Anagrams of directional

Word directional has 1598 anagrams that can be made by using the letters of directional.

10 letter words you can make with directional

Diocletian: noun, (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) a.d. 245–316, Illyrian soldier: emperor of Rome 284–305.
deliration: noun, mental derangement; raving; delirium.

9 letter words you can make with directional

deliriant: noun, a substance, as a compound or drug, that causes delirium.
direction: noun, the act or an instance of directing.
dianoetic: adjective, pertaining to dianoia.
indicator: noun, a person or thing that indicates.
anti-icer: noun, a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
editorial: noun, an article in a newspaper or other periodical or on a website presenting the opinion of the publisher, writer, or editor.
identical: adjective, similar or alike in every way:
lidocaine: noun, a synthetic crystalline powder, C 14 H 22 N 2 O, used as a local anesthetic and also in the management of certain arrhythmias.
doctrinal: adjective, of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine:

8 letter words you can make with directional

diatonic: adjective, noting those scales that contain five whole tones and two semitones, as the major, minor, and certain modal scales.
ceratoid: adjective, hornlike; horny.
ideation: noun, the process of forming ideas or images.
Dicentra: noun, any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
nitrolic: adjective, of or noting a series of acids of the type RC(=NOH)NO 2 , whose salts form deep-red solutions.
cilantro: noun, the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
Tirolean: noun, a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
colander: noun, a metal or plastic container with a perforated bottom, for draining and straining foods.
Coltrane: noun, John (William) 1926–67, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
iodinate: verb (used with object), to iodize.
clarinet: noun, a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
deration: verb (used with object), to discontinue the rationing of (something).
Clorinda: noun, a female given name.
centroid: noun, Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero. Compare center of mass.
colinear: adjective, collinear.
loricate: adjective, covered with a lorica.
air-line: adjective, straight; direct; traveling a direct route:
catenoid: noun, the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
idiolect: noun, a person's individual speech pattern. Compare dialect (def 1).
ordinate: noun, Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
D-notice: noun, a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
relation: noun, an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
reaction: noun, a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
raticide: noun, a substance or preparation for killing rats.
indicate: verb (used with object), to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show:
Oriental: noun, (usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
doctrine: noun, a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government:
retinoid: noun, Biochemistry. any of a group of substances related to vitamin A and functioning like vitamin A in the body.
canotier: noun, a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
Carleton: noun, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
dilation: noun, the act of dilating; state of being dilated.
Rodentia: noun, the order comprising the rodents.
indirect: adjective, not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout:
Caroline: noun, a female given name.
indocile: adjective, not willing to receive teaching, training, or discipline; fractious; unruly.
Lacertid: noun, any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Lacertidae.
tail-end: noun, the hinder or rear part of anything.
Catiline: noun, (Lucius Sergius Catilina) 108?–62 b.c, Roman politician and conspirator.
Conelrad: noun, a system formerly used by the U.S. civil defense system to prevent enemy planes or missiles from homing on radio and television frequencies.
idolater: noun, Also, idolist [ahyd-l-ist] /ˈaɪd l ɪst/ (Show IPA). a worshiper of idols.
tailored: noun, a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
Clairton: noun, a city in SW Pennsylvania.
articled: noun, a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
Creation: noun, the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
Cortland: noun, a city in central New York.
acrolein: noun, a yellow, flammable liquid, C 3 H 4 O, having a stifling odor, usually obtained by the decomposition of glycerol: used chiefly in the synthesis of commercial and pharmaceutical products.
ctenidia: noun, any of various comblike or featherlike structures, as the row of stiff bristles on the legs of a psocid.
actinoid: adjective, raylike; radiate.
Cornelia: noun, flourished 2nd century b.c, Roman matron: mother of Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus.
ironclad: noun, a wooden warship of the middle or late 19th century having iron or steel armor plating.
acridine: noun, a colorless, crystalline solid, C 13 H 9 N, usually obtained from the anthracine fraction of coal tar: used chiefly in the synthesis of dyes and drugs.
crotalin: noun, a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
actinide: noun, any element of the actinide series.
trinodal: adjective, having three nodes or joints.
trade-in: noun, goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
Cordelia: noun, (in Shakespeare's King Lear) the youngest of Lear's three daughters and the only one who remains loyal to her father. Compare Goneril, Regan.
triolein: noun, olein (def 1).
tolidine: noun, any of several isomeric derivatives of biphenyl containing two methyl and two amino groups, especially the ortho isomer that is used as a reagent and in the preparation of dyes.
ironical: adjective, pertaining to, of the nature of, exhibiting, or characterized by irony or mockery:
linarite: noun, a mineral, a complex basic sulfate of lead and copper, having a deep-blue color resembling that of azurite.
contrail: noun, a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.

