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- crosstrees
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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.
- cloistress
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noun,
a nun.
- 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.
- isosceles
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adjective,
(of a straight-sided plane figure) having two sides equal:
- rectories
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noun,
a rector's house; parsonage.
- crosslets
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noun,
a small cross, as one used as a heraldic charge.
- solstices
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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.
- sclerites
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- tricresol
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noun,
a mixture of the three isomeric cresols.
- coistrels
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noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- 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.
- sclerosis
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noun,
Pathology. a hardening or induration of a tissue or part, or an increase of connective tissue or the like at the expense of more active tissue.
- corselets
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noun,
Also, corselette. a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece.
- sorceress
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noun,
a woman who practices sorcery; witch.
- cressets
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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.
- restless
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adjective,
characterized by or showing inability to remain at rest:
- corslets
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noun,
corselet (def 2).
- restores
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verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- estriols
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- sclerite
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- isostere
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- rissoles
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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.
- stressor
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noun,
an activity, event, or other stimulus that causes stress.
- 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.
- 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.
- resistor
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noun,
a device designed to introduce resistance into an electric circuit.
- 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.
- ossicles
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noun,
a small bone.
- tireless
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adjective,
untiring; indefatigable:
- L-series
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noun,
See under L-line.
- electros
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noun,
electrotype.
- leisters
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- electro-
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- coistrel
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noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- tiercels
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noun,
tercel.
- 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.
- corselet
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noun,
Also, corselette. a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece.
- Tirolese
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adjective, noun,
Tyrolese.
- roisters
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- crosstie
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noun,
Railroads. a tie.
- crosslet
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noun,
a small cross, as one used as a heraldic charge.
- Cerritos
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- 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.
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- cossets
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noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- tercels
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- escorts
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- correl.
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- 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.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- Corliss
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noun,
George Henry, 1817–88, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- eslisor
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noun,
elisor.
- 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.
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- selects
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adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- corslet
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noun,
corselet (def 2).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- costers
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noun,
costermonger.
- 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.
- 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.
- scoters
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- elector
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noun,
a person who elects or may elect, especially a qualified voter.
- terries
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noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- electr-
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- telesis
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noun,
deliberate, purposeful utilization of the processes of nature and society to obtain particular goals.
- sclero-
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- 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.
- tiercel
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noun,
tercel.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- 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.
- crosses
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noun,
a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
- Ossetic
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noun,
the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Ossets.
- 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.
- ossicle
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noun,
a small bone.
- secrets
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- ostlers
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noun,
hostler.
- 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.
- cresses
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noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- 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.
- erector
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noun,
Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- scissor
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noun,
scissors.
- scissel
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noun,
the remains of a strip from which coin blanks have been cut; clippings.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- coterie
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noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- sectile
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adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- creoles
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noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- 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.
- citoles
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noun,
cittern.
- lectors
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noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- closers
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noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- 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.
- cirrose
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adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- resects
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- roister
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- 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.
- sorrels
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noun,
light reddish-brown.
- 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.
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- sessile
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adjective,
Botany. attached by the base, or without any distinct projecting support, as a leaf issuing directly from the stem.
- retires
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noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- resiles
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- slicers
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noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- resoles
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verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- loesses
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noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- resists
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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.
- cerises
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- closets
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noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- lessors
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noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- restore
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verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- soirees
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- trioses
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- serries
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verb (used with or without object),
to crowd closely together.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- etoiles
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- Sisters
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noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- tresses
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noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- sirrees
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noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- stereo-
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- reliers
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noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- screes
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noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- elites
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- sliest
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adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- Eloise
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noun,
a female given name.
- Lister
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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.
- teleo-
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- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- sirees
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noun,
sirree.
- slices
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noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- slicer
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noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- lector
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noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- elisor
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noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- liters
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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.
- 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.
- sleets
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noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- sirree
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noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- elects
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noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- Lester
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noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- elect.
-
- oriels
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Sister
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noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- lessor
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noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- Scoter
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- socles
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noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- erects
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adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- scries
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verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- sterol
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noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- loiter
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- select
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adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- lories
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noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- Lorrie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- losers
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noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- esters
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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 .
- stoics
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noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- 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.
- steers
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noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- series
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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.
- losses
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noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- estocs
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noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- steles
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noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Etoile
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- seises
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verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- escort
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- secret
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- Locris
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noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- soiree
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- oilers
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noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- steres
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- setose
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adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- stress
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noun,
importance attached to a thing:
Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- sorrel
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noun,
light reddish-brown.
- erotic
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- Sestos
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noun,
an ancient Thracian town on the Hellespont opposite Abydos: Xerxes crossed the Hellespont here when he began his invasion of Greece.
- sector
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noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Storrs
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noun,
a town in NE Connecticut.
