Anagrams of delectations
Word delectations has
2039 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of delectations.
- anecdotist
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noun,
a collector or teller of anecdotes.
- adolescent
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noun,
an adolescent person.
- celadonite
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noun,
a hydrous silicate of iron and potassium; an iron-rich soft mica.
- sectional
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noun,
a sofa composed of several independent sections that can be arranged individually or in various combinations.
- detection
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noun,
the act of detecting.
- coastline
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noun,
the outline or contour of a coast; shoreline.
- datelines
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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.
- etiolates
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verb (used with object),
to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light:
- Oceanside
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- declinate
-
adjective,
having a downward curve or slope; bending away, as from the horizontal:
- Nicolette
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noun,
a female given name, form of Nicole.
- dislocate
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noun,
Gymnastics. a maneuver on the rings in which a gymnast in an inverted pike position turns over to swing down while pushing the arms out and turning them so that the palms are facing out when the body turns over.
- latencies
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noun,
the state of being latent.
- deletions
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noun,
an act or instance of deleting.
- selection
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noun,
an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- taconites
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noun,
a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- tentacles
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noun,
Zoology. any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
- tentacled
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adjective,
having tentacles.
- denticles
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noun,
a small tooth or toothlike part.
- catenoids
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- toe-dance
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noun,
a dance performed on the tips of the toes.
- delicates
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noun,
Archaic. a choice food; delicacy.
- detonates
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verb (used with object),
to cause (something explosive) to explode.
- desolate
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adjective,
barren or laid waste; devastated:
- anecdote
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noun,
a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
- Taconite
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noun,
a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- insolate
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- andesite
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noun,
a dark-colored volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase feldspar and one or more mafic minerals, as hornblende or biotite.
- dancette
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noun,
an ornamental zigzag, as in a molding.
- stonecat
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noun,
a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines.
- delicate
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noun,
Archaic. a choice food; delicacy.
- 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.
- notecase
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noun,
billfold.
- denticle
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noun,
a small tooth or toothlike part.
- declines
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noun,
a downward slope; declivity.
- delaines
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- Scotland
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noun,
a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- deletion
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noun,
an act or instance of deleting.
- datolite
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noun,
a mineral, calcium and boron silicate, CaB(SiO 4)(OH), usually occurring in rock cavities in the form of colorless, prismatic crystals.
- die-cast
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adjective,
formed by die casting.
- tactions
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noun,
touch; contact.
- cineaste
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noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- lections
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- calottes
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noun,
zucchetto.
- catenoid
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- catslide
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noun,
(in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
- teosinte
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noun,
a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
- cadettes
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noun,
(initial capital letter). Also called Cadette scout. a member of the Girl Scouts from 12 through 14 years of age.
- celadons
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noun,
any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
- testicle
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noun,
testis.
- tetanies
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noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- latticed
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noun,
a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips.
- centiles
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- telecast
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noun,
a television broadcast.
- oscitant
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adjective,
yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- Leonidas
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noun,
died 480 b.c, Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.
- INTELSAT
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noun,
a global communications satellite network under international control.
- cineoles
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noun,
a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- lanceted
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adjective,
having lancet-headed openings.
- astonied
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adjective,
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
- lactones
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noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- close-in
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adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- closeted
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noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- salience
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noun,
the state or condition of being salient.
- codeines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
- antidote
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noun,
a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.
- isolette
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- isolated
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- talented
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adjective,
having talent or special ability; gifted.
- anisette
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noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- toenails
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- tentacle
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noun,
Zoology. any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
- D-notice
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noun,
a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
- endocast
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noun,
endocranial cast.
- diastole
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noun,
Physiology. the normal rhythmical dilatation of the heart during which the chambers are filling with blood.
Compare systole (def 1).
- tonalist
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noun,
a person who works with or uses tonality, especially one who uses traditional tonality rather than atonality in composing music.
- sodalite
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noun,
a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate, Na 4 Al 3 Si 3 O 12 Cl, occurring massive and in crystals, usually blue in color and found in certain alkali-rich igneous rocks.
