Anagrams of derailments
Word derailments has
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- streamline
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noun,
a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- derailment
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noun,
the act or process of derailing.
- Madrilene
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noun,
a consommé flavored with tomato, frequently jelled and served cold.
- misleared
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adjective,
ill-mannered; rude; crude.
- trailsmen
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noun,
a person who follows a trail.
- Mertensia
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.
- salimeter
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noun,
salinometer.
- detainers
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- detailers
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noun,
a manufacturer's representative who calls on customers to supply information on products and visits stores to monitor sales and replenish stock.
- treenails
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- antimeres
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- datelines
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noun,
a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
- tramlines
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noun,
a streetcar system.
- Demetrias
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noun,
an ancient city in NE Greece, in Thessaly.
- melanites
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noun,
a deep black variety of andradite garnet.
- dentaries
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noun,
one of a pair of membrane bones that in lower vertebrates form the distal part of the lower jaws and in mammals comprise the mandible.
- dementias
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noun,
severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.
- materiels
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noun,
the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- elaterids
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noun,
any beetle of the family Elateridae, comprising the click beetles.
- real-time
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noun,
Computers. the actual time elapsed in the performance of a computation by a computer, the result of the computation being required for the continuation of a physical process.
- dismantle
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verb (used with object),
to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.:
- tradesmen
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noun,
a person engaged in trade.
- amerinds
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noun,
Indian (def 1).
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- steelman
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noun,
a person engaged in the steelmaking business.
- tendrils
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noun,
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- materiel
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noun,
the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- emirates
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- limeades
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noun,
a beverage consisting of lime juice, a sweetener, and plain or carbonated water.
- dalesmen
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noun,
a person living in a dale or valley, especially in the northern counties of England.
- almeries
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noun,
ambry.
- tramline
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noun,
a streetcar system.
- diatreme
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noun,
a volcanic vent produced in a solid rock structure by the explosive energy of gases in magmas.
- aliments
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- diameter
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noun,
Geometry.
a straight line passing through the center of a circle or sphere and meeting the circumference or surface at each end.
a straight line passing from side to side of any figure or body, through its center.
- islander
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of an island.
- Milanese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Milan, Italy.
- strained
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- telerans
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- eternals
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- terminal
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noun,
a terminal part of a structure; end or extremity.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- marlines
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- etamines
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- matinees
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- arsenide
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noun,
a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag 3 As.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- sidereal
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adjective,
determined by or from the stars:
- resident
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noun,
a person who resides in a place.
- meanders
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noun,
Usually, meanders. turnings or windings; a winding path or course.
- antlered
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adjective,
having antlers.
- mandrels
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noun,
a shaft or bar the end of which is inserted into a workpiece to hold it during machining.
- antimere
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- medalist
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noun,
a person to whom a medal has been awarded.
- Ansermet
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noun,
Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, Swiss symphony orchestra conductor.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- mediants
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noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- mediates
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adjective,
acting through, dependent on, or involving an intermediate agency; not direct or immediate.
- dimeters
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noun,
a verse or line of two measures or feet, as He is gone on the mountain,/He is lost to the forest.
- talesmen
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noun,
a person summoned as one of the tales.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Dniester
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noun,
a river in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains to the Black Sea. About 875 miles (1410 km) long.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- inserted
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- remedial
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adjective,
affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
- melanite
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noun,
a deep black variety of andradite garnet.
- andesite
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noun,
a dark-colored volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase feldspar and one or more mafic minerals, as hornblende or biotite.
- aldermen
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noun,
a member of a municipal legislative body, especially of a municipal council.
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- dateline
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noun,
a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
- detrains
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- Delsarte
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noun,
François [fran-swah;; French frahn-swa] /frænˈswɑ;; French frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1811–71, French musician and teacher.
- minstrel
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noun,
a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument, either as a member of a noble household or as an itinerant troubadour.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- sediment
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noun,
the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- detainer
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- demerits
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noun,
a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency:
- Landseer
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noun,
Sir Edwin Henry, 1802–73, English painter, especially of animals.
- trendies
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noun,
a trendy person, place, object, or idea.
