Anagrams of faultfinders
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- faultfinder
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noun,
a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- insufflate
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verb (used with object),
to blow or breathe (something) in.
- diffluent
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adjective,
tending to flow off or away.
- Friesland
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noun,
a province in the N Netherlands. 1431 sq. mi. (3705 sq. km). Capital: Leeuwarden.
- affluents
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noun,
a tributary stream.
- Uitlander
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noun,
a foreigner, especially a British settler in the Boer republics prior to the formation of the Union of South Africa.
- laundries
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noun,
articles of clothing, linens, etc., that have been or are to be washed.
- disnature
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verb (used with object),
to deprive (something) of its proper nature or appearance; make unnatural.
- filatures
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noun,
the act of forming into threads.
- frauleins
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noun,
an unmarried woman.
- diffusate
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noun,
(in dialysis) the solution or the crystalline material that passes into it through the semipermeable membrane; dialyzate.
- disulfate
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noun,
a salt of pyrosulfuric acid, as sodium disulfate, Na 2 S 2 O 7 .
- indurates
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adjective,
hardened; unfeeling; callous; inured.
- denarius
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noun,
a silver coin and monetary unit of ancient Rome, first issued in the latter part of the 3rd century b.c., that fluctuated in value and sometimes appeared as a bronze coin.
- insulate
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verb (used with object),
to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound:
- Ruisdael
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noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˌyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1628?–82, Dutch painter.
- retinula
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noun,
a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
- tendrils
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noun,
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- indurate
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adjective,
hardened; unfeeling; callous; inured.
- diffuser
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noun,
a person or thing that diffuses.
- flinders
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noun,
Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
- ruinates
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adjective,
ruined.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- indrafts
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noun,
an inward flow or current, as of air or water.
- uranites
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noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- ruffians
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noun,
a tough, lawless person; roughneck; bully.
- detrains
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- flaneurs
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noun,
idler; dawdler; loafer.
- Neustria
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noun,
the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- 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.
- alunites
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noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- taurines
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- Luristan
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noun,
a mountainous region in W Iran.
- diluents
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noun,
a diluting substance.
- untreads
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verb (used with object),
to go back through in the same steps.
- Flanders
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noun,
a medieval country in W Europe, extending along the North Sea from the Strait of Dover to the Scheldt River: the corresponding modern regions include the provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders in W Belgium, and the adjacent parts of N France and SW Netherlands.
- fun-fair
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noun,
an amusement park.
- strained
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- intrudes
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verb (used with object),
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- uralites
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noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- unlisted
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adjective,
not listed; not entered in a list or directory:
- neutrals
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noun,
a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
- affluent
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noun,
a tributary stream.
- underlit
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adjective,
lacking adequate light.
- transude
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verb (used without object),
to pass or ooze through pores or interstices, as a fluid.
- residual
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noun,
a residual quantity; remainder.
- Eridanus
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noun,
the River, a large southern constellation between Cetus and Orion, containing the bright star Achernar.
- inflated
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adjective,
distended with air or gas; swollen.
- trundles
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noun,
a small wheel, roller, or the like.
- Fraulein
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noun,
an unmarried woman.
- inflates
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verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- rundlets
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noun,
an old British measure of capacity, about 15 imperial gallons (68 liters).
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- defaults
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noun,
failure to act; inaction or neglect:
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- Freudian
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noun,
a person, especially a psychoanalyst, who adheres to the basic doctrines of Freud.
- trindles
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noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- diurnals
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noun,
Liturgy. a service book containing offices for the daily hours of prayer.
- filature
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noun,
the act of forming into threads.
- unitards
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noun,
a one-piece leotard with full-length stockings; bodysuit.
- urinates
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- finestra
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noun,
an aperture, especially a ventilator in the wall of a tomb.
- 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.
- urnfield
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noun,
a Bronze Age cemetery in which the ashes of the dead were buried in urns.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- islander
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of an island.
- truffles
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noun,
any of several subterranean, edible, ascomycetous fungi of the genus Tuber.
- launders
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noun,
(in ore dressing) a passage carrying products of intermediate grade and residue in water suspension.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- funster
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noun,
a person who creates or seeks fun, as a comedian or reveler.
- lifters
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noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- turdine
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adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Turdidae, comprising the true thrushes.
