Anagrams of crystalline
Word crystalline has
1493 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of crystalline.
- certainly
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adverb,
with certainty; without doubt; assuredly:
- insectary
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noun,
a laboratory for the study of live insects, their life histories, effects on plants, reaction to insecticides, etc.
- clarinets
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- interlays
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verb (used with object),
to lay between; interpose.
- carlines
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noun,
an old woman.
- saliency
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noun,
salience.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- literals
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noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- literacy
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noun,
the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.
- ancestry
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noun,
family or ancestral descent; lineage.
- cyanites
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noun,
Mineralogy. kyanite.
- crystall
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- Antilles
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plural noun,
a chain of islands in the West Indies, divided into two parts, the one including Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles) the other including a large arch of smaller islands to the SE and S (Lesser Antilles or Caribees)
- centrals
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- interlay
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verb (used with object),
to lay between; interpose.
- tinselry
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noun,
cheap and pretentious display.
- tinselly
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adjective,
decorated with or abounding in tinsel.
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- clarinet
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- rallyist
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noun,
a person who participates in automobile rallies.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- Carlisle
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noun,
John Griffin [grif-in] /ˈgrɪf ɪn/ (Show IPA), 1835–1910, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1883–89.
- cyanite
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noun,
Mineralogy. kyanite.
- cystine
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, C 6 H 12 O 4 N 2 S 2 , occurring in most proteins, especially the keratins in hair, wool, and horn, and yielding cysteine on reduction.
- callers
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noun,
a person or thing that calls.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- lancers
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noun,
a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
- clyster
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noun,
an enema.
- tincals
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- eclairs
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- latency
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noun,
the state of being latent.
- saintly
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adjective,
pertaining to, like, or befitting a saint:
- Linacre
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noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- reality
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noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- tillers
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noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- stencil
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noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- stellar
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adjective,
of or relating to the stars; consisting of stars.
- recants
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- recalls
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noun,
an act of recalling.
- Liestal
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noun,
a town in and the capital of Basel-Land, in NW Switzerland.
- lectins
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noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- lancets
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noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- rillets
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noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- Crystal
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noun,
a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
- anticly
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adverb,
in an antic manner.
- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- sanicle
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- literal
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noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- 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.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- Stanley
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noun,
Arthur Penrhyn [pen-rin] /ˈpɛn rɪn/ (Show IPA), (Dean Stanley) 1815–81, English clergyman and author.
- larceny
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noun,
the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- re-ally
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verb (used with or without object),
to ally again or anew.
- clerisy
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noun,
learned persons as a class; literati; intelligentsia.
- tanrecs
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noun,
tenrec.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- install
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verb (used with object),
to place in position or connect for service or use:
- ralline
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adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Rallidae, comprising the rails and allied species.
- elastic
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noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- Leclair
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noun,
Jean Marie [zhahn ma-ree] /ʒɑ̃ maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1697–1764, French violinist and composer.
- claires
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- Carlyle
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noun,
Thomas, 1795–1881, Scottish essayist and historian.
- Carline
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noun,
an old woman.
- trellis
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noun,
a frame or structure of latticework; lattice.
- Carlist
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noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Sillery
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noun,
a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Quebec.
- clarity
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noun,
clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- carneys
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noun,
carny.
- Nicetas
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noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- scleral
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adjective,
sclerotic (def 1).
- Scarlet
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noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- lintels
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noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- acetins
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- retinal
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- 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.
- Castile
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noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- cartels
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- Sectary
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noun,
a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
- trysail
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noun,
a triangular or quadrilateral sail having its luff hooped or otherwise bent to a mast, used for lying to or keeping a vessel headed into the wind; spencer.
- claries
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noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- clarets
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- transl.
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- Ercilla
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noun,
Alonso de [ah-lawn-saw th e] /ɑˈlɔn sɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1533–94, Spanish epic poet; soldier in the conquest of Chile.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- article
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noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- centri-
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- rallies
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noun,
a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
- cantles
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noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- central
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- Elysian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling Elysium.
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- inlaces
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- tallies
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noun,
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- nectars
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- latices
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noun,
a plural of latex.
- clearly
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adverb,
in a clear manner:
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- centals
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noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- citrals
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noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- tailles
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noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- cellist
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noun,
a person who plays the cello.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- nectary
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noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- cleanly
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adverb,
in a clean manner.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Insecta
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noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- stilly
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adverb,
quietly; silently.
