Anagrams of deflation
Word deflation has
1 exact anagrams and 650 other words
that can be made by using the letters of deflation.
- defoliant
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noun,
a preparation for defoliating plants.
- inflated
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adjective,
distended with air or gas; swollen.
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- foliated
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adjective,
shaped like a leaf or leaves:
- lead-in
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noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- inflate
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verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- lentoid
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noun,
a lentoid body.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- defiant
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adjective,
characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging:
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- toenail
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- fade-in
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noun,
Movies, Television. a gradual increase in the visibility of a scene.
- tenfold
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adverb,
in tenfold measure:
- 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.
- foliate
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adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- failed
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noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- Latino
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- entail
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- Nilote
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- talion
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noun,
lex talionis.
- etalon
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noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Eolian
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noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- fantod
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noun,
Usually, fantods. a state of extreme nervousness or restlessness; the willies; the fidgets (usually preceded by the):
- tailed
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noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- entoil
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- Talien
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- TEFLON
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adjective,
characterized by imperviousness to blame or criticism:
- fondle
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verb (used with object),
to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress:
- 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.
- Oneida
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noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- Delian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- detain
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- detail
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noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- dentil
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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.
- denti-
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- dental
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noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- denial
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noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- fontal
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adjective,
pertaining to or coming from a fountain or spring.
- donate
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verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- Dalton
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noun,
atomic mass unit.
- lionet
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noun,
a young or small lion.
- Delano
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noun,
a city in S California.
- Leonid
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noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- enfold
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verb (used with object),
to wrap up; envelop:
- olefin
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noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- Danite
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noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- fetial
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adjective,
concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
- Ladino
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noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- dilate
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verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- indole
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noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- foiled
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noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- adient
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adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- afield
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adverb,
abroad; away from home.
- Tindal
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noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- infold
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verb (used with object),
enfold.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Tilden
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noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- finlet
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noun,
a small, detached ray of a fin in certain fishes, as mackerels.
- finale
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noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- Aldine
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noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- intoed
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adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- filate
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adjective,
threadlike.
- iodate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- foetid
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adjective,
fetid.
- adeno-
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- 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.
- Toland
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noun,
Gregg, 1904–48, U.S. cinematographer.
- folate
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noun,
folic acid.
- indef.
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- ileo-
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- float
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noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- flite
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noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- Elton
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noun,
a male given name.
- Eliot
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noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- elint
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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.
- elfin
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noun,
an elf.
- Nelda
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noun,
a female given name.
- Ndola
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noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- Dione
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- Fonda
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noun,
an inn or restaurant.
- Eland
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noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- Eilat
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noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- folie
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noun,
madness; insanity.
- dolia
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noun,
a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
- Linda
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noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- ideo-
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- folia
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noun,
plural of folium.
- edit.
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- Dolin
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noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- Edina
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noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- Eaton
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noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- loden
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noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- naled
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noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- Leoni
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noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- ideal
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noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- natl.
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- fetid
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adjective,
having an offensive odor; stinking.
- endo-
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- felid
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noun,
any animal of the family Felidae, comprising the cats.
- Fanti
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noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- Field
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noun,
an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
- fated
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noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Lando
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noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- Fedin
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noun,
Konstantin Aleksandrovich [kuh n-stuhn-tyeen uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /kən stʌnˈtyin ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1977, Russian novelist and short-story writer.
- feint
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noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- felon
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noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- laten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Ladon
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noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- Fidel
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noun,
a male given name.
- Ladin
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noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- Laden
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adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- fetal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- feti-
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- Fiend
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noun,
Satan; the devil.
- Latin
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noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Flint
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noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- ento-
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- flied
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noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- Leona
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noun,
a female given name.
- Indo-
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- Ital.
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- Enola
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noun,
a female given name.
- entia
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noun,
plural of ens.
- Fiona
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noun,
a female given name.
- faint
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noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- lento
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adverb,
slowly.
- inlet
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noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- intel
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noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- leant
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noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- final
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noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- filet
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noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- lated
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adjective,
belated.
- tonia
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- dial.
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- oiled
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noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- danio
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noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Dante
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noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- Olean
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noun,
a city in SW New York.
- aloft
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adverb,
high up; far above the ground.
- oldie
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noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- olden
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adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- Oland
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noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- Aline
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Dalen
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noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- dealt
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noun,
a business transaction:
- oidea
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- alien
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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.
- Alfie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- often
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adverb,
many times; frequently:
- teno-
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- Alden
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noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- tidal
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- olein
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Aloin
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noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- tilde
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noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- atone
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verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- anode
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noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- anole
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noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- ante-
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- anti-
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- A-one
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adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- talon
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noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- ation
-
- Taino
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noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- alone
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Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Aneto
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noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- telia
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noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- telo-
-
- Taine
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noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Alton
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noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- alto-
-
- alti-
-
- oaten
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adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- tenia
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noun,
taenia.