- funfest
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noun,
a party or other gathering for fun and entertainment.
- restful
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adjective,
giving or conducive to rest.
- 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.
- tirades
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noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- saunter
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noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- duffels
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noun,
a camper's clothing and equipment.
- eluants
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noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- sardine
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noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- snuffle
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noun,
an act or sound of snuffling.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- Rutland
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noun,
a city in W Vermont.
- dialers
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noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- Arundel
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noun,
a town in S West Sussex, in S England: castle.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- snuffer
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noun,
a person who snuffs or sniffs.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- stiffen
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verb (used with object),
to make stiff.
- asunder
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adverb, adjective,
into separate parts; in or into pieces:
- flaunts
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noun,
the act of flaunting.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Tardieu
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noun,
André Pierre Gabriel Amédée [ahn-drey pyer ga-bree-el a-mey-dey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pyɛr ga briˈɛl a meɪˈdeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, French statesman.
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- diaster
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noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- astride
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preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- indraft
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noun,
an inward flow or current, as of air or water.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- rundles
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noun,
a rung of a ladder.
- audiles
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noun,
a person in whose mind auditory images, rather than visual or motor images, are predominant or unusually distinct.
- truffle
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noun,
any of several subterranean, edible, ascomycetous fungi of the genus Tuber.
- fustian
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noun,
a stout fabric of cotton and flax.
- fistula
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noun,
Pathology. a narrow passage or duct formed by disease or injury, as one leading from an abscess to a free surface, or from one cavity to another.
- darnels
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noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- lead-in
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noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- dartles
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verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- riffles
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noun,
a rapid, as in a stream.
- fistful
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noun,
a handful:
- 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.
- trundle
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noun,
a small wheel, roller, or the like.
- staffer
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noun,
a member of a staff of employees or coworkers.
- earfuls
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noun,
an outpouring of oral information or advice, especially when given without solicitation.
- 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.
- dareful
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adjective,
daring.
- truffes
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noun,
truffle.
- Laurens
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noun,
Henry, 1724–92, South Carolina and U.S. Revolutionary political leader: president of the Continental Congress 1777–78.
- triunes
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- 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.
- Latinus
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noun,
the father of Lavinia and king of Latium at the time of the arrival of Aeneas.
- Durante
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noun,
James Francis ("Jimmy") 1893–1980, U.S. comedian.
- 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.
- default
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noun,
failure to act; inaction or neglect:
- defiant
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adjective,
characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging:
- trindle
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noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- sainted
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noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- trifles
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noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- tendril
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noun,
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- detains
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- 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.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- duffers
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noun,
Informal.
a plodding, clumsy, incompetent person.
a person inept or inexperienced at a specific sport, as golf.
- luteins
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noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- details
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noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- destain
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- taurine
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- tundras
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noun,
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- derails
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noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- flaneur
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noun,
idler; dawdler; loafer.
- lurdans
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noun,
a lazy, stupid, loutish fellow.
- funeral
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noun,
the ceremonies for a dead person prior to burial or cremation; obsequies.
- dunites
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- tearful
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adjective,
full of tears; weeping.
- tuladis
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noun,
lake trout.
- Landers
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noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- rituals
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noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- dentils
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noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- Daniels
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noun,
Jonathan Worth, 1902–81, U.S. journalist, editor, and author.
- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- dentals
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noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- danseur
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noun,
a male ballet dancer.
- feudist
-
noun,
a person who participates in a feud.
- transl.
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- durians
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noun,
the edible fruit of a tree, Durio zibethinus, of the bombax family, of southeastern Asia, having a hard, prickly rind, a highly flavored, pulpy flesh, and an unpleasant odor.
- Faneuil
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noun,
Peter, 1700–43, American merchant: builder of Faneuil Hall.
- finales
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noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- redfins
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noun,
any of various small freshwater minnows with red fins, especially a shiner, Notropis umbratilis, of streams in central North America.
- insular
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noun,
an inhabitant of an island; islander.
- ruinate
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adjective,
ruined.
- fluters
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noun,
a person who makes flutings.
- fardels
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noun,
a bundle; burden.
- uranite
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noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- direful
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adjective,
dreadful; awful; terrible.
- uralite
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noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- insured
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noun,
the person, group, or organization whose life or property is covered by an insurance policy.