- cysti-
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- citral
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noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- Claire
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- lancer
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noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- clines
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noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- lances
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noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- centr-
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- casern
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noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- lectin
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noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- Caster
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noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Castle
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noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- caters
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verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- learnt
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Catlin
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noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- learns
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verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- cellar
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noun,
a room, or set of rooms, for the storage of food, fuel, etc., wholly or partly underground and usually beneath a building.
- latins
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noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- cental
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noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- centas
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noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- centi-
-
- centra
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noun,
a plural of centrum.
- Styria
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noun,
a province in SE Austria: formerly a duchy. 6327 sq. mi. (16,385 sq. km). Capital: Graz.
- taille
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noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- cerat-
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- latens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- cerias
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noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- layers
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noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- lately
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adverb,
of late; recently; not long since:
- lastly
-
adverb,
in conclusion; in the last place; finally.
- riyals
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noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Qatar, equal to 100 dirhams.
- Larine
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adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- Lanier
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noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Strain
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- rillet
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noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- lancet
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noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- styler
-
noun,
a person or thing that styles.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- clares
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noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- enacts
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verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- ericas
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noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- scanty
-
noun,
scanties, very brief underpants, especially for women.
- entail
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- enlist
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Sirena
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noun,
a female given name.
- encyst
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verb (used with or without object),
to enclose or become enclosed in a cyst.
- incase
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verb (used with object),
encase.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- Scilla
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noun,
modern name of Scylla.
- Syriac
-
noun,
a form of Aramaic used by various Eastern Churches.
- Syrian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Syria.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- inlace
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- elytra
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noun,
plural of elytron.
- inlays
-
noun,
inlaid work.
- Elyria
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noun,
a city in N Ohio.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Erinys
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noun,
any of the Furies.
- Scylla
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noun,
Modern name Scilla. a rock in the Strait of Messina off the S coast of Italy.
- insect
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noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- Yentai
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Yantai.
- sentry
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noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- ically
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- senary
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adjective,
of or relating to the number six.
- serial
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- yearns
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verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Searcy
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noun,
a city in central Arkansas.
- silane
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noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- sclent
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noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- yentas
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noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- sclera
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noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- estray
-
noun,
a person or animal that has strayed.
- siller
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noun,
silver.
- scler-
-
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- Cretan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- sallet
-
noun,
a light medieval helmet, usually with a vision slit or a movable visor.
- cresyl
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adjective,
tolyl.
- Stella
-
noun,
a four-dollar pattern coin of the U.S. having a metal content based on the metric system, issued 1879–80: designed to be used as an international coin.
- creasy
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adjective,
full of creases.
- crates
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- clites
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Cleary
-
noun,
Beverly, born 1916, U.S. author.
- cleans
-
- stylar
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adjective,
having the shape of an ancient style; resembling a pen, pin, or peg.
- cryst.
-
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- satiny
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adjective,
satinlike; smooth; glossy.
- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- instr.
-
- inter.
-
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- snarly
-
adjective,
apt to snarl; easily irritated.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- intra-
-
- easily
-
adverb,
in an easy manner; with ease; without trouble:
- Stacey
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- sanity
-
noun,
the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- 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.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- recall
-
noun,
an act of recalling.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- litany
-
noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- realty
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- 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.
- tilery
-
noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- really
-
adverb,
in reality; actually:
- L-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (L-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (L-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the L-shell.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- Tiller
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- listel
-
noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- lysine
-
noun,
a crystalline, basic, amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 4 CH(NH 2)COOH, produced chiefly from many proteins by hydrolysis, essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: K. Abbreviation: Lys;
- all-in
-
adjective,
Wrestling. without restrictions; with virtually every type of hold permitted.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- tellin
-
noun,
any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Tellina, having a thin, rounded shell of white, yellow, pink, or purple.
- recti-
-
- lintel
-
noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- aseity
-
noun,
existence originating from and having no source other than itself.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- arsen-
-
- lyrate
-
adjective,
Botany. (of a pinnate leaf) divided transversely into several lobes, the smallest at the base.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- lyrics
-
noun,
a lyric poem.
- lyrist
-
noun,
a person who plays the lyre or who sings and accompanies himself or herself on the lyre.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- lysate
-
noun,
the mixture of substances formed by the lysis of cells.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- Allies
-
noun,
plural of ally.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- nicety
-
noun,
a delicate or fine point; punctilio:
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- actin-
-
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- nytril
-
noun,
a synthetic, long-chain polymer fiber that produces a soft, elastic fabric.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- nycti-
-
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- acetyl
-
adjective,
containing the acetyl group.
