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- side-table
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noun,
a table intended to be placed against a wall.
- deciliters
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noun,
a unit of capacity equal to 1/10 (0.1) liter (about 3.38 U.S. fluid ounces). Abbreviation: dl.
- literacies
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noun,
the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.
- disrelated
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adjective,
lacking relation or connection; unrelated.
- acerbities
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noun,
sourness, with roughness or astringency of taste.
- bestraddle
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verb (used with object),
to bestride.
- decaliters
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noun,
dekaliter.
- dietaries
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noun,
a regulated allowance of food.
- Israelite
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noun,
a descendant of Jacob, especially a member of the Hebrew people who inhabited the ancient kingdom of Israel.
- biseriate
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adjective,
arranged in two rows; arranged in two cycles or whorls.
- desirable
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noun,
a person or thing that is desirable.
- decaliter
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noun,
dekaliter.
- clarities
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noun,
clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
- liberates
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verb (used with object),
to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- irascible
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adjective,
easily provoked to anger; very irritable:
- discredit
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noun,
loss or lack of belief or confidence; disbelief; distrust:
- dedicates
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adjective,
dedicated.
- trailside
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noun,
the side or border of a trail.
- liberties
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noun,
freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.
- diablerie
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noun,
diabolic magic or art; sorcery; witchcraft.
- Decretals
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noun,
a papal decree authoritatively determining some point of doctrine or church law.
- decidable
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adjective,
capable of being decided.
- asiderite
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noun,
an iron-free meteorite consisting of friable material.
- elaterids
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noun,
any beetle of the family Elateridae, comprising the click beetles.
- detailers
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noun,
a manufacturer's representative who calls on customers to supply information on products and visits stores to monitor sales and replenish stock.
- deciliter
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noun,
a unit of capacity equal to 1/10 (0.1) liter (about 3.38 U.S. fluid ounces). Abbreviation: dl.
- realities
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noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- discreate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- edacities
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noun,
the state of being edacious; voraciousness; appetite.
- raticides
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noun,
a substance or preparation for killing rats.
- lacertids
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noun,
any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Lacertidae.
- derelicts
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noun,
a person abandoned by society, especially a person without a permanent home and means of support; vagrant; bum.
- calebites
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noun,
a member of a tribe descended from Caleb.
- delicates
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noun,
Archaic. a choice food; delicacy.
- realistic
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adjective,
interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical:
- celibates
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noun,
a person who abstains from sexual relations.
- bedstead
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noun,
the framework of a bed supporting the springs and a mattress.
- bedrails
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noun,
a board at the side of a bed connecting the footboard and headboard.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- dedicate
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adjective,
dedicated.
- radicels
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noun,
a minute root; a rootlet.
- dreidels
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noun,
a four-sided top bearing the Hebrew letters nun, gimel, he, and shin, one on each side, used chiefly in a children's game traditionally played on the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.
- declared
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adjective,
publicly avowed or professed; self-confessed:
- siberite
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noun,
a violet or violet-red tourmaline, used as a gem.
- tileries
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noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- catbirds
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noun,
any of several American or Australian birds having catlike cries, especially Dumetella carolinensis (gray catbird) of North America.
- decrials
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noun,
the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- diabetic
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noun,
a person who has diabetes.
- basilect
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noun,
the variety of language in a creole continuum that is most distinct from the acrolect.
- celibate
-
noun,
a person who abstains from sexual relations.
- decretal
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noun,
a papal decree authoritatively determining some point of doctrine or church law.
- sibilate
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verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce with a hissing sound.
- declares
-
verb (used with object),
to make known or state clearly, especially in explicit or formal terms:
- radicles
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noun,
Botany.
the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root.
a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
- elaterid
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noun,
any beetle of the family Elateridae, comprising the click beetles.
- Breasted
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noun,
James Henry, 1865–1935, U.S. archaeologist and historian of ancient Egypt.
- detailer
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noun,
a manufacturer's representative who calls on customers to supply information on products and visits stores to monitor sales and replenish stock.
- delicate
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noun,
Archaic. a choice food; delicacy.
- sclerite
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- Aristide
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noun,
Jean-Bertrand, born 1953, Haitian priest and political leader: first democratically elected president, 1991, 1994–96, 2001–04.
- describe
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verb (used with object),
to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of:
- sclereid
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noun,
a short, thickened plant cell of the sclerenchyma, typically containing branched pits.
- credible
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adjective,
capable of being believed; believable:
- deicides
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noun,
a person who kills a god.
- detailed
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noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- articled
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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.
- redbaits
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verb (used without object),
to denounce or deprecate as a political radical, especially to accuse of being communist.
- driblets
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noun,
a small portion or part.
- derelict
-
noun,
a person abandoned by society, especially a person without a permanent home and means of support; vagrant; bum.
- raticide
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noun,
a substance or preparation for killing rats.
- straddle
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noun,
an act or instance of straddling.
- catslide
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noun,
(in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
- Delsarte
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noun,
François [fran-swah;; French frahn-swa] /frænˈswɑ;; French frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1811–71, French musician and teacher.
