Anagrams of declinature
Word declinature has
1463 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of declinature.
- cardueline
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adjective,
of or relating to the passerine subfamily Carduelinae, including the goldfinches, siskins, canaries and crossbills.
- adulterine
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adjective,
characterized by adulteration; spurious.
- credential
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noun,
Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form:
- centurial
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adjective,
pertaining to a century.
- interlace
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verb (used with object),
to unite or arrange (threads, strips, parts, branches, etc.) so as to intercross one another, passing alternately over and under; intertwine.
- declinate
-
adjective,
having a downward curve or slope; bending away, as from the horizontal:
- interlude
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noun,
an intervening episode, period, space, etc.
- acidulent
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noun,
Chemistry. acidulant.
- centuried
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adjective,
existing for an indefinite number of centuries.
- unaltered
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adjective,
not altered, changed, or modified:
- Euclidean
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adjective,
of or relating to Euclid, or adopting his postulates.
- decaliter
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noun,
dekaliter.
- reclinate
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adjective,
bending or curved downward.
- calenture
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noun,
Pathology. a violent fever with delirium, affecting persons in the tropics.
- Uitlander
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noun,
a foreigner, especially a British settler in the Boer republics prior to the formation of the Union of South Africa.
- elucidate
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verb (used with object),
to make lucid or clear; throw light upon; explain:
Synonyms: clarify, illuminate.
- crenulate
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adjective,
minutely crenate, as the margin of certain leaves.
- lanceted
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adjective,
having lancet-headed openings.
- denature
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verb (used with object),
to deprive (something) of its natural character, properties, etc.
- 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.
- denticle
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noun,
a small tooth or toothlike part.
- Reliance
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noun,
confident or trustful dependence.
- derelict
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noun,
a person abandoned by society, especially a person without a permanent home and means of support; vagrant; bum.
- detailer
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noun,
a manufacturer's representative who calls on customers to supply information on products and visits stores to monitor sales and replenish stock.
- aedicule
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noun,
a small building.
- underlet
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verb (used with object),
to let below the true value.
- delicate
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noun,
Archaic. a choice food; delicacy.
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- ulcerate
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verb (used with object),
to cause an ulcer on or in:
- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- decretal
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noun,
a papal decree authoritatively determining some point of doctrine or church law.
- Laurence
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noun,
Physics. a shimmering effect seen over a hot surface, such as a pavement or roadway, on a clear and calm day, caused by the irregular refraction of light.
Compare scintillation (def 4).
- decanter
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noun,
a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like.
- Cernauti
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noun,
a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania.
- cerulean
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adjective, noun,
deep blue; sky blue; azure.
- dateline
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noun,
a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- clarinet
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- Claudine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Claudia.
- antlered
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adjective,
having antlers.
- Lucretia
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noun,
Also, Lucrece [loo-krees] /luˈkris/ (Show IPA). Roman Legend. a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.
- nucleate
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adjective,
having a nucleus.
- creatine
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- underlie
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verb (used with object),
to lie under or beneath; be situated under.
- underact
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verb (used with or without object),
to underplay.
- underlit
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adjective,
lacking adequate light.
- indurate
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adjective,
hardened; unfeeling; callous; inured.
- entrelac
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noun,
a decorative border of interlaced garlands and leaves.
- detainer
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- audience
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noun,
the group of spectators at a public event; listeners or viewers collectively, as in attendance at a theater or concert:
- retinula
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noun,
a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
- Calender
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noun,
a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
- increate
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adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- reticule
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noun,
a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
- Dulcinea
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noun,
a ladylove; sweetheart.
- inductee
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noun,
a person inducted into military service.
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- iterance
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noun,
iteration.
- ceinture
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noun,
cincture (defs 1, 2).
- elaterid
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noun,
any beetle of the family Elateridae, comprising the click beetles.
- 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.
- celature
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noun,
the art of embossing metal.
- relucent
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adjective,
shining; bright.
- Teucrian
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noun,
one of the ancient Trojans.
- Lacertid
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noun,
any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Lacertidae.
- credent
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adjective,
Archaic. believing.
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- 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.
- rundlet
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noun,
an old British measure of capacity, about 15 imperial gallons (68 liters).
- 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.
- Rutland
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noun,
a city in W Vermont.
- educate
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verb (used with object),
to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling. Synonyms: instruct, school, drill, indoctrinate.
