Anagrams of cross-fertilize
Word cross-fertilize has
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- rectifiers
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noun,
a person or thing that rectifies.
- fertilizer
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noun,
any substance used to fertilize the soil, especially a commercial or chemical manure.
- forestries
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noun,
the science of planting and taking care of trees and forests.
- cross-file
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verb (used with or without object),
to register as a candidate in the primary elections of more than one party.
- ferocities
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noun,
a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness.
- floristics
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noun,
the study of the distribution, number, types, and relationships of plant species in an area or areas.
- rotisserie
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noun,
a small broiler with a motor-driven spit, for barbecuing fowl, beef, etc.
- fertilizes
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verb (used with object),
Biology.
to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete.
to fecundate or impregnate (an animal or plant).
- crossfire
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noun,
lines of gunfire from two or more positions or combatants crossing one another, or a single one of such lines.
- tricresol
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noun,
a mixture of the three isomeric cresols.
- Listerize
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verb (used with object),
to treat (a patient, disease, etc.) using the methods of Joseph Lister.
- foresters
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noun,
a person who is expert in forestry.
- terrifies
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verb (used with object),
to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
- crosstree
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noun,
Nautical. either of a pair of timbers or metal bars placed athwart the trestletrees at a masthead to spread the shrouds leading to the mast above, or on the head of a lower mast to support the platform or top.
- rectifier
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noun,
a person or thing that rectifies.
- certifies
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verb (used with object),
to attest as certain; give reliable information of; confirm:
- torrefies
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verb (used with object),
to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
- rectifies
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verb (used with object),
to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct:
- filisters
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noun,
fillister.
- firecrest
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noun,
a European kinglet, Regulus ignicapillus, having a bright, orange-red patch on the top of the head.
- free-soil
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noun,
a region, especially a U.S. territory, prohibiting slavery prior to the Civil War.
- sterilize
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verb (used with object),
to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
- coistrels
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noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- life-size
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adjective,
of the natural size of an object, person, etc., in life; of the actual size of a living original:
- clerisies
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noun,
learned persons as a class; literati; intelligentsia.
- sorceries
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noun,
the art, practices, or spells of a person who is supposed to exercise supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits; black magic; witchery.
- scot-free
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adjective,
completely free from harm, restraint, punishment, or obligation:
- isosteric
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adjective,
Chemistry. having the same number of valence electrons in the same configuration but differing in the kinds and numbers of atoms.
- floristic
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adjective,
pertaining to flowers or a flora.
- scorifies
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verb (used with object),
to subject to scorification.
- fertilize
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verb (used with object),
Biology.
to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete.
to fecundate or impregnate (an animal or plant).
- reflector
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noun,
a person or thing that reflects.
- societies
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noun,
an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
- rifleries
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noun,
the art, practice, or sport of shooting at targets with rifles.
- reforests
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verb (used with object),
to replant trees on (land denuded by cutting or fire).
- scleritis
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noun,
inflammation of the sclera.
- sclerites
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- eroticize
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verb (used with object),
to render or make erotic:
- corselets
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noun,
Also, corselette. a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece.
- rectories
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noun,
a rector's house; parsonage.
- terrific
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adjective,
extraordinarily great or intense:
- fortress
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noun,
a large fortified place; a fort or group of forts, often including a town; citadel.
- L-series
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noun,
See under L-line.
- roisters
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- electro-
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- electros
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noun,
electrotype.
- cloister
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noun,
a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
- leisters
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- coesites
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- ferities
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noun,
a wild, untamed, or uncultivated state.
- tiercels
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noun,
tercel.
- crosiers
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noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- costrels
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noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- creolize
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verb (used with object),
to render (a language) creolized.
- seltzers
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a naturally effervescent mineral water containing common salt and small quantities of sodium, calcium, and magnesium carbonates.
- isostere
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- sericite
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noun,
a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- corslets
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noun,
corselet (def 2).
- crofters
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noun,
a person who rents and works a small farm, especially in Scotland or northern England.
- corselet
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noun,
Also, corselette. a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece.
- sclerite
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- frescoes
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noun,
Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
Compare fresco secco.
- crosslet
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noun,
a small cross, as one used as a heraldic charge.
- crosstie
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noun,
Railroads. a tie.
- ice-floe
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noun,
a large flat mass of floating ice.
- trefoils
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noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having usually digitate leaves of three leaflets and reddish, purple, yellow, or white flower heads, comprising the common clovers.