- leadsmen
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noun,
a sailor who sounds with a lead line.
- trindles
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noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- east-end
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noun,
a section of E London, England.
- Lemaitre
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noun,
Francois Élie Jules [frahn-swa ey-lee zhyl] /frɑ̃ˈswa eɪˈli ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1835–1915, French critic and dramatist.
- detailer
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noun,
a manufacturer's representative who calls on customers to supply information on products and visits stores to monitor sales and replenish stock.
- elaterid
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noun,
any beetle of the family Elateridae, comprising the click beetles.
- dementia
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noun,
severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.
- dementis
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noun,
an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.
- demersal
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adjective,
living or found near or in the deepest part of a body of water.
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- delaines
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- mineral.
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- lamented
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noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- treadles
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noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- redlines
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noun,
Automotive.
the maximum rotational speed, or angular velocity, of the engine crankshaft that is considered safe: often measured in rpm.
a red line or boundary of a red area that delineates such a value, as on a tachometer.
- Leinster
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noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- mind-set
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noun,
an attitude, disposition, or mood.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- lamister
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noun,
lamster.
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- Malines
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- seriema
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noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- seminal
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adjective,
pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- astride
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preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- seminar
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noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- armlets
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noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- 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.
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- laments
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noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- marlins
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noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- mailers
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- dimeter
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noun,
a verse or line of two measures or feet, as He is gone on the mountain,/He is lost to the forest.
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- malteds
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noun,
malted milk.
- destine
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verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- sedarim
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noun,
a plural of Seder.
- Landers
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noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- lamster
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noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- sidemen
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noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- marines
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- ideates
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noun,
ideatum.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- sideman
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noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- sidearm
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adverb,
with a swinging motion of the arm moving to the side of the body at shoulder level or below and nearly parallel to the ground:
- mantids
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noun,
mantis.
- Seeland
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noun,
Zealand.
- 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.
- Marlene
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noun,
a female given name.
- Marline
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- mandrel
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noun,
a shaft or bar the end of which is inserted into a workpiece to hold it during machining.
- dermat-
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- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- deniers
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noun,
a person who denies.
- destain
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- Maltese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Malta.
- dentals
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noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- leaders
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noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- Maidens
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noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- diaster
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noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- Learned
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adjective,
having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite:
- limeade
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noun,
a beverage consisting of lime juice, a sweetener, and plain or carbonated water.
- dartles
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verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- 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.
- tendril
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noun,
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- tenders
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noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- sardine
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noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- detains
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- liernes
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- delates
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verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- diastem
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noun,
a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- darnels
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noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- dealers
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noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- Delaine
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- dearies
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noun,
darling.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- dialers
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noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- Teleran
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- leaners
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noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- Ireland
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noun,
John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
- instead
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Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- demerit
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noun,
a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency:
- dements
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verb (used with object),
to make mad or insane.
- retinal
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- Daimler
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noun,
Gottlieb (Wilhelm) [got-leeb-wil-helm;; German gawt-leep-vil-helm] /ˈgɒt libˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈgɔt lipˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1834–1900, German automotive engineer, inventor, and manufacturer.
- dementi
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noun,
an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.
- demeans
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noun,
Archaic. demeanor.
- dilates
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verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Riesman
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noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- diester
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noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- details
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noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- linseed
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noun,
flaxseed.
- lead-in
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noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- Daniels
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noun,
Jonathan Worth, 1902–81, U.S. journalist, editor, and author.
- Leander
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noun,
a Greek youth, the lover of Hero, who swam the Hellespont every night to visit her until he was drowned in a storm.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- limners
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noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- Darlene
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noun,
a female given name: from the Old English word meaning “darling.”.
- martele
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adjective,
martellato.
- derails
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noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- Martens
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- metiers
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- redline
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noun,
Automotive.
the maximum rotational speed, or angular velocity, of the engine crankshaft that is considered safe: often measured in rpm.
a red line or boundary of a red area that delineates such a value, as on a tachometer.
- stamin-
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- minders
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noun,
Chiefly British. a person who looks after something (usually used in combination):
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- treadle
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noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- reedman
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noun,
a musician who plays a reed instrument.