- sorels
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Loiret
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noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- stores
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noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- tercel
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- Lesser
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noun,
a small amount, quantity, or degree:
- terces
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noun,
tierce (def 3).
- relict
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- resets
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noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Cloete
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noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- resect
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- closer
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noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- closes
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- rosets
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- relies
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verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- relier
-
noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- reests
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verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- resile
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- colies
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noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- Rosser
-
noun,
a logger who peels the bark from, and often smooths one side of, a log so that it may be dragged easily.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- rectos
-
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- corses
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noun,
corpse.
- corset
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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.
- clites
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- resist
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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.
- Cortes
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noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- retro-
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- risers
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- r-less
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adjective,
r-dropping.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- celto-
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- trices
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- ricers
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noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- ceorls
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noun,
churl (def 4).
- cerise
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- certes
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adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- cesses
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noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- tosses
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- cirro-
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- torses
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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.
- cisele
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- 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.
- resole
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verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- resoil
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verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- citole
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noun,
cittern.
- recti-
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- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Osetic
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adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Creole
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- scler-
-
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- 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.
- crests
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noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- lesses
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- ecesis
-
noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- recess
-
noun,
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- scores
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- 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.
- Crosse
-
noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- cosies
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- Ortler
-
noun,
a range of the Alps in N Italy.
- cross-
-
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- cosset
-
noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- ecoles
-
noun,
school1 .
- cossie
-
noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- restr
-
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- 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.
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- rect.
-
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- licet
-
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- 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.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- 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.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Recit
-
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Scot.
-
- sero-
-
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seric
-
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- seti-
-
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- oste-
-
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- sect.
-
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- OIcel
-
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- 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:
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- ecol.
-
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- terr.
-
- ecto-
-
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- telo-
-
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- tele-
-
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- 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.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- 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.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Errol
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- 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.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- cores
-
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- corr.
-
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- 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.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- coele
-
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- coel-
-
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- 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.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- 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.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- crit.
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Stoss
-
noun,
Veit [fahyt] /faɪt/ (Show IPA), c1440–1533, German sculptor and painter.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- cero-
-
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- lect.
-
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- sito-
-
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 30-30
-
- 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.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- 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.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- esses
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- ster.
-
- 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 .
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- cert.
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- ileo-
-
- 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.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- 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.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Icel.
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- 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.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- 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.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tri-
-
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- 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).
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Sol.
-
- 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).
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- 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.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- SLIC
-
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- sci.
-
- scil
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ter.
-
- scr.
-
- tel-
-
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- sec.
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- str.
-
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Ste.
-
- 1080
-
- rit.
-
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- ect-
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- OEEC
-
- Oct.
-
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Cor.
-
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Cort
-
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- eco-
-
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Ice.
-
- 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.
- etc.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- ile-
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- eso-
-
- ESIS
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Ire.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- EEOC
-
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- isls
-
- 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).
- itol
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- iso-
-
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Cres
-
- Col.
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- Ceto
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cet-
-
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- 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.
- Cels
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- 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.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ole-
-
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- 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.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- 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:
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- osis
-
- 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.
- ics
-
- CLR
-
- Esc
-
- ERT
-
- 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.
- io-
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ese
-
- Co.
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- TLC
-
- ESL
-
- tlo
-
- TSE
-
- STL
-
- tlr
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ESR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ETO
-
- 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.
- TSI
-
- STI
-
- Tro
-
- cte
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TCS
-
- St.
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- CSO
-
- CRT
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CRS
-
- CLI
-
- eo-
-
- CIE
-
- tr.
-
- ec-
-
- EEC
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- CEO
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- EOE
-
- cr.
-
- cle
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- cl.
-
- Clo
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- EIS
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- eir
-
- EEO
-
- IRC
-
- SST
-
- ltr
-
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oic
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- OTC
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Oc.
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- LST
-
- SCS
-
- LSS
-
- LSI
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- LSC
-
- 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.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LOC
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- SSS
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- se-
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- RSE
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- 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.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RCT
-
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- Rs.
-
- RSS
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- sc.
-
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- OSS
-
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TSS
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- SLR
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- il-
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
-
- ILO
-
- ITC
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- ILS
-
- ist
-
- IOC
-
- ISR
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- IRL
-
- Ir.
-
- IOT
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- Sr.
-
- ior
-
- SLE
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SSE
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- SSI
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SSR
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- SSC
-
- LCT
-
- ss.
-
- LCI
-
- SRS
-
- ier
-
- Lt.
-
- RO
-
- SL
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- CE
-
- ic
-
- S.
-
- i.
-
- RI
-
- RC
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- R.
-
- L2
-
- EI
-
- ee
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- le
-
- LR
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- L1
-
- ol
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- O.
-
- LC
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TL
-
- L.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TC
-
- T1
-
- t.
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.