- indults
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noun,
a dispensation granted often temporarily by the pope, permitting a deviation from church law.
- fruited
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noun,
any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
- aldrins
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noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- sulfate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- fluster
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noun,
nervous excitement or confusion.
- falters
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noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- untried
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adjective,
not tried; not attempted, proved, or tested.
- natured
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adjective,
having a temperament of a particular kind (usually used in combination):
- refunds
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noun,
an act or instance of refunding.
- refusal
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noun,
an act or instance of refusing.
- untread
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verb (used with object),
to go back through in the same steps.
- sulfide
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noun,
a compound of sulfur with a more electropositive element or, less often, a group.
- instead
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Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- disrate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- failure
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noun,
an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success:
- inflate
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verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- fretful
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adjective,
disposed or quick to fret; irritable or peevish.
- rundlet
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noun,
an old British measure of capacity, about 15 imperial gallons (68 liters).
- utensil
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noun,
any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen, dairy, etc.:
- infares
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noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- snaffle
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noun,
Also called snaffle bit. a bit, usually jointed in the middle and without a curb, with a large ring at each end to which a rein and cheek strap are attached.
- strudel
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noun,
a pastry, usually consisting of a fruit, cheese, or other mixture, rolled in a paper-thin sheet of dough and baked.
- Raffles
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noun,
a gentlemanly burglar, amateur housebreaker, or the like.
- fearful
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adjective,
causing or apt to cause fear; frightening:
- diurnal
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noun,
Liturgy. a service book containing offices for the daily hours of prayer.
- stuffer
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noun,
a person or thing that stuffs.
- sinuate
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adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- Suffern
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noun,
a town in SE New York.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- 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.
- nutrias
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noun,
the coypu.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- urinate
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- affined
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adjective,
closely related or connected.
- affines
-
noun,
a person related to one by marriage.
- urinals
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noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- fateful
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adjective,
having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous:
- distaff
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noun,
a staff with a cleft end for holding wool, flax, etc., from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.
- sulfite
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noun,
a salt or ester of sulfurous acid.
- Falster
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noun,
an island in SE Denmark. 198 sq. mi. (513 sq. km).
- sniffer
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noun,
a person or thing that sniffs.
- inulase
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noun,
an enzyme that converts insulin to levulose.
- Fulanis
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noun,
Also, Fulah. a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of mixed African and Mediterranean ancestry, scattered through W Africa from Senegal to Cameroon.
- Ireland
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noun,
John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
- fade-in
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noun,
Movies, Television. a gradual increase in the visibility of a scene.
- differs
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verb (used without object),
to be unlike, dissimilar, or distinct in nature or qualities (often followed by from):
- dilutes
-
adjective,
reduced in strength, as a chemical by admixture; weak:
- sundial
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noun,
an instrument that indicates the time of day by means of the position, on a graduated plate or surface, of the shadow of the gnomon as it is cast by the sun.
- rutiles
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- unleads
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verb (used with object),
Printing. to remove the leads between (lines of type).
- diluent
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noun,
a diluting substance.
- intrude
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verb (used with object),
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- sniffle
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verb (used without object),
to sniff repeatedly, as from a head cold or in repressing tears:
- slander
-
noun,
defamation; calumny:
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- dilates
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verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- Renault
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noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1843–1918, French jurist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- unlades
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verb (used with object),
to take the lading, load, or cargo from; unload.
- diffuse
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adjective,
characterized by great length or discursiveness in speech or writing; wordy.
- transfd
-
- surfeit
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noun,
excess; an excessive amount:
- re-laid
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- unitard
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noun,
a one-piece leotard with full-length stockings; bodysuit.
- tinders
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noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- duelist
-
noun,
a person who participates in a duel.
- ferulas
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noun,
Botany. any of various plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family, chiefly of the Mediterranean region and central Asia, generally tall and coarse with dissected leaves, many of the Asian species yielding strongly scented, medicinal gum resins.
- aliunde
-
adverb, adjective,
not part of or derivable from the document or instrument itself:
- randies
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- ruffian
-
noun,
a tough, lawless person; roughneck; bully.
- ruffled
-
noun,
a break in the smoothness or evenness of some surface; undulation.
- taffies
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noun,
a chewy candy made of sugar or molasses boiled down, often with butter, nuts, etc.
- transf.
