Anagrams of declinatory
Word declinatory has
1840 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of declinatory.
- lectionary
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noun,
a book or a list of lections for reading in a divine service.
- arytenoid
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adjective,
pertaining to either of two small cartilages on top of the cricoid cartilage at the upper, back part of the larynx.
- dry-clean
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verb (used with object),
to clean (garments, draperies, rugs, etc.) with a liquid other than water, as benzine or gasoline.
- certainly
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adverb,
with certainty; without doubt; assuredly:
- doctrinal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine:
- tailored
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Cortland
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noun,
a city in central New York.
- red-clay
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noun,
a brown to red, widely distributed deep-sea deposit consisting chiefly of microscopic particles and tinted red by iron oxides and manganese.
- deration
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verb (used with object),
to discontinue the rationing of (something).
- Caroline
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noun,
a female given name.
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- 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.
- Tyrolean
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tyrol or its inhabitants.
- literacy
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noun,
the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.
- idolater
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noun,
Also, idolist [ahyd-l-ist] /ˈaɪd l ɪst/ (Show IPA). a worshiper of idols.
- diacetyl
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noun,
biacetyl.
- ordinate
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- Dicentra
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- Cornelia
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noun,
flourished 2nd century b.c, Roman matron: mother of Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus.
- centroid
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noun,
Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero.
Compare center of mass.
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- cryolite
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noun,
a mineral, sodium aluminum fluoride, Na 3 AlF 6 , occurring in white masses, used as a flux in the electrolytic production of aluminum.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- ironclad
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noun,
a wooden warship of the middle or late 19th century having iron or steel armor plating.
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- loricate
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adjective,
covered with a lorica.
- Coltrane
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noun,
John (William) 1926–67, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- Lacertid
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noun,
any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Lacertidae.
- Clorinda
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noun,
a female given name.
- dactylo-
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- Rodentia
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noun,
the order comprising the rodents.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- Carleton
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noun,
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- catenoid
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- deaconry
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noun,
the office of a deacon.
- clarinet
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- crotalin
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noun,
a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- interlay
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verb (used with object),
to lay between; interpose.
- Clairton
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noun,
a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- colander
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noun,
a metal or plastic container with a perforated bottom, for draining and straining foods.
- idolatry
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noun,
the religious worship of idols.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- contrail
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noun,
a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
- Conelrad
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noun,
a system formerly used by the U.S. civil defense system to prevent enemy planes or missiles from homing on radio and television frequencies.
- cilantro
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noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- directly
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adverb,
in a direct line, way, or manner; straight:
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- enactory
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adjective,
of or relating to an enactment that creates new rights and obligations.
- cylinder
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noun,
Geometry. a surface or solid bounded by two parallel planes and generated by a straight line moving parallel to the given planes and tracing a curve bounded by the planes and lying in a plane perpendicular or oblique to the given planes.
- D-notice
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noun,
a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
- Cordelia
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noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the youngest of Lear's three daughters and the only one who remains loyal to her father.
Compare Goneril, Regan.
- elytroid
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adjective,
resembling an elytron.
- ceratoid
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adjective,
hornlike; horny.
- doctrine
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noun,
a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government:
- trinodal
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adjective,
having three nodes or joints.
- dilatory
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adjective,
tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- acrolein
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noun,
a yellow, flammable liquid, C 3 H 4 O, having a stifling odor, usually obtained by the decomposition of glycerol: used chiefly in the synthesis of commercial and pharmaceutical products.
- colinear
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adjective,
collinear.
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- latency
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noun,
the state of being latent.
- anolyte
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noun,
(in electrolysis) the portion of the electrolyte in the immediate vicinity of the anode.
- ctenoid
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adjective,
comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
- antero-
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- anticly
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adverb,
in an antic manner.
- cariole
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noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- Ryeland
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noun,
one of an English breed of white-faced sheep, yielding wool of high quality.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- larceny
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noun,
the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.
- Laodice
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a daughter of Priam and Hecuba who chose to be swallowed up by the earth rather than live as a Greek concubine.