- milters
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- transl.
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- aldrins
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noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- 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.
- re-laid
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- aliment
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- misdate
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noun,
a wrong date.
- emirate
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- smelter
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noun,
a person or thing that smelts.
- menials
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noun,
a domestic servant.
- AmerInd
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noun,
Indian (def 1).
- endears
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verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- enamels
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noun,
a glassy substance, usually opaque, applied by fusion to the surface of metal, pottery, etc., as an ornament or for protection.
- Meriden
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noun,
a city in central Connecticut.
- Emerita
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noun,
a woman with such status.
- related
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adjective,
associated; connected.
- merlins
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noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- Emerald
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noun,
a rare variety of beryl that is colored green by chromium and valued as a gem.
- martins
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noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- ailment
-
noun,
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
- 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.
- menders
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noun,
a person or thing that mends.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- steamer
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noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- Edelman
-
noun,
Gerald Maurice, 1929–2014, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1972.
- Nereids
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noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- steamed
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noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- trindle
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noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- Elamite
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Elam.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Adeline
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adele.
- standee
-
noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- ramtils
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noun,
Niger seed.
- mislead
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verb (used with object),
to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- misread
-
verb (used with or without object),
to read wrongly.
- Mistral
-
noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- mitered
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- elaters
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- aediles
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- randies
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- realism
-
noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- readies
-
noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- admires
-
Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- sterile
-
adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- relents
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- mediate
-
adjective,
acting through, dependent on, or involving an intermediate agency; not direct or immediate.
- tinders
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- estrade
-
noun,
a slightly raised platform in a room or hall.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- Ditmars
-
noun,
Raymond Lee, 1876–1942, U.S. zoologist and author.
- tandems
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- tirades
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- entrail
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Meitner
-
noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- meander
-
noun,
Usually, meanders. turnings or windings; a winding path or course.
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- mediant
-
noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- reminds
-
verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something):
- medlars
-
noun,
a small tree, Mespilus germanica, of the rose family, the fruit of which resembles a crab apple and is not edible until the early stages of decay.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- medinas
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- slander
-
noun,
defamation; calumny:
- measled
-
adjective,
(of swine or other livestock) affected with measles.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- medalet
-
noun,
a small medal, usually no larger than 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter.
- aniseed
-
noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- medials
-
noun,
Phonetics.
a medial sound or letter.
media2 (def 1).
- Melanie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- slender
-
adjective,
having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length:
- etamine
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- meletin
-
noun,
quercetin.
- dereism
-
noun,
autism.
- disrate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- matinee
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- remands
-
noun,
the act of remanding.
- Melinda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- melters
-
noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- eternal
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- enteral
-
adjective,
enteric.
- melders
-
noun,
the quantity of meal ground at one time; the yield of meal from a crop or specific amount of grain.
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- sedile
-
noun,
one of the seats (usually three) on the south side of the chancel, often recessed, for the use of the officiating clergy.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- elands
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- 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.
- eiders
-
noun,
eider duck.
- lairds
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- elated
-
adjective,
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- idlers
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- Selden
-
noun,
George Baldwin, 1846–1922, U.S. inventor of a gasoline-powered car.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Seidel
-
noun,
a large beer mug with a capacity of one liter (1.1 quarts) and often having a hinged lid.
- ladens
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- ladies
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- selen-
-
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Ermine
-
noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- stadle
-
noun,
staddle.
- Emelia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- emends
-
verb (used with object),
to edit or change (a text).
- enter-
-
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- enamel
-
noun,
a glassy substance, usually opaque, applied by fusion to the surface of metal, pottery, etc., as an ornament or for protection.
- instr.
-
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Enders
-
noun,
John Franklin, 1897–1985, U.S. bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- inter.
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intra-
-
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- elemis
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- elders
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- eldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- 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.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- slider
-
noun,
a person or thing that slides.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- Ismael
-
noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- sendal
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- 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.
- elides
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- Sender
-
noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Island
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- Mendes
-
noun,
a member of a people living in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
- Melena
-
noun,
the discharge of black, tarry, bloody stools, usually resulting from a hemorrhage in the alimentary tract.