- candier
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- cleaner
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noun,
a person who cleans, especially one whose regular occupation is cleaning offices, buildings, equipment, etc.
- 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.
- Tancred
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noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- nuclide
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noun,
an atomic species in which the atoms all have the same atomic number and mass number.
- Cairene
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noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- recline
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verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- Carleen
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noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- ruinate
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adjective,
ruined.
- centile
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- Renault
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noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1843–1918, French jurist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- cauline
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adjective,
of or relating to a stem, especially pertaining to or arising from the upper part of a stem.
- reticle
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noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- related
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adjective,
associated; connected.
- centare
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noun,
centiare.
- centaur
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- 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.
- central
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- retinue
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noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- centri-
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- reunite
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verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- Carline
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noun,
an old woman.
- cerated
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adjective,
covered with wax.
- re-laid
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- rinceau
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noun,
an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- Cernuda
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noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1902–63, Spanish poet, in England after 1939.
- redline
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noun,
Automotive.
the maximum rotational speed, or angular velocity, of the engine crankshaft that is considered safe: often measured in rpm.
a red line or boundary of a red area that delineates such a value, as on a tachometer.
- utricle
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noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- Darlene
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noun,
a female given name: from the Old English word meaning “darling.”.
- neutral
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noun,
a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
- 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.
- denture
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noun,
an artificial replacement of one or several of the teeth (partial denture) or all of the teeth (full denture) of either or both jaws; dental prosthesis.
- detinue
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noun,
an old commonlaw form of action to recover possession of personal property wrongfully detained.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- deuter-
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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.
- 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.
- iracund
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adjective,
prone to anger; irascible.
- intrude
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verb (used with object),
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- diluent
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noun,
a diluting substance.
- diurnal
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noun,
Liturgy. a service book containing offices for the daily hours of prayer.
- inducer
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noun,
Biochemistry. a substance that has the capability of activating genes within a cell.
- include
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verb (used with object),
to contain, as a whole does parts or any part or element:
- 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).
- ductile
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adjective,
capable of being hammered out thin, as certain metals; malleable.
- Delaine
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- eucrite
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noun,
a basic gabbro consisting mainly of bytownite and augite.
- eucaine
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noun,
a white, crystalline solid, C 15 H 21 NO 2 , formerly a local anesthetic, used in veterinary medicine as a substitute for cocaine.
- eternal
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- erudite
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adjective,
characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly:
Synonyms: educated, knowledgeable; wise, sapient.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Durance
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noun,
incarceration or imprisonment (often used in the phrase durance vile).
- Durante
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noun,
James Francis ("Jimmy") 1893–1980, U.S. comedian.
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- enteral
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adjective,
enteric.
- Electra
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noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- electr-
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- Eleatic
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noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- edicule
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noun,
aedicule.
- deltaic
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adjective,
pertaining to or like a delta.
- 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.
- crenate
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adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- leucine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, C 6 H 13 NO 2 , obtained by the decomposition of proteins and made synthetically: essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: L. Abbreviation: Leu;
- natured
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adjective,
having a temperament of a particular kind (usually used in combination):
- lunatic
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noun,
(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- cuneate
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adjective,
having or being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- Lucinda
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lucy.
- curtail
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noun,
a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- curtain
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noun,
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
- Lucerne
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noun,
alfalfa.
- lucarne
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noun,
a dormer window.
- cutline
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noun,
a caption or legend accompanying a cut or illustration in a publication.
- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- Linacre
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noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- Leuctra
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noun,
a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.
- leucite
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noun,
a whitish or grayish mineral, potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi 2 O 6 , found in alkali volcanic rocks.
- taurine
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- launder
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noun,
(in ore dressing) a passage carrying products of intermediate grade and residue in water suspension.
- lecture
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noun,
a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject:
- lectern
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noun,
a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- Learned
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adjective,
having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite:
- Leander
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noun,
a Greek youth, the lover of Hero, who swam the Hellespont every night to visit her until he was drowned in a storm.
- lead-in
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noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- Lautrec
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noun,
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri.
- Decalin
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- Decatur
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noun,
Stephen, 1779–1820, U.S. naval officer.
- deciare
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- declare
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verb (used with object),
to make known or state clearly, especially in explicit or formal terms:
- decline
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noun,
a downward slope; declivity.
- decrial
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noun,
the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- Laureen
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noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- Tardieu
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noun,
André Pierre Gabriel Amédée [ahn-drey pyer ga-bree-el a-mey-dey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pyɛr ga briˈɛl a meɪˈdeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, French statesman.
