Anagrams of criminalities
Word criminalities has
1815 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of criminalities.
- matrilinies
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noun,
the tracing of descent through the mother's line of a family.
- criminalist
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noun,
an expert in criminalistics.
- ministerial
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adjective,
pertaining to the ministry of religion, or to a minister or other member of the clergy.
- intimacies
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noun,
the state of being intimate.
- centralism
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noun,
a centralizing system; centralization.
- militaries
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noun,
the military.
the military establishment of a nation; the armed forces.
military personnel, especially commissioned officers, taken collectively:
- initialism
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noun,
a set of initials representing a name, organization, or the like, with each letter pronounced separately, as FBI for Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- tramlines
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noun,
a streetcar system.
- clarities
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noun,
clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
- trailsmen
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noun,
a person who follows a trail.
- anti-icer
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noun,
a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
- criminals
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noun,
a person guilty or convicted of a crime.
- cretinism
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noun,
a congenital disease due to absence or deficiency of normal thyroid secretion, characterized by physical deformity, dwarfism, and mental retardation, and often by goiter.
- metrician
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noun,
a metrist.
- Italicism
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noun,
Italianism, especially an idiom or a characteristic of the Italian language.
- ameristic
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adjective,
not divided into parts; having no meristem.
- criminate
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verb (used with object),
to charge with a crime.
- clarinets
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- armistice
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noun,
a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce:
- sciential
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adjective,
having knowledge.
- miscreant
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noun,
a vicious or depraved person; villain.
- triclinia
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noun,
a couch extending along three sides of a table, for reclining on at meals.
- realistic
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adjective,
interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical:
- inelastic
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adjective,
not elastic; lacking flexibility or resilience; unyielding.
- laminitis
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noun,
inflammation of sensitive laminae in the hoof of a horse, caused by stressful events, as trauma, infection, or parturition.
- mineral.
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- Catiline
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noun,
(Lucius Sergius Catilina) 108?–62 b.c, Roman politician and conspirator.
- maitrise
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noun,
mastery; skill.
- semantic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols:
- marlines
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- martinis
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noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- 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.
- Islamite
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noun,
a Muslim.
- ciliates
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noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- Milicent
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noun,
a female given name.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- mistrial
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noun,
a trial terminated without conclusion on the merits of the case because of some error in the proceedings.
- Sinclair
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noun,
Harry Ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
- lamister
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noun,
lamster.
- nitriles
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- cerimans
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- centrals
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- ceramist
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noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- Milstein
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noun,
Cesar, 1927–2002, Argentinian immunologist: Nobel prize 1984.
- interims
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- Elamitic
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noun,
Elamite (def 2).
- alienism
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noun,
alienage.
- minicars
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noun,
a very small car, especially a subcompact.
- carlines
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noun,
an old woman.
- minister
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noun,
a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
- aliments
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- scimitar
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noun,
a curved, single-edged sword of Asian, especially Eastern origin.
- militias
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noun,
a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies.
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- terminal
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noun,
a terminal part of a structure; end or extremity.
- limacine
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adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a slug; sluglike.
- Latinism
-
noun,
a mode of expression derived from or imitative of Latin.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- matrices
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noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- 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.
- linarite
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noun,
a mineral, a complex basic sulfate of lead and copper, having a deep-blue color resembling that of azurite.
- meristic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or divided into segments or somites.
- inimical
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adjective,
adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful:
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- Clematis
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noun,
any of numerous plants or woody vines of the genus Clematis, including many species cultivated for their showy, variously colored flowers.
- actinism
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noun,
the property of radiation by which chemical effects are produced.
- minstrel
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noun,
a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument, either as a member of a noble household or as an itinerant troubadour.
- cremains
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plural noun,
the ashes of a cremated corpse.
- limnetic
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adjective,
pertaining to or living in the open water of a freshwater pond or lake.
- silicate
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noun,
Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- lienitis
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noun,
inflammation of the spleen; splenitis.
- limiters
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noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- re-claim
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verb (used with object),
to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
- carmines
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- airtimes
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- tramline
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noun,
a streetcar system.
- clarinet
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- criminis
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noun,
cremini.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- McIntire
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noun,
Samuel, 1757–1811, U.S. architect and woodcarver.
- Milesian
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noun,
any of the people from Spain who invaded Ireland and defeated the Tuatha Dé Danann, and who were the ancestors of the present Irish people.