- tonetics
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noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- Endecott
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noun,
John, 1588?–1665, colonial governor of Massachusetts 1644–65, born in England.
- Endicott
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noun,
John, Endecott, John.
- dictates
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noun,
an authoritative order or command.
- distance
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noun,
the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- sedation
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noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- societal
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- diocesan
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noun,
one of the clergy or people of a diocese.
- seicento
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noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- acetones
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- Donatist
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noun,
a member of a Christian sect that developed in northern Africa in a.d. 311 and maintained that it alone constituted the whole and only true church and that baptisms and ordinations of the orthodox clergy were invalid.
- dinettes
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noun,
a small space or alcove, often in or near the kitchen, serving as an informal dining area.
- entitles
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verb (used with object),
to give (a person or thing) a title, right, or claim to something; furnish with grounds for laying claim:
- etiolate
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verb (used with object),
to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light:
- election
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noun,
the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- detonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause (something explosive) to explode.
- east-end
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noun,
a section of E London, England.
- noisette
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noun,
a loin, fillet, or other lean section of meat:
- elations
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- aconites
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- citoles
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noun,
cittern.
- 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.
- Lacoste
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noun,
René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- Laodice
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a daughter of Priam and Hecuba who chose to be swallowed up by the earth rather than live as a Greek concubine.
- donates
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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:
- cineole
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noun,
a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- coedits
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verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- coesite
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- sandlot
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noun,
a vacant lot used by youngsters for games or sports.
- enolate
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noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- lancets
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noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- cleanse
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verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- sainted
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noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Ladinos
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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.
- lactose
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noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- codline
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noun,
an untarred cord of hemp or cotton, used for fishing and for various purposes aboard a ship.
- codeine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
- coatees
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noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- silence
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noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- entitle
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verb (used with object),
to give (a person or thing) a title, right, or claim to something; furnish with grounds for laying claim:
- Docetae
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plural noun,
early Christian adherents of Docetism.
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- lactone
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noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- detects
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verb (used with object),
to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act:
- dottles
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noun,
the plug of half-smoked tobacco in the bottom of a pipe after smoking.
- side-on
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adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- lead-in
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noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- Tenedos
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noun,
an island in the Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles, belonging to Turkey.
- catties
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noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to about 1½ pounds (680 grams) avoirdupois.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- enclose
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verb (used with object),
to shut or hem in; close in on all sides:
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- elodeas
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noun,
any of several New World submersed aquatic plants of the genus Elodea, having numerous, usually whorled leaves.
- Castile
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noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- tenaces
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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.
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- Eleatic
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noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- lectins
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noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- lection
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- cantles
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noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- encodes
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verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- oneidas
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noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- teleost
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noun,
Also called teleostome [tel-ee-uh-stohm, tee-lee-] /ˈtɛl i əˌstoʊm, ˈti li-/ (Show IPA). a teleost fish.
- centile
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- cetanes
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- Insecta
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noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- cestoid
-
noun,
cestode.
- docents
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noun,
privatdocent.
- latices
-
noun,
a plural of latex.
- latinos
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- enlaces
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verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- centals
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noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- onliest
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Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- cenotes
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noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- lattens
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noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- lattice
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noun,
a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips.
- Celosia
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noun,
any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.
Compare cockscomb (def 3).
- Sno-Cat
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- Celesta
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noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- Celaeno
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a Pleiad.
- Celadon
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noun,
any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
- cestode
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noun,
a parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Cestoda, which comprises the tapeworms.
- isolate
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- sanicle
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- delates
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verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- Scottie
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noun,
Scottish terrier.
- Statice
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
- delicts
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noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- sectile
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adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- section
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- dictate
-
noun,
an authoritative order or command.
- ideates
-
noun,
ideatum.
- Delanos
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noun,
a city in S California.
- 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).
- etoiles
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- Delaine
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- stencil
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noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- Seeland
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noun,
Zealand.
- decline
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noun,
a downward slope; declivity.
- dilates
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verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- deciles
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noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
- deltaic
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adjective,
pertaining to or like a delta.