- nuclear
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noun,
nuclear energy:
- alunite
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noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- untread
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verb (used with object),
to go back through in the same steps.
- aliunde
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adverb, adjective,
not part of or derivable from the document or instrument itself:
- tiercel
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noun,
tercel.
- tierced
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adjective,
(of an escutcheon) divided vertically or horizontally into three equal parts.
- urinate
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- Arundel
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noun,
a town in S West Sussex, in S England: castle.
- tenured
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noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- tendril
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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.
- uterine
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adjective,
of or relating to the uterus or womb.
- triclad
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noun,
a planarian.
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- trindle
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noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- tunicle
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noun,
a vestment worn over the alb by subdeacons, as at the celebration of the Mass, and by bishops.
- traduce
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verb (used with object),
to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame:
- turdine
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adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Turdidae, comprising the true thrushes.
- 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.
- treacle
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- uralite
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noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- trundle
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noun,
a small wheel, roller, or the like.
- unitard
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noun,
a one-piece leotard with full-length stockings; bodysuit.
- Teleran
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- Adeline
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adele.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- uranite
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noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- untried
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adjective,
not tried; not attempted, proved, or tested.
- auricle
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noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- treadle
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noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- A-line
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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.
- Triune
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- altern
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adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Lerida
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noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- induct
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verb (used with object),
to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., especially with formal ceremonies:
- linear
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adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- Leiden
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noun,
a city in W Netherlands.
- incult
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adjective,
wild; rude; unrefined.
- Dairen
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noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- induce
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verb (used with object),
to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind:
- induc.
-
- Darien
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noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- Lieut.
-
- Danite
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noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- lierne
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- indecl
-
- lentic
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adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- Lenard
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noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- dancer
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noun,
a person who dances.
- dartle
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verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- darnel
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noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- Daniel
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noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- Dracut
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noun,
a city in NE Massachusetts.
- unlace
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verb (used with object),
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- nacred
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adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- Uralic
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noun,
a family of languages that comprises Finno-Ugric and Samoyed as subfamilies. Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian belong to Uralic.
- lunate
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noun,
Anatomy. the second bone from the thumb side of the proximal row of bones of the carpus.
- Eunice
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noun,
a city in S central Louisiana.
- Lurcat
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1892–1966, French painter and tapestry designer.
- lurdan
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noun,
a lazy, stupid, loutish fellow.
- lutein
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noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- acetin
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- luetic
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adjective,
syphilitic.
- nailer
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Euclid
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noun,
flourished c300 b.c, Greek geometrician and educator at Alexandria.
- uranic
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adjective,
of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- Nature
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noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- nectar
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- dulcet
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noun,
an organ stop resembling the dulciana but an octave higher.
- unlade
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verb (used with object),
to take the lading, load, or cargo from; unload.
- cuneal
-
adjective,
wedgelike; wedge-shaped.
- uracil
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noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- trinal
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adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- curtal
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noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- Cutler
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noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- triene
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- lucent
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adjective,
shining.
- Tuinal
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- Curtin
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noun,
John, 1885–1945, Australian statesman: prime minister 1941–45.
- Lucian
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noun,
a.d. 117–c180, Greek rhetorician and satirist.
- curate
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noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- ideate
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noun,
ideatum.
- curite
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- lucida
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noun,
the brightest star in a constellation.
- Lucite
-
- Duarte
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- curdle
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Idioms,
curdle the / one's blood, to fill a person with horror or fear; terrify:
- ancile
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noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- lectin
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noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- dautie
-
noun,
a darling.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- 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.
- intra-
-
- denti-
-
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- unclad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of unclothe.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- Lander
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- uncial
-
noun,
an uncial letter.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- unread
-
adjective,
not read, as a letter or newspaper.
- actin-
-
- delict
-
noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- under-
-
- derail
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- United
-
adjective,
made into or caused to act as a single entity:
- Deurne
-
noun,
a former city in N Belgium, now part of Antwerp.
- adren-
-
- unlaid
-
adjective,
not laid or placed:
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- aedile
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- unlead
-
verb (used with object),
Printing. to remove the leads between (lines of type).
- dilute
-
adjective,
reduced in strength, as a chemical by admixture; weak:
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- inter.
-
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- decane
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- Laurie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- indult
-
noun,
a dispensation granted often temporarily by the pope, permitting a deviation from church law.