- trills
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- nitery
-
noun,
a nightclub.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- trans.
-
- Allier
-
noun,
a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- Tyrian
-
adjective,
of or relating to ancient Tyre or its people.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- nearly
-
adverb,
all but; almost:
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- linsey
-
noun,
linsey-woolsey.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Calles
-
noun,
Plutarco Elías [ploo-tahr-kaw e-lee-ahs] /pluˈtɑr kɔ ɛˈli ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1877–1945, Mexican general and statesman: president of Mexico 1924–28.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- re-lay
-
verb (used with object),
to lay again.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- lycine
-
noun,
betaine.
- Lycian
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Lycia.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- lenity
-
noun,
the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- caller
-
noun,
a person or thing that calls.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- Carney
-
noun,
carny.
- calli-
-
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Tallys
-
noun,
Thomas, Tallis, Thomas.
- lentil
-
noun,
a plant, Lens culinaris, of the legume family, having flattened, biconvex seeds used as food.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- careys
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- Lilyan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tallis
-
noun,
Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.
- lineal
-
adjective,
being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- scaly
-
adjective,
covered with or abounding in scales or scale.
- nears
-
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- natl.
-
- rainy
-
adjective,
characterized by rain:
- scall
-
noun,
dandruff.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- incl.
-
- lect.
-
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- incr.
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Sella
-
noun,
Zillah.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- rally
-
noun,
a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
- rall.
-
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- nasty
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- Icel.
-
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- inlay
-
noun,
inlaid work.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- sect.
-
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- IATSE
-
- Leila
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- yells
-
noun,
a cry uttered by yelling.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- yills
-
noun,
ale.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- yetis
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- yenta
-
noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Leary
-
adjective,
leery1 .
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Yeats
-
noun,
William Butler, 1865–1939, Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1923.
- latry
-
- yearn
-
verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- yeans
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- ricey
-
adjective,
pertaining to, resembling, or containing rice.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scary
-
adjective,
causing fright or alarm.
- nitr-
-
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- yeast
-
noun,
any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
- scat-
-
- Nelly
-
noun,
inferior or cheap wine.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Lesya
-
noun,
any of six possible colors given to the monad, or individual soul, by its karma and being lighter or darker according to the proportion of good or evil included in the karma.
- Lilac
-
noun,
any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Syringa, of the olive family, as S. vulgaris, having large clusters of fragrant purple or white flowers: the state flower of New Hampshire.
- lyres
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- lyric
-
noun,
a lyric poem.
- Relay
-
noun,
a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.
- Lyles
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Recit
-
- Lilas
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- lilts
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lysin
-
noun,
an antibody causing the disintegration of erythrocytes or bacterial cells.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- Lisle
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Sally
-
noun,
a sortie of troops from a besieged place upon an enemy.
- Italy
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870–1946. 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Capital: Rome.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- liney
-
adjective,
liny.
- lairy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a lair.
- rills
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- lact-
-
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- laity
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- linty
-
adjective,
full of or covered with lint:
- Lacey
-
noun,
a town in W Washington.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rect.
-
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Riley
-
noun,
James Whitcomb [hwit-kuh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt kəm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1849–1916, U.S. poet.
- Ital.
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- intr.
-
- reni-
-
- lt-yr
-
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- satyr
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- layer
-
noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- inst.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Lycia
-
noun,
an ancient country in SW Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- 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.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- salty
-
adjective,
tasting of or containing salt; saline.
- lytic
-
adjective,
of, noting, or pertaining to lysis or a lysin.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- Iran.
-
- riyal
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Qatar, equal to 100 dirhams.
- licet
-
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- sanit
-
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- lyase
-
noun,
any of various enzymes, as decarboxylase, that catalyze reactions involving the formation of or addition to a double bond.
- sarc-
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- nills
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- iatry
-
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- calls
-
noun,
a cry or shout.
- Taney
-
noun,
Roger Brooke, 1777–1864, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1836–64.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cayes
-
noun,
Les. Les Cayes.
- Cant.
-
- Canty
-
adjective,
cheerful; lively.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Carey
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Tansy
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- Caryl
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- artsy
-
adjective,
arty.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- tells
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- telly
-
noun,
television.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- astr.
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- tears
-
- teary
-
adjective,
of or like tears.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tera-
-
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cent.
-
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cert.
-
- cella
-
noun,
the principal enclosed chamber of a classical temple.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- cyan-
-
- cyans
-
noun,
cyan blue.
