Anagrams of Excelsior
Word Excelsior has
357 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of Excelsior.
- exorcise
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verb (used with object),
to seek to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration or religious or solemn ceremonies:
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- sclero-
-
- creoles
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noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- closer
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noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- elisor
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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.
- cisele
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- orexis
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noun,
the affective and conative character of mental activity as contrasted with its cognitive aspect; the appetitive aspect of an act.
- resole
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verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- exiles
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noun,
expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree.
- oriels
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Eloise
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noun,
a female given name.
- resoil
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verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- Cloris
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noun,
a male or female given name.
- resile
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- excise
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noun,
an internal tax or duty on certain commodities, as liquor or tobacco, levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within the country.
- excels
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verb (used with object),
to surpass; be superior to; outdo:
- colies
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noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- slicer
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noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- recoil
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noun,
an act of recoiling.
- oilers
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noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- scolex
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noun,
the anterior, headlike segment of a tapeworm, having suckers, hooks, or the like, for attachment.
- ecoles
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noun,
school1 .
- scler-
-
- Locris
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noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- cresol
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- lories
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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.
- soiree
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- ilexes
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noun,
holm oak.
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- Creole
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- cerise
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- creels
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noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- rexes
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noun,
king.
- riels
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- rices
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noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Eolic
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noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- reels
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noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Elise
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noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Leros
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noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- erose
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adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- OIcel
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- 30-30
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- Lexis
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noun,
the vocabulary of a language, as distinct from its grammar; the total stock of words and idiomatic combinations of them in a language; lexicon.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- liers
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noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Loire
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noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- lores
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noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Loris
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noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- loxes
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noun,
a kind of brine-cured salmon, having either a salt cure (Scandinavian lox) or a sugar cure (Nova Scotia lox) often eaten with cream cheese on a bagel.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- ileo-
-
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- Icel.
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- oleic
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adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- Oriel
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Exile
-
noun,
expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree.
- execs
-
noun,
an executive, especially in business.
- exec.
-
- excl.
-
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- excel
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass; be superior to; outdo:
- orles
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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:
- osier
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- ecol.
-
- riles
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verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- leers
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noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- cires
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noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- coirs
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noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Seric
-
- coils
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noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- sero-
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- coele
-
- coel-
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- Close
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noun,
the act of closing.
- Silex
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noun,
flint; silica.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- slice
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noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- slier
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adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- ceros
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noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cero-
-
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- socle
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noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- ceorl
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noun,
churl (def 4).
- ceils
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verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Sorel
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noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Xeres
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noun,
former name of Jerez.
- xeric
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adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to a dry environment.
- xero-
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- Coles
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- sexi-
-
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- score
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noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- cores
-
- cries
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noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- coxes
-
noun,
coxswain.
- Crile
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noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- scree
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noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Creel
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noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- scil
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- sole
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noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Sol.
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- Lose
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Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- soil
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noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- OEEC
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- Rise
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noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- leer
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noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Lois
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noun,
a female given name.
- loci
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noun,
plural of locus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sci.
-
- Lise
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noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- sori
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noun,
plural of sorus.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- lex.
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- roil
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verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Leos
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noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Leix
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noun,
Laoighis.
- Leis
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noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- lees
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noun,
plural of lee2 .
- rile
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verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Oise
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noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- sloe
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noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- sex-
-
- Reis
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plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rees
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noun,
reeve3 .
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Sere
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noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Seel
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verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- oxes
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noun,
the adult castrated male of the genus Bos, used chiefly as a draft animal.
- sec.
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- orle
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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:
- scr.
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- ROSE
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noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- oils
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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.
- sice
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noun,
syce.
- silo
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noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- SLIC
-
- Orel
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noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- ole-
-
- rel.
-
- Riel
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- 1080
-
- exr.
-
- Cori
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noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- cis-
-
- Ire.
-
- Ice.
-
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- exor
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- ile-
-
- Cor.
-
- CLOS
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noun,
a walled vineyard.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coir
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noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Col.
-
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- eso-
-
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- ilex
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noun,
holm oak.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- eco-
-
- Exc.
-
- elix
-
- exo-
-
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Eire
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noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Cres
-
- EEOC
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- iso-
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- exes
-
noun,
the letter X, x.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Ceil
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verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cels
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- CerE
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noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- sc.
-
- CSR
-
- CSO
-
- Lee
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noun,
protective shelter:
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- ec-
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- EEC
-
- EEL
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noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EEO
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- eo-
-
- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- CRS
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- XOR
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result when either but not both of its operands are positive.
- xis
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ξ, ξ).
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Co.
-
- xcl
-
- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- sox
-
noun,
a plural of sock1 .
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- cl.
-
- cee
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noun,
the letter C.
- CEO
-
- SLR
-
- Cox
-
noun,
coxswain.
- CIE
-
- cle
-
- SLE
-
- Six
-
noun,
a cardinal number, five plus one.
- CLI
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Clo
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- CLR
-
- 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).
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- se-
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- REX
-
noun,
king.
- LSI
-
- 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.
- ior
-
- IOC
-
- LOX
-
noun,
a kind of brine-cured salmon, having either a salt cure (Scandinavian lox) or a sugar cure (Nova Scotia lox) often eaten with cream cheese on a bagel.
- ILS
-
- LSC
-
- Oc.
-
- IRC
-
- OCS
-
- ILO
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oic
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- il-
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- OIr
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LCI
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- ISR
-
- Isl
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- ise
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- LOC
-
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- ier
-
- OCR
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ese
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ox-
-
- ESL
-
- Esc
-
- ESR
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- io-
-
- ose
-
- RCS
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Ex.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Re.
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ics
-
- EOE
-
- L.
-
- LC
-
- ol
-
- xc
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L1
-
- CE
-
- xi
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noun,
the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ξ, ξ).
- L2
-
- XL
-
- XO
-
- le
-
- Xe
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RO
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ic
-
- i.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- lx
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- LR
-
- RI
-
- SL
-
- S.
-
- RX
-
- R.
-
- ee
-
- EI
-
- RC
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- xr
-