- rotifers
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noun,
any microscopic animal of the phylum (or class) Rotifera, found in fresh and salt waters, having one or more rings of cilia on the anterior end.
- tireless
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adjective,
untiring; indefatigable:
- coistrel
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noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- tileries
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noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- Tirolese
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adjective, noun,
Tyrolese.
- clitoris
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noun,
the erectile organ of the vulva, homologous to the penis of the male.
- Forester
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noun,
a person who is expert in forestry.
- ferrites
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound, as NaFeO 2 , formed when ferric oxide is combined with a more basic metallic oxide.
- estriols
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- zeolites
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noun,
any of a group of hydrated silicates of aluminum with alkali metals, commonly occurring as secondary minerals in cavities in basic volcanic rocks: used for their molecular sieve properties because they undergo dehydration with little or no change in crystal structure.
- filister
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noun,
fillister.
- fireless
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adjective,
lacking fire; without a fire.
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- reflects
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verb (used with object),
to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface:
- reforest
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verb (used with object),
to replant trees on (land denuded by cutting or fire).
- solstice
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noun,
Astronomy.
either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point. Compare summer solstice, winter solstice.
either of the two points in the ecliptic farthest from the equator.
- solicits
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verb (used with object),
to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.:
- refresco
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noun,
a refreshment, as a soft drink.
- Cerritos
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- restores
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verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- eristics
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- resistor
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noun,
a device designed to introduce resistance into an electric circuit.
- zoisites
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noun,
an orthorhombic dimorph of clinozoisite.
- florists
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noun,
a retailer of flowers, ornamental plants, etc.
- felsites
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noun,
a dense, fine-grained, igneous rock consisting typically of feldspar and quartz, both of which may appear as phenocrysts.
- ferrite
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound, as NaFeO 2 , formed when ferric oxide is combined with a more basic metallic oxide.
- secrets
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- sorrels
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noun,
light reddish-brown.
- fictile
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adjective,
capable of being molded.
- etoiles
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- stifles
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noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- sectile
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adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- lectors
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noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- sifters
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noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- festers
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noun,
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
- crosier
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noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- sterols
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noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- selects
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adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- creoles
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noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- felsite
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noun,
a dense, fine-grained, igneous rock consisting typically of feldspar and quartz, both of which may appear as phenocrysts.
- Seltzer
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a naturally effervescent mineral water containing common salt and small quantities of sodium, calcium, and magnesium carbonates.
- iolites
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noun,
cordierite.
- ferlies
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noun,
something unusual, strange, or causing wonder or terror.
- stereo-
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- ferrets
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noun,
a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- crofter
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noun,
a person who rents and works a small farm, especially in Scotland or northern England.
- sferics
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) electronic equipment for determining the position of storms by locating their accompanying atmospherics.
- serries
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verb (used with or without object),
to crowd closely together.
- cresset
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noun,
a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.
- ferries
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noun,
a commercial service with terminals and boats for transporting persons, automobiles, etc., across a river or other comparatively small body of water.
- fertile
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adjective,
bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly; prolific:
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- Fiesole
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noun,
Giovanni da [Italian jaw-vahn-nee dah] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), Angelico, Fra.
- erector
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noun,
Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
- terries
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noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- elector
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noun,
a person who elects or may elect, especially a qualified voter.
- electr-
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- telfers
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noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- florets
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noun,
a small flower.
- Forster
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noun,
E(dward) M(organ) 1879–1970, English novelist.
- florist
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noun,
a retailer of flowers, ornamental plants, etc.
- telesis
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noun,
deliberate, purposeful utilization of the processes of nature and society to obtain particular goals.
- Forseti
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noun,
the god of justice, the son of Balder and Nanna.
- Forrest
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noun,
Edwin, 1806–72, U.S. actor.
- elicits
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verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- forests
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noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- Flossie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- tercels
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- forties
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten times four.
- Crozier
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noun,
crosier.
- eslisor
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noun,
elisor.
- sirrees
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noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- forcers
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noun,
a person or thing that forces.
- sorites
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noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- frolics
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noun,
merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- stories
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- slicers
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noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- fissile
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adjective,
capable of being split or divided; cleavable.
- soirees
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- frescos
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noun,
Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
Compare fresco secco.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- escorts
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- solicit
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verb (used with object),
to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.:
- tiercel
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noun,
tercel.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- Fosters
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noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- cresols
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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.
- coterie
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noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- Orestes
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- retires
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noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- citoles
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noun,
cittern.
- ostlers
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noun,
hostler.