- cells
-
noun,
a small room, as in a convent or prison.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Caryn
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Tally
-
noun,
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Carny
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Talys
-
noun,
Thomas, Tallis, Thomas.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Casey
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “brave.”.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Cilla
-
noun,
a sister of Priam who, with her infant son, was slain by Priam because it had been prophesied that a mother and child of the royal house would cause the destruction of Troy.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Ailey
-
noun,
Alvin, Jr. 1931–1989, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tyres
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Ayres
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- ayins
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- tynes
-
noun,
tine.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tyner
-
noun,
McCoy (Sulaimon Saud) born 1938, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Tracy
-
noun,
Spencer, 1900–67, U.S. film actor.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Alyce
-
noun,
a female given name.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- 30-30
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Trill
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- acet-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- acyls
-
adjective,
containing the acyl group.
- acity
-
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- treys
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- treas
-
- aeri-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Arnel
-
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antsy
-
adjective,
unable to sit or stand still; fidgety:
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- anti-
-
- ante-
-
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Tilly
-
noun,
Count Johan Tserclaes von [yoh-hahn tser-klahs fuh n] /ˈyoʊ hɑn tsɛrˈklɑs fən/ (Show IPA), 1559–1632, German general in the Thirty Years' War.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Alley
-
noun,
a passage, as through a continuous row of houses, permitting access from the street to backyards, garages, etc.
- Allen
-
noun,
(Charles) Grant (Blairfindie) [blair-fin-dee] /blɛərˈfɪn di/ (Show IPA), ("Cecil Power"; "J. Arbuthnot Wilson") 1848–99, British philosophical writer and novelist.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alti-
-
- tills
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- 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.
- 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.
- Tyler
-
noun,
tiler (def 2).
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anis-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cine-
-
- Snell
-
noun,
a short piece of nylon, gut, or the like, by which a fishhook is attached to a line.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- slaty
-
adjective,
consisting of, resembling, or pertaining to slate.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- eyras
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- Srta.
-
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Stacy
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Early
-
noun,
a fruit or vegetable that appears before most others of its type.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stall
-
noun,
a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- crit.
-
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Seric
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- seti-
-
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- silly
-
noun,
Informal. a silly or foolish person:
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- entry
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Enlil
-
noun,
the king of the Sumerian gods and the god of the air.
- encl.
-
- ency.
-
- 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.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Syria
-
noun,
Official name Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Capital: Damascus.
- Ellis
-
noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Ellas
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Greece.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- styli
-
noun,
a plural of stylus.
- style
-
noun,
a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character:
- 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.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Still
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- clase
-
- cyst-
-
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Cyril
-
noun,
Saint ("Apostle of the Slavs") a.d. 827–869, Greek missionary to the Moravians.
- Clary
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- styl-
-
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- ster.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- stray
-
noun,
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- syll
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- Tiny
-
adjective,
very small; minute; wee.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- syn-
-
- scr.
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sci.
-
- sync
-
noun,
synchronization:
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- scil
-
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tyne
-
noun,
tine.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- syne
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
since.
- Syr.
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- racy
-
adjective,
slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- NTIA
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- secy
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sec.
-
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- Ryle
-
noun,
Sir Martin, 1918–84, British astronomer: Nobel Prize in physics 1974.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- tRNA
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- NYSE
-
- tri-
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- scry
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- syli
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Guinea, equal to 100 cauris: replaced the franc in 1972.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- syce
-
noun,
(in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- str.
-
- 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.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- rel.
-
- Sat.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- tel-
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Sra.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- 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.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Ste.
-
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- stay
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- rely
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- snye
-
noun,
a backwater.
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Ryan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- Nysa
-
noun,
the mountain where Zeus sent the infant Dionysus to protect him from the vindictive wrath of Hera.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- ryas
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- 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.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- ter.
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- RNAS
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- ryal
-
noun,
rose noble.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- SLIC
-
- sley
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- slay
-
noun,
sley.
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NIRA
-
- inly
-
adverb,
inwardly.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Call
-
noun,
a cry or shout.
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Cal.
-
- cays
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- Can.
-
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Iyar
-
noun,
the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
- cat.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- yill
-
noun,
ale.
- illy
-
adverb,
ill.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- yins
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- ile-
-
- Ill.
-
- yrs.
-
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- yens
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- aryl
-
adjective,
containing an aryl group.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- lays
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- ARIS
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- atic
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ates
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- art.
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Lacy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- yell
-
noun,
a cry uttered by yelling.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- cray
-
adjective,
crazy.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Cres
-
- enc.
-
- enl.
-
- Ens.
-
- crat
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- 1080
-
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- est.