- steato-
-
- decants
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verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- deontic
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adjective,
of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
- detains
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- details
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noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- destine
-
verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- destain
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- detents
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noun,
a mechanism that temporarily keeps one part in a certain position relative to that of another, and can be released by applying force to one of the parts.
- descent
-
noun,
the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
- descant
-
noun,
Music.
a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it.
(in part music) the soprano.
a song or melody.
- Seconal
-
- denotes
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- seconde
-
noun,
the second of the eight defensive positions.
- Seattle
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noun,
(Seatlh) c1790–1866, Suquamish leader: Seattle, Washington, named after him.
- dentist
-
noun,
a person whose profession is dentistry.
- dentils
-
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.
- 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.
- station
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noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- dentate
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adjective,
having a toothed margin or toothlike projections or processes.
- dentals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- deceits
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- decanol
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noun,
a colorless liquid, C 10 H 22 O, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohol: used as a plasticizer, detergent, and in perfumes and flavorings.
- talions
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noun,
lex talionis.
- iodates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- taction
-
noun,
touch; contact.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- scalene
-
adjective,
Geometry.
(of a cone or the like) having the axis inclined to the base.
(of a triangle) having three unequal sides.
- ctenoid
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adjective,
comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
- distant
-
adjective,
far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed by from):
- cotidal
-
adjective,
pertaining to a coincidence of tides.
- distent
-
adjective,
distended.
- costate
-
adjective,
Anatomy. having ribs.
- instate
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verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- satinet
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- contest
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noun,
a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- talcose
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adjective,
containing or composed largely of talc.
- selenic
-
adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- Colette
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noun,
(Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette) 1873–1954, French author.
- seleno-
-
- talents
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- tactile
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch.
- discant
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noun,
Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- decanes
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- indoles
-
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.
- Decalin
-
- stilted
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- standee
-
noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- oleates
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- stoical
-
adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- inclose
-
verb (used with object),
enclose.
- dinette
-
noun,
a small space or alcove, often in or near the kitchen, serving as an informal dining area.
- Daniels
-
noun,
Jonathan Worth, 1902–81, U.S. journalist, editor, and author.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- inlaces
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- daltons
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- dacoits
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- diocese
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
- etalons
-
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.
- Stilton
-
- elastic
-
noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- locates
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- litotes
-
noun,
understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in “not bad at all.”.
- Toltecs
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people living in central Mexico before the advent of the Aztecs and traditionally credited with laying the foundation of Aztec culture.
- notates
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- Alceste
-
noun,
an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- cadette
-
noun,
(initial capital letter). Also called Cadette scout. a member of the Girl Scouts from 12 through 14 years of age.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- Oceanid
-
noun,
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- Nicolet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- tonlets
-
noun,
a skirt of plates.
- Alcides
-
noun,
Hercules (def 1).
- tetanic
-
adjective,
Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
- Nilotes
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- anisole
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- Leotine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leonids
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- lentoid
-
noun,
a lentoid body.
- acetone
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- oilseed
-
noun,
any of several seeds, as the castor bean, sesame, or cottonseed, from which an oil is expressed.
- actino-
-
- tonetic
-
noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- octants
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- attends
-
verb (used with object),
to be present at:
- toadies
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- license
-
noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- Adeline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adele.
- tincals
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- lisente
-
noun,
plural of sente.
- calotte
-
noun,
zucchetto.
- candies
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- Candiot
-
noun,
a Cretan.
- linseed
-
noun,
flaxseed.
- calends
-
noun,
the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar, from which the days of the preceding month were counted backward to the ides.
- candles
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- octanes
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- lineate
-
adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- nettles
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- nodical
-
adjective,
of or relating to a node or the nodes.
- altoist
-
noun,
a performer on the alto saxophone.
- oilcans
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- aniseed
-
noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- ailette
-
noun,
either of two standing pieces of metal or cuir-bouilli, attached to the shoulders as an ornament or as a means of displaying the wearer's arms: used c1275–c1350.
- aediles
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- second
-
noun,
a second part.
- toilet
-
noun,
a bathroom fixture consisting of a bowl, usually with a detachable, hinged seat and lid, and a device for flushing with water, used for defecation and urination.