- Carline
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noun,
an old woman.
- 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.
- radicel
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noun,
a minute root; a rootlet.
- Candiot
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noun,
a Cretan.
- condyle
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noun,
Anatomy. the smooth surface area at the end of a bone, forming part of a joint.
- aneroid
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noun,
aneroid barometer.
- dacoity
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noun,
(in India and Burma) gang robbery; robbery by dacoits.
- dacryon
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noun,
the point of junction of the maxillary, lacrimal, and frontal bones.
- Carlton
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noun,
Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
- caldron
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noun,
cauldron.
- Loraine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- Calydon
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noun,
an ancient city in W Greece, in Aetolia.
- caloyer
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noun,
a monk of the Eastern Church.
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- Carolyn
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noun,
a female given name.
- candier
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- Conrail
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noun,
a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
- contra-
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- retinal
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- Leonard
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noun,
Sugar Ray (Ray Charles Leonard) born 1956, U.S. boxer.
- ordinal
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noun,
an ordinal number or numeral.
- cordate
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adjective,
heart-shaped:
- 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.
- cordial
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noun,
a strong, sweetened, aromatic alcoholic liquor; liqueur.
- cordite
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noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- cortina
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noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- cotidal
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adjective,
pertaining to a coincidence of tides.
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- lentoid
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noun,
a lentoid body.
- Lyndora
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noun,
a female given name.
- reality
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noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- readily
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adverb,
promptly; quickly; easily:
- leotard
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noun,
a skintight, one-piece garment for the torso, having a high or low neck, long or short sleeves, and a lower portion resembling either briefs or tights, worn by acrobats, dancers, etc.
- redcoat
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noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- lead-in
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noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- orality
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noun,
the condition or quality of being oral; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the oral phase of psychosexual development.
- Coryate
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noun,
Thomas, 1577–1617, English traveler and author.
- nodical
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adjective,
of or relating to a node or the nodes.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Linacre
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noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- cardio-
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- re-laid
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- lection
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- craniol
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- Reynold
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noun,
a male given name, form of Reginald.
- cranio-
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- codline
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noun,
an untarred cord of hemp or cotton, used for fishing and for various purposes aboard a ship.
- cyanide
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noun,
Also, cyanid, C10/C1079000 sahy-uh-nid, ˈsaɪ ə nɪd. Chemistry.
a salt of hydrocyanic acid, as potassium cyanide, KCN.
a nitrile, as methyl cyanide, C 2 H 3 N.
- lactone
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noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- carotid
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noun,
Also called carotid artery. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
- deontic
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adjective,
of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
- toenail
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- Iceland
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noun,
a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
- centri-
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- 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.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- central
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- Nicolet
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- Nicolay
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noun,
John George, 1832–1901, U.S. biographer.
- 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.
- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- dentary
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noun,
one of a pair of membrane bones that in lower vertebrates form the distal part of the lower jaws and in mammals comprise the mandible.
- ladrone
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noun,
a thief.
- Oceanid
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noun,
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- tindery
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adjective,
resembling tinder; highly inflammable or inflammatory.
- 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.
- Tyndale
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noun,
William, c1492–1536, English religious reformer, translator of the Bible into English, and martyr.
- deltaic
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adjective,
pertaining to or like a delta.
- Deloria
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noun,
Vine, (Jr.) [vahyn] /vaɪn/ (Show IPA), 1933–2005, U.S. writer.
- centro-
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- dietary
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noun,
a regulated allowance of food.
- aileron
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- acetoin
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noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- cyanite
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noun,
Mineralogy. kyanite.
- Drayton
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noun,
Michael, 1563–1631, English poet.
- trindle
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noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- triclad
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noun,
a planarian.
- Nordica
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noun,
Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
- edacity
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noun,
the state of being edacious; voraciousness; appetite.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- actino-
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- acyloin
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noun,
a hydroxy ketone of the general formula RCOCHOHR, where R is an element or group.
- elytron
-
noun,
one of the pair of hardened forewings of certain insects, as beetles, forming a protective covering for the posterior or flight wings.