- ossicle
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noun,
a small bone.
- Ossetic
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noun,
the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Ossets.
- osselet
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noun,
a hard nodule on the leg of a horse, especially one on the inner side of the knee or the outer side of the fetlock.
- trefoil
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noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having usually digitate leaves of three leaflets and reddish, purple, yellow, or white flower heads, comprising the common clovers.
- closers
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noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- restore
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verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- rissole
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noun,
a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.
- closets
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noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- roister
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- coesite
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- rosters
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noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- rotifer
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noun,
any microscopic animal of the phylum (or class) Rotifera, found in fresh and salt waters, having one or more rings of cilia on the anterior end.
- reticle
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noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- colters
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noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- reflets
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noun,
an effect of brilliance or luster due to the reflection of light on a surface, especially of pottery; iridescence.
- reliers
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noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- reliefs
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noun,
alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- 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.
- zoisite
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noun,
an orthorhombic dimorph of clinozoisite.
- resects
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- reifies
-
verb (used with object),
to convert into or regard as a concrete thing:
- resiles
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- reflect
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verb (used with object),
to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface:
- cirrose
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adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- cerises
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- refects
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verb (used with object),
to refresh, especially with food or drink.
- zeolite
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noun,
any of a group of hydrated silicates of aluminum with alkali metals, commonly occurring as secondary minerals in cavities in basic volcanic rocks: used for their molecular sieve properties because they undergo dehydration with little or no change in crystal structure.
- resoles
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verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- trioses
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- trifles
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noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- colitis
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noun,
inflammation of the colon.
- orifice
-
noun,
an opening or aperture, as of a tube or pipe; a mouthlike opening or hole; mouth; vent.
- scoters
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Leofric
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noun,
died 1057, earl of Mercia c1030–57 (husband of Lady Godiva).
- lifters
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- costers
-
noun,
costermonger.
- listers
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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.
- lictors
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- correl.
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- costrel
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noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- sclero-
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- corsets
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noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- 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.
- corslet
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noun,
corselet (def 2).
- Corliss
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noun,
George Henry, 1817–88, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- sci-fi
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noun,
science fiction.
- recti-
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- sorels
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- rectos
-
- filter
-
noun,
any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- filose
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adjective,
threadlike.
- Lester
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noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- resole
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verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- firsts
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noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- Scoter
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- istles
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noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- fissi-
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- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- fistic
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adjective,
of boxing; pugilistic:
- lictor
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- recite
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- Recife
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Pernambuco province, in NE Brazil.
- fleers
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noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- fleets
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noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- fliers
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- flirts
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noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- recess
-
noun,
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- flites
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- filets
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noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- sorrel
-
noun,
light reddish-brown.
- steels
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noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- resile
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- relier
-
noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- scries
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- relief
-
noun,
alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- ferret
-
noun,
a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- screes
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- ferri-
-
- ferric
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adjective,
of or containing iron, especially in the trivalent state.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- seizes
-
verb (used with object),
to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp:
- ferro-
-
- Ferrol
-
noun,
El Ferrol.
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- select
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- itself
-
pronoun,
a reflexive form of it1 :
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- serifs
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- refect
-
verb (used with object),
to refresh, especially with food or drink.
- fierce
-
adjective,
menacingly wild, savage, or hostile:
- lessor
-
noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- refels
-
verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- ficoes
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- reflet
-
noun,
an effect of brilliance or luster due to the reflection of light on a surface, especially of pottery; iridescence.
- refers
-
verb (used with object),
to direct for information or anything required:
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- fetors
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- refits
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- Lesser
-
noun,
a small amount, quantity, or degree:
- fester
-
noun,
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- floret
-
noun,
a small flower.
- scores
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- frieze
-
noun,
Architecture.
the part of a classical entablature between the architrave and the cornice, usually decorated with sculpture in low relief.
any decorative band on an outside wall, broader than a stringcourse and bearing lettering, sculpture, etc.
- Foster
-
noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- Rosser
-
noun,
a logger who peels the bark from, and often smooths one side of, a log so that it may be dragged easily.
- socles
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- freers
-
noun,
a person or thing that frees.
- losers
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- freest
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- freres
-
noun,
brother.
- fresco
-
noun,
Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
Compare fresco secco.
- Lorrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- scler-
-
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- friers
-
noun,
fryer.
- Frisco
-
noun,
San Francisco.
- Lozere
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km). Capital: Mende.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- frises
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- slices
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- 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.