- detest
-
verb (used with object),
to feel abhorrence of; hate; dislike intensely.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- aldose
-
noun,
a sugar containing the aldehyde group or its hemiacetal equivalent.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- Toland
-
noun,
Gregg, 1904–48, U.S. cinematographer.
- Lottie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- delist
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- detent
-
noun,
a mechanism that temporarily keeps one part in a certain position relative to that of another, and can be released by applying force to one of the parts.
- Alcott
-
noun,
(Amos) Bronson [bron-suh n] /ˈbrɒn sən/ (Show IPA), 1799–1888, U.S. educator and philosopher.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- desalt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- 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.
- alcids
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- denti-
-
- lodens
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- detect
-
verb (used with object),
to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act:
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- denote
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- Delano
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- delict
-
noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- indole
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- titled
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- indecl
-
- listed
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stolid
-
adjective,
not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- titles
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Dalton
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- scato-
-
- deasil
-
adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- deices
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- Alette
-
noun,
(in classical architecture) a part of a pier, flanking a pilaster or engaged column and supporting either impost of an arch.
- delate
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- dicast
-
noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- steno-
-
- decals
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- litten
-
adjective,
lighted1 .
- decile
-
noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
- decent
-
adjective,
conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- deceit
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- 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).
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- decane
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- Settle
-
noun,
a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
- totals
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- encode
-
verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- Nicole
-
noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- tonlet
-
noun,
a skirt of plates.
- enlace
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- dottle
-
noun,
the plug of half-smoked tobacco in the bottom of a pipe after smoking.
- Dottie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Dorothea and Dorothy.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- aceto-
-
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- donees
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- Nettle
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- elands
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- nested
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- elance
-
noun,
a quick darting movement.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- elated
-
adjective,
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- eldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- elect.
-
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- ediles
-
noun,
aedile.
- elides
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Elodea
-
noun,
any of several New World submersed aquatic plants of the genus Elodea, having numerous, usually whorled leaves.
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ecoles
-
noun,
school1 .
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- naleds
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Seidel
-
noun,
a large beer mug with a capacity of one liter (1.1 quarts) and often having a hinged lid.
- adeno-
-
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- Toltec
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people living in central Mexico before the advent of the Aztecs and traditionally credited with laying the foundation of Aztec culture.
- nocti-
-
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- Diesel
-
noun,
diesel engine.
- dienes
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- sedile
-
noun,
one of the seats (usually three) on the south side of the chancel, often recessed, for the use of the officiating clergy.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- stated
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- aedile
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- dicots
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- disco-
-
- distal
-
adjective,
situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal.
Compare proximal.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- Soldan
-
noun,
the ruler of an Islamic country.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- sendal
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- Docile
-
adjective,
easily managed or handled; tractable:
- docent
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- escent
-
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- actin-
-
- selen-
-
- sotted
-
adjective,
drunken; besotted.
- stacte
-
noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- dittos
-
noun,
the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: ″. Abbreviation: do.
Compare ditto mark.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- select
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- stadle
-
noun,
staddle.
- Selden
-
noun,
George Baldwin, 1846–1922, U.S. inventor of a gasoline-powered car.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- octads
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- lacto-
-
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- celto-
-
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- Lettie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laetitia.
- Lettic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Letts or their language.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- letted
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- closed
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- latten
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- clones
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- Odette
-
noun,
a female given name.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- leaden
-
adjective,
inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move:
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- 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.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- Odetta
-
noun,
(Odetta Holmes) 1930–2008, U.S. folk singer.
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- tinct.
-
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- salted
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- Cloete
-
noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- centi-
-
- Odense
-
noun,
a seaport on Fyn island, in S Denmark.
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- latest
-
noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- Landis
-
noun,
Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- tildes
-
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.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- clado-
-
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- Leonid
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- teleo-
-
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- Landes
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- attend
-
verb (used with object),
to be present at:
- ladens
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Attlee
-
noun,
Clement (Richard) 1883–1967, British statesman: prime minister 1945–51.
- ladies
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- dacoit
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- clino-
-
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Ladino
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- latins
-
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.