- Meliae
-
plural noun,
the nymphs born from the blood of Uranus at the time of his mutilation by Cronus; the nymphs of ash trees.
- remand
-
noun,
the act of remanding.
- melter
-
noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- menads
-
noun,
maenad.
- Mendel
-
noun,
Gregor Johann [greg-er yoh-hahn;; German grey-gawr yoh-hahn] /ˈgrɛg ər ˈyoʊ hɑn;; German ˈgreɪ gɔr ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1822–84, Austrian monk and botanist.
- mender
-
noun,
a person or thing that mends.
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- mensal
-
adjective,
monthly.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- mental
-
noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- merdes
-
noun,
excrement.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Merida
-
noun,
suntan (def 2).
- Melder
-
noun,
the quantity of meal ground at one time; the yield of meal from a crop or specific amount of grain.
- melan-
-
- merles
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- measle
-
noun,
singular of measles (def 3).
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- matins
-
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.
- matri-
-
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- mealie
-
noun,
Sometimes, mealies. corn; maize.
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- Remsen
-
noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- remind
-
verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something):
- medial
-
noun,
Phonetics.
a medial sound or letter.
media2 (def 1).
- Median
-
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:
- medias
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- Medina
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- Medit.
-
- medlar
-
noun,
a small tree, Mespilus germanica, of the rose family, the fruit of which resembles a crab apple and is not edible until the early stages of decay.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Merlin
-
noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- ramtil
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- naleds
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- 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.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nemat-
-
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nested
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- milden
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become mild or milder.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- metal.
-
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- milers
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- Milner
-
noun,
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- minder
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a person who looks after something (usually used in combination):
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- lameds
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Lenard
-
noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- Leiden
-
noun,
a city in W Netherlands.
- lemans
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Lerida
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- liards
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- 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.
- lidars
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- 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.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- lament
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- Lander
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- Landes
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- Landis
-
noun,
Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- leader
-
noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- latens
-
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.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- leaden
-
adjective,
inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move:
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- limens
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- maslin
-
noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- 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.
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- Mariel
-
noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- maline
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- marled
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Marlin
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- resend
-
verb (used with object),
to send again.
- Reseda
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- Martel
-
noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Mandel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Malden
-
noun,
a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- limner
-
noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- 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:
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- madres
-
noun,
mother1 .
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- maiden
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- mailed
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- ediles
-
noun,
aedile.
- malted
-
noun,
malted milk.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- 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.
- tandem
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- demits
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- distr.
-
- distal
-
adjective,
situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal.
Compare proximal.
- dismal
-
noun,
Southern U.S. a tract of swampy land, usually along the coast.
- disarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of a weapon or weapons.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- demise
-
noun,
death or decease.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- 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.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- delist
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- drails
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- demies
-
noun,
a foundation scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford: so called because such a scholar originally received half the allowance of a fellow.
- arsen-
-
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- alders
-
- dement
-
verb (used with object),
to make mad or insane.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- Aldrin
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- trans.
-
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- amends
-
noun,
reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- desalt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- dermis
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the dense inner layer of skin beneath the epidermis, composed of connective tissue, blood and lymph vessels, sweat glands, hair follicles, and an elaborate sensory nerve network.
- dienes
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- 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.
- desert
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- desire
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- desman
-
noun,
either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- deters
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- dermas
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- denims
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- amidst
-
preposition,
amid.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- denti-
-
- amides
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- Diesel
-
noun,
diesel engine.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- derail
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- dimers
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- dermal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the skin.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- demean
-
noun,
Archaic. demeanor.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- daimen
-
adjective,
rare; occasional.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Admete
-
noun,
a daughter of Eurystheus for whom Hercules took the golden girdle of Ares from Hippolyte.
- admire
-
Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- admits
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- adeems
-
verb (used with object),
to revoke (a legacy) by ademption.
- dealer
-
noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- damsel
-
noun,
a young woman or girl; a maiden, originally one of gentle or noble birth.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- edemas
-
noun,
effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- 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.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- darnel
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- dartle
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- tenaim
-
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.