- acolyte
-
noun,
an altar attendant in public worship.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- cerato-
-
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- dilator
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that dilates some cavity of the body.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Celadon
-
noun,
any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
- Calorie
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noun,
Thermodynamics.
Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal.
(usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- nectary
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noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- decanol
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noun,
a colorless liquid, C 10 H 22 O, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohol: used as a plasticizer, detergent, and in perfumes and flavorings.
- Yolande
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noun,
a female given name.
- Ireland
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noun,
John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
- Clarion
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noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- clarino
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noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- Darnley
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noun,
Lord Henry Stewart or Stuart, 1545–67, Scottish nobleman: second husband of Mary Queen of Scots (father of James I of England).
- Decalin
-
- alienor
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- tendril
-
noun,
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- Alcyone
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noun,
a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
- dariole
-
noun,
a small round mold.
- Tancred
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noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- clarity
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noun,
clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- Clayton
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noun,
John Middleton, 1796–1856, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1829–36, 1845–49, 1853–56; secretary of state 1849–50.
- decrial
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noun,
the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- Cleary
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noun,
Beverly, born 1916, U.S. author.
- nocti-
-
- cinder
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noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- clino-
-
- Colden
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noun,
Cadwallader, 1688–1776, Scottish physician, botanist, and public official in America, born in Ireland.
- cyano-
-
- client
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noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- nailer
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Lydian
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noun,
an inhabitant of Lydia.
- lorica
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noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- Lorain
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noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- nacred
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adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- nitro-
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- colent
-
- Lorena
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noun,
a female given name.
- nitery
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noun,
a nightclub.
- cleoid
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noun,
a claw-shaped dental instrument used to remove carious material from a cavity.
- nytril
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noun,
a synthetic, long-chain polymer fiber that produces a soft, elastic fabric.
- loiter
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- nycti-
-
- Nilote
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- nicety
-
noun,
a delicate or fine point; punctilio:
- Citron
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- 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.
- nectar
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- clado-
-
- necro-
-
- citole
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noun,
cittern.
- nearly
-
adverb,
all but; almost:
- Claire
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- litany
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noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- narco-
-
- nycto-
-
- coedit
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verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- Nicole
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noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- locate
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verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- claret
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- lyrate
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adjective,
Botany. (of a pinnate leaf) divided transversely into several lobes, the smallest at the base.
- lionet
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noun,
a young or small lion.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- linear
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adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- loader
-
noun,
a person or thing that loads.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- contd.
-
- colter
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noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- Yentai
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Yantai.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- denary
-
adjective,
containing ten; tenfold.
- delict
-
noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- indecl
-
- Delano
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- indole
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- inter.
-
- decant
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verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- decani
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adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- intra-
-
- intro.
-
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- yonder
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adverb,
at, in, or to that place specified or more or less distant; over there.
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- denti-
-
- derail
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- darnel
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Docile
-
adjective,
easily managed or handled; tractable:
- docent
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- Elyria
-
noun,
a city in N Ohio.
- elytra
-
noun,
plural of elytron.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- iatro-
-
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- dartle
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- lictor
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- crayon
-
noun,
a pointed stick or pencil of colored clay, chalk, wax, etc., used for drawing or coloring.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- cradle
-
noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- Leyton
-
noun,
a former borough in SE England, near London: now part of Waltham Forest.
- Lenard
-
noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- lenity
-
noun,
the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- Cornel
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- corned
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- Leonid
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- Corday
-
noun,
Charlotte (Maria Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont) 1768–93, French Revolutionary heroine: assassinated Jean-Paul Marat.
- Lerida
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- contr.
-
- Conrad
-
noun,
Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
- Lycian
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Lycia.
- lycine
-
noun,
betaine.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- lacto-
-
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- Ladino
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- Dalton
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- Layton
-
noun,
a town in N Utah.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- Lander
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- Dayton
-
noun,
Jonathan, 1760–1824, U.S. politician, Speaker of the House 1795–99.