7 letter words you can make with directional

lenitic: adjective, lentic.
cariole: noun, a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
Ireland: noun, John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
diorite: noun, a granular igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase feldspar and hornblende.
ctenoid: adjective, comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
Carline: noun, an old woman.
Carlton: noun, Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
crinite: noun, a fossil crinoid.
decrial: noun, the act of decrying; noisy censure.
oneiric: adjective, of or relating to dreams.
lection: noun, a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
crinoid: noun, any echinoderm of the class Crinoidea, having a cup-shaped body to which are attached branched, radiating arms, comprising the sea lilies, feather stars, and various fossil forms.
carotid: noun, Also called carotid artery. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
carotin: noun, carotene.
cardio-
Latinic: adjective, of or relating to the Latin language or the ancient Latin-speaking peoples.
ordinal: noun, an ordinal number or numeral.
Cainite: noun, a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
lactone: noun, any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
2,4,5-t: noun, a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
re-coil: verb (used with or without object), to coil again.
recital: noun, a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
ratline: noun, any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
ladrone: noun, a thief.
radicle: noun, Botany. the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root. a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
radicel: noun, a minute root; a rootlet.
dariole: noun, a small round mold.
Decalin
lean-to: noun, a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
Caitlin: noun, a female given name, Irish form of Cathleen, Kathleen.
caldron: noun, cauldron.
Calorie: noun, Thermodynamics. Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal. (usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
Laodice: noun, (in the Iliad) a daughter of Priam and Hecuba who chose to be swallowed up by the earth rather than live as a Greek concubine.
decanol: noun, a colorless liquid, C 10 H 22 O, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohol: used as a plasticizer, detergent, and in perfumes and flavorings.
candier
Leonard: noun, Sugar Ray (Ray Charles Leonard) born 1956, U.S. boxer.
Candiot: noun, a Cretan.
latrine: noun, a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
lead-in: noun, something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
lentoid: noun, a lentoid body.
deliria: noun, Pathology. a more or less temporary disorder of the mental faculties, as in fevers, disturbances of consciousness, or intoxication, characterized by restlessness, excitement, delusions, hallucinations, etc.
dineric: adjective, of or relating to the face of separation of two immiscible liquid phases.
deontic: adjective, of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
article: noun, a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
Nicolet: noun, Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
clarino: noun, a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
Clarion: noun, an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
Nicolai: noun, (Carl) Otto (Ehrenfried) [kahrl awt-oh ey-ruh n-freet] /kɑrl ˈɔt oʊ ˈeɪ rənˌfrit/ (Show IPA), 1810–49, German composer.
neritic: adjective, of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
detrain: verb (used without object), to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
Delicia: noun, a female given name.
cordite: noun, a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
Lorient: noun, a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
dialect: noun, Linguistics. a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.
cordial: noun, a strong, sweetened, aromatic alcoholic liquor; liqueur.
codline: noun, an untarred cord of hemp or cotton, used for fishing and for various purposes aboard a ship.
Loraine: noun, a female given name, form of Lorraine.
cordate: adjective, heart-shaped:
deltaic: adjective, pertaining to or like a delta.
Linacre: noun, Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
Deloria: noun, Vine, (Jr.) [vahyn] /vaɪn/ (Show IPA), 1933–2005, U.S. writer.
contra-
Oceanid: noun, any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
Nilotic: noun, a group of languages belonging to the Eastern Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan, and including Dinka, Luo, Masai, and Nandi.
citrine: noun, a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
Dinaric: adjective, of or relating to the Alpine region of the Balkan Peninsula, from Slovenia to N Albania and extending across W Coatia, and most of Bosnia and Herzegovna, and Montenegro.
cranio-
Celadon: noun, any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
inedita: plural noun, unpublished literary works.
dilator: noun, Anatomy. a muscle that dilates some cavity of the body.
Conrail: noun, a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
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centro-
craniol
inertia: noun, inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
cerato-
diction: noun, style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words:
Niteroi: noun, a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
certain: Idioms, for certain, without a doubt; surely:
Nordica: noun, Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
nodical: adjective, of or relating to a node or the nodes.
leotard: noun, a skintight, one-piece garment for the torso, having a high or low neck, long or short sleeves, and a lower portion resembling either briefs or tights, worn by acrobats, dancers, etc.
cotidal: adjective, pertaining to a coincidence of tides.
nitrile: noun, any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
ciliate: noun, Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
nitride: noun, a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.
cortina: noun, a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
citadel: noun, a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
central: noun, a main telephone exchange. a telephone operator at such an exchange.
conidia: noun, (in fungi) an asexual spore formed by abstriction at the top of a hyphal branch.
airline: noun, Aeronautics. a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points. the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system. Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
anilide: noun, any compound containing the univalent group C 6 H 5 NH–, derived from aniline, as acetanilide, C 8 H 9 NO.
retinal: 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.
retinol: noun, vitamin A.
acetoin: noun, a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
elation: noun, a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
trenail: noun, treenail.
antero-
aconite: noun, any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
Torenia: noun, any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
actino-
toenail: noun, a nail of a toe.
triclad: noun, a planarian.
entrail: plural noun, the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
Tancred: noun, 1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
alienor: noun, a person who transfers property.
identic: adjective, identical.
aileron: noun, Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
tendril: 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.
alerion: noun, an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
Iceland: noun, a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
erotica: noun, written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
triacid: adjective, capable of combining with three molecules of a monobasic acid:
aneroid: noun, aneroid barometer.
Aretino: noun, Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
edition: noun, one of a series of printings of the same book, newspaper, etc., each issued at a different time and differing from another by alterations, additions, etc. (distinguished from impression).
trindle: noun, British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
redcoat: noun, (especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
reliant: adjective, having or showing dependence:
re-laid: verb, simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.