- tundra
-
noun,
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- leaden
-
adjective,
inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move:
- decare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- leader
-
noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- uredia
-
noun,
uredinium.
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- dealer
-
noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- unreel
-
verb (used with object),
to unwind from or as if from a reel:
- tuladi
-
noun,
lake trout.
- unreal
-
adjective,
not real or actual.
- 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.
- delate
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- Lauren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ultra-
-
- inlaut
-
noun,
medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- deicer
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- Lauder
-
noun,
Sir Harry (MacLennan) [muh-klen-uh n] /məˈklɛn ən/ (Show IPA), 1870–1950, Scottish balladeer and composer.
- Launce
-
noun,
sand lance.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- tureen
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- deceit
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- Alcuin
-
noun,
(Ealhwine Flaccus) a.d. 735–804, English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
- Tunica
-
noun,
a tunic.
- decile
-
noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- lauric
-
adjective,
of or derived from lauric acid.
- decern
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- decent
-
adjective,
conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- Neruda
-
noun,
Pablo [pah-vlaw;; English pah-bloh] /ˈpɑ vlɔ;; English ˈpɑ bloʊ/ (Show IPA), (Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto) 1904–73, Chilean poet and diplomat: Nobel Prize in literature 1971.
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- neural
-
adjective,
of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- eluate
-
noun,
a liquid solution resulting from eluting.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- celure
-
noun,
an ornamented canopy, as for a bed or dais.
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- reluct
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- Eluard
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), (Eugène Grindel) 1895–1952, French poet.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- tiered
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- centi-
-
- eluant
-
noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- reduce
-
verb (used with object),
to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.:
- reduct
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce.
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- 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.
- cerat-
-
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- centr-
-
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- caudle
-
noun,
a warm drink for the sick, as of wine or ale mixed with eggs, bread, sugar, spices, etc.
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- elated
-
adjective,
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- candle
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- Calder
-
noun,
Alexander, 1898–1976, U.S. sculptor; originator of mobiles.
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- elance
-
noun,
a quick darting movement.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- teledu
-
noun,
a small, dark-brown, badgerlike mammal, Mydaus javensis, of the mountains of Java, Sumatra, and Borneo, having a white stripe down the back, and ejecting a foul-smelling secretion when alarmed.
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- rutile
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- 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.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- audile
-
noun,
a person in whose mind auditory images, rather than visual or motor images, are predominant or unusually distinct.
- elect.
-
- ritual
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- Canute
-
noun,
a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.
- tenure
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- rundle
-
noun,
a rung of a ladder.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- cardi-
-
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- nuclei
-
noun,
plural of nucleus.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- durian
-
noun,
the edible fruit of a tree, Durio zibethinus, of the bombax family, of southeastern Asia, having a hard, prickly rind, a highly flavored, pulpy flesh, and an unpleasant odor.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- Claude
-
noun,
Albert, 1899–1983, U.S. biologist, born in Belgium: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1974.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- urinal
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- dunite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- ureide
-
noun,
an acyl urea.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- cradle
-
noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- durain
-
noun,
the coal forming the dull layers in banded bituminous coal.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- Durant
-
noun,
Ariel, 1898–1981, U.S. author and historian (wife of Will).
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- citral
-
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.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- enter-
-
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- recti-
-
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- neuter
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- endure
-
verb (used with object),
to hold out against; sustain without impairment or yielding; undergo:
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- enlace
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- crenel
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- etude
-
noun,
a musical composition, usually instrumental, intended mainly for the practice of some point of technique.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- Euler
-
noun,
Leonhard [German ley-awn-hahrt] /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.
- Iran.
-
- Eridu
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city near the Euphrates in S Iraq: center for the worship of Ea; partially excavated.
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- uran-
-
- 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.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- encl.
-
- Icel.
-
- incl.
-
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- endue
-
verb (used with object),
to invest or endow with some gift, quality, or faculty.
- indue
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- elute
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- elude
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade:
Synonyms: shun, dodge.
- incr.
-
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Elder
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- intr.
-
- utend
-
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- 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.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- tele-
-
- licet
-
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- 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.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rect.
-
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Recit
-
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- nudie
-
noun,
a film, performance, or magazine featuring nude performers or photographs.
- nudi-
-
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- nuci-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- 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.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- tera-
-
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- runed
-
adjective,
having runes inscribed:
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Rundi
-
noun,
a member of a people constituting virtually the entire population of Burundi.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- 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.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- retd.