- noted
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noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Aedon
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noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- 2,4-d
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noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- nodal
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adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- 30-30
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- tonal
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adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- Nolde
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noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- dent.
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- tolan
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noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- toile
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noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- TOEFL
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- Delta
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noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- Adolf
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noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “noble” and “wolf.”.
- aden-
-
- anile
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adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Delft
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noun,
earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usually in blue.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tiled
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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.
- tole
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noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- intl
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- IDEA
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noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- told
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- tela
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noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- idae
-
- laid
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noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- tel-
-
- lain
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noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Land
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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:
- tide
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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.
- tola
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noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- teil
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noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tone
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noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Lane
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noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Toni
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noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Lani
-
- Ind.
-
- int.
-
- info
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noun,
information.
- Inf.
-
- tion
-
- Laon
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noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- infl
-
- toad
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noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Iona
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noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- IOTA
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noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- iod-
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- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- IndE
-
- lade
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verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Tine
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noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- inae
-
- 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.
- 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.
- itol
-
- ile-
-
- idol
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noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- ten.
-
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lat.
-
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- lond
-
- LOFT
-
noun,
a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- Lofn
-
noun,
a goddess who aids those having trouble winning the affections of their beloveds.
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- loaf
-
noun,
a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
- not-
-
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LitD
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- lit.
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- Lion
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noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- NTIA
-
- Noel
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noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- neo-
-
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- 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.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- Ltd.
-
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- 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.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- 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.
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- lea.
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- 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:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- LIFO
-
noun,
last-in, first-out (def 1).
- Life
-
noun,
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- 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.
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- Ont.
-
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- ole-
-
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- 1080
-
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- fado
-
noun,
a Portuguese folk song typically of doleful or fatalistic character and usually accompanied on the guitar.
- dat.
-
- Danl
-
- end-
-
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- enl.
-
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- fade
-
noun,
an act or instance of fading.
- Dino
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- daft
-
adjective,
senseless, stupid, or foolish.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- 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.
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- Fed.
-
- fedn
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- fend
-
verb (used with object),
to ward off (often followed by off):
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- ant.
-
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Din.
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- dif-
-
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- dia-
-
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- dol.
-
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- deaf
-
noun,
deaf persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Den.
-
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Del.
-
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- deft
-
adjective,
dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever:
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- def.
-
- EDTA
-
- 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.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- EFTA
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fail
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- fled
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of flee.
- Fin.
-
- find
-
noun,
an act of finding or discovering.
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- AInd
-
- Fla.
-
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- fld.
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- flea
-
noun,
any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- ano-
-
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- floe
-
noun,
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- aet.
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- foal
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- FOIA
-
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- fol.
-
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- fold
-
noun,
a part that is folded; pleat; layer:
- fond
-
noun,
a background or groundwork, especially of lace.
- filt
-
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- alt.
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- FIDO
-
noun,
a system for evaporating the fog above airfield runways by the heat from burners.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- Ald.
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- 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).
- DET
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- DFA
-
- ADF
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- DFT
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- at.
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ae.
-
- di.
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ANF
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- NFD
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- ad-
-
- Af.
-
- 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.
- DIL
-
- 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:
- NFL
-
- AEF
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- NIA
-
- al.
-
- an.
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- 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.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NLF
-
- tlo
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- OED
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- DAE
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- TIA
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- TID
-
- DOA
-
- ONF
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ONI
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- do.
-
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- AFL
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODT
-
- of-
-
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- oid
-
- de-
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- 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.
- OIt
-
- TAL
-
- Ola
-
- DEA
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- io-
-
- NEA
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- FAD
-
noun,
a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group.
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- fo.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ne-
-
- in.
-
- ILO
-
- 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.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Ld.
-
- ETO
-
- il-
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOF
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- en-
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- ELF
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
- ine
-
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Fia
-
- La.
-
- IOT
-
- Lt.
-
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- FET
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Fl.
-
- LaF
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- IOF
-
- FDA
-
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- FIO
-
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- FAO
-
- ITA
-
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- LON
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- Doi
-
- LTA
-
- id.
-
- eo-
-
- FOT
-
- ft.
-
- NAD
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- DNA
-
- DLO
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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.
- NDE
-
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ean
-
- Lif
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- efl
-
- ef-
-
- EDT
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ed.
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- fid
-
noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- ead
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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).
- ide
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- ETD
-
- ea.
-
- 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:
- fn
-
- 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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- AO
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- TN
-
- 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.
- TL
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- i.
-
- T1
-
- L.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- OA
-
- ln
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- O.
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- EI
-
- 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.
- ol
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NL
-
- N.
-
- ND
-
- NF
-
- NI
-
- DN
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- LF
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- dl
-
- L1
-
- L2
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- FE
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- D.
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- DA
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noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- DF
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- le
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- FA
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noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TD
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- t.
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- FI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- FD
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- f.
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noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- NA
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adverb,
no1 .