-
- eyas
-
noun,
a nestling, usually a hawk.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- ect-
-
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- Elys
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- yeas
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- yarn
-
noun,
thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- cet-
-
- CERN
-
- ical
-
- Ice.
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cen.
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Cels
-
- cell
-
noun,
a small room, as in a convent or prison.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- yean
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- Yale
-
noun,
Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).
- etc.
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- clar
-
- 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.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Clay
-
noun,
a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- City
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- cyte
-
- cyl.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- 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.
-
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- asc-
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lyse
-
verb (used with object),
to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- Airy
-
adjective,
open to a free current of fresh air; breezy:
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Lat.
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lyte
-
- 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.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Alis
-
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- liny
-
adjective,
full of or marked with lines.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Lyra
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lyre, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Hercules, containing the bright star Vega.
- lyre
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- lys-
-
- ayin
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Lyle
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- acr-
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- ACLS
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- acyl
-
adjective,
containing the acyl group.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nyet
-
adverb, noun,
no1 .
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- nill
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Nell
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- ayes
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nays
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nary
-
adjective,
not any; no; never a:
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- NCTE
-
- aer-
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- aet.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Lily
-
noun,
any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers.
Compare lily family.
- Llyr
-
noun,
the father of Manawydan: corresponds to the Irish Ler.
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- ancy
-
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lyes
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- ance
-
- Lely
-
noun,
Sir Peter [pee-ter;; Dutch pey-tuh r] /ˈpi tər;; Dutch ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), (Pieter van der Faes) 1618–80, Dutch painter in England.
- leys
-
noun,
leu.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- lea.
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- alls
-
noun,
one's whole interest, energy, or property:
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- all-
-
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- easy
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- ally
-
noun,
a person, group, or nation that is associated with another or others for some common cause or purpose:
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- cs.
-
- CSR
-
- CSA
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- CAI
-
- cl.
-
- CRT
-
- CRS
-
- ct.
-
- ACS
-
- acy
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ae.
-
- CNS
-
- TIA
-
- AEC
-
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CLR
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ea.
-
- Sta
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- TSI
-
- cay
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- TSE
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ALC
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
-
- ac-
-
- CST
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- al.
-
- an.
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- Ar.
-
- cte
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- CTA
-
- Any
-
Idioms,
any which way, in any manner whatever; indifferently or carelessly:
- cr.
-
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- TLC
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ast
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- tlr
-
- Ayn
-
noun,
ʿain.
- CIE
-
- ca.
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- at.
-
- ATC
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- TAL
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- CIA
-
- ASR
-
- STI
-
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- CLI
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- cle
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ARS
-
- TCA
-
- AIC
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ASN
-
- TCS
-
- St.
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ase
-
- CEA
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ays
-
- STL
-
- ASI
-
- ANC
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- 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).
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lay
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- LCA
-
- LCI
-
- LCT
-
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Ley
-
noun,
leu.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- 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.
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- RNA
-
- lye
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Isl
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- ity
-
- La.
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Rs.
-
- Lt.
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- SAE
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- ise
-
- NIA
-
- Ney
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- NES
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- NSC
-
- NEA
-
- NSA
-
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- NYA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Nye
-
noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NEC
-
- ne-
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- RCA
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ll.
-
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- LST
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- LTA
-
- LTL
-
- ltr
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- NYC
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nay
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- LCL
-
- ISA
-
- ics
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Esc
-
- ESL
-
- ESR
-
- ety
-
- Syl
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ERT
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- 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).
- IAS
-
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ESA
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- icy
-
adjective,
made of, full of, or covered with ice:
- SLE
-
- Sr.
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- SLR
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- Sly
-
Idioms,
on the sly, secretly; furtively:
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Ely
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- SLA
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- en-
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ery
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- 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.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ir.
-
- yis
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- sc.
-
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- yer
-
- ine
-
- se-
-
- IRL
-
- IRS
-
- Yin
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- IRC
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- ier
-
- il-
-
- SAR
-
- in.
-
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ILS
-
- YCL
-
- 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.
- L.
-
- yr
-
- LC
-
- RN
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RI
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SN
-
- NL
-
- ey
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- TC
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- NI
-
- L1
-
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- le
-
- ty
-
- ry
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- cy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- t.
-
- ly
-
- YA
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CE
-
- ic
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ln
-
- L2
-
- N.
-
- yl
-
- NY
-
- TN
-
- NC
-
- TL
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- SL
-
- LR
-
- SA
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- S.
-
- Yi
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- i.
-
- Y.
-
- YT
-