- Beatrice
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noun,
(in Dante's Vita Nuova and Divine Comedy) a symbolic figure developed from the person whom Dante first saw as a child and loved as an ideal of womanhood.
- sidereal
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adjective,
determined by or from the stars:
- retables
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noun,
a decorative structure raised above an altar at the back, often forming a frame for a picture, bas-relief, or the like, and sometimes including a shelf or shelves, as for ornaments.
- tiercels
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noun,
tercel.
- Tiberias
-
noun,
Lake. Galilee, Sea of.
- diabetes
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noun,
any of several disorders characterized by increased urine production.
- baldrics
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noun,
a belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip, supporting a sword, horn, etc.
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- Lacertid
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noun,
any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Lacertidae.
- debrides
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verb (used with object),
to clean (a wound) by debridement.
- carditis
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noun,
inflammation of the pericardium, myocardium, or endocardium, separately or in combination.
- Disraeli
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noun,
Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield ("Dizzy") 1804–81, British statesman and novelist: prime minister 1868, 1874–80.
- abristle
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adverb, adjective,
in a bristling state:
- discrete
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adjective,
apart or detached from others; separate; distinct:
- diatribe
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noun,
a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism:
- biserial
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adjective,
of or relating to the correlation between two sets of measurements, one set of which is limited to one of two values.
- discreet
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adjective,
judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- calibers
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noun,
the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube:
- debacles
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noun,
a general breakup or dispersion; sudden downfall or rout:
- Calebite
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noun,
a member of a tribe descended from Caleb.
- disabled
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) physically or mentally impaired persons (usually preceded by the):
- liberate
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verb (used with object),
to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- tribades
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noun,
lesbian (def 5).
- tribasic
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adjective,
(of an acid) having three atoms of hydrogen replaceable by basic atoms or groups.
- dead-set
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noun,
a serious or determined attempt; firm effort:
- deadrise
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noun,
the angle with the horizontal made by the outboard rise of the bottom of a vessel at the widest frame.
- triclads
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noun,
a planarian.
- directed
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adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- silicate
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noun,
Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- trilbies
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noun,
a hat of soft felt with an indented crown.
- rideable
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adjective,
ridable.
- die-cast
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adjective,
formed by die casting.
- bacteri-
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- Caribees
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noun,
See under Antilles.
- carbides
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noun,
a compound of carbon with a more electropositive element or group.
- treadles
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noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- birdseed
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noun,
any seed or mixture of seeds used for feeding birds.
- lie-abed
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noun,
a person who remains in bed until a relatively late hour; late riser.
- decibels
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noun,
a unit used to express the intensity of a sound wave, equal to 20 times the common logarithm of the ratio of the pressure produced by the sound wave to a reference pressure, usually 0.0002 microbar.
- sericite
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noun,
a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- sericate
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adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- idealist
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noun,
a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. Synonyms: optimist, perfectionist, reformer, visionary, utopianist.
Antonyms: pragmatist, skeptic, cynic.
- librates
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- deciares
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- red-lead
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noun,
an orange to red, heavy, earthy, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, Pb 3 O 4 , obtained by heating litharge in the presence of air: used chiefly as a paint pigment, in the manufacture of glass and glazes, and in storage batteries.
- distrail
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noun,
dissipation trail.
- Libertas
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noun,
the ancient Roman personification of liberty.
- siderite
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noun,
Also called chalybite. a common mineral, iron carbonate, FeCO 3 , usually occurring in yellowish to deep-brown cleavable masses: a minor ore of iron.
- treacles
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- ciliates
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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.
- bestride
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verb (used with object),
to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
- bracelet
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noun,
an ornamental band or circlet for the wrist or arm or, sometimes, for the ankle.
- cradles
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noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- dialect
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noun,
Linguistics. a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.
- basilic
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adjective,
kingly; royal.
- baldric
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noun,
a belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip, supporting a sword, horn, etc.
- didacts
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noun,
a didactic person; one overinclined to instruct others.
- diaster
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noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- details
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noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- citrals
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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.
- relicts
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- claires
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- related
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adjective,
associated; connected.
- dialers
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noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- claries
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noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- diaries
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noun,
a daily record, usually private, especially of the writer's own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc.
- clarets
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- blister
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noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- blasted
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noun,
a sudden and violent gust of wind:
- rescale
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verb (used with object),
to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
- blastic
-
- bailees
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noun,
a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.
- desired
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noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- diarist
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noun,
a person who keeps a diary.
- dibasic
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adjective,
containing two replaceable or ionizable hydrogen atoms:
- derides
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verb (used with object),
to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
- barites
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noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- debates
-
noun,
a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints:
- berates
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verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- decibar
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noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/10 bar or 100,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- deciare
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- deceits
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noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- decares
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- staddle
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noun,
the lower part of a stack of hay or the like.
- bestead
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adjective,
Archaic. placed or situated, often unfavorably or in difficulty.
- bestial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having the form of a beast:
- Saddler
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noun,
a person who makes, repairs, or sells saddlery.
- stabler
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noun,
a person who runs a horse stable.
