Anagrams of electronic
Word electronic has
561 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of electronic.
- reconcile
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verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired:
- centriole
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noun,
a small, cylindrical cell organelle, seen near the nucleus in the cytoplasm of most eukaryotic cells, that divides in perpendicular fashion during mitosis, the new pair of centrioles moving ahead of the spindle to opposite poles of the cell as the cell divides: identical in internal structure to a basal body.
- cicerone
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noun,
a person who conducts sightseers; guide.
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- election
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noun,
the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- cornicle
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noun,
any of various small, horn-shaped processes, especially one of a pair of tubes at the posterior end of the abdomen of aphids, from which a waxy fluid is emitted.
- electro-
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- electron
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noun,
Also called negatron. Physics, Chemistry. an elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of matter, having a negative charge of 1.602 × 10 −19 coulombs, a mass of 9.108 × 10 −31 kilograms, and spin of ½, and existing independently or as the component outside the nucleus of an atom.
- electric
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noun,
Railroads.
an electric locomotive.
Informal. a railroad operated by electricity.
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- encircle
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verb (used with object),
to form a circle around; surround; encompass:
- concrete
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noun,
an artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, made by mixing cement and various aggregates, as sand, pebbles, gravel, or shale, with water and allowing the mixture to harden.
Compare reinforced concrete.
- recline
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verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- electr-
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- Lenotre
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- centro-
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- cerotic
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adjective,
of or derived from cerotic acid.
- centric
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adjective,
pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- orectic
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adjective,
of or relating to desire; appetitive.
- Nicolet
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- lection
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- lectern
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noun,
a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- crocein
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noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- coterie
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noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- circlet
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noun,
a small circle.
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- cineole
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noun,
a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- centri-
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- conceit
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noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- concert
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noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- elector
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noun,
a person who elects or may elect, especially a qualified voter.
- tiercel
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noun,
tercel.
- eccrine
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adjective,
of or relating to certain sweat glands, distributed over the entire body, that secrete a type of sweat important for regulating body heat (distinguished from apocrine).
- licence
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noun, verb (used with object),
license.
- 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.
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- Leotine
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noun,
a female given name.
- entero-
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- centile
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- cornice
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noun,
Architecture.
any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes.
the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting of a bed molding, a corona, and a cymatium, with rows of dentils, modillions, etc., often placed between the bed molding and the corona.
- Cornel
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noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- colent
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- colter
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noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- orcein
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- contr.
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- coerce
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verb (used with object),
to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition:
- Etoile
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- notice
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- teleo-
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- C-note
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noun,
See C (def 11).
- tercel
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- tenrec
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- recite
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- CORNET
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- cteno-
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- elect.
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- relent
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- Elinor
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- relict
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- recti-
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- encore
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noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- Enrico
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noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- enter-
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- entice
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- erotic
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- CRONIC
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noun,
very potent marijuana.
- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entoil
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- recoil
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noun,
an act of recoiling.
- cretin
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- clonic
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adjective,
of or relating to clonus.
- Creole
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noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- crenel
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noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- Recent
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noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- norite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- inter.
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- intro.
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- cenote
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noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- Celtic
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noun,
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, and Breton, which survive now in Ireland, the Scottish Highlands, Wales, and Brittany.
- Citron
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- citole
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noun,
cittern.
- Nilote
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- celto-
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- circle
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noun,
a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- Nicole
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noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- C-in-C
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- Cicero
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noun,
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inches (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- Cecile
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noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Cloete
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noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- lectin
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noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- lector
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noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- necro-
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- Center
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centi-
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- Lenoir
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noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- Lenore
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noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- lentic
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adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- Centre
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- Celine
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noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- centr-
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- lierne
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- lionet
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noun,
a young or small lion.
- Noetic
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adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- nocti-
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- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- tierce
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- clino-
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- Loiret
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noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- nitro-
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- triene
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- loiter
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- client
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noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- lictor
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- cleric
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noun,
a member of the clergy.
- liner
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Lorne
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noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Loren
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- rect.
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- loner
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noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Loire
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noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Elton
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noun,
a male given name.
- Lorin
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- elite
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- RECON
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- Leone
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noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Eliot
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noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Leoni
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noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- licet
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- enrol
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verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- elint
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noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- encl.
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- Recit
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- ento-
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- olein
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- intr.
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- Irene
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- intel
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noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- noct-
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- inlet
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noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- inert
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adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- incr.
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- incor
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- incl.
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- OIcel
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- oiler
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noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- ileo-
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- oleic
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adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- nitre
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noun,
niter.
- irone
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- lento
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adverb,
slowly.
- Lecce
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noun,
a city in SE Italy: ancient Greek and Roman city; noted for its baroque architecture.
- Eolic
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noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- lotic
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adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- erect
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adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- lect.
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- recce
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noun,
(especially in British military use) reconnaissance:
- Ernie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- nerol
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noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- nitr-
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- niece
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noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Oriel
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Niort
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- ontic
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adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Icel.