- dainty
-
noun,
something delicious to the taste; a delicacy.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Landor
-
noun,
Walter Savage, 1775–1864, English poet and prose writer.
- Landry
-
noun,
Thomas Wade ("Tom") 1924–2000, U.S. football player and coach.
- Dacron
-
- dacoit
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- lardon
-
noun,
a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
- Laredo
-
noun,
a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- cteno-
-
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- Tyrian
-
adjective,
of or relating to ancient Tyre or its people.
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- Tyrone
-
noun,
a former administrative county in W Northern Ireland: replaced by several new districts 1973.
- adren-
-
- adreno
-
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- realty
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- recti-
-
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- Arnold
-
noun,
Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
- Candor
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- cardi-
-
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- actin-
-
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Toland
-
noun,
Gregg, 1904–48, U.S. cinematographer.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- candle
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- calory
-
noun,
calorie.
- Calder
-
noun,
Alexander, 1898–1976, U.S. sculptor; originator of mobiles.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- adeno-
-
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- aeron.
-
- ordeal
-
noun,
any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
- Taylor
-
noun,
A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercivale) 1906–90, English historian.
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- royale
-
noun,
custard cut into shapes and used as a garnish in soups.
- Roland
-
noun,
Italian Orlando. the greatest of the paladins in the Charlemagne cycle of the chansons de geste, renowned for his prowess and the manner of his death in the battle of Roncesvalles (a.d. 778), also for his five days' combat with Oliver in which neither was the victor.
- Ronald
-
noun,
a male given name: from Scandinavian words meaning “counsel” and “rule.”.
- rondel
-
noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting usually of 14 lines on two rhymes, of which four are made up of the initial couplet repeated in the middle and at the end, with the second line of the couplet sometimes being omitted at the end.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Rodney
-
noun,
George Brydges [brij-iz] /ˈbrɪdʒ ɪz/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1718–92, British admiral.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- Aldrin
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- andro-
-
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- tilery
-
noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- re-lay
-
verb (used with object),
to lay again.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Ridley
-
noun,
Also called Atlantic ridley, bastard ridley, bastard turtle. a gray sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempii, of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America, about 24 inches (61 cm) long, previously thought to be a hybrid of the loggerhead and green turtles: an endangered species.
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- noyade
-
noun,
destruction or execution by drowning, especially as practiced at Nantes, France, in 1793–94, during the Reign of Terror.
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- radio-
-
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- cerat-
-
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- aceto-
-
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- centr-
-
- centi-
-
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- acetyl
-
adjective,
containing the acetyl group.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- trendy
-
noun,
a trendy person, place, object, or idea.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- celto-
-
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- notary
-
noun,
notary public.
- Ceylon
-
noun,
former name of Sri Lanka.
- Carney
-
noun,
carny.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Nordic
-
noun,
a member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian.
- caryo-
-
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- Indo-
-
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- teno-
-
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- ecol.
-
- 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.
- econ.
-
- Tildy
-
noun,
Zoltán [zawl-tahn] /ˈzɔl tɑn/ (Show IPA), 1889–1961, Hungarian statesman: premier 1945–46; president 1946–48.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- dorty
-
adjective,
sullen; sulky.
- Doric
-
noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- 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.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- Iran.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- telo-
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- intr.
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- tera-
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- teary
-
adjective,
of or like tears.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- yodel
-
noun,
a song, refrain, etc., so sung.
- inlay
-
noun,
inlaid work.
- Early
-
noun,
a fruit or vegetable that appears before most others of its type.
- yodle
-
noun,
a song, refrain, etc., so sung.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- drily
-
adverb,
dryly.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Tyler
-
noun,
tiler (def 2).
- endo-
-
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- yclad
-
verb,
past participle of clothe.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tardy
-
adjective,
late; behind time; not on time:
- Icel.
-
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- ency.
-
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- iatry
-
- encl.
-
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Tracy
-
noun,
Spencer, 1900–67, U.S. film actor.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- today
-
noun,
this present day:
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- 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.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- entry
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tonia
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- ento-
-
- Elroy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ideo-
-
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- incl.