- frolic
-
noun,
merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- frosts
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- sleets
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- sizers
-
noun,
any device for measuring or sorting objects according to size.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- 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.
- fossil
-
noun,
any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint, etc.
- fortis
-
noun,
a fortis consonant.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- Osiris
-
noun,
the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- Flores
-
noun,
flower (def 11).
- irises
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- sirree
-
noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- retro-
-
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- flori-
-
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- lifers
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- sifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- foists
-
noun,
Chinese Buddhism.
- ricers
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- softie
-
noun,
softy.
- forcer
-
noun,
a person or thing that forces.
- Forest
-
noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- Ortler
-
noun,
a range of the Alps in N Italy.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- forrel
-
noun,
forel.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- rifles
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- risers
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- lifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- fortes
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- elicit
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- corses
-
noun,
corpse.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- clifts
-
noun,
cliff.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Telfer
-
noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- crozes
-
noun,
the groove at either end of the staves of a barrel, cask, etc., into which the edge of the head fits.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- cosets
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- Crosse
-
noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- cosies
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- cosset
-
noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- cirro-
-
- cossie
-
noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- trifle
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- trefle
-
adjective,
botonée.
- strife
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- ecesis
-
noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- ecoles
-
noun,
school1 .
- torses
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Tiflis
-
noun,
former name of Tbilisi.
- clozes
-
noun,
a cloze procedure or test.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- elect.
-
- Cloete
-
noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- closes
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- cresol
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cross-
-
- teleo-
-
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- zeroes
-
noun,
the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
- celto-
-
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- crests
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- steres
-
- stoics
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- steles
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Creole
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- feirie
-
adjective,
healthy; strong.
- zorils
-
noun,
a weasellike African animal, Ictonyx striatus, resembling a skunk in coloration and habits.
- feists
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- Felice
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Felicia.
- felsic
-
adjective,
(of rocks) consisting chiefly of feldspars, feldspathoids, quartz, and other light-colored minerals.
- zoster
-
noun,
Also called herpes zoster. Pathology. shingles.
- cozies
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- stifle
-
noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- estocs
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- crofts
-
noun,
a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
- certif
-
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- crisis
-
noun,
a stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, especially for better or for worse, is determined; turning point.
- esters
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Storrs
-
noun,
a town in NE Connecticut.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- selfs
-
noun,
a person or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality:
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- seize
-
verb (used with object),
to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp:
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- RSFSR
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- self-
-
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- 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.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- sect.
-
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- lifer
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- lefts
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- cozes
-
noun,
a friendly talk; a chat.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- lifts
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- corr.
-
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- cores
-
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- licet
-
- lect.
-
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- Liszt
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1811–86, Hungarian composer and pianist.
- seifs
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- Scot.
-
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- felts
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- reefs
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Zelos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of zeal or emulation: the son of the Titan Pallas and of Styx, and the brother of Bia, Cratus, and Nike.
- Zeist
-
noun,
a city in the central Netherlands.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- rect.
-
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Cirri
-
noun,
a plural of cirrus.
- Recit
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- restr
-
- cert.
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- zests
-
noun,
keen relish; hearty enjoyment; gusto.
- 30-30
-
- Zoser
-
noun,
flourished c2800 b.c, Egyptian ruler of the 3rd dynasty.
- zoril
-
noun,
a weasellike African animal, Ictonyx striatus, resembling a skunk in coloration and habits.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- zitis
-
noun,
a tubular pasta in short pieces, similar to rigatoni, often baked in a tomato sauce.
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- refel
-
verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- zeros
-
noun,
the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- refl.
-
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- refer
-
verb (used with object),
to direct for information or anything required:
- cero-
-
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- coifs
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- OIcel
-
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- OFris
-
noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Rolfe
-
noun,
John, 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia (husband of Pocahontas).
- cloze
-
noun,
a cloze procedure or test.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Lotze
-
noun,
Rudolf Hermann [roo-dolf hur-muh n;; German roo-dawlf her-mahn] /ˈru dɒlf ˈhɜr mən;; German ˈru dɔlf ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1817–81, German philosopher.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- coel-
-
- coele
-
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- Clift
-
noun,
cliff.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- oste-
-
- clefs
-
noun,
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
- cleft
-
noun,
a space or opening made by cleavage; a split.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- rifle
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- fore-
-
- Eliz.
-
- force
-
noun,
physical power or strength possessed by a living being:
- folie
-
noun,
madness; insanity.
- folic
-
adjective,
of or derived from folic acid.