6 letter words you can make with directional

lionet: noun, a young or small lion.
denial: noun, an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
C-note: noun, See C (def 11).
coaler: noun, a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
tineid: noun, a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
coated: noun, an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
lorica: noun, Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
Lorena: noun, a female given name.
toe-in: noun, the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
linter: noun, linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
dental: noun, Phonetics. a dental sound.
Darien: noun, Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
aeron.
triode: noun, a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
colter: noun, a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
Aeolic: noun, the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
coedit: verb (used with object), to edit jointly with another.
Lorain: noun, a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
denti-
loiter: verb (used with object), to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
Loiret: noun, a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
iodine: noun, a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
iolite: noun, cordierite.
locate: verb (used with object), to identify or discover the place or location of:
Colden: noun, Cadwallader, 1688–1776, Scottish physician, botanist, and public official in America, born in Ireland.
loaner: noun, a person or thing that loans.
colent
loader: noun, a person or thing that loads.
Eolian: noun, Aeolian2 (def 3).
tirade: noun, a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
iodate: noun, Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
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.
necro-
Nilote: noun, a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
tie-in: noun, an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
Nicole: noun, a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
claret: noun, the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
etalon: noun, an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
Tilden: noun, Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
Italic: noun, Often, italics. italic type.
intoed: adjective, having inwardly turned toes.
lacto-
erotic: noun, an erotic poem.
tincal: noun, a former name for crude native borax.
detain: verb (used with object), to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
cleoid: noun, a claw-shaped dental instrument used to remove carious material from a cavity.
nectar: noun, the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
client: noun, a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
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.
ironic: adjective, using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
darnel: noun, any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
Tindal: noun, Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
dartle: verb (used with or without object), to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
derail: noun, a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
nacred: adjective, lined with or resembling nacre.
Derain: noun, André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
nailer: noun, a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
detail: noun, an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
Ladino: noun, Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
intro.
narco-
intra-
clino-
clinid: noun, any of the blennioid fishes of the family Clinidae, of tropical and subtropical seas.
linear: adjective, of, consisting of, or using lines:
adreno
adroit: adjective, expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
irenic: adjective, tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
trance: noun, a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
Lander: noun, a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
elicit: verb (used with object), to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
Lenoir: noun, Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
Landor: noun, Walter Savage, 1775–1864, English poet and prose writer.
Danite: noun, a member of the tribe of Dan.
Lenard: noun, Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
lector: noun, a lecturer in a college or university.
aceto-
Lanier: noun, Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
Daniel: noun, Bible. a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity. the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
acetin: noun, a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
cteno-
lectin: noun, any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
learnt: verb, a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
lancet: noun, a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
trinal: adjective, threefold; triple; trine.
irido-
editor: noun, a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
Latino: noun, a person of Latin-American descent:
dancer: noun, a person who dances.
dacoit: noun, (in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
Dacron
Dairen: noun, former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
decant: verb (used with object), to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
eclair: noun, a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
decani: adjective, of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
Larine: adjective, characteristic of or resembling a gull.
Dalton: noun, atomic mass unit.
Laredo: noun, a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.
lentic: adjective, pertaining to or living in still water.
Elinor: noun, a female given name, form of Helen.
lardon: noun, a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
lictor: noun, (in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
Conrad: noun, Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
adren-
entoil: verb (used with object), to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
contd.
contr.
Adonic: noun, Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
Toland: noun, Gregg, 1904–48, U.S. cinematographer.
adient: adjective, tending to move toward a stimulus.
entail: noun, the act of entailing.
Lidice: noun, a village in the W Czech Republic: suffered a ruthless reprisal by the Nazis in 1942 for the assassination of a high Nazi official.
adeno-
Claire: noun, Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
Enrico: noun, a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
delict: noun, Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
corita: noun, a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
cretin: noun, a person suffering from cretinism.
Lerida: noun, a city in NE Spain.
Cretan: noun, a native or inhabitant of Crete.
credit: noun, commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
craton: noun, a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
Leonid: noun, any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
cradle: noun, a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
lancer: noun, a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
Delano: noun, a city in S California.
Delian: noun, a native or inhabitant of Delos.
actin-
CORNET: noun, Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
action: noun, the process or state of acting or of being active:
Cornel: noun, any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
corned: noun, Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
cornea: noun, the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
iatric: adjective, of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
Arnold: noun, Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
Ticino: noun, a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
Cantor: noun, the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
orcein: noun, a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
Iletin
Cardin: noun, Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
cardi-
ordain: verb (used with object), to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
ordeal: noun, any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
rident: adjective, laughing; smiling; cheerful.
oracle: noun, (especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
cantle: noun, the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
Canter: noun, an easy gallop.
indict: verb (used with object), (of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial:
orenda: noun, a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
direct: adverb, in a direct manner; directly; straight:
Candor: noun, the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
diotic: adjective, pertaining to or affecting both ears; binaural.
anodic: adjective, pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
Rialto: noun, an exchange or mart.
Carole: noun, a female given name.
rondel: noun, Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting usually of 14 lines on two rhymes, of which four are made up of the initial couplet repeated in the middle and at the end, with the second line of the couplet sometimes being omitted at the end.
Andric: noun, Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
carton: noun, a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
cartel: noun, an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
indite: verb (used with object), to compose or write, as a poem.
andro-
Ronald: noun, a male given name: from Scandinavian words meaning “counsel” and “rule.”.
roadie: noun, a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
clado-
Carnot: noun, Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
carnet: noun, a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
Oneida: noun, a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
Roland: noun, Italian Orlando. the greatest of the paladins in the Charlemagne cycle of the chansons de geste, renowned for his prowess and the manner of his death in the battle of Roncesvalles (a.d. 778), also for his five days' combat with Oliver in which neither was the victor.
rodent: noun, a rodent mammal.
candle: noun, a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
antler: noun, one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
indole: noun, a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
recoil: noun, an act of recoiling.
relict: noun, Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
re-act: verb (used with object), to act or perform again.
atonic: noun, Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
docent: noun, privatdocent.
recant: verb (used with object), to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
incite: verb (used with object), to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
redial: noun, automatic redial.
ratine: noun, a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
Ilorin: noun, a town in W central Nigeria.
doater: noun, doter.
rectal: adjective, of, relating to, or for the rectum.
recti-
redact: verb (used with object), to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
aroint: verb (imperative), begone:
ration: noun, a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
indecl
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.
rental: noun, an amount received or paid as rent.
Calder: noun, Alexander, 1898–1976, U.S. sculptor; originator of mobiles.
Orient: noun, the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
retain: verb (used with object), to keep possession of.
retail: noun, the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
Orinda: noun, a town in W California.
ornate: adjective, elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
Racine: noun, Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
rancid: adjective, having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
ardent: adjective, having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
Arendt: noun, Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
Docile: adjective, easily managed or handled; tractable:
indic.
radio-
cadent: adjective, having cadence.
Raetic: noun, an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
tailed: noun, the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
Deacon: noun, (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
Tailor: noun, a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
inlaid: noun, inlaid work.
inroad: noun, a damaging or serious encroachment:
inlier: noun, an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
Nordic: noun, a member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian.
norite: noun, a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
donate: verb (used with object), to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
notice: noun, an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
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.
Ciardi: noun, John, 1916–86, U.S. poet.
Alnico: noun, a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
cerat-
cation: noun, a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
tanrec: noun, tenrec.
altern: adjective, alternate; following one another.
centra: noun, a plural of centrum.
Noetic: adjective, of or relating to the mind.
nocti-
dilate: verb (used with object), to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
citied: adjective, occupied by a city or cities.
inter.
iatro-
Citron: noun, a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
citrin: noun, bioflavonoid.
citral: noun, a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
citole: noun, cittern.
Dorian: noun, a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks. Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
Alecto: noun, one of the Furies.
dialer: noun, a person or thing that dials.
Dorati: noun, Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
nitric: adjective, containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
Aldine: noun, an Aldine or other early edition.
cinder: noun, a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
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.
nitro-
centr-
inlace: verb (used with object), enlace.
talion: noun, lex talionis.
centi-
celto-
oilcan: noun, a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
ancile: noun, a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
dinero: noun, a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
cental: noun, hundredweight (def 1).
Talien: noun, Wade-Giles. Dalian.
cedarn: adjective, resembling or made of cedar.
octane: noun, any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
Indore: noun, a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
Catlin: noun, George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.

