Anagrams of emollients
Word emollients has
628 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of emollients.
- millstone
-
noun,
either of a pair of circular stones between which grain or another substance is ground, as in a mill.
- milestone
-
noun,
a stone functioning as a milepost.
- limestone
-
noun,
a sedimentary rock consisting predominantly of calcium carbonate, varieties of which are formed from the skeletons of marine microorganisms and coral: used as a building stone and in the manufacture of lime.
- emollient
-
noun,
an emollient medicine, lotion, salve, etc.
- mesolite
-
noun,
a mineral variety of the zeolite group, intermediate in chemical composition between natrolite and scolecite.
- ton-mile
-
noun,
a unit of freight transportation measurement equivalent to a ton of freight transported one mile.
- melilots
-
noun,
a cloverlike plant of the genus Melilotus, of the legume family, grown as a forage plant.
- melitose
-
noun,
raffinose.
- semitone
-
noun,
a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
- Seminole
-
noun,
a member of any of several groupings of North American Indians comprising emigrants from the Creek Confederacy territories to Florida or their descendants in Florida and Oklahoma, especially the culturally conservative present-day Florida Indians.
- one-time
-
adjective,
having been as specified at one time; former:
- Semillon
-
noun,
a variety of white grape used in winemaking, especially in France in the Sauternes district of Bordeaux.
- loments
-
noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- etoiles
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- meltons
-
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.
- stollen
-
noun,
a sweetened bread made from raised dough, usually containing nuts, raisins, and citron.
- omelets
-
noun,
eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- seleno-
-
- entoils
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- onliest
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- Ellison
-
noun,
Ralph (Waldo) [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1914–1994, U.S. novelist, essayist, and lecturer.
- tensile
-
adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- mellite
-
noun,
a pharmaceutical containing honey.
- tellies
-
noun,
television.
- melilot
-
noun,
a cloverlike plant of the genus Melilotus, of the legume family, grown as a forage plant.
- meletin
-
noun,
quercetin.
- moisten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- Moselle
-
noun,
German Mosel [moh-zuh l] /ˈmoʊ zəl/ (Show IPA). a river in W central Europe, flowing from the Vosges Mountains in NE France into the Rhine at Coblenz in W Germany. 320 miles (515 km) long.
- lisente
-
noun,
plural of sente.
- Nilotes
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- tonemes
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- millets
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Setaria italica, extensively cultivated in the East and in southern Europe for its small seed, or grain, used as food for humans and fowls, but in the U.S. grown chiefly for fodder.
- tollies
-
noun,
candle (def 1).
- Leotine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lintels
-
noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- tollmen
-
noun,
a tollkeeper.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- selen-
-
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- 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.
- Mollet
-
noun,
Guy [gahy;; French gee] /gaɪ;; French gi/ (Show IPA), 1905–75, French political leader.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- lintel
-
noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- Mollie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary or Milicent.
- Lionel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leon.
- teleo-
-
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Leslie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- tellin
-
noun,
any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Tellina, having a thin, rounded shell of white, yellow, pink, or purple.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- molest
-
verb (used with object),
to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- listel
-
noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- niello
-
noun,
a black metallic substance, consisting of silver, copper, lead, and sulfur, with which an incised design or ground is filled to produce an ornamental effect on metal.
- solemn
-
adjective,
grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood:
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- somni-
-
- L-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (L-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (L-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the L-shell.
- lentil
-
noun,
a plant, Lens culinaris, of the legume family, having flattened, biconvex seeds used as food.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- molies
-
noun,
an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- steno-
-
- 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.
- Moline
-
noun,
a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.
- loment
-
noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- Lemnos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Capital: Myrina.
- limens
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- molten
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- 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.
- elemis
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Milton
-
noun,
John, 1608–74, English poet.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- 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.
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- Millet
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Setaria italica, extensively cultivated in the East and in southern Europe for its small seed, or grain, used as food for humans and fowls, but in the U.S. grown chiefly for fodder.
- 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.
- oillet
-
noun,
eyelet (def 5).
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- oilmen
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Elmont
-
noun,
a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Milles
-
noun,
Carl (Carl Wilhelm Emil Anderson) 1875–1955, U.S. sculptor, born in Sweden.
- 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.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- omelet
-
noun,
eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- Mellon
-
noun,
Andrew William, 1855–1937, U.S. financier: Secretary of the Treasury 1921–32.
- Nellie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- motile
-
adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- toneme
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Metol
-
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- Lisle
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- limos
-
noun,
a limousine.
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- Mills
-
noun,
C(harles) Wright, 1916–62, U.S. sociologist.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Sino-
-
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- MSEnt
-
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Mlles
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- oste-
-
- Ollie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Oliver.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- miso-
-
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Melos
-
noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- losel
-
noun,
a worthless person; scoundrel.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- 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.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- mells
-
noun,
a heavy hammer; mallet.
- omni-
-
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- 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.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- meso-
-
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- seti-
-
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- 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.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- 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.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- meno-
-
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- semi-
-
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- moils
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- tells
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- 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.
- teno-
-
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- telo-
-
- 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.
- ento-
-
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- ileo-
-
- tele-
-
- sito-
-
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- molls
-
noun,
gun moll.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- 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.
- tills
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Ellen
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in S Utah. 11,522 feet (3514 meters).
- Ellis
-
noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- tolls
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Emile
-
noun,
a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- 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.
- Mont.
-
- Enlil
-
noun,
the king of the Sumerian gods and the god of the air.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insol
-
- inst.
-
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Milos
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- 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.
- Snell
-
noun,
a short piece of nylon, gut, or the like, by which a fishhook is attached to a line.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- smolt
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- smell
-
noun,
the sense of smell; faculty of smelling.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- 30-30
-
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- nills
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- lilts
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- 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.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- elemi
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- elem.
-
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- stome
-
- 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).
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Still
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- 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.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- 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.
- 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.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- nom.
-
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- neem
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Nell
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- neo-
-
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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.
- 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.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- 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.
- nill
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- 1080
-
- 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.
- nos-
-
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- soln
-
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- 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.
- Soni
-
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- ten.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- 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.
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- 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.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tion
-
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Toll
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Sol.
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- 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.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- not-
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- 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.
- ole-
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Ont.
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- Sem.
-
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- 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.
- MSIE
-
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- MSEE
-
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- 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.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lin.
-
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- 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.
- 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:
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- 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.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- 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.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lit.
-
- 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.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- Mell
-
noun,
a heavy hammer; mallet.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- 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.
- 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.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- 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.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ment
-
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- enl.
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- EMet
-
- eso-
-
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- 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.
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- ELLE
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- est.
-
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- 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.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- itol
-
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iso-
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- 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 = .
- intl
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- Ill.
-
- ile-
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- men-
-
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- mes-
-
- Moll
-
noun,
gun moll.
- 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.
- 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.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mis-
-
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- min.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- mil.
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Mon.
-
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- 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.
- mol.
-
- Mill
-
noun,
a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
- 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.
- met.
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Mlle
-
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MOI
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- il-
-
- MNE
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- ite
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ist
-
- MNS
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- STI
-
- ine
-
- ILS
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NES
-
- STL
-
- STM
-
- in.
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ILO
-
- IOT
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- io-
-
- MSI
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- MTI
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Mt.
-
- 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.
- MST
-
- MSN
-
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- MTO
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- EIS
-
- 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.
- EEO
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EOM
-
- eo-
-
- TSE
-
- mtn
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ETS
-
- EOE
-
- St.
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- ESL
-
- ese
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- TMO
-
- ne-
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ene
-
- en-
-
- 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.
- EMT
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- MTS
-
- tlo
-
- ETO
-
- TSI
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- MIE
-
- MSE
-
- OTS
-
- 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.
- ll.
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- LLM
-
- MSL
-
- LMT
-
- ONI
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- ons
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LON
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Mo.
-
- OEM
-
- Me.
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- LSI
-
- ose
-
- LSM
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SLE
-
- So.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- LST
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Lt.
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- LTL
-
- OIt
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- MLS
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- NIM
-
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.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- ml.
-
- Om.
-
- LIM
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- MIT
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- Les
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- 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.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- NMI
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- 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.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- se-
-
- M.
-
- MN
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EI
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ol
-
- TN
-
- O.
-
- TM
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- L1
-
- L2
-
- le
-
- SN
-
- NL
-
- t.
-
- T1
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NM
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- S.
-
- i.
-
- LM
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- ln
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NI
-
- SM
-
- N.
-
- SL
-
- TL
-
- L.
-