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- neutral
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noun,
a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
- launder
-
noun,
(in ore dressing) a passage carrying products of intermediate grade and residue in water suspension.
- alunite
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noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- flinder
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noun,
Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
- finders
-
noun,
a person or thing that finds.
- Anterus
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noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- snifter
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noun,
Also called inhaler. a pear-shaped glass, narrowing at the top to intensify the aroma of brandy, liqueur, etc.
- tilers
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- durain
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noun,
the coal forming the dull layers in banded bituminous coal.
- filate
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adjective,
threadlike.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- Durant
-
noun,
Ariel, 1898–1981, U.S. author and historian (wife of Will).
- drails
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- drafts
-
noun,
a drawing, sketch, or design.
- Laurie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- 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.
- Lauren
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noun,
a female given name.
- draffs
-
noun,
dregs, as in a brewing process; lees; refuse.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- 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.
- rutile
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- rustle
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- sifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- fiesta
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- dulias
-
noun,
veneration and invocation given to saints as the servants of God.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Lenard
-
noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- duffer
-
noun,
Informal.
a plodding, clumsy, incompetent person.
a person inept or inexperienced at a specific sport, as golf.
- filets
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- fiends
-
noun,
Satan; the devil.
- tildes
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- drifts
-
noun,
a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- silure
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- duffel
-
noun,
a camper's clothing and equipment.
- dunite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- Fields
-
noun,
W. C (William Claude Dukenfield) 1880–1946, U.S. vaudeville and motion-picture comedian.
- Lerida
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- Duarte
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- 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.
- durian
-
noun,
the edible fruit of a tree, Durio zibethinus, of the bombax family, of southeastern Asia, having a hard, prickly rind, a highly flavored, pulpy flesh, and an unpleasant odor.
- faders
-
noun,
a person or thing that fades.
- falsie
-
noun,
either of a pair of shaped pads, made of rubber, fabric, or the like, for wearing inside a brassiere to give the breasts a larger or more shapely appearance.
- inter.
-
- faints
-
noun,
the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- failed
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- sultan
-
noun,
the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- Fafnir
-
noun,
a dragon, a son of Hreidmar and the brother of Otter and Regin: he killed Hreidmar for the cursed treasure of Andvari and was killed in turn by Sigurd at the instigation of Regin.
- sundae
-
noun,
ice cream served with syrup poured over it, and often other toppings, as whipped cream, chopped nuts, or fruit.
- intra-
-
- sunder
-
verb (used with object),
to separate; part; divide; sever.
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- sunlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the sun.
- strafe
-
noun,
a strafing attack.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- sendal
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- indult
-
noun,
a dispensation granted often temporarily by the pope, permitting a deviation from church law.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- indues
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- sutler
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- Ferdus
-
noun,
Firdausi.
- ireful
-
adjective,
full of intense anger; wrathful.
- falter
-
noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- suited
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- inlaut
-
noun,
medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- infare
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- strife
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- felids
-
noun,
any animal of the family Felidae, comprising the cats.
- infers
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- infest
-
verb (used with object),
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:
- infra-
-
- infula
-
noun,
one of the two embroidered lappets of the miter of a bishop.
- infuse
-
verb (used with object),
to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill (usually followed by into):
- faults
-
noun,
a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing:
- faulds
-
noun,
a piece below the breastplate, composed of lames and corresponding to the culet in back.
- fardel
-
noun,
a bundle; burden.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- suffer
-
verb (used with object),
to undergo, be subjected to, or endure (pain, distress, injury, loss, or anything unpleasant):
- fasten
-
verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- Suffr.
-
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instr.
-
- insula
-
noun,
a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- farfel
-
noun,
a solid foodstuff broken into small pieces:
- insult
-
noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- ferias
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- Lauder
-
noun,
Sir Harry (MacLennan) [muh-klen-uh n] /məˈklɛn ən/ (Show IPA), 1870–1950, Scottish balladeer and composer.
- setula
-
noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- lairds
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- Lander
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- Landes
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- Landis
-
noun,
Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- Landus
-
noun,
Lando.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- 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.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- salted
-
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.
- elands
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- earful
-
noun,
an outpouring of oral information or advice, especially when given without solicitation.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- idlers
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- duties
-
noun,
something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- Dustin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Duster
-
noun,
a person or thing that removes or applies dust.