5 letter words you can make with directional

Enola: noun, a female given name.
incl.
incr.
enrol: verb (used with or without object), enroll.
ician
incor
ileac: adjective, of or relating to the ileum.
Iceni: noun, an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
Elton: noun, a male given name.
entia: noun, plural of ens.
Indre: noun, a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
Indra: noun, Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
intr.
Indo-
India: noun, Hindi Bharat [buh-ruht] /ˈbʌ rʌt/ (Show IPA). a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.
ilio-
irone: noun, a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
edit.
Ilion: noun, Greek name of ancient Troy.
Icel.
ento-
Edina: noun, a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
Ital.
edict: noun, a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
ideal: noun, a conception of something in its perfection.
intel: noun, intelligence (defs 4, 6).
Ionia: noun, an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
Indio: noun, a town in S California.
enact: verb (used with object), to make into an act or statute:
Eliot: noun, Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
Erato: noun, the Muse of love poetry.
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.
irate: adjective, angry; enraged:
encl.
iodic: adjective, containing iodine, especially in the pentavalent state.
idio-
Iliac: adjective, of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
ideo-
Iliad: noun, (italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
init.
indie: noun, an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
idion
idler: noun, a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
ERICA: noun, any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
Eolic: noun, the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
irade: noun, a decree of a Muslim ruler.
Ionic: noun, Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
Eland: noun, either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
inlet: noun, an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
irid-
inert: adjective, having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
ileo-
Eilat: noun, a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
idiot: noun, Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
indri: noun, a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
Iran.
Irina: noun, a female given name.
endo-
nicad: noun, nickel-cadmium battery.
ition
Taine: noun, Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
reni-
retd.
riant: adjective, laughing; smiling; cheerful.
ricin: noun, a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
Rieti: noun, Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
Rodin: noun, (François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
ronde: noun, a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
Taino: noun, a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
relic: noun, a surviving memorial of something past.
taler: noun, thaler.
talon: noun, a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
Tarde: noun, Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
tardo: adjective, slow (used as a musical direction).
Tarne: noun, (in the Iliad) Sardis.
teiid: noun, any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
telia: noun, the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
telic: adjective, Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
renal: adjective, of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
Redon: noun, Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
tenia: noun, taenia.
radon: noun, a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
orate: verb (used with or without object), to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
ordn.
oread: noun, Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
orial
Oriel: noun, a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
racon: noun, radar beacon.
radii: noun, a plural of radius.
ranid: noun, frog1 (def 2).
redia: noun, a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
ratel: noun, a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
ratio: noun, the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
react: verb (used with object), to act or perform again.
Recit
RECON: noun, reconnaissance.
rect.
recta: noun, a plural of rectum.
Redan: noun, a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
telo-
teno-
orale: noun, fanon (def 2).
trend: noun, the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
toric: adjective, noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
torii: noun, (in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
Trace: noun, a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
trade: noun, the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
trail: noun, a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
train: noun, Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
tread: noun, the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
triac: noun, a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
tonic: noun, a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
Triad: noun, a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
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.
trice: noun, a very short time; an instant:
tried: noun, an attempt or effort:
trine: noun, a set or group of three; triad.
triol: noun, a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
Troad: noun, The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
Trona: noun, a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
toran: noun, (in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
tonia
tenor: noun, the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
Tiler: noun, a person who lays tiles.
tera-
Terai: noun, a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
terna: noun, a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
Terni: noun, a city in central Italy.
tical: noun, a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
tidal: adjective, of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
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.
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.
tinea: noun, any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
toner: noun, a person or thing that tones.
Tinia: noun, the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
Tiran: noun, Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
tired: noun, British Dialect. fatigue.
Tirol: noun, Tyrol.
toile: noun, any of various transparent linens and cottons.
tolan: noun, a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
Tolar: noun, the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
tonal: adjective, pertaining to or having tonality.
orant: noun, a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
ontic: adjective, possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
lact-
litre: noun, liter.
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.
Lidia: noun, (in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
linac: noun, linear accelerator.
Linda: noun, a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
Lindi: noun, a seaport in SE Tanzania.
liner: noun, a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
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.
loden: noun, a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
licet
Loire: noun, a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
loner: noun, a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
LORAN: noun, a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
Lorca: noun, García Lorca.
Loren: noun, a male given name, form of Lawrence.
Lorin: noun, a male given name, form of Lawrence.
Lorna: noun, a female given name.
Lorne: noun, Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
licit: adjective, legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
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.
nacre: noun, mother-of-pearl.
laten: verb (used with or without object), to make or become late.
Laden: adjective, burdened; loaded down.
Ladin: noun, a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
Ladon: noun, a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
Laird: noun, a landed proprietor.
LANCE: noun, a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
Lando: noun, died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
lated: adjective, belated.
later: Idioms, of late, lately; recently:
Lerna: noun, a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
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.
leant: noun, the act or state of leaning; inclination:
learn: verb (used with object), to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
lect.
Lenca: noun, a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
lento: adverb, slowly.
Leona: noun, a female given name.
Leoni: noun, Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
lotic: adjective, pertaining to or living in flowing water.
Nader: noun, Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
olein: noun, Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
oidea
trone: noun, a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
ocrea: noun, a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
octa-
octad: noun, a group or series of eight.
octal: noun, octonary (def 6).
octan: noun, an octan fever.
OIcel
oidia: noun, one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
oater: noun, a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
oiled: noun, any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
oiler: noun, a person or thing that oils.
Oland: noun, an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
olden: adjective, of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
Older: noun, (used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
oldie: noun, a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
Olean: noun, a city in SW New York.
oleic: adjective, pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
ocean: noun, the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
