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- crinoline
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noun,
a petticoat of haircloth or other stiff material, worn under a full skirt to keep it belled out.
- silicone
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noun,
any of a number of polymers containing alternate silicon and oxygen atoms, as (–Si–O–Si–O–) n, whose properties are determined by the organic groups attached to the silicon atoms, and that are fluid, resinous, rubbery, extremely stable in high temperatures, and water-repellent: used as adhesives, lubricants, and hydraulic oils and in electrical insulation, cosmetics, etc.
- inclines
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noun,
an inclined surface; slope; slant.
- isocline
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noun,
a fold of strata so tightly compressed that both limbs dip in the same direction.
- coniines
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noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- cinerins
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noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- close-in
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adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- recision
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noun,
an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- incienso
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noun,
a shrubby, composite desert plant, Encelia farinosa, of the southwestern U.S., having silvery leaves and clusters of yellow flowers.
- soricine
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adjective,
of or resembling the shrews.
- incline
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noun,
an inclined surface; slope; slant.
- cornels
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noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- oneiric
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adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- sclero-
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- isoline
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noun,
isogram.
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- coniine
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noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- sericin
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noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- silicon
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noun,
a nonmetallic element, having amorphous and crystalline forms, occurring in a combined state in minerals and rocks and constituting more than one fourth of the earth's crust: used in steelmaking, alloys, etc. Symbol: Si; atomic weight: 28.086; atomic number: 14; specific gravity: 2.4 at 20°C.
- Neilson
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noun,
William Allan, 1869–1946, U.S. educator and lexicographer, born in Scotland.
- inclose
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verb (used with object),
enclose.
- 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).
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- incisor
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noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- sirloin
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noun,
the portion of the loin of beef in front of the rump.
- sirenic
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adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- in-line
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adjective,
(of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft.
- inliers
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noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- elision
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noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- inconel
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- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- cinerin
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noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- Silone
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noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- cresol
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noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- oscine
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- Cronin
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noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- ceorls
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noun,
churl (def 4).
- crones
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noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- ionics
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noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- irenic
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adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- slicer
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noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- COSINE
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- nonces
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noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- liners
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Nelson
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noun,
a hold in which pressure is applied to the head, back of the neck, and one or both arms of the opponent.
- Cornel
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noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- irones
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- ironic
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adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- insole
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- nerols
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noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- sinner
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noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- enrols
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verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Locris
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noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- Ilorin
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noun,
a town in W central Nigeria.
- Nicole
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noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- ricins
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noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- incise
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verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- loners
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noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Enrico
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noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- Connie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- oleins
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Lonnie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Alonso.
- inlier
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noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- elisor
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noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- Elinor
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- inline
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noun,
an ornamented type with a line of white or of a contrasting color running just inside the edge and following the contour of each letter.
- censor
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noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- Lorens
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- oriels
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- oilers
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noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- colins
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noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Ronnie
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- clones
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noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- Cloris
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noun,
a male or female given name.
- scler-
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- resoil
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verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- closer
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noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- online
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adverb,
with or through a computer, especially over a network.
- clino-
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- colies
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noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- recons
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- Lenoir
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noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- orcein
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- clines
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noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- necro-
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- lesion
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noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- renins
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noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- recoil
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noun,
an act of recoiling.
- conies
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noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- lories
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noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- lenis
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noun,
a lenis consonant.
- 30-30
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- ronin
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noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- RECON
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- incl.
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- incor
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- incr.
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- Leros
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noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- scorn
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noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- roils
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verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- loner
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noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- lenos
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noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- rosin
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noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- serin
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sero-
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- Ilion
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noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- ilio-
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- ileo-
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- orles
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noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- icons
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- Iceni
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noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- Leoni
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noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Icel.
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- Seric
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- Linos
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noun,
linoleum.
- inion
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noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- lores
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noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorin
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- irone
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Neils
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noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- score
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noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- linen
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noun,
fabric woven from flax yarns.