- adren-
-
- deasil
-
adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- Dreams
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- tiered
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- delate
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- aidmen
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- aedile
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- dreamt
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- reni-
-
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Medea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a sorceress, daughter of Aeëtes and wife of Jason, whom she assisted in obtaining the Golden Fleece: when Jason deserted her, she killed their children.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Meads
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- 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.
- Meade
-
noun,
George Gordon, 1815–72, Union general in the American Civil War.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Mande
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- 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.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- damns
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- 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:
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anti-
-
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- 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.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Medan
-
noun,
a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- matr-
-
- tera-
-
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- astr.
-
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- armed
-
noun,
Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- Armen
-
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- 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.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- male-
-
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- 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.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- madre
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Arnel
-
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- term.
-
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- 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.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- 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.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- 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.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- mast-
-
- maids
-
noun,
a female servant.
- retd.
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- admit
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- admin
-
noun,
administration; administrative work.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- MSEnt
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- admen
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- 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.
- aeri-
-
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- treas
-
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- nears
-
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- nitr-
-
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- 30-30
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- 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.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- natl.
-
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- aden-
-
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- 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.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- adeem
-
verb (used with object),
to revoke (a legacy) by ademption.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- 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.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- minds
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- ante-
-
- menad
-
noun,
maenad.
- Melia
-
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- amin-
-
- melds
-
noun,
the act of melding.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Mende
-
noun,
a member of a people living in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- mends
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- amid-
-
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- meeds
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- 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.
- anim.
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- 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).
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- andr-
-
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Amer.
-
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- metr-
-
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- MIDAS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- 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.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- merde
-
noun,
excrement.
- Amend
-
verb (used with object),
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- AMEDS
-
- Merle
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- alti-
-
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- meta-
-
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- 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.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- disme
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- IATSE
-
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- dirls
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- dist.
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- diam.
-
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- tears
-
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- 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.
- 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.
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- dial.
-
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- Ital.
-
- semi-
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- seti-
-
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- inst.
-
- dimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- intr.
-
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Iran.
-
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ster.
-
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- Elder
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- elem.
-
- elemi
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Edsel
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich” and “hall.”.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- edit.
-
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- Edman
-
noun,
Irwin, 1896–1954, U.S. philosopher and essayist.
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- edema
-
noun,
effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- drams
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- 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).
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- Dream
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- 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.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- Elmer
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “famous.”.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Emden
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Germany.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Srta.
-
- emend
-
verb (used with object),
to edit or change (a text).
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- Emile
-
noun,
a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- 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.
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- demes
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- demi-
-
- darts
-
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- 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.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- 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.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- 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.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- tele-
-
- Deems
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- 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).
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- sanit
-
- Leeds
-
noun,
a city in West Yorkshire, in N England.
- deles
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- lamed
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- derms
-
noun,
a navigational device for making a nearby object conspicuous on a radarscope.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- derma
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- 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:
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- denim
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- derm-
-
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- lards
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- dent.
-
- RNAS
-
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- ten.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- trid
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Sam.
-
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- 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.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Sra.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- SRAM
-
- tRNA
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- 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.
- std.
-
- NIRA
-
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- ter.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- RADM
-
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- 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.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- rad.
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rit.
-
- 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.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Rida
-
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Ste.
-
- NTIA
-
- str.
-
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- 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.
- Tasm
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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.
- 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.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- 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.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- TDRS
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Sem.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- 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.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Saml
-
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- 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.
- tel-
-
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- tri-
-
- MALS
-
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Sat.
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- 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.
- 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.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sld.
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- 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.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- 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.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- Del.
-
- lea.
-
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- 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.
- Lat.
-
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- deem
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- 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.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- 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.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lam.
-
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- 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:
- der.
-
- Lani
-
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Den.
-
- deme
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- Dem.
-
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- 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.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Danl
-
- EDTA
-
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- damn
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- 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.
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- 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:
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lit.
-
- LitD
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- 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.
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atm.
-
- ASTM
-
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- 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.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- 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:
- 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.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- 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.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- dat.
-
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Ltd.
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- enl.
-
- Ens.
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 1080
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- Esd.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- end-
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 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.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- EMet
-
- emia
-
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dir.