- cleoid
-
noun,
a claw-shaped dental instrument used to remove carious material from a cavity.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- cleans
-
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- oldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- octets
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- aniso-
-
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- tented
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- contd.
-
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- Island
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- cottas
-
noun,
a surplice.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- oleins
-
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.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- candle
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- cteno-
-
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- scaled
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- octant
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- Catton
-
noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Isolda
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Iseult.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- colent
-
- Isolde
-
noun,
German name of Iseult.
- Colden
-
noun,
Cadwallader, 1688–1776, Scottish physician, botanist, and public official in America, born in Ireland.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- cattle
-
noun,
bovine animals, especially domesticated members of the genus Bos.
- anoles
-
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.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- Leiden
-
noun,
a city in W Netherlands.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- 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.
- lect.
-
- ento-
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Oland
-
noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- endo-
-
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- encl.
-
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Leeds
-
noun,
a city in West Yorkshire, in N England.
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- lenos
-
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.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Ndola
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- 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.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- natl.
-
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- seti-
-
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- sanit
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- ileo-
-
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- scold
-
noun,
a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Scot.
-
- ideo-
-
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- loads
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- insol
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- inst.
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- octa-
-
- Scand
-
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Indo-
-
- scald
-
noun,
a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- incl.
-
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- scat-
-
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- lidos
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- naso-
-
- noct-
-
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Ladon
-
noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- nodal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- oidea
-
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- oiled
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Lando
-
noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- lands
-
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:
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- oste-
-
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Ital.
-
- IATSE
-
- icons
-
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- loden
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- Icel.
-
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- lodes
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- licet
-
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- sect.
-
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lact-
-
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- Lotta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- Lotte
-
noun,
angler (def 3).
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- OIcel
-
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- cent.
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- 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.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- tele-
-
- cidal
-
- cine-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- 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).
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- telo-
-
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cant.
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- teno-
-
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- clads
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- coel-
-
- coele
-
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- colat
-
- colds
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- Cons.
-
- Const
-
- cont.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- clase
-
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- aeons
-
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.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- tolas
-
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.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- 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.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- 30-30
-
- toti-
-
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- total
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- acet-
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tonia
-
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acold
-
adjective,
being cold or chilled.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- actos
-
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- aden-
-
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- ation
-
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- 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.
- 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.
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- atto-
-
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- asco-
-
- alti-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- alto-
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- Andes
-
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).
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anis-
-
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Aoede
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- diols
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- disc.
-
- dist.
-
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Ditto
-
noun,
the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: ″. Abbreviation: do.
Compare ditto mark.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- solid
-
noun,
a body or object having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness).
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- dolce
-
noun,
an instruction to the performer that the music is to be executed softly and sweetly.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- dent.
-
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- desc.
-
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- dial.
-
- stat.
-
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- dict.
-
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- doles
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- ecto-
-
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- sito-
-
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- edit.
-
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- Sino-
-
- Edsel
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich” and “hall.”.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- econ.
-
- ecol.
-
- dolia
-
noun,
a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- dolts
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- sloid
-
noun,
sloyd.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- decl.
-
- deci-
-
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- deca-
-
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- Delos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: site of an oracle of Apollo.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- deles
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- TODS
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Todt
-
noun,
Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1891–1942, German military engineer.
- SLIC
-
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- NTIA
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- 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.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Sat.
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- sld.
-
- not-
-
- 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.
- nos-
-
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Oct.
-
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- scil
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- sci.
-
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- ole-
-
- Olds
-
noun,
Ransom Eli, 1864–1950, U.S. automobile pioneer and manufacturer.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- tel-
-
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- sec.
-
- Ont.
-
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- Ste.
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- ten.
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- std.
-
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Sol.
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- sold
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- tion
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Tit.
-
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- OECD
-
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- oils
-
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.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Soni
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- 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.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- OEEC
-
- 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.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- soln
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- neo-
-
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- clod
-
noun,
a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- ette
-
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ind.
-
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- ical
-
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- ICAO
-
- Ice.
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- end-
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- 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.
- Esd.
-
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- idae
-
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- enc.
-
- 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.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- iso-
-
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- itol
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Cal.
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- ions
-
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 = .
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- cet-
-
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- cide
-
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- ile-
-
- Ceto
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- inae
-
- Cels
-
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- IndE
-
- cene
-
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- cen.
-
- iod-
-
- ence
-
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- dis-
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DCNL
-
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dat.
-
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- Danl
-
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- 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.
- dols
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- dioc
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Del.
-
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- Den.
-
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Dec.
-
- Dino
-
- 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.
- dia-
-
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- 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.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Din.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- ELAS
-
- EDTA
-
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- EEOC
-
- Cold
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Col.
-
- Cond
-
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Con.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- 1080
-
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- cts.
-
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Alis
-
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- LitD
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Ald.
-
- Alco
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- AInd
-
- alt.
-
- ands
-
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- 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).
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- ance
-
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- 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:
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- 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.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- 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.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- 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.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- NASD
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- 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.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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.
- NCTE
-
- NDAC
-
- NDSL
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- ACLS
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- 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.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lond
-
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- aet.
-
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- 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.
- Ltd.
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- lea.
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- att.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- atic
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- 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.
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- 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.
- attn
-
- Lani
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- 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:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- 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.
- 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.
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- 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.
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- ant.
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ano-
-
- 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.
- ANSI
-
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- 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.
- 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.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- asc-
-
- ACS
-
- CDT
-
- CEA
-
- de-
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- DCS
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Co.
-
- 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.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- TIA
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- AEC
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- DEA
-
- 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.
- CED
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ae.
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- TCA
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- Clo
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CAI
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- ac-
-
- ad-
-
- ADC
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- 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.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- cs.
-
- al.
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- an.
-
- cl.
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- TCS
-
- STL
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- ct.
-
- ca.
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- CLI
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CEO
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ATC
-
- ALC
-
- TAL
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- at.
-
- ast
-
- CSA
-
- CIA
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- 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.
- ASN
-
- TLC
-
- TNT
-
- CIE
-
- ASI
-
- tlo
-
- ase
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ANC
-
- DOA
-
- TID
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- AIC
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- DSO
-
- DSC
-
- do.
-
- CSO
-
- DCL
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- cle
-
- CTA
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- CST
-
- cte
-
- SLA
-
- STI
-
- LCD
-
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ose
-
- LCA
-
- LCI
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LCT
-
- ons
-
- Ld.
-
- ONI
-
- LDC
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- DAE
-
- Ola
-
- ITC
-
- IOC
-
- sc.
-
- 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 = .
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- SAE
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- La.
-
- LDS
-
- LSD
-
- Lt.
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- OIt
-
- ScD
-
- NOC
-
- 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.
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NCO
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- NAD
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NSA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- 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:
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- NSC
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- 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.
- oid
-
- oic
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- ODT
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- 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.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- LOC
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- OCS
-
- OCD
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
-
- OTC
-
- OSD
-
- OSA
-
- OED
-
- Oc.
-
- ine
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- SLE
-
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EDC
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- in.
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- ead
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDT
-
- EEC
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EEO
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- EIS
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- ean
-
- ea.
-
- en-
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- DET
-
- di.
-
- 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.
- DIL
-
- 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.
- DLC
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- DLO
-
- DLS
-
- DNA
-
- ETD
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- Doi
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- DSA
-
- DST
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- eo-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- NES
-
- TTS
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ETS
-
- ide
-
- ial
-
- SDA
-
- SDI
-
- se-
-
- 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).
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ics
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- id.
-
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ene
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ETO
-
- SED
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- ESL
-
- EOE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ESA
-
- ILS
-
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ILO
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- TT
-
- T1
-
- TD
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- t.
-
- NC
-
- ND
-
- AO
-
- 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.
- NI
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 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.
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- 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.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NL
-
- DN
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- L.
-
- TC
-
- TL
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SL
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- L2
-
- SA
-
- ol
-
- S.
-
- CE
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- le
-
- SN
-
- TN
-
- LC
-
- 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.
- dl
-
- O.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ee
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- D.
-
- OA
-
- 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.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ln
-
- 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.
- L1
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .