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Word eliminators has
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- Orientalism
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noun,
a peculiarity or idiosyncrasy of the peoples of Asia, especially the East.
- moralities
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noun,
conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
- St-Emilion
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noun,
a dry claret wine from the parish of St.-Émilion in the Bordeaux region of France.
- eliminator
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noun,
a person or thing that eliminates.
- molarities
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noun,
the number of moles of solute per liter of solution.
- tramlines
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noun,
a streetcar system.
- alimonies
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noun,
Law. an allowance paid to a person by that person's spouse or former spouse for maintenance, granted by a court upon a legal separation or a divorce or while action is pending.
- trailsmen
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noun,
a person who follows a trail.
- mestranol
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noun,
an estrogen, C 21 H 26 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives in combination with a progestin.
- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- misorient
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verb (used with object),
to orient wrongly or improperly.
- Trasimeno
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noun,
a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- relations
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- on-stream
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adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- serotinal
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adjective,
pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- oralities
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noun,
the condition or quality of being oral; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the oral phase of psychosexual development.
- mirlitons
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noun,
kazoo.
- trinomial
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adjective,
Algebra. consisting of or pertaining to three terms.
- almonries
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noun,
the place where an almoner resides or where alms are distributed.
- on-limits
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adjective,
open or not prohibited to certain persons, as military personnel:
- rolamites
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- Orleanist
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noun,
a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.
- orientals
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- limonites
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noun,
an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
- solitaire
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noun,
Also called patience. any of various games played by one person with one or more regular 52-card packs, part or all of which are usually dealt out according to a given pattern, the object being to arrange the cards in a predetermined manner.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- moraines
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- retinols
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noun,
vitamin A.
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- moralist
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noun,
a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- Milesian
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noun,
any of the people from Spain who invaded Ireland and defeated the Tuatha Dé Danann, and who were the ancestors of the present Irish people.
- litanies
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noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- limonite
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noun,
an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
- semolina
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noun,
a granular, milled product of durum wheat, consisting almost entirely of endosperm particles, used chiefly in the making of pasta.
- Latinism
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noun,
a mode of expression derived from or imitative of Latin.
- Milstein
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noun,
Cesar, 1927–2002, Argentinian immunologist: Nobel prize 1984.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- tramline
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noun,
a streetcar system.
- Montreal
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noun,
a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island (Montreal Island) in the St. Lawrence.
- elations
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- Monstera
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noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- limiters
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noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- almoners
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noun,
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
- nitriles
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- amniotes
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- Solimena
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noun,
Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1657–1747, Italian painter.
- Romanies
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noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- mistrial
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noun,
a trial terminated without conclusion on the merits of the case because of some error in the proceedings.
- romaines
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- toenails
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- linarite
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noun,
a mineral, a complex basic sulfate of lead and copper, having a deep-blue color resembling that of azurite.
- ton-mile
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noun,
a unit of freight transportation measurement equivalent to a ton of freight transported one mile.
- mirliton
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noun,
kazoo.
- interims
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- rolamite
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- minstrel
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noun,
a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument, either as a member of a noble household or as an itinerant troubadour.
- Minorite
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noun,
Friar Minor.
- minister
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noun,
a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
- rimstone
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noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- mineral.
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- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- Miltonia
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noun,
any of various epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Miltonia, having sprays of showy, flat, variously colored flowers.
- Romanist
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noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- insolate
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- Lorestan
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noun,
Luristan.
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- alienism
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noun,
alienage.
- lamister
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noun,
lamster.
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- terminal
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noun,
a terminal part of a structure; end or extremity.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- Masonite
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- Islamite
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noun,
a Muslim.
- martinis
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noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- airtimes
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- triolein
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noun,
olein (def 1).
- ailerons
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- airlines
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noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- marlines
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- air-line
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adjective,
straight; direct; traveling a direct route:
- alienors
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- laminose
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adjective,
laminate; laminar.
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- maitrise
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noun,
mastery; skill.
- aliments
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- limners
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noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- Mistral
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noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- Marisol
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noun,
(Marisol Escobar) born 1930, Venezuelan artist, in U.S. since 1950.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- inertia
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- Telamon
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noun,
atlas (def 5).
- maltose
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble sugar, C 12 H 22 O 11 ⋅H 2 O, formed by the action of diastase, especially from malt, on starch: used chiefly as a nutrient, as a sweetener, and in culture media.
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- armlets
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noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- Salerno
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noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- Marline
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- limites
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noun,
plural of limes.
- limiter
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noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- marlins
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noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- moisten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- Salieri
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noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- inliers
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noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- marines
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- talions
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noun,
lex talionis.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- 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.
- arseno-
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- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- mailers
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- maestro
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noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- miniate
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verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- Marston
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noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- merinos
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- matrons
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noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- seminal
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adjective,
pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- seminar
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noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- loaners
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noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Liatris
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noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- merlons
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noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- merlins
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noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- loments
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noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- sirloin
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noun,
the portion of the loin of beef in front of the rump.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- elitism
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noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- Loraine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- elision
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noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- menials
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noun,
a domestic servant.
- melano-
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- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- etalons
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noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Mineola
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noun,
a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- toenail
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- Minster
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- enamors
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- Martens
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- meltons
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noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- Martini
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noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- astrol.
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- Smeaton
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noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- simitar
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noun,
scimitar.
- martins
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noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- similar
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adjective,
having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way:
- milters
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- atomies
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noun,
an atom; mote.
- isoline
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noun,
isogram.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- milreis
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noun,
a silver coin and former monetary unit of Brazil, equal to 1000 reis, discontinued in 1942.
- termini
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noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- smarten
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- merlots
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noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- isolate
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- aristo-
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- Stalino
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noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- aliment
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- lamster
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noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- transom
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noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- transl.
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- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- stamin-
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- almoner
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noun,
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
- remains
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- oarsmen
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noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- nostril
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noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- normals
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adjective,
conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- 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.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- latinos
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retinal
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- rialtos
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noun,
an exchange or mart.
- nitrile
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- alienor
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- realism
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noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- amities
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noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- stearo-
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- Israeli
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- Osmanli
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noun,
an Ottoman.
- sterno-
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- ramtils
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noun,
Niger seed.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- Orleans
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- aileron
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- ailment
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noun,
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
- isation
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- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- alerion
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noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- oralist
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noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- oralism
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noun,
the theory, practice, or advocacy of education for the deaf chiefly or exclusively through lipreading, training in speech production, and training of residual hearing.
- laities
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- airline
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noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- airtime
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- onliest
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Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- laments
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noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- tailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Niteroi
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- Morelia
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Michoacán, in central Mexico.
- Romains
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- anisole
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- mortise
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- mortals
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noun,
a human being.
- antero-
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- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- Interim
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- morales
-
noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- moraine
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- malison
-
noun,
a curse.
- Montale
-
noun,
Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1981, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1975.
- monster
-
noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- Monilia
-
noun,
a fungus of the genus Monilia, of the class Fungi Imperfecti, having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains.
- liaison
-
noun,
the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
- monesia
-
noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- Romaine
-
noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- Malines
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- Nilotes
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- Riesman
-
noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- iolites
-
noun,
cordierite.
- nemato-
-
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- limner
-
noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- lament
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- 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.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- maline
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- 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.
- Siloam
-
noun,
a spring and pool near Jerusalem. John 9:7.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- lemans
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- solemn
-
adjective,
grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood:
- limits
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- steno-
-
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- simian
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- simile
-
noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- limens
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- Lemnos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Capital: Myrina.
- Lomita
-
noun,
a town in SW California.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- somni-
-
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- loment
-
noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Somali
-
noun,
a member of a Hamitic population showing an admixture of Arab, black, and other ancestry, and dwelling in Somalia and adjacent regions.
- somat-
-
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- 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.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Lamont
-
noun,
a male given name.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- smalto
-
noun,
colored glass or similar vitreous material used in mosaic.
- Malone
-
noun,
Edmond, 1741–1812, Irish literary critic and Shakespearean scholar.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- nemat-
-
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- mortal
-
noun,
a human being.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitro-
-
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- motile
-
adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- morsel
-
noun,
a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- molest
-
verb (used with object),
to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- molies
-
noun,
an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
- Molina
-
noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- Moline
-
noun,
a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.
- molten
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- monial
-
noun,
a mullion.
- Morini
-
noun,
Erika, 1906–1995, U.S. violinist, born in Austria.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- morale
-
noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- morals
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- morels
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- oriels
-
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.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- ramtil
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- 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.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- normal
-
noun,
the average or mean:
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- oilman
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- oilmen
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- oleins
-
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.
- molars
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- maloti
-
noun,
plural of loti.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- maslin
-
noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- masto-
-
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- matri-
-
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- melan-
-
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- Melton
-
noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- mensal
-
adjective,
monthly.
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- Martel
-
noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- mental
-
noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- mantel
-
noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- Mantle
-
noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Mariel
-
noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- Marlon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Marini
-
noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), Also, Marino [muh-ree-noh;; Italian mah-ree-naw] /məˈri noʊ;; Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), ("il Cavalier Marino") 1569–1625, Italian poet.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- Marlin
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- Salmon
-
noun,
a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- Milton
-
noun,
John, 1608–74, English poet.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- M-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- Salome
-
noun,
Also, Salomé. the daughter of Herodias, who is said to have danced for Herod Antipas and so pleased him that he granted her mother's request for the head of John the Baptist. Matt. 14:6–11 (not mentioned by name here).
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Merlin
-
noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- merlon
-
noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- merlot
-
noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- metal.
-
- metro-
-
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- milers
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- milit.
-
- Milner
-
noun,
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amino-
-
- 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.
- imines
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- amnios
-
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Ilorin
-
noun,
a town in W central Nigeria.
- amoles
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- Iletin
-
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- iatro-
-
- anemo-
-
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- aniso-
-
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- tarso-
-
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- trans.
-
- intime
-
adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- intima
-
noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- instr.
-
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- inlier
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- 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.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Elmont
-
noun,
a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- astro-
-
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- astron
-
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- 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.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Tolima
-
noun,
a volcano in W Colombia, in the Andes. 18,438 feet (5620 meters).
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- arsen-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- almost
-
adverb,
very nearly; all but:
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- aiolis
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- 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.
- 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.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- aeron.
-
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- intra-
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
-
- Ismael
-
noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- aeri-
-
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- moils
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- 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:
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- areo-
-
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- aero-
-
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- orial
-
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- Armen
-
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- molas
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- Mont.
-
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Arnel
-
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- moles
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- atmo-
-
- ation
-
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Metol
-
- metr-
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- 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).
- Milos
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- 30-30
-
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- sanit
-
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- miso-
-
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- oste-
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- mini-
-
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- 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.
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- astr.
-
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Amer.
-
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- treas
-
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- amin-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- nitr-
-
- omni-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- 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.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- 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.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- reni-
-
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- 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.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- alto-
-
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- 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.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- alti-
-
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- 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.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- 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.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- tonia
-
- MSEnt
-
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anti-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- ante-
-
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- anim.
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- 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.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- nears
-
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- natl.
-
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- naso-
-
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- imit.
-
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- smolt
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- 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.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- loams
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- init.
-
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- limos
-
noun,
a limousine.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- sito-
-
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- 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.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Sino-
-
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- ilio-
-
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- ileo-
-
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- IATSE
-
- meta-
-
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- insol
-
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- 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.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Srta.
-
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- 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.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- stome
-
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Ital.
-
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- 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.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- ition
-
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- intr.
-
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- inst.
-
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- 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.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Iran.
-
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- teno-
-
- 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.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- ento-
-
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- 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.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- 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.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- seti-
-
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- meno-
-
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- 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.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Melos
-
noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- matr-
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- 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.
- mast-
-
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- tera-
-
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Melia
-
- sero-
-
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- term.
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- telo-
-
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- mero-
-
- 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.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- male-
-
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- meso-
-
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- 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.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- tears
-
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- semi-
-
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Sem.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Soni
-
- rel.
-
- tron
-
- 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.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Sat.
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- 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.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- 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.
- tri-
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sra.
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- SRAM
-
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- 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.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- tion
-
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- tRNA
-
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Ste.
-
- str.
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- ten.
-
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Rom.
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- RNAS
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RONA
-
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Tasm
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- 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.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ter.
-
- Sam.
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Saml
-
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Sol.
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- 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.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- soln
-
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- 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.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- RIIA
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- itol
-
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- 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.
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- 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.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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:
- 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.
- 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.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- 1080
-
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lam.
-
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- men-
-
- ment
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- met.
-
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- mil.
-
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mar.
-
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- 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.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- mal-
-
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- MALS
-
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Man.
-
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iso-
-
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- Arm.
-
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amt.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ano-
-
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ARIS
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- ASME
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- AMLS
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIME
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- AISI
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- ates
-
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- int.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- ile-
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- inae
-
- INRI
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- intl
-
- eso-
-
- 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.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- 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 = .
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- 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.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- est.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ator
-
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- emia
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- MILR
-
- lit.
-
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- min.
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- 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.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- NIRA
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- MSAE
-
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- mRNA
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- MSIE
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- nom.
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ont.
-
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Nor.
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- nos-
-
- 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.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- NTIA
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- 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.
- 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.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- ole-
-
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mol.
-
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Mon.
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MNAS
-
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- OIr
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- MIT
-
- ean
-
- OEM
-
- 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.
- 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.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- EAM
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- MOR
-
- OSA
-
- ESR
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ESL
-
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- 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.
- MNS
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ETO
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MLS
-
- TIA
-
- EMR
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- OIt
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EMT
-
- en-
-
- 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).
- ml.
-
- MLA
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- MLR
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- NSA
-
- at.
-
- tlo
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ote
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- ose
-
- ALM
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- AME
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- MIE
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- OTS
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- ae.
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- Am.
-
- al.
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- Tro
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- RMA
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Re.
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- tlr
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- ARS
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Om.
-
- ase
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ASI
-
- ASM
-
- REA
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- Ola
-
- Ia.
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TMO
-
- SAR
-
- mi.
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- AMS
-
- ons
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ONR
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ONI
-
- 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.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- aor
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- io-
-
- 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.
- ial
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MSL
-
- Sr.
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SMA
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Mo.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
-
- LMT
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RSE
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- NEA
-
- RNA
-
- Sta
-
- ne-
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- SLR
-
- ROA
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ltr
-
- MRI
-
- MRE
-
- MRA
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- LIM
-
- LTA
-
- LSI
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- LST
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- MSA
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- MTI
-
- MTS
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- MTO
-
- mtn
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- MSE
-
- Mt.
-
- MST
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- MSN
-
- Me.
-
- MSI
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LSM
-
- rt.
-
- Lt.
-
- ior
-
- SAE
-
- SLA
-
- SRO
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- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ion
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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 = .
- TAL
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- Ios
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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.
- NMR
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- IOT
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- Moe
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noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- Ir.
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- NIM
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noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- MOI
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- Tai
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noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- NMI
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- ine
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- TAE
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preposition,
to.
- Mao
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- IAS
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- TAR
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noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ier
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- TAO
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noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- il-
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- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TAM
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noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ILO
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- Lot
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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.
- ILS
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- Noe
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noun,
Noah (def 1).
- in.
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- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- IRL
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- RIM
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noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- So.
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- SLE
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- rte
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- La.
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- RTS
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- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- STI
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- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ite
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- STL
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- STM
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- ITA
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- ist
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- ISR
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- ism
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noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Isl
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- NES
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- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRO
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- Nil
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noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- IRS
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- LON
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- MOS
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noun,
moment (def 1).
- ISA
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- ise
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- NIA
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- SA
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- RI
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- SM
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- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- SL
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- LM
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- LR
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- S.
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- AO
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- R.
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- ln
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- RN
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- ol
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- SN
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OA
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- O.
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- t.
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- T1
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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.
- 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.
- NL
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- NM
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- MN
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- L.
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- M.
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- RO
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- N.
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- NI
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- le
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- TN
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- TM
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TL
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- L2
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
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- L1
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- i.
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