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Din.
-
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- dis-
-
- 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.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- dim.
-
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- 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.
- dia-
-
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Ind.
-
- ile-
-
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- DRAM
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- idae
-
- 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).
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Ire.
-
- dlr.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- inae
-
- IndE
-
- 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.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- 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).
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mis-
-
- Adm.
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- 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.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- aer-
-
- 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.
- ands
-
- aet.
-
- amt.
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Mind
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- AMLS
-
- ANSI
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ant.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mid.
-
- midn
-
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- mil.
-
- mild
-
noun,
British. beer that has a blander taste than bitter.
- 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).
- MILR
-
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- min.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- MNAS
-
- 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.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- AInd
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- NDSL
-
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Aldm
-
- Ald.
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Alis
-
- Aire
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- NASD
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- 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.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- mRNA
-
- AIME
-
- amdt
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- MSAE
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alt.
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- MSEE
-
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- MSIE
-
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- met.
-
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- mes-
-
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- neem
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- mal-
-
- MALD
-
- 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.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- Man.
-
- 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.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mar.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- art.
-
- ASME
-
- med.
-
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- 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.
- 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.
- MAEd
-
- 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.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- mads
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Mede
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Media.
- meed
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- 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.
- MELD
-
noun,
the act of melding.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- men-
-
- Mend
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- ment
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- mdnt
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Arm.
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- ARIS
-
- MDES
-
- 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.
- mdse
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ETD
-
- TSE
-
- ead
-
- ea.
-
- TSI
-
- STL
-
- ed.
-
- EAM
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EDT
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Am.
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ae.
-
- ad-
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- al.
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- STM
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- STI
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ean
-
- ASN
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- DET
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ard
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- 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.
- DEA
-
- de-
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- DAR
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ARS
-
- DAE
-
- DSM
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- at.
-
- TIA
-
- TID
-
- ASM
-
- ast
-
- di.
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- DML
-
- DST
-
- DSR
-
- DSA
-
- DRE
-
- TAL
-
- 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.
- Dr.
-
- DNR
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- DNA
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- DMT
-
- DMS
-
- DMA
-
- DIL
-
- DLS
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ALM
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- 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.
- AME
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- tlr
-
- 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.
- AMS
-
- ASR
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ltr
-
- Md.
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- MSL
-
- 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.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- 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.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- MDT
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MIE
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- RTS
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LIM
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- SAE
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- sd.
-
- eir
-
- rte
-
- LSM
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- rnd
-
- RNA
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RLD
-
- LMT
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- LSI
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIT
-
- Les
-
- Re.
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RMA
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- NAD
-
- Rd.
-
- NSA
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- NMR
-
- NMI
-
- NES
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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:
- NIA
-
- 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.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ml.
-
- MRA
-
- MLA
-
- MLD
-
- MLR
-
- MLS
-
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- REA
-
- RDS
-
- RDA
-
- MNS
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRE
-
- MTS
-
- MRI
-
- MSA
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- MSD
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- IAS
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- id.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SLA
-
- ide
-
- 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.
- ier
-
- il-
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILS
-
- in.
-
- ine
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- ESR
-
- ESL
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EIS
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- 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.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- EMR
-
- EMT
-
- ese
-
- en-
-
- ene
-
- SMD
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- SMA
-
- SLR
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- SLE
-
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- IRS
-
- 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).
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- se-
-
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Ld.
-
- SDA
-
- SDI
-
- Lt.
-
- SDR
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- 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.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ISA
-
- SED
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- 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.
- LSD
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SAR
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ist
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- ITA
-
- ISR
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- ite
-
- Isl
-
- La.
-
- LDS
-
- ise
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- RN
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- S.
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- SL
-
- SN
-
- RI
-
- NL
-
- SM
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 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.
- 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.
- NM
-
- le
-
- D.
-
- dl
-
- MN
-
- TN
-
- LR
-
- TM
-
- TL
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L.
-
- ln
-
- M.
-
- DN
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- DM
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- i.
-
- 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.
- NI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- ND
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- L2
-
- N.
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- L1
-
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- t.
-
- TD
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LM
-
- ee
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SA
-