-
- ileo-
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- ecto-
-
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- 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.
- yield
-
noun,
something yielded.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- edit.
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Tyner
-
noun,
McCoy (Sulaimon Saud) born 1938, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- toady
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- yenta
-
noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- Tyrol
-
noun,
an alpine region in W Austria and N Italy: a former Austrian crown land.
- Elyot
-
noun,
Sir Thomas, c1490–1546, English scholar and diplomat.
- yearn
-
verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- Riley
-
noun,
James Whitcomb [hwit-kuh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt kəm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1849–1916, U.S. poet.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- oracy
-
noun,
the ability to express oneself in and understand spoken language.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- onlay
-
noun,
an overlay, especially one in relief.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- loden
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- Lynda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Lindy
-
noun,
Also called lindy hop, Lindy Hop. an energetic jitterbug dance.
- orial
-
- liney
-
adjective,
liny.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- linty
-
adjective,
full of or covered with lint:
- ordn.
-
- lyric
-
noun,
a lyric poem.
- 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.
- lytic
-
adjective,
of, noting, or pertaining to lysis or a lysin.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lt-yr
-
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- Lydia
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom in W Asia Minor: under Croesus, a wealthy empire including most of Asia Minor.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Nydia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nerdy
-
adjective,
Slang. of or like a nerd.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- noct-
-
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- nodal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- oiled
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Older
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- Oland
-
noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- natl.
-
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Ndola
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- oidea
-
- OIcel
-
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- octa-
-
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Oriya
-
noun,
an Indic language spoken in Odisha, in eastern India.
- 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.
- irony
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- lardy
-
adjective,
like or consisting of lard:
- Landy
-
noun,
John Michael, born 1930, Australian track athlete and political leader: governor of Victoria 2001–06.
- roily
-
adjective,
turbid; muddy.
- Lando
-
noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- Royce
-
noun,
Josiah, 1855–1916, U.S. philosopher and educator.
- Royal
-
noun,
Nautical. a sail set on a royal mast.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- riyal
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Qatar, equal to 100 dirhams.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- ricey
-
adjective,
pertaining to, resembling, or containing rice.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- latry
-
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- laity
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- retd.
-
- lact-
-
- Ital.
-
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- Taney
-
noun,
Roger Brooke, 1777–1864, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1836–64.
- Italy
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870–1946. 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Capital: Rome.
- Lacey
-
noun,
a town in W Washington.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- lairy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a lair.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Ladon
-
noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- layer
-
noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- leady
-
adjective,
like lead; leaden.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Randy
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- rayon
-
noun,
a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- LeRoy
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old French, meaning “the king.”.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- rainy
-
adjective,
characterized by rain:
- rayed
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- 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.
- lyard
-
adjective,
streaked or spotted with gray or white.
- licet
-
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- Lycia
-
noun,
an ancient country in SW Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ready
-
noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- Leary
-
adjective,
leery1 .
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- reni-
-
- lect.
-
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- Relay
-
noun,
a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.
- redly
-
adverb,
with a red color or glow:
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rect.
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Recit
-
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- atony
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- atory
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- ation
-
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- 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.
- Deary
-
noun,
darling.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- deca-
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Dalny
-
noun,
former Russian name of Dalian (def 2).
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- Carey
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- Card.
-
- dancy
-
adjective,
suitable for or conducive to dancing; danceable.
- Candy
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- Canty
-
adjective,
cheerful; lively.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Cant.
-
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Arnel
-
- Decay
-
noun,
decomposition; rot:
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- dent.
-
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- anti-
-
- ante-
-
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- dial.
-
- diary
-
noun,
a daily record, usually private, especially of the writer's own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- andry
-
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- andr-
-
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- decoy
-
noun,
a person who entices or lures another person or thing, as into danger, a trap, or the like.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- deci-
-
- decyl
-
noun,
a group of isomeric univalent radicals, C 10 H 21 , derived from the decanes by removing one hydrogen atom.
- decl.
-
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- decry
-
verb (used with object),
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Deity
-
noun,
a god or goddess.