- reticle
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noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- betides
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verb (used with object),
to happen to; come to; befall:
- stabile
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noun,
a piece of abstract sculpture having immobile units constructed of sheet metal, wire, or other material and attached to fixed supports.
Compare mobile (def 10).
- debride
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verb (used with object),
to clean (a wound) by debridement.
- dabster
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noun,
Slang. an expert.
- Salieri
-
noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- dailies
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noun,
a newspaper appearing each day or each weekday.
- biddies
-
noun,
a chicken.
- debacle
-
noun,
a general breakup or dispersion; sudden downfall or rout:
- dairies
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noun,
an establishment, as a room, building, or buildings, where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.
- dearies
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noun,
darling.
- dealers
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noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- risible
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adjective,
causing or capable of causing laughter; laughable; ludicrous.
- darbies
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noun,
a float having two handles, used by plasterers.
- ribalds
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noun,
a ribald person.
- riblets
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noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- ridable
-
- riddles
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noun,
a question or statement so framed as to exercise one's ingenuity in answering it or discovering its meaning; conundrum.
- bilsted
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noun,
the liquidambar tree.
- sledder
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noun,
a person who rides on or steers a sled.
- decibel
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noun,
a unit used to express the intensity of a sound wave, equal to 20 times the common logarithm of the ratio of the pressure produced by the sound wave to a reference pressure, usually 0.0002 microbar.
- decides
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verb (used with object),
to solve or conclude (a question, controversy, or struggle) by giving victory to one side:
- Derbies
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noun,
a city in Derbyshire in central England.
- bladder
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
a membranous sac or organ serving as a receptacle for a fluid or air.
urinary bladder.
- derails
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- bastide
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noun,
a medieval fortified town, planned as a whole and built at one time, especially in southern France, for strategic or commercial purposes.
- deltaic
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adjective,
pertaining to or like a delta.
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- deliria
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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.
- delicts
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noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- Delicia
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noun,
a female given name.
- stibial
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adjective,
of or resembling antimony.
- sterile
-
adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- Delibes
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noun,
(Clément Philibert) Léo [kley-mahn fee-lee-ber ley-aw] /kleɪˈmɑ̃ fi liˈbɛr leɪˈɔ/ (Show IPA), 1836–91, French composer, especially of operas, operettas, and ballets.
- deleads
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verb (used with object),
to remove lead adhering to (a metal object) after cold-drawing through a die in which the lead served as a lubricant.
- credits
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- Delbert
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert.
- delates
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verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- deities
-
noun,
a god or goddess.
- deciles
-
noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- belated
-
adjective,
coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time:
- declare
-
verb (used with object),
to make known or state clearly, especially in explicit or formal terms:
- decrial
-
noun,
the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- decries
-
verb (used with object),
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
- bedside
-
noun,
the side of a bed, especially as the place of one attending the sick.
- bedrail
-
noun,
a board at the side of a bed connecting the footboard and headboard.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- bearded
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- Beatles
-
noun,
the (used with a plural verb) British rock-'n'-roll group (1962–70) including George Harrison, (born 1943), John (Winston) Lennon [len-uh n] /ˈlɛn ən/ (Show IPA) (1940–80), Paul (James) McCartney [muh-kahrt-nee] /məˈkɑrt ni/ (Show IPA) (born 1942), and Ringo [ring-goh] /ˈrɪŋ goʊ/ (Show IPA), Starr, (Richard Starkey) (born 1940).
- re-laid
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- retable
-
noun,
a decorative structure raised above an altar at the back, often forming a frame for a picture, bas-relief, or the like, and sometimes including a shelf or shelves, as for ornaments.
- beastie
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. a small animal, especially one toward which affection is felt.
- deicers
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- deicide
-
noun,
a person who kills a god.
- beaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- 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.
- baddest
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Castile
-
noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- Siberia
-
noun,
Russian Sibirʾ. an extensive region in the Russian Federation in N Asia, extending from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific.
- estrade
-
noun,
a slightly raised platform in a room or hall.
- escribe
-
verb (used with object),
to draw a circle outside of a triangle tangent to one side of the triangle and to the extensions of the other two sides.
- tirades
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- eristic
-
noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- catbird
-
noun,
any of several American or Australian birds having catlike cries, especially Dumetella carolinensis (gray catbird) of North America.
- raddles
-
noun,
ruddle.
- radicel
-
noun,
a minute root; a rootlet.
- bristle
-
noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- radices
-
noun,
a plural of radix.
- radicle
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noun,
Botany.
the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root.
a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
- seabird
-
noun,
a bird frequenting the sea or coast.
- elicits
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- sidebar
-
noun,
follow-up (def 3b).
- iatrics
-
- bridles
-
noun,
part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
- Electra
-
noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- Alberti
-
noun,
Leon Battista [le-awn baht-tee-stah] /lɛˈɔn bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1404–72, Italian architect, artist, musician, and poet.
- tiercel
-
noun,
tercel.
- electr-
-
- albites
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- tierced
-
adjective,
(of an escutcheon) divided vertically or horizontally into three equal parts.
