Anagrams of electronics
Word electronics has
1187 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of electronics.
- reconciles
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verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired:
- electronic
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adjective,
of or relating to electronics or to devices, circuits, or systems developed through electronics.
- secretion
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- resection
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noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- cornicles
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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.
- concretes
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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.
- cicerones
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noun,
a person who conducts sightseers; guide.
- neoterics
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- sclerotic
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adjective,
Also, scleral. Anatomy. of or relating to the sclera.
- sclerotin
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noun,
an insoluble protein that serves to stiffen the chitin of the cuticle of arthropods.
- encircles
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verb (used with object),
to form a circle around; surround; encompass:
- scolecite
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noun,
a monoclinic white zeolite mineral, a hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, CaAl 2 Si 3 O 10⋅, 3H 2 O, occurring in masses and in needle-shaped crystals.
- 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.
- reconcile
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verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired:
- selection
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noun,
an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- electrics
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noun,
Railroads.
an electric locomotive.
Informal. a railroad operated by electricity.
- coistrel
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noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- cicerone
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noun,
a person who conducts sightseers; guide.
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- retinols
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noun,
vitamin A.
- corselet
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noun,
Also, corselette. a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- cloister
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noun,
a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
- 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.
- cornices
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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.
- silencer
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noun,
a person or thing that silences.
- seicento
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noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- 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.
- licences
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noun, verb (used with object),
license.
- close-in
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adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- Leinster
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noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- concerts
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noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- cineoles
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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.
- conceits
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noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- scienter
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noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- tiercels
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noun,
tercel.
- lecterns
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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.
- circlets
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noun,
a small circle.
- Tirolese
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adjective, noun,
Tyrolese.
- lections
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- sclerite
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- election
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noun,
the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- Elsinore
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noun,
Helsingør.
- reclines
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verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- croceins
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noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- Crescent
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noun,
a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends.
- electros
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noun,
electrotype.
- entresol
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noun,
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
- encircle
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verb (used with object),
to form a circle around; surround; encompass:
- 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.
- centiles
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- electro-
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- electric
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noun,
Railroads.
an electric locomotive.
Informal. a railroad operated by electricity.
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- lection
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- lectins
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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.
- encores
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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.
- tercels
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- enclose
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verb (used with object),
to shut or hem in; close in on all sides:
- 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).
- lectors
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noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- tenrecs
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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.
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- coesite
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- Lenotre
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- colters
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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.
- coerces
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verb (used with object),
to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition:
- electr-
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- Leotine
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noun,
a female given name.
- selenic
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adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- licence
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noun, verb (used with object),
license.
- license
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noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- lictors
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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.
- liernes
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- section
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- sectile
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adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- 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.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- entero-
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- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- sterno-
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- tiercel
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noun,
tercel.
- corslet
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noun,
corselet (def 2).
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- etoiles
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- estrone
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- costrel
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noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- stencil
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noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- creoles
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noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- coterie
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noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- crenels
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noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- 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.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- crocein
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noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- conceit
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noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- stereo-
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- concert
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noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- concise
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adjective,
expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse:
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- silence
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noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- constr.
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- cornels
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noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- inclose
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verb (used with object),
enclose.
- elector
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noun,
a person who elects or may elect, especially a qualified voter.
- seleno-
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- relents
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- sclero-
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- circlet
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noun,
a small circle.
- orectic
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adjective,
of or relating to desire; appetitive.
- circles
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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 .
- centro-
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- science
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noun,
a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws:
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- 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.
- necrose
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verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- ciceros
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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.
- onliest
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Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- 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.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- Nicolet
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- cenotes
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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.
- Nilotes
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- centile
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- cerotic
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adjective,
of or derived from cerotic acid.
- notices
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- noetics
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noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- centres
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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.
- centri-
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- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- centric
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adjective,
pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- norites
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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.
- 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.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- nostril
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noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- clerics
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noun,
a member of the clergy.
- citrons
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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.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- screeno
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- citoles
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noun,
cittern.
- 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.
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- recline
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- rentes
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- sterol
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noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- Ernest
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- resect
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- erotic
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- elects
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noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- resent
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- resile
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- Sterne
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noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Osetic
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adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- resoil
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verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- recoil
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noun,
an act of recoiling.
- steno-
-
- resole
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- Elinor
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Ostler
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noun,
hostler.
- escent
-
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- stoner
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- oilers
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noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- 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.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- recti-
-
- Enrico
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noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- enter-
-
- oriels
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- rectos
-
- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- elites
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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.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- oleins
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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.
- relent
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- teleo-
-
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- elints
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noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- lionet
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noun,
a young or small lion.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- leones
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noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- lentic
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adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- sconce
-
noun,
a bracket for candles or other lights, placed on a wall, mirror, picture frame, etc.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- selen-
-
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- 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.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- 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.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- lictor
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- select
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- scler-
-
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- soccer
-
noun,
a form of football played between two teams of 11 players, in which the ball may be advanced by kicking or by bouncing it off any part of the body but the arms and hands, except in the case of the goalkeepers, who may use their hands to catch, carry, throw, or stop the ball.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitro-
-
- nocti-
-
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- instr.
-
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- inter.
-
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- scenic
-
noun,
a photograph, graphic representation, etc., depicting natural scenery.
- necro-
-
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Nicole
-
noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- irones
-
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.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
-
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- circle
-
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 .
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Cornel
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- C-in-C
-
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Cicero
-
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.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- contr.
-
- Cercis
-
noun,
any shrub or small tree of the genus Cercis, as the redbud or Judas tree.
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- crenel
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- Creole
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- cresol
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- Centre
-
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.
- centr-
-
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- centi-
-
- Center
-
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.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- coerce
-
verb (used with object),
to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition:
- elect.