oaten: adjective, of, relating to, or made of oats.
nadir: noun, Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
Niter: noun, potassium nitrate.
naled: noun, a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
natl.
Ndola: noun, a city in N Zambia.
Nelda: noun, a female given name.
neral: noun, citral b. See under citral.
nerol: noun, a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
ectal: adjective, external; outer; on the surface of.
Niort: noun, a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
nitid: adjective, bright; lustrous.
oared: noun, a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
nitr-
nitre: noun, niter.
noct-
nodal: adjective, pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
Nolde: noun, Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
NORAD: noun, a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
noria: noun, a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
noted: noun, a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
ecto-
Inari: noun, Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
ectad: adverb, outward.
Crane: noun, any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
ceorl: noun, churl (def 4).
CENTO: noun, a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
dicta: noun, a plural of dictum.
dict.
cent.
dicot: noun, a dicotyledon.
Celt.: abbreviation, Celtic.
dial.
Celia: noun, a female given name, form of Cecilia.
anole: noun, any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
crate: noun, a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
Corti: noun, Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
Credo: noun, (often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
Creon: noun, a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
ante-
dent.
denar: noun, the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
anti-
antic: noun, Usually, antics. a playful trick or prank; caper. a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
Delta: noun, the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
Delia: noun, a female given name, form of Cordelia.
antre: noun, a cavern; cave.
anode: noun, the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
ceria: noun, a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
cried: noun, the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
cetin: noun, a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
alter: noun, David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
alti-
alto-
Alton: noun, a city in SW Illinois.
cont.
ancre: adjective, having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
Conte: noun, count2 .
andor: conjunction, (used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
Andie: noun, a male or female given name.
andr-
cert.
dinar: noun, any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
Coral: noun, the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
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.
Aneto: noun, Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
Dirae: plural noun, the Furies. See fury (def 3).
Dirac: noun, Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
Corea: noun, Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
Dione: noun, Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
cero-
coria: noun, plural of corium.
anile: adjective, of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
diner: noun, a person who dines.
A-one: adjective, noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
Crile: noun, George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
alone: Idioms, leave alone, to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself: to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
canto: noun, one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
carne: noun, Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
Carin: noun, a female given name.
Carie: noun, a female given name, form of Caroline.
caret: noun, a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
Caren: noun, a female given name.
Cadet: noun, a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
Dario: noun, Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
daric: noun, a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
cadre: noun, Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
Card.
Dante: noun, (Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
Carol: noun, a song, especially of joy.
Cant.
caine: noun, (Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
canoe: noun, any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
danio: noun, any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
canid: noun, any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
Dalen: noun, Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
Caird: noun, a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
cairn: noun, a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
Cairo: noun, a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
dance: noun, a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
atone: verb (used with object), to make amends for; expiate:
ation
Arden: noun, Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
decal: noun, a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
crine: noun, hair; head of hair.
crit.
areo-
decor: noun, style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
Croat: noun, a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
decl.
deci-
Ariel: noun, a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
Arion: noun, flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
decan: noun, any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
deca-
Carte: noun, (italics) French. menu; bill of fare. Compare à la carte.
Arlen: noun, Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
crone: noun, a withered, witchlike old woman.
Cedar: noun, any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches. Compare cedar of Lebanon.
clone: noun, Biology. a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived. a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
Arndt: noun, Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
Arnel
dealt: noun, a business transaction:
cater: verb (used with object), to provide food and service for:
aroid: noun, any plant of the arum family.
artel: noun, (in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
Artie: noun, a male given name, form of Arthur.
Conde: noun, Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
caner: noun, a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
Aloin: noun, an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
Drain: noun, something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
Adore: verb (used with object), to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
drone: noun, the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
droit: noun, a legal right or claim.
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.
adorn: verb (used with object), to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
coel-
adret: noun, a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
cleat: noun, a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
drail: noun, a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
coder: noun, a person or device that translates information into a code.
Ciano: noun, Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
clear: noun, a clear or unobstructed space.
Draco: noun, the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
claro: noun, such a cigar.
aeri-
Clare: noun, a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
aero-
colat
aioli: noun, a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
Adler: noun, Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
Cleon: noun, died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
clade: noun, a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
acold: adjective, being cold or chilled.
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.
econ.
ecol.
Clite: noun, Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
eclat: noun, brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
30-30
acet-
Eaton: noun, Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
Clint: noun, a male given name, form of Clinton.
acorn: noun, the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
aden-
cnida: noun, a nematocyst.
acred: adjective, owning many acres of land; landed.
acrid: adjective, sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
acro-
acron: noun, the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
cline: noun, Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
Acton: noun, a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
Actor: noun, a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
coati: noun, any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
Clair: noun, René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
Aedon: noun, a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
alcid: noun, a bird of the family Alcidae.
Alcor
cine-
Aline: noun, a female given name, form of Adeline.
donec: conjunction, (in prescriptions) until.
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.
cilia: plural noun, Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
Alice: noun, a city in S Texas.
alert: noun, an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
cider: noun, the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
DORAN: noun, an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
Dolin: noun, Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
Doric: noun, a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
Alden: noun, John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
dolia: noun, a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
Colin: noun, any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
Donar: noun, the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
cidal
dolce: noun, an instruction to the performer that the music is to be executed softly and sweetly.
Colet: noun, John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
Alcon: noun, a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.