- airlines
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noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- air-line
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adjective,
straight; direct; traveling a direct route:
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- metrical
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adjective,
pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- claimers
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noun,
a person who makes a claim; claimant.
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- criminal
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noun,
a person guilty or convicted of a crime.
- litanies
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noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- meticals
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noun,
a brass coin and monetary unit of Mozambique, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the escudo in 1980.
- initials
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noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- minicar
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noun,
a very small car, especially a subcompact.
- Minster
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- Carline
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noun,
an old woman.
- Carlist
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noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- miniate
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verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- sematic
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adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- Scarlet
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noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- Caitlin
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noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Cathleen, Kathleen.
- simitar
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noun,
scimitar.
- similar
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adjective,
having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way:
- silici-
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- Sicilia
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noun,
Italian name of Sicily.
- metical
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noun,
a brass coin and monetary unit of Mozambique, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the escudo in 1980.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- sericin
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noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- Ileitis
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noun,
inflammation of the ileum.
- Cainite
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noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- Semitic
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noun,
a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
- seminar
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noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- seminal
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adjective,
pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- iatrics
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- scrinia
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noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- militia
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noun,
a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies.
- camlets
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noun,
a durable, waterproof cloth, especially for outerwear.
- milreis
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noun,
a silver coin and former monetary unit of Brazil, equal to 1000 reis, discontinued in 1942.
- milters
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- cantles
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noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- miracle
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noun,
an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.
- nectars
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Carmine
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- claires
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- cimelia
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plural noun,
treasures, especially church treasures, as art objects or jeweled vestments.
- retinal
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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.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- cinemas
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- ramtils
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noun,
Niger seed.
- 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.
- citrine
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- citrins
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- crinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- claimer
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noun,
a person who makes a claim; claimant.
- crimini
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noun,
cremini.
- remains
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- ciliate
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noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- clarets
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- 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.
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- relicts
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- realism
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noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- Cremini
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noun,
a cultivated, meaty, tan or brown mushroom, Agaricus bisporus.
- climant
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adjective,
rampant, as a goat:
- climate
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noun,
the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- recants
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- reclaim
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noun,
reclamation:
- cimaise
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noun,
cymaise.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- miscite
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verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- Salieri
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noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- cartels
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- sanicle
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- Mistral
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noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- saltire
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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.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- 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.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- elitism
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noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- nitrile
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- salicin
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C 13 H 18 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic.
- elicits
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verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- centals
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noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- elastic
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noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- nematic
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adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- central
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- centri-
-
- neritic
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adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- Nicetas
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noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- eclairs
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- ceriman
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- Riesman
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noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- incites
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verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- Sinitic
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noun,
a branch of Sino-Tibetan consisting of the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.
- iris-in
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noun,
the gradual appearance of an image or scene through an expanding circle.
- airtime
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- 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.
- 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.
- airline
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noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- mailers
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- melanic
-
adjective,
Pathology. melanotic.
- Latinic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Latin language or the ancient Latin-speaking peoples.
- lamster
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noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- stamin-
-
- tincals
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- irenics
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noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- menials
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- ailment
-
noun,
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
- Israeli
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- Latimer
-
noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- Interim
-
noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- aliment
-
noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- laments
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- laities
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- marcels
-
noun,
a marcelling.
- laicism
-
noun,
the nonclerical, or secular, control of political and social institutions in a society (distinguished from clericalism).
- lancers
-
noun,
a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- lancets
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- Marline
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- latices
-
noun,
a plural of latex.
- marlins
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- termini
-
noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- Malines
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- malices
-
noun,
desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness:
- Martens
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Martini
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noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- italics
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- amities
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- 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.
- Iricism
-
noun,
Irishism.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- Liatris
-
noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- transl.
-
- sirenic
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adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- inliers
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- limners
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noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- Mercian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- Mercast
-
noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- Linacre
-
noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- inlaces
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- 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.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- initial
-
noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- armlets
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- merlins
-
noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- limites
-
noun,
plural of limes.
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- linters
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- lenitic
-
adjective,
lentic.
- limiter
-
noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- limens
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- mantel
-
noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- maline
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- 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.
- limner
-
noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- racism
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- malice
-
noun,
desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness:
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- limits
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- 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.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- 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.
- 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.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- macles
-
noun,
chiastolite.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- 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.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lemans
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ramtil
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- mantic
-
adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- Milner
-
noun,
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- milit.
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- instr.
-
- mental
-
noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- inter.
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- 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.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- intima
-
noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- intime
-
adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- mensal
-
adjective,
monthly.
- intra-
-
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- Merlin
-
noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- metal.
-
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- imines
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- Iletin
-
- inlier
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- milers
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- Marini
-
noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), Also, Marino [muh-ree-noh;; Italian mah-ree-naw] /məˈri noʊ;; Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), ("il Cavalier Marino") 1569–1625, Italian poet.
- Martel
-
noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- M-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Marlin
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- 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.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- 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.
- elicit
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Mariel
-
noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- nemat-
-
- Marcel
-
noun,
a marcelling.
- Mantle
-
noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- lament
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- iritis
-
noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- Mastic
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- melan-
-
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- matri-
-
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Ismael
-
noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- 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.
- 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.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- maslin
-
noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- mascle
-
noun,
a lozenge represented as having a lozenge-shaped hole at the center.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- Italic
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- mescal
-
noun,
an intoxicating beverage distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Carmel
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain range in NW Israel, near the Mediterranean coast. Highest point, 1818 feet (554 meters). 14 miles (23 km) long.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- 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.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- arsen-
-
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- 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.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- camlet
-
noun,
a durable, waterproof cloth, especially for outerwear.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- scler-
-
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- simile
-
noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- 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.
- simian
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- silica
-
noun,
the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- claims
-
noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- 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.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- 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.
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- centi-
-
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- actin-
-
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- recti-
-
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cleans
-
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- cerat-
-
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- 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.
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- 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.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Rimini
-
noun,
Francesca da, Francesca da Rimini.
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- centr-
-
- 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.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- ster.
-
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- 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.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- masc.
-
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- matr-
-
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mast-
-
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- 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.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- 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.
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- 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.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- treas
-
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- tears
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tera-
-
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- 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.
- malic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from apples.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- male-
-
- 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.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- term.
-
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Recit
-
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- natl.
-
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- nears
-
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- sanit
-
- misc.
-
- 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.
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- sarc-
-
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- MSEnt
-
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- 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.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- reni-
-
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- 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.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- rect.
-
- 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.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- nitr-
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- 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.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 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).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- 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.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- 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.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- 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.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Melia
-
- melic
-
adjective,
intended to be sung.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Srta.
-
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- meta-
-
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scat-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mini-
-
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- sect.
-
- semi-
-
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- seti-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Seric
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metr-
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- crit.
-
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- calms
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- incr.
-
- incl.
-
- 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.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- imit.
-
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Iliac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- ician
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- 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.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Cant.
-
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- IATSE
-
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Camel
-
noun,
either of two large, humped, ruminant quadrupeds of the genus Camelus, of the Old World.
Compare Bactrian camel, dromedary.
- Icel.
-
- init.
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- 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.
- istic
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Ital.
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- inst.
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- intr.
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Iran.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Arnel
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Armen
-
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- claim
-
noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- 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.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- clase
-
- 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.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- clime
-
noun,
climate.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- macle
-
noun,
chiastolite.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- crim.
-
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- 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.
- encl.
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- 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.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- 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.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- cine-
-
- 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.
- cilia
-
plural noun,
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- 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.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- 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.
- cert.
-
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- 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: ¢.
- cent.
-
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- ante-
-
- astr.
-
- anis-
-
- 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.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- 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.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alti-
-
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- 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.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- Amer.
-
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- amin-
-
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- 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.
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 30-30
-
- acet-
-
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- licet
-
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- 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.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- aeri-
-
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- lect.
-
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lact-
-
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anim.
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- ctr.
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- CERN
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RIIA
-
- Aire
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- 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.
- AIME
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- cir.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- cis-
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Sra.
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- 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.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- AISI
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Cels
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- 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.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- cen.
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- str.
-
- SRAM
-
- 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.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
- 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.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- cit.
-
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- cts.
-
- ACLS
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- cml.
-
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- tri-
-
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- crat
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Ste.
-
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- tRNA
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- ant.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- aet.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- clam
-
noun,
any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species.
Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- 1080
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- aer-
-
- clar
-
- 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.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- 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.
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- acr-
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Clem
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clement.
- 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.
- 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).
- asc-
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- 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.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- ates
-
- atic
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- 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.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- 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.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Cal.
-
- calm
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Tasm
-
- Sem.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atm.