- Alceste
-
noun,
an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- Eleatic
-
noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- Alcides
-
noun,
Hercules (def 1).
- bridals
-
noun,
a wedding.
- Elberta
-
noun,
a freestone peach having reddish-yellow skin.
- elaters
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Brescia
-
noun,
a city in central Lombardy, in N Italy.
- aediles
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- cartels
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- elastic
-
noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- triacid
-
adjective,
capable of combining with three molecules of a monobasic acid:
- cablets
-
noun,
a small cable, especially a cablelaid rope under 10 inches (25 cm) in circumference.
- laities
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- Laertes
-
noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- latices
-
noun,
a plural of latex.
- sectile
-
adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- triclad
-
noun,
a planarian.
- ladders
-
noun,
a structure of wood, metal, or rope, commonly consisting of two sidepieces between which a series of bars or rungs are set at suitable distances, forming a means of climbing up or down.
- tribade
-
noun,
lesbian (def 5).
- leaders
-
noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- labrets
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- Cabeiri
-
noun,
Cabiri.
- italics
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- caliber
-
noun,
the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube:
- leister
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- Israeli
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- Carlist
-
noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- triable
-
- carbide
-
noun,
a compound of carbon with a more electropositive element or group.
- trebles
-
noun,
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
- Liatris
-
noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- treadle
-
noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- caribes
-
noun,
piranha.
- Liberec
-
noun,
a city in the NW Czech Republic.
- Liberia
-
noun,
a republic in W Africa: founded by freed American slaves 1822. About 43,000 sq. mi. (111,000 sq. km). Capital: Monrovia.
- acridid
-
noun,
locust (def 1).
- treacle
-
noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- librate
-
verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- addicts
-
noun,
a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance:
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- ideates
-
noun,
ideatum.
- sidecar
-
noun,
a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- dartles
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- cerated
-
adjective,
covered with wax.
- recital
-
noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- tercels
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- discard
-
noun,
the act of discarding.
- tedders
-
noun,
a person who teds.
- rebated
-
noun,
a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- eidetic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or constituting visual imagery vividly experienced and readily reproducible with great accuracy and in great detail.
- teddies
-
noun,
Often, teddies. a woman's one-piece undergarment combining a chemise and underpants, sometimes having a snap crotch.
- cerates
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- terbias
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- disrate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- astride
-
preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- redbait
-
verb (used without object),
to denounce or deprecate as a political radical, especially to accuse of being communist.
- drastic
-
adjective,
acting with force or violence; violent.
- Astilbe
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Astilbe, of the saxifrage family, having spirelike clusters of small white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- 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.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- terebic
-
adjective,
of or derived from terebic acid.
- eclairs
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- directs
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- diester
-
noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- citadel
-
noun,
a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- dreidel
-
noun,
a four-sided top bearing the Hebrew letters nun, gimel, he, and shin, one on each side, used chiefly in a children's game traditionally played on the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.
- edibles
-
noun,
Usually, edibles. edible substances; food.
- driblet
-
noun,
a small portion or part.
- ascribe
-
verb (used with object),
to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute:
- dilates
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- readies
-
noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- dirties
-
Idioms,
do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
- Scarlet
-
noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- reddles
-
noun, verb (used with object),
ruddle.
- Celesta
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- disable
-
verb (used with object),
to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate:
- redacts
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- saddle
-
noun,
a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
- scaled
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- caribe
-
noun,
piranha.
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cardi-
-
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- ciders
-
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.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Calder
-
noun,
Alexander, 1898–1976, U.S. sculptor; originator of mobiles.
- cairds
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- darics
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- 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.
- dartle
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- Ciardi
-
noun,
John, 1916–86, U.S. poet.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Caribs
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- cerat-
-
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- citied
-
adjective,
occupied by a city or cities.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- seabed
-
noun,
seafloor.
- celebs
-
noun,
a celebrity.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- C-bias
-
noun,
grid bias.
- Scribe
-
noun,
a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- ceibas
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- screed
-
noun,
a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- scler-
-
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- salted
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- cerias
-
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.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- cradle
-
noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- rebecs
-
noun,
a Renaissance fiddle with a pear-shaped body tapering into a neck that ends in a sickle-shaped or scroll-shaped pegbox.
- Riddle
-
noun,
a question or statement so framed as to exercise one's ingenuity in answering it or discovering its meaning; conundrum.
- eldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- raddle
-
noun,
ruddle.
- ericas
-
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.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- elides
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- elicit
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- elect.
-
- Eldred
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “old” and “counsel.”.
- elders
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- Elbert
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch range: second highest peak of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. 14,431 feet (4399 meters).
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- elated
-
adjective,
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- eiders
-
noun,
eider duck.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ediles
-
noun,
aedile.
- edible
-
noun,
Usually, edibles. edible substances; food.
- eddies
-
noun,
a current at variance with the main current in a stream of liquid or gas, especially one having a rotary or whirling motion.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- listed
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- lairds
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- ladies
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- Laddie
-
noun,
a young lad; boy.
- ladder
-
noun,
a structure of wood, metal, or rope, commonly consisting of two sidepieces between which a series of bars or rungs are set at suitable distances, forming a means of climbing up or down.