-
- Niter
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- trone
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noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- econ.
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- litre
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noun,
liter.
- coel-
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- Cleon
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noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- Clerc
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noun,
Laurent [loh-rahn] /loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1785–1869, French educator of the deaf, in the U.S. after 1816.
- cline
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noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Clint
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noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- Clite
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Terni
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noun,
a city in central Italy.
- clone
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noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- terce
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noun,
tierce (def 3).
- coele
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- Circe
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noun,
Also, Kirke. Also called Aeaea. Classical Mythology. the enchantress represented by Homer as turning the companions of Odysseus into swine by means of a magic drink.
- tenor
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noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teno-
-
- Colet
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noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- colic
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noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- Colin
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noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- telo-
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- telic
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adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- conc.
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- tele-
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- Tiler
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Tirol
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noun,
Tyrol.
- cont.
-
- Cenci
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noun,
Beatrice [be-ah-tree-che] /ˌbɛ ɑˈtri tʃɛ/ (Show IPA), 1577–1599, Italian parricide whose life is the subject of various novels and poems.
- 30-30
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- triol
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noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- trine
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trice
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- treen
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noun,
treenware.
- Cecil
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noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- toric
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- Celt.
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abbreviation,
Celtic.
- cent.
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- cine-
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- CENTO
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noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- ceorl
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noun,
churl (def 4).
- tonic
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noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- ceric
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adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- cero-
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- cert.
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- toner
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- cetin
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- toile
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noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- conic
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noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- terne
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noun,
terne metal.
- Conte
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noun,
count2 .
- liter
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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.
- crone
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noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Croce
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noun,
Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1952, Italian statesman, philosopher, and historian.
- crit.
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- crine
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noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Crile
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noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- Crete
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noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- Creon
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noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- eccl.
-
- rente
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- ecol.
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- Ecole
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noun,
school1 .
- Creel
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noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- reni-
-
- Corti
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noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- ecto-
-
- relic
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noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- Lore
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noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Riel
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Toni
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noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tron
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- Rico
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noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- loci
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noun,
plural of locus.
- NCTE
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- rile
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verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Neel
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noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Neil
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noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- tone
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noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Rein
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noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- riot
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noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- tole
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noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- rit.
-
- loin
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noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Rice
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noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Trio
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noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- lone
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adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- rent
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noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- torn
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noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Reel
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noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Tore
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noun,
a torus.
- tri-
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- Tree
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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.
- rite
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noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- lote
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noun,
lotus.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Reno
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noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- toil
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noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- NICE
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noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- neo-
-
- Orne
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noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ter.
-
- otic
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adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Oct.
-
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- ten.
-
- OEEC
-
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- ole-
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Ont.
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- not-
-
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- tion
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- 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.
- 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.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nor.
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- 1080
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Cort
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- ctr.
-
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- EEOC
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- enl.
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- lit.
-
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- etc.
-
- 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.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Ice.
-
- ile-
-
- Inc.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- int.
-
- intl
-
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cor.
-
- Ire.
-
- cit.
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- 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.
- CERN
-
- cet-
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceto
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cir.
-
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Col.
-
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Con.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itol
-
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lin.
-
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- ltr
-
- NCO
-
- NCC
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- ne-
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- NOC
-
- rte
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ec-
-
- eo-
-
- IRL
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- CTC
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- rt.
-
- ROI
-
- CRT
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- CRC
-
- NEC
-
- CNO
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Clo
-
- CNC
-
- CCR
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- CEO
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- tr.
-
- CEC
-
- cl.
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- ct.
-
- cr.
-
- Co.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Tro
-
- cc.
-
- LOC
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- CLR
-
- cle
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- CLI
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- CIC
-
- LON
-
- TLC
-
- tlo
-
- tlr
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- CIE
-
- 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.
- RCN
-
- EEC
-
- ONI
-
- OIt
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- il-
-
- ier
-
- ite
-
- ICC
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONR
-
- ILO
-
- io-
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ETR
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ERT
-
- OIr
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- ot-
-
- IRO
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- IOT
-
- ior
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- IOC
-
- nr.
-
- in.
-
- NRC
-
- Oc.
-
- OTC
-
- OCC
-
- OCR
-
- ine
-
- ITC
-
- oic
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ETO
-
- ote
-
- ene
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- EOE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Lt.
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- en-
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RCT
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- LCI
-
- EEO
-
- Re.
-
- eir
-
- LCT
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- L2
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RO
-
- CE
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- 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.
- EI
-
- O.
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- NL
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ln
-
- TN
-
- L1
-
- i.
-
- N.
-
- NC
-
- R.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NI
-
- RC
-
- le
-
- RI
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RN
-
- LR
-
- ic
-
- L.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TC
-
- T1
-
- t.
-
- LC
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ol
-
- TL
-
- ee
-