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- lacertids
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noun,
any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Lacertidae.
- discreate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- decaliter
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noun,
dekaliter.
- delicates
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noun,
Archaic. a choice food; delicacy.
- detailers
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noun,
a manufacturer's representative who calls on customers to supply information on products and visits stores to monitor sales and replenish stock.
- elaterids
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noun,
any beetle of the family Elateridae, comprising the click beetles.
- derelicts
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noun,
a person abandoned by society, especially a person without a permanent home and means of support; vagrant; bum.
- Decretals
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noun,
a papal decree authoritatively determining some point of doctrine or church law.
- decrials
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noun,
the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- discrete
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adjective,
apart or detached from others; separate; distinct:
- discreet
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adjective,
judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- treadles
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noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- elaterid
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noun,
any beetle of the family Elateridae, comprising the click beetles.
- articled
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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.
- deciares
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- sclereid
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noun,
a short, thickened plant cell of the sclerenchyma, typically containing branched pits.
- treacles
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- decretal
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noun,
a papal decree authoritatively determining some point of doctrine or church law.
- declares
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verb (used with object),
to make known or state clearly, especially in explicit or formal terms:
- sclerite
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- radicels
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noun,
a minute root; a rootlet.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- detailer
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noun,
a manufacturer's representative who calls on customers to supply information on products and visits stores to monitor sales and replenish stock.
- catslide
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noun,
(in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
- tiercels
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noun,
tercel.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- sidereal
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adjective,
determined by or from the stars:
- derelict
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noun,
a person abandoned by society, especially a person without a permanent home and means of support; vagrant; bum.
- delicate
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noun,
Archaic. a choice food; delicacy.
- Delsarte
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noun,
François [fran-swah;; French frahn-swa] /frænˈswɑ;; French frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1811–71, French musician and teacher.
- Lacertid
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noun,
any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Lacertidae.
- sericate
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adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- radicles
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noun,
Botany.
the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root.
a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
- triclads
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noun,
a planarian.
- die-cast
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adjective,
formed by die casting.
- reticle
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noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- rescale
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verb (used with object),
to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
- astride
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preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- disrate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- latices
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noun,
a plural of latex.
- radicel
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noun,
a minute root; a rootlet.
- directs
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adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- dilates
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verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- dartles
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verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- 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.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- tercels
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- diester
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noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- sidecar
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noun,
a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- credits
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noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- derails
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noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- leaders
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noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- Carlist
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noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- eclairs
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Celesta
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noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- cerated
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adjective,
covered with wax.
- cerates
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- Castile
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noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- 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.
- cartels
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- radicle
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noun,
Botany.
the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root.
a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
- radices
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noun,
a plural of radix.
- citadel
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noun,
a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- 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.
- claires
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- elastic
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noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- clarets
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- claries
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noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- drastic
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adjective,
acting with force or violence; violent.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Scarlet
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noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- tierced
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adjective,
(of an escutcheon) divided vertically or horizontally into three equal parts.
- cradles
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noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- Eleatic
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noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- electr-
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- Electra
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noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- ecartes
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- tiercel
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noun,
tercel.
- declare
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verb (used with object),
to make known or state clearly, especially in explicit or formal terms:
- related
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adjective,
associated; connected.
- delicts
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noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- decares
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- deceits
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noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- deciare
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- tirades
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noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- delates
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verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- deciles
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noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
- 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.
- Alceste
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noun,
an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- decrial
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noun,
the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- decries
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verb (used with object),
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
- ideates
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noun,
ideatum.
- treadle
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noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- aediles
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noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- deicers
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noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- treacle
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- readies
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noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- details
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noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- re-laid
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- Alcides
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noun,
Hercules (def 1).
- estrade
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noun,
a slightly raised platform in a room or hall.
- deltaic
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adjective,
pertaining to or like a delta.
- dealers
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noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- 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.
- diaster
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noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- triclad
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noun,
a planarian.
- dearies
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noun,
darling.
- redacts
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verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- sectile
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adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- dialect
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noun,
Linguistics. a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.