- leaded
-
adjective,
(of gasoline) containing tetraethyllead.
- leader
-
noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- labrid
-
noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Labridae, including the wrasses, the tautog, and the cunner, and characterized chiefly by well-developed teeth and, often, brilliant colors.
- labret
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- Italic
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- Lerida
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- Isabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- liards
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- irides
-
noun,
a plural of iris.
- Libera
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- libers
-
noun,
phloem.
- iliads
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- libras
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- idlers
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- lidars
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- lidias
-
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.
- 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.
- Iberia
-
noun,
Also called Iberian Peninsula. a peninsula in SW Europe, comprising Spain and Portugal.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- rebate
-
noun,
a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- riblet
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- deicer
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- desert
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- desalt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- deride
-
verb (used with object),
to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- derail
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- Reseda
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- delist
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- delict
-
noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- delead
-
verb (used with object),
to remove lead adhering to (a metal object) after cold-drawing through a die in which the lead served as a lubricant.
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- delate
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- deices
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- desire
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- decile
-
noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
- decide
-
verb (used with object),
to solve or conclude (a question, controversy, or struggle) by giving victory to one side:
- deceit
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- decare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- decals
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- decade
-
noun,
a period of ten years:
- debris
-
noun,
the remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble:
- debits
-
noun,
the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- debate
-
noun,
a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints:
- debase
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in quality or value; adulterate:
- debars
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- deasil
-
adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- dealer
-
noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- ribald
-
noun,
a ribald person.
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- distal
-
adjective,
situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal.
Compare proximal.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- rebids
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- recti-
-
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- reddle
-
noun, verb (used with object),
ruddle.
- dreads
-
noun,
terror or apprehension as to something in the future; great fear.
- drails
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- distr.
-
- distil
-
verb (used with or without object),
distill.
- disbar
-
verb (used with object),
to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- deters
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- diable
-
adjective,
highly spiced; prepared with hot or piquant seasoning; deviled.
- diacid
-
adjective,
capable of combining with two molecules of a monobasic acid.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- diadic
-
adjective, noun,
dyadic.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- dicast
-
noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- didact
-
noun,
a didactic person; one overinclined to instruct others.
- didies
-
noun,
diaper (def 1).
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- Diesel
-
noun,
diesel engine.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- sedile
-
noun,
one of the seats (usually three) on the south side of the chancel, often recessed, for the use of the officiating clergy.
- distad
-
adverb,
toward or at the distal end or part.
- caddis
-
noun,
a kind of woolen braid, ribbon, or tape.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- tidies
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- bardes
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- bisect
-
noun,
Also called split. Philately. a portion of a stamp, usually half, used for payment of a proportionate amount of the face value of the whole stamp.
- alcids
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- tibias
-
noun,
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- birles
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Birdie
-
noun,
a small bird.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- ardebs
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- ardeid
-
adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Ardeidae, comprising the herons and bitterns.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Bildad
-
noun,
a friend of Job. Job 2:11.
- alders
-
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Bierce
-
noun,
Ambrose (Gwinnett) [gwi-net] /gwɪˈnɛt/ (Show IPA), 1842–1914? U.S. journalist and short-story writer.
- bleats
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- braids
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- silica
-
noun,
the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- bracts
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- ad-lib
-
noun,
something improvised in speech, music, etc.:
- braces
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- aedile
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- blites
-
noun,
sea blite.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- bleeds
-
noun,
Printing.
a sheet or page margin trimmed so as to mutilate the text or illustration.
a part thus trimmed off.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- albite
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- blears
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- tildes
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- tiered
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- blares
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- Blaise
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Blairs
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- albeit
-
conjunction,
although; even if:
- bladed
-
adjective,
having a blade or blades (often used in combination):
- Albers
-
noun,
Josef, 1888–1976, U.S. painter, born in Germany.
- Albert
-
noun,
Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- bailee
-
noun,
a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.
- beater
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- beards
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- Beadle
-
noun,
a parish officer having various subordinate duties, as keeping order during services, waiting on the rector, etc.
- beader
-
noun,
a tool for forming beads on lumber.
- beaded
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- badder
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- baddie
-
noun,
a villainous or criminal person.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- Bailie
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a municipal officer or magistrate, corresponding to an English alderman.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Balder
-
noun,
a god, a son of Odin and Frigg and the twin brother of Hod, by whom he was killed.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- Baldie
-
noun,
a bald person (sometimes used as a facetious term of address).
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- barit.
-
- Baltic
-
noun,
the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family of languages.
- tables
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- becard
-
noun,
any of several passerine birds of the genus Pachyramphus, of the American tropics, having large heads and swollen bills, and variously classified with the flycatchers or the cotingas.
- bedder
-
noun,
bedmaker (def 1).
- bields
-
noun,
a shelter; refuge.
- betels
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- slider
-
noun,
a person or thing that slides.
- bidets
-
noun,
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- Biddle
-
noun,
Francis, 1886–1968, U.S. attorney general 1941–45.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- biased
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- betise
-
noun,
lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity.