4 letter words you can make with directional

Carn: noun, cairn.
Orel: noun, a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
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.
clod: noun, a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
NCTE
once: noun, a single occasion; one time only:
Olin: noun, a male given name.
Carl: noun, Scot. a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer. a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
Noel: noun, the Christmas season; yuletide.
CART: noun, a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
Ceto
NDAC
ole-
Nord: noun, a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
Neal: noun, a male given name.
Ont.
noir: adjective, black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
Nora: noun, a female given name, form of Honora.
Orca: noun, the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
Clio: noun, Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
cide
ord.
nard: noun, an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
Nor.
clit: noun, clitoris.
CARE: noun, a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
Nair: noun, a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
narc: noun, a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
cat.
node: noun, a knot, protuberance, or knob.
ciao: interjection, (used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
NATO: noun, an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
Oran: noun, a seaport in NW Algeria.
oral: noun, an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
noil: noun, a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
orad: adverb, toward the mouth or the oral region.
Oita: noun, a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
Cate: noun, a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
clad: verb, a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
odic: adjective, of an ode.
NICE: noun, a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
cit.
NTIA
Oder: noun, a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
cite: noun, citation (defs 7, 8).
clar
Nida: noun, a female given name, form of Nydia.
Ceil: verb (used with object), to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
Nero: noun, (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
nide: noun, a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
Nier: noun, Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
Cela: noun, Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
cera: noun, (in prescriptions) wax.
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.
clan: noun, a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
cen.
Oct.
Clea: noun, a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
CERN
Ceta: noun, Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
not-
cane: noun, a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
cet-
Cato: noun, Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
ect-
neat: noun, an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
Cdr.
Neil: noun, a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
Cleo: noun, a female given name.
neo-
Neri: noun, Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
cedi: noun, a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
cion: noun, scion (def 2).
cir.
nota: noun, a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
cire: noun, a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
OECD
note: noun, a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
nerd: noun, a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
Odin: noun, the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
nori: noun, a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
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.
Can.
Ald.
tela: noun, a seaport in N Honduras.
ten.
Tena: noun, Koyukon.
tend: Verb phrases, tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
Alec: noun, a herring.
ter.
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.
teil: noun, Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
Alco
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.
airt: noun, a direction.
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.
Aire
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-
ALIT: verb, a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
TINA: noun, a female given name.
talc: noun, Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
taco: noun, Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
tael: noun, liang.
tail: noun, the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
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).
tain: noun, a thin tin plate.
ance
tale: noun, a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
teal: noun, any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
Tane: noun, a Polynesian god of fertility.
alt.
Tare: noun, any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
Tarn: noun, a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
aloe: noun, any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
Taro: noun, a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
AInd
aide: noun, nurse's aide.
ROTL: noun, a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
acle: noun, the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
Tore: noun, a torus.
Tori: noun, plural of torus.
torn: noun, a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
Acre: noun, a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
acr-
acne: noun, an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
acid: noun, Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
Toni: noun, a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
tri-
trid
Trio: noun, a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
tRNA
trod: noun, the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
tron
torc: noun, torque (def 4).
tone: noun, any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
Tine: noun, a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
Tiro: noun, tyro.
aet.
tion
aer-
tire: noun, British Dialect. fatigue.
aeon: noun, (in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
tirl: noun, a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
toad: noun, any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit. Compare frog1 (def 1).
Adie: noun, a female given name.
toea: noun, a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
toed: noun, one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
toil: noun, hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
tola: noun, a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
told: verb, simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
tole: noun, enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
adit: noun, an entrance or a passage.
Tace: noun, tasset.
Roti: noun, roast.
Cal.
atic
RdAc
ator
Read: noun, an act or instance of reading:
real: noun, real number.
Aton: noun, a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
Atli: noun, Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
Aten: noun, Aton.
RATO: noun, rocket-assisted takeoff.
art.
Aron: noun, a male given name.
Arno: noun, Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
Arne: noun, Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
redo: noun, the act or an instance of redoing.
Reid: noun, Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
rcd.
rate: noun, the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
rel.
caid: noun, (in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
orle: noun, Heraldry. a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture. an arrangement in orle of small charges:
Orne: noun, a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
otic: adjective, of or relating to the ear; auricular.
RACE: noun, a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
Cain: noun, Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
rad.
cadi: noun, qadi.
rant: noun, ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
cade: noun, a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
RAID: noun, a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
rail: noun, a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
rain: noun, water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
rale: noun, an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
RAND: noun, (in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
Rani: noun, ranee.
reit: noun, real-estate investment trust.
aril: noun, a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
rote: noun, routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
ano-
RITA: noun, the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
rite: noun, a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
road: noun, a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
roan: noun, a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
Roca: noun, Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
rode: noun, a rope by which a boat is anchored.
Rodi: noun, Italian name of Rhodes.
riot: noun, a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
Anil: noun, a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
roil: verb (used with object), to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
role: noun, a part or character played by an actor or actress.
RONA
Rota: noun, Chiefly British. a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others. an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
ROTC: noun, a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
rit.
Rind: noun, a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
arid: adjective, being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
rial: noun, a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
Rena: noun, a female given name, form of Marina.
rend: verb (used with object), to separate into parts with force or violence:
Reno: noun, Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
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.
ARCO: adverb, (of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
Arce: noun, a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
Rice: noun, the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
Rina: noun, a female given name.
Rico: noun, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
Rida
ride: noun, a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
ant.
Riel: noun, a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
RIIA
rile: verb (used with object), to irritate or vex.
Cloe: noun, a female given name, form of Chloe.
NIRA
1080
LARC: noun, long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
Dona: noun, (initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
Dace: noun, a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
dolt: noun, a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
idle: noun, the state or quality of being idle.
Dale: noun, a valley, especially a broad valley.
late: Idioms, of late, lately; recently:
Lat.
Dali: noun, Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
Lari: noun, an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
Dan.: abbreviation, Bible. Daniel (def 1).
lard: noun, the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
Laon: noun, a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
IDEA: noun, any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
Dane: noun, a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
Dole: noun, a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
idol: noun, an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
ile-
dol.
Lani
Lane: noun, a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
Danl
doit: noun, Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
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:
Dare: noun, an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
Dari: noun, a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
done: noun, Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
idae
lain: noun, a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification. Antonyms: truth.
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.
Erna: noun, a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
Cote: noun, a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
crat
DOTE: noun, decay of wood.
Leon: noun, a male given name, form of Leo.
etc.
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.
etic: adjective, pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
Leno: noun, Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
Etna: noun, Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
lend: Idioms, lend a hand, to give help; aid:
Eton: noun, a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
Ind.
Dora: noun, a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
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.
intl
Lear: noun, learning; instruction; lesson.
Dort: noun, Dordrecht.
ical
ICAO
Lean: noun, the act or state of leaning; inclination:
Ice.
iced: noun, the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
Lead: noun, the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
lea.
DORE: noun, the walleye or pike perch of North America.
lair: noun, a den or resting place of a wild animal:
Ilia: noun, the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
Leta: noun, a female given name, form of Latona.
Diet: noun, food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
DEAR: noun, a person who is good, kind, or generous:
Dino
Dine: noun, Scot. dinner.
Dec.
iron: noun, Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
deco: noun, art deco.
Din.
Ire.
Dili: noun, a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
deil: noun, devil.
Del.
deli: noun, a delicatessen.
IOTA: noun, a very small quantity; jot; whit.
dint: noun, force; power:
diel: adjective, of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
Iona: noun, an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
INRI
Den.
Deni: noun, a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
der.
iod-
inro: noun, a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
int.
dern: adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), darn2 .
Dice: noun, Machinery. any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine. a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like. one of the separate pieces of such a device. a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
dia-
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.
dioc
laid: noun, the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
dlr.
laic: noun, one of the laity.
doer: noun, a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
doc.: plural, document.
Darn: noun, a darned place, as in a garment:
dat.
doat: verb (used without object), dote.
date: noun, a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
dato: noun, (in the Philippines) a native chief.
inae
Inc.
Inca: noun, a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
lade: verb (used with object), to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
DCNL
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.
IndE
deal: noun, a business transaction:
dite: noun, a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
lace: noun, a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
DIRT: noun, any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
dirl: verb (used without object), to vibrate; shake.
DIRE: adjective, causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
dir.
Dior: noun, Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
diol: noun, glycol (def 2).
itol
iter: noun, a canal or passage.
Erin: noun, Literary. Ireland.
ctr.
Leto: noun, the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
Lira: noun, a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
lode: noun, a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
loci: noun, plural of locus.
Cold: noun, the relative absence of heat:
loca: noun, a plural of locus.
Cole: noun, any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
loan: noun, the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
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.
load: noun, anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
Coln: noun, former German name of Cologne.
LitD
lit.
COLT: noun, a young male animal of the horse family.
Elia: noun, the pen name of Charles Lamb.
Lion: noun, a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
enc.
Con.
lint: noun, minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
lino: noun, linoleum.
Cond
Line: noun, a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
cone: noun, Geometry. a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex. a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
Lind: noun, Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
Cor.
Cora: noun, Classical Mythology. Kore.
Lodi: noun, a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
loin: noun, Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
lin.
EDTA
eco-
Ltd.
clot: noun, a mass or lump.
Loti: noun, a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
lote: noun, lotus.
Lota: noun, (in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
Edna: noun, a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
Lorn: noun, Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
coal: noun, a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
coat: noun, an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
coda: noun, Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
code: noun, a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
COLA: noun, a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
Lore: noun, the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
Lord: noun, a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
coed: noun, Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
coil: noun, a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
coin: noun, a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
lone: adjective, being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
lond
elan: noun, dash; impetuous ardor:
coir: noun, the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
EARN: verb (used with object), to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
Col.
Lina: noun, a female given name.
lite: noun, light2 (def 36).
into: adjective, Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
Cori: noun, Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
Drin: noun, a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
drat: interjection, (used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
lice: noun, plural of louse.
Cort
liar: noun, a person who tells lies.
Liao: noun, a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
enl.
Eric: noun, Eric the Red.
CORN: noun, Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
Enid: noun, a city in N Oklahoma.
enol: noun, an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
lier: noun, a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
Lido: noun, a fashionable beach resort.
end-
Cord: noun, a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
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.
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:

3 letter words you can make with directional

eon: noun, an indefinitely long period of time; age.
ed.
eir
ae.
TLC
EDT
ERA: noun, a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
ETO
rin: noun, a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
EDO: noun, a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
ROE: noun, the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
ANI: noun, any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
ROI
AIC
DRE
ETR
ail: verb (used with object), to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
ane: adjective, noun, pronoun, one.
Ain: noun, a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
ROT: noun, the process of rotting.
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.
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.
eat: noun, eats, Informal. food.
id.
ACE: noun, a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
Rod: noun, a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
toe: noun, one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
Dr.
ECA
ec-
ac-
tlo
ad-
ADC
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.
tlr
RLD
RNA
rnd
ROA
ine
Tro
DIL
ERT
AID: noun, help or support; assistance.
EDC
EDA: noun, a female given name.
DLC
al.
ROC: noun, a bird of enormous size and strength.
an.
Ar.
eld: noun, age.
ide
Eli: noun, a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
ETD
AEC
Doi
DOT: noun, a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
ead
ACT: noun, anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
ea.
TAO: noun, (in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
TAR: noun, any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
en-
ILA: noun, a town in SW Nigeria.
il-
ier
Ido: noun, a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
ean
TCA
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.
ICA: noun, Portuguese name of Putumayo.
ton: noun, a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
Tor: noun, a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
TEC: noun, detective.
ade: noun, George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
ale: noun, a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
Ted: noun, British Slang. Teddy boy.
ETA: noun, the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
Don: noun, (initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
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).
TIA
Tan: noun, the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
rt.
in.
rte
DLO
ado: noun, busy activity; bustle; fuss.
Tad: noun, a small child, especially a boy.
Dor: noun, Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
Tai: noun, any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
AIR: noun, a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
IRA: noun, a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
io-
DNA
Ia.
ina: noun, a female given name.
DNR
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.
ILO
eo-
TAL
ial
tra
ait: noun, a small island, especially in a river.
TID
tr.
ANC
DOE: noun, the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
ALC
ian: noun, a male given name, Scottish form of John.
TIC: noun, Pathology. a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face. tic douloureux.
TAE: preposition, to.
at.
di.
Old: noun, (used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
ONA: noun, a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
CLI
NED: noun, a male given name, form of Edward.
ctn: plural, carton.
cte
CTA
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.
lei: noun, (in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
one: noun, the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
Ola
Len: noun, a male given name, form of Leonard.
OIt
LON
OIr
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:
CDT
DET
NEC
oil: noun, any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
LCI
DAE
CAR: noun, an automobile.
ne-
DOA
LCA
LCD
orc: noun, any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
LCT
DCL
Ld.
LDC
NEA
Ora: noun, plural of os2 .
do.
ONR
ONI
CEA
CED
LAR: noun, (initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
NRA
OED
Nil: noun, nothing; naught; zero.
LOC
nit: noun, the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
Oc.
CIE
NRC
nr.
LOE: noun, verb (used with or without object), love.
lid: noun, a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
Lir: noun, Ler.
Lie: noun, a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification. Antonyms: truth.
CIA
Noe: noun, Noah (def 1).
CID: noun, The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
Nod: noun, a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
OTC
oar: noun, a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
CRT
Ler: noun, the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
oid
oic
ODT
LEO: noun, Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
ode: noun, a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
NIA
ODA: noun, a room within a harem.
COT: noun, a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
OAT: noun, a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
let: noun, British. a lease.
OCR
NIC: noun, a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
Lia: noun, Leah (def 1).
CEO
OCD
cle
Oca: noun, a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
Dal: noun, a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
Ore: noun, a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
ORT: noun, Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
ltr
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.
La.
NCO
ATC
Lt.
NAD
LAC: noun, a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter. Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
ite
REC: noun, recreation.
DEA
de-
ca.
REA
ot-
Clo
ITO: noun, Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
ITC
RDC
ARC: noun, Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
IOC
RID: noun, a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
ion: noun, an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
Ria: noun, a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
ior
IOT
aor
Ir.
ITA
ard
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.
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.
IRC
DEI: adverb, by the grace of God.
IRL
IRO
nae: adverb, no1 ; not.
NOC
Lad: noun, a boy or youth.
Re.
RDA
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.
CAI
DAR
Nat: noun, a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
Lot: noun, one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
RAN: noun, a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
CLR
CNO
Rd.
LAO: noun, a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
ote
NDE
OTA
Lae: noun, a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
Lai: noun, (in medieval French literature)
CAD: noun, an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
COD: noun, any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
RCT
LTA
RCN
RCA
d-c: noun, a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
Co.
CIO: noun, a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
cr.
cl.
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.
ct.

2 letter words you can make with directional

LO: adjective, an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
NA: adverb, no1 .
ln
LR
NI
ND
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.
N.
el: noun, Informal. elevated railroad.
3D: noun, a three-dimensional form or appearance:
2D: noun, a two-dimensional form or appearance:
AO
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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.
TI: noun, the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
No: noun, an utterance of the word “no.”.
T1
RA: noun, the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
RC
RI
RN
CE
DN
TA: noun, the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
TD
TC
t.
L2
L1
LI: noun, the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
LC
L.
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.
RO
R.
TE: noun, ti1 .
er: interjection, (used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
TN
O.
EI
E.: noun, Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
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.
OD: noun, a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
OE: noun, oy2 .
OA
TL
dl
et: verb, a simple past tense of eat.
i.
ic
ol
D.
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.
DC: noun, a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
le
NC

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