- delay
-
noun,
the act of delaying; procrastination; loitering.
- areo-
-
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Daley
-
noun,
Richard J(oseph) 1902–76, U.S. politician: mayor of Chicago 1955–76.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- colat
-
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Cyril
-
noun,
Saint ("Apostle of the Slavs") a.d. 827–869, Greek missionary to the Moravians.
- cine-
-
- Cindy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cynthia.
- Coney
-
noun,
a serranid fish, Epinephelus fulvus, of tropical American waters.
- cytol
-
- cyder
-
noun,
cider.
- cont.
-
- 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.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- cidal
-
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- cyto-
-
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Clyde
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a stupid, inept, or boorish person.
- coaly
-
adjective,
of, resembling, or containing coal.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- Clary
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- coel-
-
- cyan-
-
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Caryl
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- crit.
-
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- crony
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- Carny
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Caryn
-
noun,
a female given name.
- daily
-
noun,
a newspaper appearing each day or each weekday.
- dairy
-
noun,
an establishment, as a room, building, or buildings, where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cryo-
-
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- Corey
-
noun,
Elias James, born 1928, U.S. chemist and educator: Nobel Prize 1990.
- 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.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Corny
-
adjective,
of or abounding in corn.
- cert.
-
- cero-
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cent.
-
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- dicey
-
adjective,
unpredictable; risky; uncertain.
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- aero-
-
- dirty
-
Idioms,
do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- Ailey
-
noun,
Alvin, Jr. 1931–1989, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Dynel
-
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- Dylan
-
noun,
Bob (Robert Zimmerman) born 1941, U.S. folk-rock singer, guitarist, and composer.
- Alcor
-
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- Alyce
-
noun,
a female given name.
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- acold
-
adjective,
being cold or chilled.
- 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.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- 30-30
-
- acet-
-
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- acidy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or resembling acid; sharp; sour:
- acity
-
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- dolia
-
noun,
a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
- dolce
-
noun,
an instruction to the performer that the music is to be executed softly and sweetly.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- acro-
-
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- doily
-
noun,
any small, ornamental mat, as of embroidery or lace.
- Doyle
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Conan [kaw-nuh n,, koh-] /ˈkɔ nən,, ˈkoʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1859–1930, British physician, novelist, and detective-story writer.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- doyen
-
noun,
the senior member, as in age, rank, or experience, of a group, class, profession, etc.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- aden-
-
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- aeri-
-
- alto-
-
- dict.
-
- alti-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- Ceto
-
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- cet-
-
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Nor.
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Tony
-
noun,
one of a group of awards made annually by the American Theatre Wing, a professional school for the performing arts, for achievements in theatrical production and performance.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- NIRA
-
- acr-
-
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- 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.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- cide
-
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- tody
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- odyl
-
noun,
od.
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- 1080
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- rynd
-
noun,
rind2 .
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Oct.
-
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- ryot
-
noun,
a peasant.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- cyl.
-
- oary
-
adjective,
oarlike.
- CERN
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- NTIA
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- rit.
-
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- cen.
-
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- Ltd.
-
- clar
-
- Nary
-
adjective,
not any; no; never a:
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- 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.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- Andy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Andrew.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- tri-
-
- trid
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- Lord
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Lory
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- tron
-
- Troy
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- tRNA
-
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- RONA
-
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- NCTE
-
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- nyet
-
adverb, noun,
no1 .
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- cit.
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cyte
-
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- NDAC
-
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- acyl
-
adjective,
containing the acyl group.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Clay
-
noun,
a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- City
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- oyer
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- OECD
-
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- clod
-
noun,
a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- ten.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atic
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- 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.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- ator
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Rida
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Ald.
-
- Alco
-
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- RdAc
-
- 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.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rcd.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- 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.
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- rely
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- aryl
-
adjective,
containing an aryl group.
- ryal
-
noun,
rose noble.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- rel.
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Ryan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- ant.
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- aer-
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tyne
-
noun,
tine.