- betide
-
verb (used with object),
to happen to; come to; befall:
- stable
-
noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- beside
-
Idioms,
beside oneself, almost out of one's senses from a strong emotion, as from joy, delight, anger, fear, or grief:
- Bertie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- berate
-
verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- belted
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- stadle
-
noun,
staddle.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- teiids
-
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.
- bedrid
-
adjective,
bedridden.
- Tedder
-
noun,
a person who teds.
- brails
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- bardee
-
noun,
bardy2 .
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- select
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- abseil
-
noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- Cabiri
-
noun,
a group of gods, probably of Eastern origin, worshiped in mysteries in various parts of ancient Greece, the cult centers being at Samothrace and Thebes.
- adders
-
noun,
the common European viper, Vipera berus.
- treble
-
noun,
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Seidel
-
noun,
a large beer mug with a capacity of one liter (1.1 quarts) and often having a hinged lid.
- breads
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- serdab
-
noun,
a chamber inside a mastaba containing a statue of the deceased.
- Serbia
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- bridle
-
noun,
part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Bridie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Bridget.
- bridal
-
noun,
a wedding.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- tribal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe:
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- bredes
-
noun,
something braided or entwined, especially a plait of hair; braid.
- abeles
-
noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- breeds
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- addict
-
noun,
a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance:
- cabers
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- abides
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- sialid
-
noun,
any neuropterous insect of the family Sialidae, comprising the alderflies.
- Brasil
-
noun,
Brazil.
- cables
-
noun,
a heavy, strong rope.
- Caddie
-
noun,
Golf. a person hired to carry a player's clubs, find the ball, etc.
- cablet
-
noun,
a small cable, especially a cablelaid rope under 10 inches (25 cm) in circumference.
- addles
-
adjective,
mentally confused; muddled.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- dread
-
noun,
terror or apprehension as to something in the future; great fear.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- tele-
-
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- rebec
-
noun,
a Renaissance fiddle with a pear-shaped body tapering into a neck that ends in a sickle-shaped or scroll-shaped pegbox.
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- drabs
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- redds
-
noun,
the spawning area or nest of trout or salmon.
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Rebel
-
noun,
a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- rebid
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- dried
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- rect.
-
- tera-
-
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- abide
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Leeds
-
noun,
a city in West Yorkshire, in N England.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- Ital.
-
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- lect.
-
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Recit
-
- dribs
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- lebes
-
noun,
a wine bowl having an oval body without handles and a rounded base.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- dist.
-
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- bails
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- didst
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- dict.
-
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Dibai
-
noun,
Dubai.
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- 30-30
-
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- balds
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a treeless mountaintop or area near the top: often used as part of a proper name.
- dial.
-
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- lards
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- Balt.
-
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- 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.
- Barde
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- astr.
-
- tears
-
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- abele
-
noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- 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.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- 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.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- lact-
-
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- disc.
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- dirls
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- 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.
- dilis
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- bact.
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- istic
-
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- rabid
-
adjective,
irrationally extreme in opinion or practice:
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Libra
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Libia
-
noun,
Libya.
- adder
-
noun,
the common European viper, Vipera berus.
- 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.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- 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.
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
- radii
-
noun,
a plural of radius.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- Iliac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- Albee
-
noun,
Edward, born 1928, U.S. playwright.
- estab
-
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- ibid.
-
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- licet
-
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- 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.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- 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.
- Icel.
-
- libri
-
noun,
plural of liber2 .
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- addle
-
adjective,
mentally confused; muddled.
- Iblis
-
noun,
an evil spirit or devil, the chief of the wicked jinn.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- Addie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- IATSE
-
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- aeri-
-
- Iliad
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- abstr
-
- alti-
-
- tibia
-
noun,
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- Eddas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- 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.
- edit.
-
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- arces
-
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.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- ardeb
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Ebert
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- Elder
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Irbid
-
noun,
a town in NW Jordan.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- treas
-
- acet-
-
- irid-
-
- 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:
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- alibi
-
noun,
Law. the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- acerb
-
adjective,
acerbic.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- irids
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the Iridaceae, the iris family.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Edsel
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich” and “hall.”.
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- bales
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Brit.
-
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- crit.
-
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- Bride
-
noun,
a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Brice
-
noun,
Fanny (Fannie Borach) 1891–1951, U.S. singer and comedian.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- blade
-
noun,
the flat cutting part of a sword, knife, etc.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- Blair
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- Sable
-
noun,
an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- bield
-
noun,
a shelter; refuge.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- BSRet
-
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- dated
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- darts
-
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Seric
-
- BSElE
-
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- seti-
-
- birls
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Brace
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- scat-
-
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- Brale
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- bread
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- 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.
- brail
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- bract
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- 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.
- cert.
-
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- 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.
- scald
-
noun,
a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam.
- cidal
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- braid
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- brads
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- sarc-
-
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- sided
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- Breed
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- clase
-
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- bleed
-
noun,
Printing.
a sheet or page margin trimmed so as to mutilate the text or illustration.
a part thus trimmed off.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Ceiba
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- brede
-
noun,
something braided or entwined, especially a plait of hair; braid.