-
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- reni-
-
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- neut.
-
- Ital.
-
- 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.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- lect.
-
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- Udine
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- ulent
-
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- UNCLE
-
noun,
a brother of one's father or mother.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- Unit.
-
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- lact-
-
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- leuc-
-
- 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.
- neur-
-
- 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.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- naut.
-
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- natl.
-
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- lurid
-
adjective,
gruesome; horrible; revolting:
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- lunar
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- ludic
-
adjective,
playful in an aimless way:
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- lucid
-
adjective,
easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible:
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- Lucan
-
noun,
(Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- 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.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- 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.
- educt
-
noun,
something educed; eduction.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- educe
-
verb (used with object),
to draw forth or bring out, as something potential or latent; elicit; develop.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- Auden
-
noun,
W(ystan) H(ugh) [wis-tuh n] /ˈwɪs tən/ (Show IPA), 1907–73, English poet in the U.S.
- 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.
- Audie
-
noun,
a female or male given name.
- audit
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- 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.
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- 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.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- ante-
-
- anti-
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- ducat
-
noun,
any of various gold coins formerly issued in various parts of Europe, especially that first issued in Venice in 1284.
Compare sequin (def 2).
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Ducal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a duke or dukedom.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- Arnel
-
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- cine-
-
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- deca-
-
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cent.
-
- dent.
-
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- deuce
-
noun,
Cards. a card having two pips; a two, or two-spot.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- deci-
-
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- decl.
-
- cauld
-
adjective, noun,
cold.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- 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.
- 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.
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- dict.
-
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- cidal
-
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- dial.
-
- daunt
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cert.
-
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Cant.
-
- 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.
- Card.
-
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Deut.
-
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- Duane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- adult
-
noun,
a person who is fully grown or developed or of age.
- adunc
-
adjective,
curved inward; hooked.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- aeri-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- crit.
-
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Duran
-
noun,
Roberto [ruh-bair-toh;; Spanish raw-ber-taw] /rəˈbɛər toʊ;; Spanish rɔˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1951, Panamanian boxer.
- culet
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- 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.
- 30-30
-
- acet-
-
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- edit.
-
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- adieu
-
noun,
the act of leaving or departing; farewell.
- crude
-
noun,
crude oil.
- 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.:
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- Ecua.
-
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- aden-
-
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- dural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the dura mater.
- andr-
-
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- Dulce
-
noun,
a female given name: from the Latin word meaning “sweet.”.
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- 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.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- dunce
-
noun,
a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt.
- educ.
-
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- alti-
-
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- dulia
-
noun,
veneration and invocation given to saints as the servants of God.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- 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.
- nurd
-
noun,
nerd.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Neal
-
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.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- rel.
-
- nude
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- NDAC
-
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- NTIA
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- NCTE
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- crat
-
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- NIRA
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- RdAc
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- 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).
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rcd.
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- 1080
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- clar
-
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- CERN
-
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- crud
-
noun,
Slang.
a deposit or coating of refuse or of an impure or alien substance; muck.
a filthy, repulsive, or contemptible person.
something that is worthless, objectionable, or contemptible.
prevarication, exaggeration, or flattery.
a nonspecific, imaginary, or vaguely defined disease or disorder of the body:
any unpleasant external ailment, disorder, or the like, as a skin rash.
venereal disease, especially syphilis.
Vulgar. dried semen.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- cit.
-
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- rad.
-
- cide
-
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Can.
-
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- ant.
-
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- tude
-
noun,
an arrogant attitude.
- tRNA
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- alt.
-
- trid
-
- ance
-
- 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).
- tri-
-
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ANTU
-
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- 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.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- 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.
- art.
-
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- 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.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- uria
-
- uret
-
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- 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.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- ACLU
-
- 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.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- uni-
-
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- AInd
-
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- Aire
-
- Uele
-
noun,
a river in central Africa flowing W from the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Ubangi River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- turd
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Ald.
-
- atic
-
- aud.
-
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Rude
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1784–1855, French sculptor.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Rida
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Cdr.
-
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- ctr.
-
- Aude
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2449 sq. mi. (6345 sq. km). Capital: Carcassonne.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- 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.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- ter.
-
- auld
-
adjective,
old.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- aur-
-
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- aut-
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- 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.
- Cal.
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- taur
-
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- 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.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- dlr.