- Ryle
-
noun,
Sir Martin, 1918–84, British astronomer: Nobel Prize in physics 1974.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Tiny
-
adjective,
very small; minute; wee.
- tion
-
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Ont.
-
- only
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Cdr.
-
- oily
-
adverb,
in an oily manner.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- oldy
-
noun,
oldie.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- cat.
-
- ole-
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- aet.
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- ter.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- rad.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- racy
-
adjective,
slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Cal.
-
- Orly
-
noun,
a suburb SE of Paris, France: international airport.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Airy
-
adjective,
open to a free current of fresh air; breezy:
- ance
-
- Can.
-
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- Aire
-
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- ayin
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ord.
-
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- ano-
-
- ancy
-
- 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.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- 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.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- AInd
-
- 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.
- tidy
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- art.
-
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- int.
-
- intl
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- iod-
-
- Dec.
-
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- inly
-
adverb,
inwardly.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- yond
-
adverb, adjective,
yonder.
- yoni
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- cloy
-
verb (used with object),
to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Ire.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- ile-
-
- yeld
-
adjective,
barren; sterile.
- der.
-
- Deny
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- Iyar
-
noun,
the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- yird
-
noun,
earth.
- Den.
-
- Del.
-
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- dely
-
- IndE
-
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Indy
-
noun,
Indianapolis, Ind.
- DCNL
-
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- ctr.
-
- lea.
-
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Daly
-
noun,
(John) Augustin [aw-guhs-tin] /ɔˈgʌs tɪn/ (Show IPA), 1838–99, U.S. playwright, critic, and theatrical manager.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Lacy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- dat.
-
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- neo-
-
- itol
-
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Lady
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- Danl
-
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Yedo
-
noun,
a former name of Tokyo.
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- dlr.
-
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- EDTA
-
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- 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.
-
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- ect-
-
- enc.
-
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Dory
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Doty
-
adjective,
(of wood) decayed.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Dray
-
noun,
a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- eco-
-
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- 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.
- dol.
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- dioc
-
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- yean
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- Ice.
-
- Yale
-
noun,
Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).
- Yard
-
noun,
a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- yarn
-
noun,
thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- ical
-
- ICAO
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Dyce
-
noun,
Alexander, 1798–1869, Scottish editor.
- 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.
- idae
-
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- dia-
-
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- Ind.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Dino
-
- Dyna
-
- end-
-
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Enyo
-
noun,
an ancient Greek war goddess.
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- dyne
-
noun,
the standard centimeter-gram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second on a mass of one gram. Abbreviation: dyn.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Din.
-
- 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.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dyer
-
noun,
John, 1700–58, British poet.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- etc.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- yore
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- crat
-
- Cody
-
noun,
William Frederick ("Buffalo Bill") 1846–1917, U.S. Army scout and showman.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Lyra
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lyre, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Hercules, containing the bright star Vega.
- lyre
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- lit.
-
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- Cor.
-
- LitD
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- lyte
-
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- Lyon
-
noun,
Mary, 1797–1849, U.S. pioneer in advocating and providing advanced education for women: founder of Mount Holyoke College.
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Cory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Cort
-
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Coty
-
noun,
René Jules Gustave [ruh-ney zhyl gys-tav] /rəˈneɪ ʒül güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1882–1962, president of France 1954–59.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Lynd
-
noun,
Robert Staughton [stawt-n] /ˈstɔt n/ (Show IPA), 1892–1970, and his wife Helen (Merrell) [mer-uh l] /ˈmɛr əl/ (Show IPA) 1896–1982, U.S. sociologists.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- coly
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- lin.
-
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- Cold
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- 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:
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Col.
-
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- liny
-
adjective,
full of or marked with lines.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Con.
-
- Cond
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Cony
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- cray
-
adjective,
crazy.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- 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.
- lond
-
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- Dry
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- DRE
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Loy
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Yao
-
noun,
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
- ial
-
- EDC
-
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- ETO
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- eo-
-
- ety
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- NEC
-
- yad
-
noun,
a tapered, usually ornamented rod, usually of silver, with the tip of the tapered part forming a fist with the index finger extended, used by the reader of a scroll of the Torah as a place marker.
