.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- ediles
-
noun,
aedile.
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- 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;
- 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.
- eiders
-
noun,
eider duck.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- elance
-
noun,
a quick darting movement.
- elands
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- elated
-
adjective,
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- liards
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- 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.
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- Lerida
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Lenard
-
noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- 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.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Sender
-
noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- leaden
-
adjective,
inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move:
- Enders
-
noun,
John Franklin, 1897–1985, U.S. bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
- sendal
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Landis
-
noun,
Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- Landes
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- elders
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- eldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- elect.
-
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- elides
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- 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.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- leader
-
noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- inter.
-
- stadle
-
noun,
staddle.
- decent
-
adjective,
conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- Aldrin
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- tiered
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- cradle
-
noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- alders
-
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- trans.
-
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- crenel
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- alcids
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- 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.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- ciders
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- cleans
-
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- centi-
-
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- centr-
-
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- tildes
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- 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.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- cerat-
-
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- arsen-
-
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- 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.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- Calder
-
noun,
Alexander, 1898–1976, U.S. sculptor; originator of mobiles.
- dartle
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- darnel
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- darics
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- cairds
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- actin-
-
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- decare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- decane
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- decals
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- deasil
-
adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- deceit
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- dealer
-
noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- candle
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- cardi-
-
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- aedile
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- adren-
-
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- lards
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- 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.
- lact-
-
- Arnel
-
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- lands
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- incl.
-
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- 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.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- incr.
-
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- Ital.
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- astr.
-
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- inst.
-
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- 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.
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- sanit
-
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- intr.
-
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- tiled
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- sarc-
-
- Iran.
-
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aeri-
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rect.
-
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- nears
-
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- aden-
-
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Recit
-
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- natl.
-
- treas
-
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- 30-30
-
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- acet-
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- ante-
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- retd.
-
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- 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.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- andr-
-
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- anti-
-
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lect.
-
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Leeds
-
noun,
a city in West Yorkshire, in N England.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- 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.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- reni-
-
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- 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.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- licet
-
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- alti-
-
- 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.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- desc.
-
- edit.
-
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- clase
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- clads
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- scald
-
noun,
a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- dent.
-
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tele-
-
- Elder
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- cidal
-
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- seti-
-
- Edsel
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich” and “hall.”.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- Seric
-
- cine-
-
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- crit.
-
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- dirls
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- disc.
-
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- dict.
-
- dist.
-
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Srta.
-
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- tears
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- dial.
-
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- 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.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- 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.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- 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 .
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- sect.
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- 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.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- 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.
- 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.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Card.
-
- scat-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- decl.
-
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- Scand
-
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- deci-
-
- Cant.
-
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- ster.
-
- IATSE
-
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- deca-
-
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- tera-
-
- Icel.
-
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- encl.
-
- 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: ¢.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- cent.
-
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- cert.
-
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- 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.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- darts
-
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- deles
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tri-
-
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Ste.
-
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- RdAc
-
- tRNA
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- 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.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- trid
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rcd.
-
- str.
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- 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.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- 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.
- std.
-
- RNAS
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- sci.
-
- scil
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- scr.
-
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- ter.
-
- Sat.
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- sec.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tel-
-
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- SLIC
-
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- 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.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- sld.
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- 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.
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- TDRS
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Sra.
-
- 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.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Rida
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- 1080
-
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- Cels
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- CERN
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Ind.
-
- cene
-
- cen.
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- cide
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ical
-
- Ice.
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- idae
-
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cir.
-
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- Esd.
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- clar
-
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- cis-
-
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- 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.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Cal.
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Del.
-
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Can.
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- atic
-
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Cdr.
-
- ile-
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- cat.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- IndE
-
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Ire.
-
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- 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).
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dir.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dis-
-
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- dlr.
-
- DCNL
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- dat.
-
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dec.
-
- Danl
-
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- Den.
-
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- der.
-
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- dia-
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- Din.
-
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- crat
-
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- end-
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- enl.
-
- Ens.
-
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Cres
-
- EDTA
-
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- cts.
-
- ect-
-
- ctr.
-
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- 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:
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- NIRA
-
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lit.
-
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- LitD
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- 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.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alis
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- 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.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- ance
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lin.
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- alt.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- 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.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- ands
-
- AInd
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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.
- NCTE
-
- NDAC
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- NDSL
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- aet.
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Ltd.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Ald.
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- aer-
-
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- NASD
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- 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.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ARIS
-
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- NTIA
-
- Lani
-
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- art.
-
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- rad.
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- asc-
-
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- acr-
-
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- lea.
-
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- ANSI
-
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ant.
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ACLS
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- DAE
-
- TSE
-
- AIC
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- TSI
-
- ac-
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- DEA
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Ar.
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- DAR
-
- STL
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- ae.
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- STI
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- DCS
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ACS
-
- ad-
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- de-
-
- an.
-
- al.
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- ADC
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- AEC
-
- CLI
-
- DSC
-
- ard
-
- CAI
-
- ARS
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- 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.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ase
-
- CDT
-
- CEA
-
- CED
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- cl.
-
- ANC
-
- ASI
-
- ATC
-
- at.
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- ASN
-
- TID
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ct.
-
- ca.
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- CIA
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- CST
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- CSA
-
- CSR
-
- CTA
-
- CLR
-
- cte
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- DCL
-
- TAL
-
- CNS
-
- TCA
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- CIE
-
- TLC
-
- tlr
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- tr.
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- tra
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- cle
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ALC
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- TCS
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- 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.
- DET
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- NRC
-
- LDS
-
- RDC
-
- RDS
-
- REA
-
- LSD
-
- Lt.
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- RDA
-
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- SAE
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- sd.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- RTS
-
- La.
-
- ite
-
- rt.
-
- IRL
-
- ier
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILS
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sc.
-
- ine
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- IRS
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- SAR
-
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- di.
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- rte
-
- RSE
-
- ScD
-
- LST
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- NIA
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- 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:
- NES
-
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- LTA
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- ltr
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- NEC
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- NEA
-
- NAD
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- RSA
-
- LCT
-
- Rs.
-
- rnd
-
- RNA
-
- RLD
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- LCA
-
- LCD
-
- LCI
-
- Ld.
-
- Les
-
- LDC
-
- RID
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noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- REC
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noun,
recreation.
- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- LED
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noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Lee
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noun,
protective shelter:
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Ler
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noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- IDS
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noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- ide
-
- ne-
-
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ETD
-
- ea.
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ead
-
- ean
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EDC
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- EDT
-
- DLC
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- DIL
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- SLR
-
- DLS
-
- SLA
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- DNA
-
- DNR
-
- Dr.
-
- SLE
-
- DRE
-
- DSA
-
- DSR
-
- DST
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- EEC
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SED
-
- ESL
-
- ESR
-
- NSA
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- ics
-
- se-
-
- Esc
-
- SDR
-
- SDI
-
- SDA
-
- id.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ese
-
- NDE
-
- ESA
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- Rd.
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- NSC
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- en-
-
- ene
-
- RCA
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ERT
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- NL
-
- RN
-
- R.
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- RI
-
- 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.
- NI
-
- EI
-
- TC
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- D.
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- dl
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- ee
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- TD
-
- t.
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- DN
-
- SN
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- i.
-
- ND
-
- S.
-
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- LR
-
- ln
-
- TN
-
- TL
-
- le
-
- SA
-
- ic
-
- SL
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- CE
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LC
-
- L.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.