- dialers
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noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- Claire
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- sailer
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- desalt
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verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- driest
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noun,
a prohibitionist.
- 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.
- deices
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verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- stadle
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noun,
staddle.
- 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.
- cisele
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- Raetic
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noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- scaled
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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.
- easier
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noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- clares
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noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- ecarte
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- derail
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noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- detail
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noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- certes
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adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- saltie
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noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- salted
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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.
- delict
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noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- sedate
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adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- desert
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noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- desire
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noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- cerate
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- claret
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- ciders
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noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- delist
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verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- cereal
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noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- delate
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verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- Easter
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noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- sedile
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noun,
one of the seats (usually three) on the south side of the chancel, often recessed, for the use of the officiating clergy.
- cerise
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- cerat-
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- cradle
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noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- deicer
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noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- Searle
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noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- C-star
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noun,
carbon star.
- sclera
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noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- decals
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noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- direct
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adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- liters
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- larees
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noun,
lari.
- dialer
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noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- deasil
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adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- Diesel
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noun,
diesel engine.
- decare
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- screed
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noun,
a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- darics
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noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- dartle
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verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- dicast
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noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- sealer
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noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- dealer
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noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- racist
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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.
- 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.
- scler-
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- Crista
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noun,
a crest or ridge.
- scaler
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noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- slider
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noun,
a person or thing that slides.
- drails
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noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- Seidel
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noun,
a large beer mug with a capacity of one liter (1.1 quarts) and often having a hinged lid.
- clears
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noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cleats
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noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- deters
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verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- clites
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- lairds
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noun,
a landed proprietor.
- select
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adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- crates
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- deceit
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noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- seater
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noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- crease
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noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- create
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- decile
-
noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
- slicer
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noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- creels
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noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- ladies
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noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- distr.
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- distal
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adjective,
situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal.
Compare proximal.
- dilate
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verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- Lerida
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- listed
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- elect.
-
- tildes
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noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- ratels
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- elites
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- alcids
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noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- relict
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- relate
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- tilers
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- elides
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verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- Astrid
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noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- elects
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noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- teasel
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noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- eldest
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- elders
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noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- cadets
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noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- rastle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- liards
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noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- traces
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noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- cadres
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noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- leader
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noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- lidars
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noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- alders
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- terais
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- cairds
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noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- resect
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- Reseda
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noun,
a grayish green.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- ticals
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noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- resile
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- aretes
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noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- ariels
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noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- 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.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- tiered
-
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.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- elated
-
adjective,
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- recti-
-
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Calder
-
noun,
Alexander, 1898–1976, U.S. sculptor; originator of mobiles.
- idlers
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- ediles
-
noun,
aedile.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- eiders
-
noun,
eider duck.
- cardi-
-
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- aedile
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- Recit
-
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- dict.
-
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Icel.
-
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- IATSE
-
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- dial.
-
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- desc.
-
- rect.
-
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- scald
-
noun,
a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- lact-
-
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- 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.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- sarc-
-
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Edsel
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich” and “hall.”.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- edit.
-
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- disc.
-
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- dirls
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- retd.
-
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- 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.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- Ital.
-
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Elder
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- scat-
-
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- dist.
-
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- seti-
-
- sect.
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- licet
-
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- tele-
-
- astr.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- lect.
-
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- 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.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- 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.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- tears
-
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- Card.
-
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- treas
-
- aeri-
-
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- 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.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- acet-
-
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- 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.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- 30-30
-
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- 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.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- alti-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- 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.
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- tiled
-
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.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
- Leeds
-
noun,
a city in West Yorkshire, in N England.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- 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.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- 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.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- 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.
- 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.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- crit.
-
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- lards
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- deci-
-
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- deles
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- decl.
-
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- deca-
-
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Seric
-
- darts
-
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- cert.
-
- 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.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- ster.
-
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- cidal
-
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- 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.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- Srta.
-
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- 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.
- clase
-
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- clads
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- 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.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- rad.