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- Blida
-
noun,
a city in N Algeria.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- clads
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- celeb
-
noun,
a celebrity.
- Breda
-
noun,
a city in the S Netherlands.
- deads
-
noun,
the period of greatest darkness, coldness, etc.:
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- caber
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- beads
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- sect.
-
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- Cabet
-
noun,
Étienne [ey-tyen] /eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Beard
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Caleb
-
noun,
a Hebrew leader, sent as a spy into the land of Canaan. Num. 13:6.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- deeds
-
noun,
something that is done, performed, or accomplished; an act:
- retd.
-
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- dedal
-
adjective,
daedal.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- beedi
-
noun,
bidi.
- carbs
-
noun,
a carburetor.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- deles
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- Card.
-
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- baric
-
adjective,
of or containing barium.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- Bart.
-
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- desc.
-
- Basel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- BASIC
-
noun,
Military.
basic training.
a soldier or airman receiving basic training.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- Basil
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- Cable
-
noun,
a heavy, strong rope.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- BCerE
-
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- ster.
-
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Beers
-
noun,
Clifford Whittingham [hwit-ing-uh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt ɪŋ əm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1876–1943, U.S. pioneer in mental hygiene.
- carb-
-
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Carib
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- deci-
-
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- decd.
-
- beset
-
verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- betel
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- deca-
-
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Debra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Deborah.
- Beret
-
noun,
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
- Srta.
-
- debit
-
noun,
the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- Debir
-
noun,
a royal city in the vicinity of Hebron, conquered by Othniel.
- bices
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- debar
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- bides
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- bidet
-
noun,
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- decl.
-
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- belie
-
verb (used with object),
to show to be false; contradict:
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- sebi-
-
- Berea
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- TRIB
-
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- 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.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- Lib.
-
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- trid
-
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- tri-
-
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- sci.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- lea.
-
- sec.
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- scil
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- ScBE
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- scr.
-
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Redd
-
noun,
the spawning area or nest of trout or salmon.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- ter.
-
- Sra.
-
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- stbd
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- SLIC
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rida
-
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- sld.
-
- RIIA
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- Ste.
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rel.
-
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tab.
-
- str.
-
- 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.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TDRS
-
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RdAc
-
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- rad.
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- RIBA
-
- Ltd.
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- LitD
-
- Sat.
-
- LitB
-
- lit.
-
- SBIC
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- SBLI
-
- scab
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 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:
- SATB
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- rcd.
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- 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:
- std.
-
- Sab.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- 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.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- 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.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- 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.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- btl.
-
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- BASc
-
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- deb.
-
- Debs
-
noun,
Eugene Victor, 1855–1926, U.S. labor leader: Socialist candidate for president 1900–20.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- debt
-
noun,
something that is owed or that one is bound to pay to or perform for another:
- Dec.
-
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- deed
-
noun,
something that is done, performed, or accomplished; an act:
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Del.
-
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- dead
-
noun,
the period of greatest darkness, coldness, etc.:
- DDSc
-
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- bead
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- BDSA
-
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- bdls
-
plural,
bundle.
- BDes
-
- Dard
-
noun,
Also, Dardic. a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir, northern Pakistan, and eastern Afghanistan, and including Kashmiri.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- bdle
-
plural,
bundle.
- DASD
-
noun,
an external storage device, as a magnetic disk storage unit, in which the access mechanism and storage medium can be positioned directly at the addresses sought to read or write specific data items.
- dat.
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- bdl.
-
plural,
bundle.
- dbl.
-
- der.
-
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Beer
-
noun,
an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- drab
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- drib
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- BSEE
-
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- BAEd
-
- bal.
-
- bads
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- Badr
-
noun,
Battle of, Islam. a decisive battle in the early days of Islam (a.d. 624), in which Muhammad with about 300 men overcame a force of about 1000 Meccans.
- bade
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- 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.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- dlr.
-
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- Bard
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- dia-
-
- bar.
-
- DIAD
-
noun, adjective,
dyad.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- dibs
-
noun,
money in small amounts.
- 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.
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- Dili
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- dir.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dis-
-
- Bald
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a treeless mountaintop or area near the top: often used as part of a proper name.
- Bede
-
noun,
Saint ("the Venerable Bede") a.d. 673?–735, English monk, historian, and theologian: wrote earliest history of England.
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- ect-
-
- BLit
-
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Brad
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- CBEL
-
- Cdr.
-
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- bldr
-
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Cels
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- BSIR
-
- BSIT
-
- BSRT
-
- BSEc
-
- 1080
-
- BSCE
-
- BSAE
-
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- Cal.
-
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Bred
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- 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.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- BRCA
-
noun,
either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- blad
-
noun,
a flier or other promotional material distributed by a company to sell a product.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- beet
-
noun,
any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root.
Compare sugar beet.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Cres
-
- crib
-
noun,
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
- bidi
-
noun,
(in India) an inexpensive cigarette, locally produced usually from cut tobacco rolled in leaf.
- bide
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Crab
-
noun,
any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.
- bet.