- softs
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- foils
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- fores
-
noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- Floss
-
noun,
the cottony fiber yielded by the silk-cotton tree.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- telo-
-
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- flor.
-
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- flocs
-
noun,
Also, flock. a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.
- forel
-
noun,
a slipcase for a book.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- Tezel
-
noun,
Johann, Tetzel, Johann.
- fress
-
verb (used without object),
to eat or snack, especially often or in large quantities.
- 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.
- ecol.
-
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- Frere
-
noun,
brother.
- ecto-
-
- frees
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Freer
-
noun,
a person or thing that frees.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- fosse
-
noun,
a moat or defensive ditch in a fortification, usually filled with water.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Sofer
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Eifel
-
noun,
a hilly region in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate states in W Germany.
- forte
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- fort.
-
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- terr.
-
- Forli
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Bologna.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- flits
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- Etzel
-
noun,
Attila: represented in the Nibelungenlied as the second husband of Kriemhild after the death of Siegfried.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- fetor
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- feti-
-
- fetes
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- feces
-
noun,
waste matter discharged from the intestines through the anus; excrement.
- fecit
-
verb,
he made (it); she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist. Abbreviation: fe., fec.
- ster.
-
- feels
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- Felis
-
noun,
a genus of mostly small cats, including the domestic cat, margay, puma, and ocelot, sharing with certain cats of related genera an inability to roar due to ossification of the hyoid bone in the larynx.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- feres
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- flirt
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- Errol
-
noun,
a male given name.
- flier
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- flics
-
noun,
a police officer; cop.
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- tele-
-
- Fleet
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- flees
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- fleer
-
noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- fists
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- filos
-
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- fiscs
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- fires
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- frier
-
noun,
fryer.
- croze
-
noun,
the groove at either end of the staves of a barrel, cask, etc., into which the edge of the head fits.
- ileo-
-
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- Icel.
-
- TOEFL
-
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sito-
-
- sizer
-
noun,
any device for measuring or sorting objects according to size.
- FSLIC
-
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- sizes
-
noun,
the spatial dimensions, proportions, magnitude, or bulk of anything:
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- ilio-
-
- sifts
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- istic
-
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- Seric
-
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- sero-
-
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- seti-
-
- crit.
-
- Croft
-
noun,
a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- froze
-
noun,
the act of freezing; state of being frozen.
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- 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.
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- Frits
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Fris.
-
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- Frost
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- Fritz
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a German, especially a German soldier.
- frore
-
adjective,
frozen; frosty.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- sers
-
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).
- 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.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- zees
-
noun,
the letter Z or z.
- str.
-
- sics
-
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).
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- sec.
-
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Ste.
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- 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.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- zori
-
noun,
a Japanese sandal, often made of straw or rubber and consisting of a flat sole held on the foot by a thong passing between the first and second toes.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- zits
-
noun,
a pimple; skin blemish.
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- ziti
-
noun,
a tubular pasta in short pieces, similar to rigatoni, often baked in a tomato sauce.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- zest
-
noun,
keen relish; hearty enjoyment; gusto.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- zero
-
noun,
the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tel-
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- SLIC
-
- Ritz
-
noun,
ostentatious or pretentious display.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rit.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- size
-
noun,
the spatial dimensions, proportions, magnitude, or bulk of anything:
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- scil
-
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- sci.
-
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- 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.
- ter.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Rolf
-
noun,
Also called Rolf the Ganger [gang-er] /ˈgæŋ ər/ (Show IPA). Rollo (def 1).
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- scr.
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- 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.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Sol.
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- tri-
-
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- 1080
-
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- itol
-
- EEOC
-
- itis
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- iso-
-
- isls
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- ctr.
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Ire.
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- 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.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- cts.
-
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- ile-
-
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- 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:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- LIFO
-
noun,
last-in, first-out (def 1).
- Life
-
noun,
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- coze
-
noun,
a friendly talk; a chat.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Cres
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- fisc
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- foci
-
noun,
a plural of focus.
- floe
-
noun,
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- floc
-
noun,
Also, flock. a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- flic
-
noun,
a police officer; cop.
- flee
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- feel
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- filt
-
- fils
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the 100th part of a dinar.
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- fict
-
- fico
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- fess
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a broad horizontal band across the middle of an escutcheon.
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- fec.
-
- fol.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- FRSL
-
- Ice.
-
- ESIS
-
- eso-
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- etc.
-
- frt.
-
- FRSS
-
- 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.
- Frs.