-
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rcd.
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- 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:
- Ltd.
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- RdAc
-
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- lit.
-
- LitD
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- 1080
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- str.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Ste.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Sra.
-
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- SLIC
-
- sld.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- 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.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- trid
-
- tri-
-
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- ter.
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- 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.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- TDRS
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- 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.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Rida
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- rit.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- sec.
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- scr.
-
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- std.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- 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.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- 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.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Ice.
-
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Cdr.
-
- ELAS
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- EDTA
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Cels
-
- ect-
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Esd.
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ical
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ates
-
- atic
-
- 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.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- etc.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Cal.
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- idae
-
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- dia-
-
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- der.
-
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- Del.
-
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- Cres
-
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- Dec.
-
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dat.
-
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- 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.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- 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.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- cide
-
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- clar
-
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- dlr.
-
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- dis-
-
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dir.
-
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- crat
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- aer-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aet.
-
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Aire
-
- 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.
- Ald.
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Alis
-
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- lea.
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ACLS
-
- acr-
-
- 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.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- 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).
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- art.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ile-
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- ARIS
-
- alt.
-
- 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.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- CSA
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ase
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- CSR
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ca.
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- SLE
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- cr.
-
- Ar.
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- CRT
-
- ACS
-
- CRS
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- CST
-
- TAL
-
- CTA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- DAE
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ac-
-
- ad-
-
- ast
-
- DSC
-
- DCL
-
- CLR
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ADC
-
- ASI
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- at.
-
- al.
-
- SLA
-
- ATC
-
- cte
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- cs.
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- TCA
-
- CIE
-
- CAI
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- TIA
-
- CIA
-
- TLC
-
- AIC
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TCS
-
- ASR
-
- tr.
-
- CED
-
- ALC
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- 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.
- STI
-
- TID
-
- ard
-
- STL
-
- 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.
- tlr
-
- tra
-
- ct.
-
- CLI
-
- cl.
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- CDT
-
- ARS
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- SLR
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Sr.
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ae.
-
- CEA
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- cle
-
- AEC
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- 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.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- SDI
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- IRL
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- ier
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILS
-
- Ir.
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- IRC
-
- IRS
-
- ide
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- REA
-
- RDS
-
- RDC
-
- RDA
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ISR
-
- 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).
- 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.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- ESL
-
- ESR
-
- ETR
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ETS
-
- ics
-
- id.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- RCT
-
- RCA
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LCA
-
- LCD
-
- LCI
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LCT
-
- Ld.
-
- LDC
-
- LSI
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Les
-
- LSC
-
- LST
-
- ist
-
- Lt.
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- 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.
- ite
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- La.
-
- LDS
-
- LSD
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- LTA
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- 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).
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- Rd.
-
- ltr
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- ETD
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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).
- DEA
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- DST
-
- SAR
-
- ead
-
- 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.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- SDR
-
- ScD
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- SDA
-
- DIL
-
- di.
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DET
-
- DLC
-
- sc.
-
- DLS
-
- Dr.
-
- DRE
-
- SED
-
- DSA
-
- DSR
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ECA
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- SAE
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- se-
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- EEL
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noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- Rs.
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- RLD
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- DAS
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noun,
hyrax.
- EDS
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noun,
education:
- EDT
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- EEC
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- eir
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- RSE
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- EIS
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- DAR
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- eld
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noun,
age.
- RID
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noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Eli
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noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- els
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ed.
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- RSA
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- rt.
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- RTS
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- EDA
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noun,
a female given name.
- d-c
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noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- EDC
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- Sad
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noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- sd.
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- Ede
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noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- SAC
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noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- rte
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- DCS
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- de-
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- le
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- DC
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noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- LR
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- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- 3D
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noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- D.
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- dl
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- DA
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noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- TC
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- R.
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- SL
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- i.
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- CE
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- ic
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- S.
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- SA
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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- TD
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- t.
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DT
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noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- L.
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- LC
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L1
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- L2
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- TL
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- RI
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- RC
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- ee
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