-
- daut
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- durn
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- dure
-
adjective,
hard; severe.
- dura
-
noun,
dura mater.
- dunt
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- 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.
- dune
-
noun,
a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
- dat.
-
- DCNL
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Duna
-
noun,
Hungarian name of the Danube.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- 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.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- 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.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Danl
-
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- 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.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- dia-
-
- leud
-
noun,
a vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- Danu
-
noun,
the mother of the Tuatha De Danann: identified with the Welsh Don.
- Ice.
-
- ical
-
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- enl.
-
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- 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.
- Dec.
-
- lea.
-
- 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:
- der.
-
- Eur.
-
- Duit
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Lani
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- 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:
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- Duce
-
noun,
a leader or dictator.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- duct
-
noun,
any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- duet
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- duel
-
noun,
a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Laud
-
noun,
a song or hymn of praise.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ind.
-
- etc.
-
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- dulc
-
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- Den.
-
- 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.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Del.
-
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- idae
-
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- 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.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- curd
-
noun,
Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- cur.
-
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- Ltd.
-
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- ile-
-
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- intl
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LitD
-
- lude
-
noun,
Quaalude.
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- Din.
-
- Inc.
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- IndE
-
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- 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.
- Cuda
-
noun,
a barracuda.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- EDTA
-
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- dir.
-
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- inae
-
- cule
-
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- int.
-
- lit.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- lin.
-
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- 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.
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- 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.
- dual
-
noun,
the dual number.
- Idun
-
noun,
a goddess, keeper of the apples of youth and wife of Bragi; abducted by the giant Thjazi, from whom she was rescued.
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- end-
-
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ect-
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- Ire.
-
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ITU
-
- Du.
-
- ide
-
- DRE
-
- 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).
- Dr.
-
- DNR
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Ia.
-
- 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.
- tlr
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- tra
-
- il-
-
- 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.
- ATC
-
- TID
-
- at.
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- tr.
-
- ARU
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ier
-
- id.
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TLC
-
- TIA
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- in.
-
- ard
-
- ial
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Duc
-
noun,
duke.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ur-
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- EDC
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ed.
-
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Une
-
- AUC
-
- ure
-
- ae.
-
- ac-
-
- EEC
-
- uti
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- UTC
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- ad-
-
- Ar.
-
- ADC
-
- EDT
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- eir
-
- al.
-
- an.
-
- en-
-
- AEC
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- tue
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- DNA
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Tu.
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Dun
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- ERT
-
- ALU
-
- ANC
-
- ETR
-
- eu-
-
- DUI
-
- ALC
-
- UAR
-
- 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.
- ead
-
- AIC
-
- unc
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ult
-
- ean
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- UAE
-
- ea.
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ETD
-
- ene
-
- UIT
-
- UDC
-
- UCR
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ITA
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- CIE
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- CIA
-
- DLC
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- 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.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- CRT
-
- dau
-
noun,
dhow.
- de-
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- LCA
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- CED
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- NEA
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- LCD
-
- DEA
-
- LCI
-
- LCT
-
- Ld.
-
- LDC
-
- NEC
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- REA
-
- RDC
-
- CDT
-
- DAE
-
- Re.
-
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Rd.
-
- NUL
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- CLR
-
- ltr
-
- CLU
-
- DCL
-
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- LTA
-
- CLI
-
- RDA
-
- DAR
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- 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:
- RCA
-
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- 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.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- cle
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- 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.
- CEA
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- DIL
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- TAL
-
- cud
-
noun,
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- IRL
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- IRC
-
- 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.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- CAI
-
- Ir.
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- NAD
-
- TCA
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- 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.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- ine
-
- cl.
-
- ct.
-
- cr.
-
- ca.
-
- 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.
- DIU
-
noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- IUD
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- rnd
-
- rte
-
- ne-
-
- RNA
-
- RLD
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- NDE
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- di.
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- 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).
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- CTA
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- Lt.
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- La.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- cte
-
- DET
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- rt.
-
- D.
-
- ln
-
- ND
-
- DA
-
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.
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- LR
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- NI
-
- N.
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- CU
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- DN
-
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- TD
-
- L1
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TN
-
- LC
-
- TL
-
- L.
-
- t.
-
- T1
-
- ic
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NC
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TC
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- CE
-
- L2
-
- i.
-
- NL
-
- UI
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- dl
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- UL
-
- Ud
-
- RU
-
- UC
-
- U.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- le
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .