Anagrams of dentaliums
Word dentaliums has
1372 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of dentaliums.
- Dentalium
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noun,
any tooth shell of the genus Dentalium.
- dismantle
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verb (used with object),
to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.:
- diluents
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noun,
a diluting substance.
- insulate
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verb (used with object),
to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound:
- maundies
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noun,
the ceremony of washing the feet of the poor, especially commemorating Jesus' washing of His disciples' feet on Maundy Thursday.
- mustelid
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noun,
any of numerous carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, comprising the weasels, martens, skunks, badgers, and otters.
- medalist
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noun,
a person to whom a medal has been awarded.
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- unlisted
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adjective,
not listed; not entered in a list or directory:
- mediants
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noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- aliments
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- simulant
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noun,
a person or thing that simulates.
- simulate
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adjective,
Archaic. simulated.
- mind-set
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noun,
an attitude, disposition, or mood.
- alunites
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noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- alunite
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noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- Dustman
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noun,
a person employed to remove or cart away garbage, refuse, ashes, etc.; garbage collector.
- dustmen
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noun,
a person employed to remove or cart away garbage, refuse, ashes, etc.; garbage collector.
- dentils
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noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- dentals
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noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- aliunde
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adverb, adjective,
not part of or derivable from the document or instrument itself:
- tuladis
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noun,
lake trout.
- suimate
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noun,
self-mate.
- medials
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noun,
Phonetics.
a medial sound or letter.
media2 (def 1).
- destain
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- tsunami
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noun,
an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- mislead
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verb (used with object),
to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
- tandems
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noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- aliment
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- dunites
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- dilutes
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adjective,
reduced in strength, as a chemical by admixture; weak:
- stadium
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noun,
a sports arena, usually oval or horseshoe-shaped, with tiers of seats for spectators.
- Malines
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- diluent
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noun,
a diluting substance.
- dilates
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verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- stamin-
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- unleads
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verb (used with object),
Printing. to remove the leads between (lines of type).
- mantids
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noun,
mantis.
- maudlin
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adjective,
tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental:
- Mauldin
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noun,
William Henry ("Bill") 1921–2003, U.S. political cartoonist.
- diastem
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noun,
a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- amulets
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noun,
a small object worn to ward off evil, harm, or illness or to bring good fortune; protecting charm.
- malteds
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noun,
malted milk.
- sundial
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noun,
an instrument that indicates the time of day by means of the position, on a graduated plate or surface, of the shadow of the gnomon as it is cast by the sun.
- muletas
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noun,
a red cloth similar to but smaller than a capa and manipulated by a stick set into one of the three holes in or near the center, for use by a matador in guiding the course of the bull's attack in the stage of the fight preparatory to the kill.
- detains
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- dualism
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noun,
the state of being dual or consisting of two parts; division into two.
- Maidens
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noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- Daniels
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noun,
Jonathan Worth, 1902–81, U.S. journalist, editor, and author.
- duelist
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noun,
a person who participates in a duel.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- unlades
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verb (used with object),
to take the lading, load, or cargo from; unload.
- misdeal
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noun,
Cards. a deal in which the wrong number of cards have been distributed or in which the cards were dealt in the wrong order or manner, necessitating a new deal and the cancellation of any points made on the hand, sometimes with a penalty to the dealer.
- luteins
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noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- details
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noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- lead-in
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noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- audiles
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noun,
a person in whose mind auditory images, rather than visual or motor images, are predominant or unusually distinct.
- mediant
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noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- mildens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become mild or milder.
- Mideast
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noun,
Middle East.
- ideatum
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noun,
(in epistemology) the object of knowledge as known by the mind.
Compare datum (def 3).
- ailment
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noun,
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
- instead
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Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- medusan
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noun,
a medusa or jellyfish.
- ultimas
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noun,
the last syllable of a word.
- sideman
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noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- seminal
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adjective,
pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- 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.
- tediums
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noun,
the quality or state of being wearisome; irksomeness; tediousness.
- inulase
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noun,
an enzyme that converts insulin to levulose.
- Melinda
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noun,
a female given name.
- Admetus
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noun,
a Thessalian king, one of the Argonauts and husband of Alcestis.
- laments
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noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- medinas
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noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- menials
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noun,
a domestic servant.
- utensil
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noun,
any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen, dairy, etc.:
- Latinus
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noun,
the father of Lavinia and king of Latium at the time of the arrival of Aeneas.
- misdate
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noun,
a wrong date.
- minutes
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noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- 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.
- sinuate
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adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- eluants
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noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- minuets
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noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- indults
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noun,
a dispensation granted often temporarily by the pope, permitting a deviation from church law.
- Miletus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a son of Apollo and Aria, and the founder of the city of Miletus.
- datums
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noun,
a single piece of information, as a fact, statistic, or code; an item of data.
- mesail
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noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- maunds
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noun,
a unit of weight in India and other parts of Asia, varying greatly according to locality: in India, from about 25 to 82.286 pounds (11 to 37.4 kilograms) (the latter being the government maund).
- mensal
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adjective,
monthly.
- sunlit
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adjective,
lighted by the sun.
- menial
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noun,
a domestic servant.
- mesial
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adjective,
medial.
- dilate
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verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- matins
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- daunts
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verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- mental
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noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- melan-
-
- dautie
-
noun,
a darling.
- dental
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noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- medias
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noun,
a plural of medium.
- Median
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noun,
Arithmetic, Statistics. the middle number in a given sequence of numbers, taken as the average of the two middle numbers when the sequence has an even number of numbers:
- Medina
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noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- demits
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noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- Delius
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noun,
Frederick, 1862–1934, English composer.
- medial
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noun,
Phonetics.
a medial sound or letter.
media2 (def 1).
- denial
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noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- denims
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noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- Delium
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noun,
an ancient seaport in Greece, in Boeotia: the Boeotians defeated the Athenians here 424 b.c.
- delist
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verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- Medit.
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- menads
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noun,
maenad.
- medius
-
noun,
the middle finger.
- denti-
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- dentil
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noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- Medusa
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noun,
a saucer-shaped or dome-shaped, free-swimming jellyfish or hydra.
- sundae
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noun,
ice cream served with syrup poured over it, and often other toppings, as whipped cream, chopped nuts, or fruit.
- desalt
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verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- desman
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noun,
either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.
- meatus
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noun,
an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- deasil
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adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- Ultima
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noun,
the last syllable of a word.
- tenuis
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noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- maiden
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noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- dilute
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adjective,
reduced in strength, as a chemical by admixture; weak:
- tineas
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noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- ladens
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adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- ladies
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noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- enlist
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- lameds
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noun,
the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- lament
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- 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.
- tedium
-
noun,
the quality or state of being wearisome; irksomeness; tediousness.
- Landes
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noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- Landis
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noun,
Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- Landus
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noun,
Lando.
- eluant
-
noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- tisane
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- latens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- 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.
- Tindal
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noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- telium
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Latium
-
noun,
a country in ancient Italy, SE of Rome.
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- indues
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verb (used with object),
endue.
- indult
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noun,
a dispensation granted often temporarily by the pope, permitting a deviation from church law.
- inlaut
-
noun,
medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- insula
-
noun,
a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- Ismael
-
noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- insult
-
noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Tilden
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noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- 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.
- Iseult
-
noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- Island
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- tenaim
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noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- elints
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noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- elands
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- maslin
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noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- malted
-
noun,
malted milk.
- lutein
-
noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- tailed
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noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- mailed
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Malden
-
noun,
a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- maline
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- Mandel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- dulias
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noun,
veneration and invocation given to saints as the servants of God.
- distal
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adjective,
situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal.
Compare proximal.
- dismal
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noun,
Southern U.S. a tract of swampy land, usually along the coast.
- mantel
-
noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- mantid
-
noun,
mantis.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- Mantle
-
noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- Manuel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lunies
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- lunate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the second bone from the thumb side of the proximal row of bones of the carpus.
- lemans
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- tandem
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Lieut.
-
- limens
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- linums
-
noun,
any of numerous plants of the genus Linum, including flax, L. usitatissimum, and various other species grown as ornamentals.
- Tuinal
-
- 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:
- tuladi
-
noun,
lake trout.
- lumine
-
verb (used with object),
to illumine.
- litmus
-
noun,
a blue coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, especially Roccella tinctoria. In alkaline solution litmus turns blue, in acid solution, red: widely used as a chemical indicator.
- duties
-
noun,
something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- Dustin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Talmud
-
noun,
the collection of Jewish law and tradition consisting of the Mishnah and the Gemara and being either the edition produced in Palestine a.d. c400 or the larger, more important one produced in Babylonia a.d. c500.
- Talien
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- dunite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- lumens
-
noun,
Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- animus
-
noun,
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- salute
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- amused
-
adjective,
pleasurably entertained, occupied, or diverted.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- naleds
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- Samuel
-
noun,
a judge and prophet of Israel. I Sam. 1–3; 8–15.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- unlead
-
verb (used with object),
Printing. to remove the leads between (lines of type).
- amulet
-
noun,
a small object worn to ward off evil, harm, or illness or to bring good fortune; protecting charm.
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- muslin
-
noun,
a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns, especially a cotton fabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of other purposes.
- Musial
-
noun,
Stanley Frank ("Stan the Man") 1920–2013, U.S. baseball player.
- munite
-
verb (used with object),
to fortify.
- unlaid
-
adjective,
not laid or placed:
- multi-
-
- unlade
-
verb (used with object),
to take the lading, load, or cargo from; unload.
- Multan
-
noun,
a city in E central Pakistan.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- muleta
-
noun,
a red cloth similar to but smaller than a capa and manipulated by a stick set into one of the three holes in or near the center, for use by a matador in guiding the course of the bull's attack in the stage of the fight preparatory to the kill.
- 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.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- muesli
-
noun,
a breakfast cereal similar to granola, usually consisting of rolled oats and dried fruit.
- nemat-
-
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- nudism
-
noun,
the practice of going nude, especially in places that allow sexually mixed groups, in the belief that such practice benefits health.
- unseam
-
verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- alumin
-
- alumni
-
noun,
a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.
- unseal
-
verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- 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.
- numis.
-
- amends
-
noun,
reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- unmade
-
adjective,
not made.
- unsaid
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of unsay.
- stadle
-
noun,
staddle.
- amides
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- amidst
-
preposition,
amid.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- 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.
- 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.
- United
-
adjective,
made into or caused to act as a single entity:
- aidmen
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- sendal
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- audits
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- suited
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- autism
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- audile
-
noun,
a person in whose mind auditory images, rather than visual or motor images, are predominant or unusually distinct.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Damien
-
noun,
Father (Jo·seph de Veu·ster) [French zhaw-zef--duh-vœ-ster] /French ʒɔˈzɛf də vœˈstɛr/ (Show IPA), 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the lepers of Molokai.
- sultan
-
noun,
the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- minute
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- milden
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become mild or milder.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- situla
-
noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- 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.
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- minuet
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Undset
-
noun,
Sigrid [sig-rid;; Norwegian si-gri] /ˈsɪg rɪd;; Norwegian ˈsɪ grɪ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1949, Norwegian novelist: Nobel prize 1928.
- undies
-
plural noun,
women's or children's underwear.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- daimen
-
adjective,
rare; occasional.
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- metal.
-
- setula
-
noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- admits
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- M-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- Umtali
-
noun,
former name of Mutare.
- damsel
-
noun,
a young woman or girl; a maiden, originally one of gentle or noble birth.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- inst.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- lauds
-
noun,
a song or hymn of praise.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Indus
-
noun,
a river in S Asia, flowing from W Tibet through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. 1900 miles (3060 km) long.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- nudi-
-
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- nudie
-
noun,
a film, performance, or magazine featuring nude performers or photographs.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- indue
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- simul
-
adverb,
(in prescriptions) together.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- leuds
-
noun,
a vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- 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.
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- 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.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Sedum
-
noun,
any fleshy plant belonging to the genus Sedum, of the stonecrop family, usually having small, overlapping leaves and yellow, white, or pink flowers.
- 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.
- Saudi
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- Ital.
-
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- seti-
-
- Lamut
-
noun,
Even.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- 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:
- salud
-
interjection,
(used after a person has sneezed or as a toast.)
- Lamus
-
noun,
a son of Hercules and Omphale.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- semi-
-
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- sanit
-
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- Linum
-
noun,
any of numerous plants of the genus Linum, including flax, L. usitatissimum, and various other species grown as ornamentals.
- Munda
-
noun,
a small family of languages spoken in east-central India.
- Sudan
-
noun,
a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- MSEnt
-
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- 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.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- medal
-
noun,
a flat piece of metal, often a disk but sometimes a cross, star, or other form, usually bearing an inscription or design, issued to commemorate a person, action, or event, or given as a reward for bravery, merit, or the like:
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Meads
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- Musil
-
noun,
Robert, 1880–1942, Austrian writer.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- maund
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India and other parts of Asia, varying greatly according to locality: in India, from about 25 to 82.286 pounds (11 to 37.4 kilograms) (the latter being the government maund).
- mauls
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- mauds
-
noun,
a gray woolen plaid worn by shepherds and others in S Scotland.
- Matsu
-
noun,
a pine, Pinus massoniana, of China, yielding a wood used in furniture-making, the construction of houses, etc.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- muted
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- Medan
-
noun,
a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- menad
-
noun,
maenad.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- MIDAS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- mends
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Melun
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-et-Marne, in N France.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Melia
-
- melds
-
noun,
the act of melding.
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- minds
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- minus
-
noun,
minus sign.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- mast-
-
- Manus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- nudes
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- nidus
-
noun,
a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- meta-
-
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- neut.
-
- Lumen
-
noun,
Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- ludes
-
noun,
Quaalude.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- 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.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- natl.
-
- Manue
-
noun,
Manoah.
- 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.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- Mande
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- naut.
-
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- male-
-
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Maidu
-
noun,
a member of a tribe of North American Indians of northeastern California.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- maids
-
noun,
a female servant.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- lamed
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- dial.
-
- Deut.
-
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- dent.
-
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- denim
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- demi-
-
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- deism
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- diam.
-
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- dauts
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- daunt
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- datum
-
noun,
a single piece of information, as a fact, statistic, or code; an item of data.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- damns
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- dames
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- Unami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- 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.
- ulent
-
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- duets
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- Edman
-
noun,
Irwin, 1896–1954, U.S. philosopher and essayist.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- edit.
-
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- dunts
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- Dumas
-
noun,
Alexandre [a-lek-sahn-druh] /a lɛkˈsɑ̃ drə/ (Show IPA), ("Dumas père") 1802–70, and his son, Alexandre, (“Dumas fils”), 1824–95, French dramatists and novelists.
- dulse
-
noun,
a coarse, edible, red seaweed, Rhodymenia palmata.
- dulia
-
noun,
veneration and invocation given to saints as the servants of God.
- duits
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- tumid
-
adjective,
swollen, or affected with swelling, as a part of the body.
- duels
-
noun,
a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- Duane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- duals
-
noun,
the dual number.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- Udine
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- dist.
-
- disme
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Aust.
-
- audit
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- USLTA
-
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- 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.
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- adust
-
adjective,
dried or darkened as by heat.
- alti-
-
- adult
-
noun,
a person who is fully grown or developed or of age.
- adsum
-
interjection,
I am present.
- admit
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- admin
-
noun,
administration; administrative work.
- admen
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- adieu
-
noun,
the act of leaving or departing; farewell.
- aden-
-
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- utend
-
- 30-30
-
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- 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.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- Audie
-
noun,
a female or male given name.
- anim.
-
- Auden
-
noun,
W(ystan) H(ugh) [wis-tuh n] /ˈwɪs tən/ (Show IPA), 1907–73, English poet in the U.S.
- Unit.
-
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- alum.
-
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- 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).
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amin-
-
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- amid-
-
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Amend
-
verb (used with object),
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:
- AMEDS
-
- alums
-
noun,
Also called potash alum, potassium alum. a crystalline solid, aluminum potassium sulfate, K 2 SO 4 ⋅Al 2 (SO 4) 3 ⋅24H 2 O, used in medicine as an astringent and styptic, in dyeing and tanning, and in many technical processes.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- 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.
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- 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.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- 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.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- 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.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- emuls
-
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- 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.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- IATSE
-
- ileum
-
noun,
Anatomy. the third and lowest division of the small intestine, extending from the jejunum to the cecum.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- ANSI
-
- amus
-
- ant.
-
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- tel-
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- AMLS
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- MusD
-
- mus.
-
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- ands
-
- NASD
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- 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).
- ten.
-
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- NDSL
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- 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.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- 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.
- amt.
-
- Ste.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- Ens.
-
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- auld
-
adjective,
old.
- mis-
-
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- Aus.
-
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Aude
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2449 sq. mi. (6345 sq. km). Capital: Carcassonne.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- aut-
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- enl.
-
- Mind
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- 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.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- aud.
-
- ANTU
-
- Esd.
-
- mun.
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- 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.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- est.
-
- ASME
-
- mule
-
noun,
the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small feet, and sure-footedness.
Compare hinny.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- muds
-
noun,
wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- atm.
-
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- MSIE
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- stud
-
noun,
a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- MSAE
-
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- ates
-
- MNAS
-
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- 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.
- uni-
-
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- mult
-
- 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.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- aet.
-
- 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.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- 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.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- ins.
-
- 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.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Saud
-
noun,
(Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz), 1901?–69, king of Saudi Arabia 1953–64 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Faisal).
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Idun
-
noun,
a goddess, keeper of the apples of youth and wife of Bragi; abducted by the giant Thjazi, from whom she was rescued.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sat.
-
- USIA
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- used
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- sld.
-
- USMA
-
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- inae
-
- IndE
-
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- 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.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- USNA
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- ile-
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Adm.
-
- Sem.
-
- AIME
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- 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.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- 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.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- nude
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- NTIA
-
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- alt.
-
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- slum
-
noun,
Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Ind.
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- amdt
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- intl
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- Sam.
-
- AInd
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- USDA
-
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- 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.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ald.
-
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Aldm
-
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- 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).
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- int.
-
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- idae
-
- std.
-
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- min.
-
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- mads
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- duel
-
noun,
a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- lea.
-
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- med.
-
- dues
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- duet
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Duit
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- Duma
-
noun,
(in Russia prior to 1917) a council or official assembly.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Saml
-
- Duna
-
noun,
Hungarian name of the Danube.
- MAEd
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- MALD
-
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Man.
-
- 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.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- MALS
-
- mild
-
noun,
British. beer that has a blander taste than bitter.
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- mal-
-
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Laud
-
noun,
a song or hymn of praise.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- dual
-
noun,
the dual number.
- Tasm
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- dune
-
noun,
a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
- Duns
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- 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.
-
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- 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.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- 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.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- tude
-
noun,
an arrogant attitude.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- 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:
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- EDTA
-
- leud
-
noun,
a vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- 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.
- 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:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tues
-
- lude
-
noun,
Quaalude.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- dunt
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- Ltd.
-
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Duse
-
noun,
Eleonora [el-ee-uh-nawr-uh;; Italian e-le-aw-naw-rah] /ˌɛl i əˈnɔr ə;; Italian ˌɛ lɛ ɔˈnɔ rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, Italian actress.
- Dust
-
noun,
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- ELAS
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LitD
-
- lit.
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- 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:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- dis-
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Mend
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- daut
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- men-
-
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- 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.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- 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.
- MELD
-
noun,
the act of melding.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- Del.
-
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- Dem.
-
- 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:
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Den.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Lam.
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- emia
-
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- mil.
-
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- midn
-
- damn
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- Mid.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- 1080
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- met.
-
- Danl
-
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mes-
-
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- Danu
-
noun,
the mother of the Tuatha De Danann: identified with the Welsh Don.
- ment
-
- dat.
-
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- end-
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- 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.
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- Lat.
-
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- maul
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Maud
-
noun,
a gray woolen plaid worn by shepherds and others in S Scotland.
- mdnt
-
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- dim.
-
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- Din.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- MDES
-
- 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.
- mdse
-
- meas
-
- Lani
-
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- dia-
-
- Deus
-
noun,
God. Abbreviation: D.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- 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.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- UIT
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- Sta
-
- USN
-
- uns
-
- TSE
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- TSI
-
- 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.
- Tu.
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- uti
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- UMT
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TIA
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- Une
-
- St.
-
- USM
-
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- TAL
-
- SLE
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- STM
-
- SMD
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- ult
-
- STL
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- STI
-
- TID
-
- SMA
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Ulm
-
noun,
a city in E Baden-Württemberg, in S Germany, on the Danube.
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- USA
-
- SLA
-
- UAE
-
- SNU
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- tue
-
- UAM
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Dun
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- EIS
-
- ETS
-
- ESU
-
- ESL
-
- ESA
-
- en-
-
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- EMT
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- EDT
-
- id.
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ed.
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ean
-
- EAM
-
- ead
-
- ea.
-
- ETD
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eu-
-
- ITU
-
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- ISA
-
- LDS
-
- La.
-
- IUS
-
- ium
-
- IUD
-
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- ist
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Ia.
-
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- ILS
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- 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.
- ide
-
- 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).
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- DUI
-
- Du.
-
- Lt.
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- AMU
-
- AMS
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AME
-
- ALU
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ALM
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- 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.
- ASI
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ae.
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- an.
-
- al.
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- ad-
-
- Am.
-
- ase
-
- ASM
-
- DST
-
- DET
-
- DSA
-
- DNA
-
- DMT
-
- DMS
-
- DML
-
- DMA
-
- DLS
-
- DIU
-
noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- 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.
- DIL
-
- 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.
- di.
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- ASN
-
- DEA
-
- de-
-
- dau
-
noun,
dhow.
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- DAE
-
- DSM
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- at.
-
- ASU
-
- ast
-
- LSD
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- mtn
-
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- NDE
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAD
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- mud
-
noun,
wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
- MTS
-
- MTI
-
- NES
-
- Mt.
-
- MST
-
- MSI
-
- MSE
-
- MSD
-
- MSA
-
- MNS
-
- MNE
-
- MNA
-
- MLS
-
- MLD
-
- MLA
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- 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:
- MIT
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SED
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SDI
-
- SDA
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- SAE
-
- NIA
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- sd.
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- NUM
-
- NUL
-
- NSU
-
- NSA
-
- NMU
-
- NMI
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ml.
-
- MSN
-
- MIE
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- MSL
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Me.
-
- Md.
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- LST
-
- LSM
-
- LSI
-
- LMT
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LIM
-
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- 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.
- Ld.
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- LTA
-
- mi.
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- MDT
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- le
-
- MN
-
- TM
-
- Ud
-
- TL
-
- SM
-
- SL
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- SU
-
- TN
-
- L.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- 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.
- L1
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- EI
-
- TD
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- UI
-
- UL
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- ND
-
- NI
-
- i.
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- U.
-
- DN
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- dl
-
- t.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- D.
-
- T1
-
- 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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- ln
-
- NL
-
- NM
-
- L2
-
- SN
-
- LM
-
- DM
-
- 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.