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- 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.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- ASME
-
- 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.
- 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.
- art.
-
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- SLIC
-
- 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.
- ASTM
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- AMLS
-
- ance
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ter.
-
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- ARIS
-
- ANSI
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- amt.
-
- 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.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- 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.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Saml
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Sam.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- cat.
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Arm.
-
- sec.
-
- alt.
-
- 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.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- 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.
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Can.
-
- scr.
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- scil
-
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- sci.
-
- ten.
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Alis
-
- Cres
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- enl.
-
- Ens.
-
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- mis-
-
- Mar.
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Lam.
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- est.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- enc.
-
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- msec
-
- MSCE
-
- MSAE
-
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- mRNA
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- MNAS
-
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- MALS
-
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Man.
-
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Lani
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, 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.
- MSIE
-
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- met.
-
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mes-
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- INRI
-
- ins.
-
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- int.
-
- ment
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- intl
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- men-
-
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- meas
-
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- min.
-
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- 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).
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- MILR
-
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- ical
-
- Ice.
-
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- mil.
-
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- itis
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- 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.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Mic.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- ile-
-
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- mal-
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- NTIA
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- 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.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- NCTE
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- lin.
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- 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.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- 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.
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- ect-
-
- 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.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- NIRA
-
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- 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.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- 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.
- Mac-
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- 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.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- emia
-
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lea.
-
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- St.
-
- ISR
-
- Sta
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- 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.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- ISA
-
- ist
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ITA
-
- TSE
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- TSI
-
- ite
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- tlr
-
- ITC
-
- AEC
-
- ARS
-
- ise
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- SMA
-
- TLC
-
- SLR
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- MCI
-
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- LIM
-
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Isl
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- al.
-
- ae.
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- IRS
-
- MCR
-
- ac-
-
- Sr.
-
- Am.
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- TIA
-
- ALC
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ltr
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Mc-
-
- Me.
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- MSL
-
- LTA
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- MSC
-
- AME
-
- AMC
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- TCA
-
- TCS
-
- 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.
- LCA
-
- LCI
-
- LCM
-
- LCT
-
- ALM
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TAL
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- AIC
-
- La.
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Lt.
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- 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).
- STI
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- STL
-
- STM
-
- 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)
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ANC
-
- 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.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- AMS
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- LMT
-
- 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.
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- LSM
-
- LST
-
- SLE
-
- 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).
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- ne-
-
- CIE
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- CIM
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- 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.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- NEA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NEC
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- NES
-
- cle
-
- 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:
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- EIS
-
- CIA
-
- MTS
-
- CLI
-
- RNA
-
- MRI
-
- SAE
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- Rs.
-
- RMC
-
- mtn
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- MTI
-
- eir
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- MRA
-
- RCS
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CSR
-
- NSC
-
- CST
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- CSA
-
- Re.
-
- ea.
-
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- 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.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RMA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- NSA
-
- 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.
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- CLR
-
- CMA
-
- CNM
-
- CNS
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ECM
-
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- NRC
-
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- NMI
-
- NMR
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- MRE
-
- RSA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- ct.
-
- cl.
-
- CAI
-
- 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).
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- il-
-
- MIE
-
- ier
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- cs.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- MNS
-
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- Ia.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- cr.
-
- SCM
-
- ASR
-
- IRL
-
- SLA
-
- IRC
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Ir.
-
- ASM
-
- ASN
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ca.
-
- ast
-
- ine
-
- at.
-
- ATC
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ILS
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- ics
-
- 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.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ml.
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- MLA
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- ESA
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- ERT
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- sc.
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- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- MIR
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noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- EMR
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- ESL
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- SAR
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- CEA
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- EMS
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noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
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- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- CAS
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verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- MIT
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- Esc
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- en-
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- ESR
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- MNE
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- Sal
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noun,
salt1 .
- ETS
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- ETR
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- MNA
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- MLS
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- CAR
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noun,
an automobile.
- MLR
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- RI
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- SN
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- SM
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- SL
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- A.
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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.
- SA
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- R.
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- S.
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- AI
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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.
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MN
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RC
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- RN
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TC
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- EI
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- ic
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- le
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- i.
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- t.
-
- LR
-
- ln
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- M.
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- LM
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- T1
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- L1
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LC
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- L.
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NI
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- NC
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- N.
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- NL
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- TL
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- NM
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- TM
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- TN
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- CM
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- CE
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- L2
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