- ETR
-
- TAL
-
- id.
-
- CLI
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- Ia.
-
- ANC
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- acy
-
- Clo
-
- ide
-
- LON
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Any
-
Idioms,
any which way, in any manner whatever; indifferently or carelessly:
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- Tro
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- NIA
-
- ROA
-
- rnd
-
- RNA
-
- ac-
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- CNO
-
- an.
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- CLR
-
- Ney
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Ar.
-
- al.
-
- ROI
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- Dr.
-
- icy
-
adjective,
made of, full of, or covered with ice:
- YCL
-
- ADC
-
- 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).
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- ad-
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- NEA
-
- ERT
-
- NYC
-
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- DLC
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Ely
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- 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.
- AIC
-
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- Doi
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- NAD
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- en-
-
- Ayn
-
noun,
ʿain.
- NCO
-
- LTA
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ltr
-
- DNR
-
- DNA
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- tlr
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tlo
-
- TLC
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- ae.
-
- ed.
-
- AEC
-
- LOC
-
- EDT
-
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- DLO
-
- eir
-
- cle
-
- ECA
-
- 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.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- DIY
-
- Coy
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ETD
-
- ery
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ea.
-
- NDE
-
- 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.
- TDY
-
- TCA
-
- ne-
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- dye
-
noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- DIL
-
- dyn
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- TIA
-
- ec-
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Nay
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- TID
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- di.
-
- ead
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ALC
-
- ean
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- OCR
-
- RLD
-
- DET
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- 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).
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- DAR
-
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- ory
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Lt.
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lay
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- nr.
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- ote
-
- Rd.
-
- Oc.
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- ct.
-
- cl.
-
- IRO
-
- 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.
- CIA
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- Re.
-
- YTD
-
- CAI
-
- ite
-
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- cay
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- La.
-
- Ley
-
noun,
leu.
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- LCA
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- cte
-
- CED
-
- oid
-
- CTA
-
- oic
-
- CRT
-
- ODT
-
- LCD
-
- CDT
-
- LCI
-
- LCT
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- Ld.
-
- LDC
-
- 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.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCD
-
- CEA
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- DAY
-
noun,
the interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise and sunset:
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- DAE
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OED
-
- ONR
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- ONI
-
- OTC
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- DOA
-
- CEO
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- do.
-
- DCL
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Ola
-
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- cr.
-
- ity
-
- Co.
-
- ine
-
- 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.
- ard
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Nye
-
noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- 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.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- Dey
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- in.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- CIE
-
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- IRL
-
- Cyd
-
noun,
a female given name.
- yod
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- NOC
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- 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.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- NYA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- Yeo
-
- ier
-
- yer
-
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- aor
-
- Yid
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- Yin
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- CYO
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- lye
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- ILO
-
- yon
-
pronoun,
that or those yonder.
- IOC
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RDC
-
- IOT
-
- DEA
-
- de-
-
- IRC
-
- ca.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- ior
-
- Ir.
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- REA
-
- ATC
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- RDA
-
- RCN
-
- at.
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- RCA
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- RCT
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ry
-
- D.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DT
-
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.
- le
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- ol
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- EI
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- ye
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pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- yd
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noun,
a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one yard on each side; 0.8361 square meters. 2 , sq. yd. Abbreviation: yd.
- yl
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- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- ty
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- cy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- CE
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- RO
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- AO
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- TC
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- oy
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noun,
a grandchild.
- 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.
- Yi
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noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- 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.
- 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.
- yr
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- ND
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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.
- YT
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- NY
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- DN
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- TN
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- YA
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noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NL
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TL
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- N.
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- L1
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- O.
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- NI
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- L2
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- ey
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- i.
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- NC
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- ic
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- Y.
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- yo
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- ly
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- 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.
- RC
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- L.
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- 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.
- OA
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- RN
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- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- RI
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- dl
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- R.
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- t.
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- TD
-
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- LR
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- T1
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- OD
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noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ln
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