- liner
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Scone
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noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- riles
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verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- liers
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noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- neons
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noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Oriel
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- loser
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noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Loris
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noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- linns
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noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- Lenin
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noun,
V(ladimir) I(lyich) [vlad-uh-meer il-yich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir ee-lyeech] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov"N. Lenin") 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary leader: Soviet premier 1918–24.
- scion
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noun,
a descendant.
- Ionic
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noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- senor
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- rinse
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- insol
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- nerol
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noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- onces
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noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Lorne
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noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Inner
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adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- riels
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Irons
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noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Loren
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Ronne
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noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- Rosie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- eosin
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noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Niles
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noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Coles
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- reni-
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- renin
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noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- socle
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noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- coel-
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- coils
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noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coins
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noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- resin
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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.
- coirs
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noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Colin
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noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- Norse
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Norns
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noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Conn.
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- Cons.
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- cores
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- nones
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noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- corns
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noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Corse
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noun,
corpse.
- Creon
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noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Close
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noun,
the act of closing.
- clone
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noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- cries
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noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- ceros
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noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Osler
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noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- Sorel
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noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- sonic
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adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- ceils
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verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- olein
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- oleic
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adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- Cenis
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noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- ceorl
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noun,
churl (def 4).
- cero-
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- cine-
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- soler
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noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- cines
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noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cions
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noun,
scion (def 2).
- cires
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noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- osier
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- reins
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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.
- Cleon
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noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- OIcel
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- cline
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noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- nonce
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noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Crile
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noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- enrol
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verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Siren
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- noils
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noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- ornes
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noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- noels
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noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- encl.
-
- crine
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noun,
hair; head of hair.
- enols
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noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- rices
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noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- ricin
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noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- ecol.
-
- Ensor
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noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Eolic
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noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Sinon
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noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Sino-
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- Loire
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noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Nisei
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noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Ninos
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noun,
boy; child.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- nines
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noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- econ.
-
- Ennis
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noun,
a town in N Texas.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- slier
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adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- slice
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noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- ornis
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noun,
an avifauna.
- noise
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- ole-
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- Rein
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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.
- neo-
-
- Rico
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noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Oise
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noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- 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):
- none
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noun,
nones1 .
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- oils
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noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Riel
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Nile
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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.
- Olin
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noun,
a male given name.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- nos-
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- 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.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- non-
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rel.
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nor.
-
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- 1080
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SLIC
-
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Con.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Cor.
-
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cres
-
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- eco-
-
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- enc.
-
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- Col.
-
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cels
-
- cen.
-
- Soni
-
- CERN
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cir.
-
- cis-
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- soln
-
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Sol.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- 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.
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- lin.
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- iso-
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- 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.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- eso-
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- ile-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Inc.
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- INRI
-
- scr.
-
- ins.
-
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- 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.
- sec.
-
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- RCN
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Sr.
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- SLR
-
- SLE
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- 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).
- 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).
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RCS
-
- se-
-
- sc.
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Re.
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ine
-
- Esc
-
- ESL
-
- ESR
-
- ics
-
- io-
-
- ier
-
- il-
-
- ILO
-
- ILS
-
- in.
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- IOC
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- LCI
-
- CNN
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Co.
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- cl.
-
- CEO
-
- CIE
-
- cle
-
- CLI
-
- Clo
-
- CLR
-
- CNO
-
- en-
-
- CNS
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- CRS
-
- CSO
-
- CSR
-
- eo-
-
- ec-
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Isl
-
- ISR
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- OCR
-
- OIr
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oic
-
- NCO
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ne-
-
- OCS
-
- NEC
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- NES
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NNE
-
- Oc.
-
- NOC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nr.
-
- NRC
-
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- LON
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- ose
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ons
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Les
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- LOC
-
- NSC
-
- SN
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- ol
-
- EI
-
- RN
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RI
-
- CE
-
- SL
-
- O.
-
- LR
-
- S.
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LC
-
- L.
-
- R.
-
- ln
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- RO
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- N.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NC
-
- NI
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- le
-
- NL
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RC
-