-
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- beld
-
adjective,
bald; hairless.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- dabs
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- crat
-
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- cet-
-
- biri
-
noun,
bidi.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- cide
-
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- Bird
-
noun,
any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- clar
-
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- BRCS
-
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- BSIE
-
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ical
-
- Ice.
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- idae
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- aet.
-
- ible
-
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aer-
-
- ile-
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Aire
-
- Ire.
-
- 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.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- Ald.
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- albs
-
noun,
a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- Alb.
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AISI
-
- IADB
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- abl.
-
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- Lab.
-
- abed
-
adverb,
in bed:
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- ABLS
-
- ABCs
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- abr.
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- 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.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- adds
-
noun,
Journalism. copy added to a completed story.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- acr-
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- ACLS
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- 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.
- 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.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- abs-
-
- Alis
-
- ibis
-
noun,
any of several large wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae, of warm temperate and tropical regions, related to the herons and storks, and characterized by a long, thin, downward-curved bill.
Compare sacred ibis.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- asc-
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- ELAS
-
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- Elbe
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the W Czech Republic NW through Germany to the North Sea. 725 miles (1165 km) long.
- ARIS
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- art.
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Edda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Esd.
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- EDTA
-
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- alt.
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- ates
-
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- atic
-
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- 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.
- 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.
- ble
-
- Bac
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- bad
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- abt
-
- ATC
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- BLS
-
- SLA
-
- TAL
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Br.
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- BRT
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- BSL
-
- BSA
-
- TCS
-
- BDS
-
plural,
board.
- ac-
-
- TDD
-
- BSD
-
- BSE
-
- be-
-
- TSE
-
- 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.
- TSI
-
- ab-
-
- TCA
-
- TBA
-
- abd
-
- BSC
-
- BCE
-
- TBD
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- ACS
-
- Tbi
-
- BCL
-
- ad-
-
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- bd.
-
plural,
board.
- Ar.
-
- BRE
-
- al.
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- ADC
-
- ATB
-
- tr.
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ard
-
- ARS
-
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- STB
-
- bl.
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- bec
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- ALC
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- STI
-
- TIA
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Bde
-
- BDD
-
- STL
-
- BDA
-
- BCS
-
- BCD
-
- TID
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- bi-
-
- at.
-
- tlr
-
- BLA
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- ADB
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- SLE
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- tra
-
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- ASI
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TLC
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- ase
-
- ae.
-
- BIE
-
- AEC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- BID
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- SLR
-
- Sr.
-
- SRB
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- asb
-
- AIC
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- BED
-
noun,
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- sb.
-
- BST
-
- ERT
-
- 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.
- eir
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- EIS
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- 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.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ESA
-
- EEC
-
- Esc
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- ese
-
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- Rd.
-
- ltr
-
- ESL
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- LSC
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EDT
-
- ETR
-
- ed.
-
- ETD
-
- ea.
-
- ead
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- 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.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- DRE
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Bt.
-
- EBS
-
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EdB
-
- EDC
-
- EDD
-
- REA
-
- RDS
-
- RDC
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- RDA
-
- RCT
-
- RCA
-
- RBI
-
- RBC
-
- ESR
-
- ETS
-
- dtd
-
- 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).
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- ist
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- La.
-
- 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.
- LDS
-
- LSD
-
- Lt.
-
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Les
-
- LDC
-
- Ld.
-
- LCT
-
- LCI
-
- LCD
-
- LCA
-
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- 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)
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ISR
-
- Isl
-
- ics
-
- IDB
-
- id.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- IAS
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ib.
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- 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).
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- ide
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- ier
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- IRL
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- ise
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- 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.
- CSA
-
- CIB
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- CIE
-
- sc.
-
- SBE
-
- SBA
-
- cle
-
- CLI
-
- CLR
-
- SAR
-
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- CSR
-
- SCB
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- SAE
-
- DBE
-
- DCL
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- dd.
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- DDS
-
- DSC
-
- CIA
-
- ScD
-
- sd.
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- BTE
-
- ca.
-
- CBD
-
- CBE
-
- cr.
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- cl.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- CAB
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CAI
-
- SED
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SDR
-
- SDI
-
- SDA
-
- CBS
-
- CDT
-
- CEA
-
- CED
-
- DAB
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- RTS
-
- di.
-
- DCS
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- DDR
-
- DDT
-
- de-
-
- DEA
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- DEd
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- 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.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- DET
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- DBS
-
- DIB
-
verb (used without object),
to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water.
- DID
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- DIL
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- DLC
-
- DLS
-
- Dr.
-
- DSA
-
- DSR
-
- DST
-
- 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.
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- DAR
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- DAE
-
- DBA
-
- DAD
-
noun,
father.
- RLD
-
- RSA
-
- SA
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- le
-
- RI
-
- SL
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- R.
-
- S.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- CE
-
- 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.
- 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.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- CB
-
- EI
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- ee
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TC
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- B-
-
- DB
-
- 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.
- t.
-
- TL
-
- TB
-
- TD
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- dl
-
- BC
-
- 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.
- ic
-
- i.
-
- 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.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- LR
-
- L.
-
- Eb
-
- LC
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.