-
- for.
-
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- friz
-
noun,
the state of being frizzed.
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- Fri.
-
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- free
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- FRCS
-
- rel.
-
- Foss
-
noun,
Lukas [loo-kuh s] /ˈlu kəs/ (Show IPA), 1922–2009, U.S. pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- ole-
-
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- cet-
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Cort
-
- Ceto
-
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- 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:
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- cis-
-
- Cerf
-
noun,
Bennett (Alfred) 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.
- cit.
-
- osis
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Oct.
-
- CLEF
-
noun,
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
- OEEC
-
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Lozi
-
noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Barotseland, in western Zambia.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- coif
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Col.
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- LOFT
-
noun,
a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Cor.
-
- corf
-
noun,
Mining.
a small wagon for carrying coal, ore, etc.
a wicker basket formerly used for this purpose.
- 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.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- ref.
-
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Cels
-
- ETS
-
- zee
-
noun,
the letter Z or z.
- TSS
-
- STL
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- CEO
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- Ez.
-
- cs.
-
- SSC
-
- SSE
-
- SSI
-
- SSR
-
- SST
-
- St.
-
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- cf.
-
- 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.
-
- ct.
-
- STI
-
- Zoe
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “life.”.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- cl.
-
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- zit
-
noun,
a pimple; skin blemish.
- ZIF
-
noun,
Ziv.
- CEF
-
- FCS
-
- FZS
-
- fo.
-
- zo-
-
- CFR
-
- ESR
-
- CSR
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- trf
-
- CLI
-
- EEO
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EEC
-
- Clo
-
- ECF
-
- ec-
-
- eo-
-
- ctf
-
- cte
-
- CST
-
- CSO
-
- ef-
-
- CSF
-
- ss.
-
- CRT
-
- tr.
-
- TLC
-
- tlo
-
- tlr
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- CRS
-
- CLR
-
- coz
-
noun,
cousin.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tfr
-
- efl
-
- 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.
- CFO
-
- ESL
-
- TSI
-
- TCS
-
- TSE
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ese
-
- Esc
-
- ERT
-
- CFI
-
- Tro
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- CFL
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- cfs
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- EOF
-
- EOE
-
- CIE
-
- CIF
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ELF
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- cle
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- SRS
-
- RSS
-
- sc.
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- RTF
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Rs.
-
- Liz
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LOC
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LSC
-
- SCF
-
- Lif
-
- LSS
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lt.
-
- LCF
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- LCT
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- se-
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- SCS
-
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- lez
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a lesbian.
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- ize
-
- OTS
-
- ose
-
- OSS
-
- ot-
-
- ote
-
- RFI
-
- RFE
-
- RFC
-
- oz.
-
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- ozs
-
- 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.
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- RCT
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ltr
-
- OCS
-
- Oc.
-
- OSF
-
- OTC
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- OCR
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- of-
-
- OFr
-
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- oic
-
- 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.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- LCI
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ier
-
- Frl
-
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Fl.
-
- ior
-
- IOF
-
- IOC
-
- ILS
-
- ILO
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- il-
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- IFC
-
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- FOS
-
- Ir.
-
- FTZ
-
- SLE
-
- FSR
-
- ft.
-
- SLR
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- FTC
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- io-
-
- ics
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- FRC
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- sis
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noun,
sister.
- IFS
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noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- FOT
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- SOF
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- IOT
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- Ios
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noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IRC
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- ISR
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- ite
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- Sr.
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- FET
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- Fez
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noun,
a felt cap, usually of a red color, having the shape of a truncated cone, and ornamented with a long black tassel, worn by men in Egypt and North Africa: formerly the national headdress of the Turks.
- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- SOS
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noun,
any call for help:
- fic
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- SER
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noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- ITC
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- SIC
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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).
- ist
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- fie
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interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- fro
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Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- Isl
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- IRO
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- FIR
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noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- sfz
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- Sfc
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- IRL
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- ise
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- SES
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- FIO
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- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
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- fil
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noun,
fils.
- FI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- RI
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- CE
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- FE
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- ZI
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- f.
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noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- RF
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- FC
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- ol
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- RC
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- Zl
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- z.
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- R.
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- TC
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SF
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- LC
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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.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- L1
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- L2
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- EI
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- ee
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- CZ
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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.
- le
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- TL
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- LF
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- RO
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- T1
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- i.
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- ic
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- O.
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- LZ
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- t.
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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.
- LR
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- IF
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noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- S.
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- SL
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- Zr
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