-
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- colent
-
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- clonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to clonus.
- clones
-
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.
- colics
-
noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- Cloete
-
noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- clino-
-
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- conics
-
noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with conic sections.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- cleric
-
noun,
a member of the clergy.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- celto-
-
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- ecoles
-
noun,
school1 .
- cteno-
-
- Celtic
-
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.
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- tenrec
-
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.
- Cecile
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Eccles
-
noun,
Sir John Carew [kuh-roo] /kəˈru/ (Show IPA), 1903–97, Australian physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963.
- cecils
-
noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- CRONIC
-
noun,
very potent marijuana.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- cenote
-
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.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- 30-30
-
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Scot.
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Cecil
-
noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Cisco
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- coel-
-
- coele
-
- Recit
-
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Clerc
-
noun,
Laurent [loh-rahn] /loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1785–1869, French educator of the deaf, in the U.S. after 1816.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- oste-
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- sect.
-
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- secco
-
noun,
fresco secco.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orles
-
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:
- licet
-
- 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.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- rect.
-
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- ceric
-
adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- cero-
-
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- OIcel
-
- reni-
-
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- cent.
-
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- Cenci
-
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.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- noct-
-
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- cine-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- Circe
-
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.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- circs
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cert.
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- riots
-
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.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- 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 .
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- 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.
- recce
-
noun,
(especially in British military use) reconnaissance:
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- cosec
-
noun,
cosecant.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- ileo-
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- corns
-
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.
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- incl.
-
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Icel.
-
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- 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.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- 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.
- 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.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- encl.
-
- ecol.
-
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tele-
-
- econ.
-
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- ecto-
-
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- teno-
-
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- telo-
-
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- eccl.
-
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- Croce
-
noun,
Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1952, Italian statesman, philosopher, and historian.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- crit.
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- crocs
-
noun,
crocodile.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- ento-
-
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- icons
-
- insol
-
- Const
-
- conc.
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- conic
-
noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Cons.
-
- Sino-
-
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- sero-
-
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- cont.
-
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- 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.
- sito-
-
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- seti-
-
- Lecce
-
noun,
a city in SE Italy: ancient Greek and Roman city; noted for its baroque architecture.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- lenos
-
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.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- lect.
-
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Seric
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- colic
-
noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- intr.
-
- inst.
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- cores
-
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- ster.
-
- 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.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- ter.
-
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- str.
-
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- 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.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Ste.
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- scil
-
- ten.
-
- tron
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- 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.
- SLIC
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- tel-
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- 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.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- 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.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- sci.
-
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- scr.
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rit.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- 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.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- 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.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- 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.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Soni
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- soln
-
- rel.
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- tri-
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- tion
-
- SNCC
-
noun,
a U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks through local and regional action groups.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- sec.
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Sol.
-
- 1080
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- lin.
-
- Cres
-
- 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.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- ctr.
-
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- cts.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Con.
-
- 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.
- Cor.
-
- 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.
- Cort
-
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- 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.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Inc.
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- 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.
- intl
-
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ile-
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Ice.
-
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- 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.
- ions
-
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 = .
- 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).
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- EEOC
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- itol
-
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- enc.
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- ence
-
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- iso-
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- 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.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ire.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- 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:
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- cir.
-
- not-
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- CCls
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nor.
-
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- CERN
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- ole-
-
- cene
-
- cen.
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- 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.
- oils
-
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.
- Cels
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- cet-
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- OEEC
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Oct.
-
- Ont.
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceto
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nos-
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- NCTE
-
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neo-
-
- 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.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- 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.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- cit.
-
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- TSE
-
- ERT
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ct.
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- TSI
-
- EOE
-
- St.
-
- cl.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- cc.
-
- ESR
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- 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.
- STL
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Co.
-
- Esc
-
- Tro
-
- CEC
-
- STI
-
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- cr.
-
- CCR
-
- cs.
-
- ESL
-
- ese
-
- TLC
-
- CIC
-
- TCS
-
- Clo
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- CRT
-
- cle
-
- CRS
-
- CLI
-
- CRC
-
- 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.
- Sr.
-
- CSO
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CLR
-
- CNC
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- 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.
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tlr
-
- CSC
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- EEO
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- CEO
-
- ene
-
- en-
-
- tr.
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- CSR
-
- EEC
-
- tlo
-
- CIE
-
- ec-
-
- eo-
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- CTC
-
- CST
-
- 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.
- SLE
-
- ETO
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- NCC
-
- ne-
-
- NEC
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- RTS
-
- NES
-
- 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:
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- rte
-
- So.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- LON
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- se-
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- 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.
- SRO
-
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- ltr
-
- NCO
-
- sc.
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ot-
-
- ons
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- ote
-
- ONI
-
- OTS
-
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- ONR
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- NOC
-
- OTC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- 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.
- nr.
-
- NRC
-
- NSC
-
- Oc.
-
- OCC
-
- OIt
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oic
-
- 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.
- OIr
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- LOC
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- IRS
-
- ise
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Isl
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ITC
-
- IOT
-
- ior
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ier
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- ics
-
- io-
-
- ICC
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- il-
-
- 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 = .
- ILO
-
- ILS
-
- in.
-
- ine
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- IOC
-
- SLR
-
- ite
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- 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).
- LCI
-
- LCT
-
- 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).
- Les
-
- Lt.
-
- ol
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- ee
-
- LR
-
- SN
-
- EI
-
- L.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- R.
-
- RC
-
- ic
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- CE
-
- i.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- ln
-
- le
-
- N.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TN
-
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
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- RO
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- NL
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- TC
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- NC
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- T1
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- t.
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- L1
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- S.
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- O.
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- SL
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- L2
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- RN
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- LC
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- RI
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