- feudal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or like the feudal system, or its political, military, social, and economic structure.
- salute
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- Iseult
-
noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- Island
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- 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.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- festal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- stifle
-
noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- itself
-
pronoun,
a reflexive form of it1 :
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- Eluard
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), (Eugène Grindel) 1895–1952, French poet.
- eluant
-
noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- indef.
-
- 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.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- ladens
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- fetial
-
adjective,
concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
- ladies
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- elfins
-
noun,
an elf.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- tariff
-
noun,
an official list or table showing the duties or customs imposed by a government on imports or exports.
- futile
-
adjective,
incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful:
- sinful
-
adjective,
characterized by, guilty of, or full of sin; wicked:
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- funest
-
adjective,
boding or causing evil or death; fatal; disastrous.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- unfair
-
adjective,
not fair; not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics:
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- situla
-
noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- fliers
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- unfits
-
adjective,
not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable:
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- Arnulf
-
noun,
a.d. 850?–899, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 887–899: crowned 896.
- United
-
adjective,
made into or caused to act as a single entity:
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- flints
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- flirts
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- unlade
-
verb (used with object),
to take the lading, load, or cargo from; unload.
- Fulani
-
noun,
Also, Fulah. a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of mixed African and Mediterranean ancestry, scattered through W Africa from Senegal to Cameroon.
- flites
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- unlaid
-
adjective,
not laid or placed:
- unlead
-
verb (used with object),
Printing. to remove the leads between (lines of type).
- unread
-
adjective,
not read, as a letter or newspaper.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- Undset
-
noun,
Sigrid [sig-rid;; Norwegian si-gri] /ˈsɪg rɪd;; Norwegian ˈsɪ grɪ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1949, Norwegian novelist: Nobel prize 1928.
- Andrus
-
noun,
Andron.
- flaunt
-
noun,
the act of flaunting.
- lutein
-
noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- audits
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- flares
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- 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.
- flatus
-
noun,
intestinal gas produced by bacterial action on waste matter in the intestines and composed primarily of hydrogen sulfide and varying amounts of methane.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- undies
-
plural noun,
women's or children's underwear.
- naleds
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- ultra-
-
- ultras
-
noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- under-
-
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- artful
-
adjective,
slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky:
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsen-
-
- unreal
-
adjective,
not real or actual.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- lustre
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- frusta
-
noun,
the part of a conical solid left after cutting off a top portion with a plane parallel to the base.
- Snefru
-
noun,
flourished c2920 b.c, Egyptian ruler of the 4th dynasty.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- afters
-
- urials
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- afrits
-
noun,
afreet.
- frails
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- fraise
-
noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- urinal
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- afield
-
adverb,
abroad; away from home.
- affine
-
noun,
a person related to one by marriage.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- adrift
-
adjective, adverb,
floating without control; drifting; not anchored or moored:
- uredia
-
noun,
uredinium.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- adren-
-
- radius
-
noun,
a straight line extending from the center of a circle or sphere to the circumference or surface:
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- raffle
-
noun,
a form of lottery in which a number of persons buy one or more chances to win a prize.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Friend
-
noun,
a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Frieda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- slider
-
noun,
a person or thing that slides.
- redfin
-
noun,
any of various small freshwater minnows with red fins, especially a shiner, Notropis umbratilis, of streams in central North America.
- Neruda
-
noun,
Pablo [pah-vlaw;; English pah-bloh] /ˈpɑ vlɔ;; English ˈpɑ bloʊ/ (Show IPA), (Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto) 1904–73, Chilean poet and diplomat: Nobel Prize in literature 1971.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- neural
-
adjective,
of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- unsaid
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of unsay.
- unseal
-
verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- fluent
-
adjective,
spoken or written with ease:
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- 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.
- fluids
-
noun,
a substance, as a liquid or gas, that is capable of flowing and that changes its shape at a steady rate when acted upon by a force tending to change its shape.
- Alfred
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Old English words meaning “elf” and “counsel.”.
- refund
-
noun,
an act or instance of refunding.
- flutes
-
noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Aldrin
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- alders
-
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- fluted
-
noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- fluter
-
noun,
a person who makes flutings.
- refits
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- audile
-
noun,
a person in whose mind auditory images, rather than visual or motor images, are predominant or unusually distinct.
- luster
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- denti-
-
- ruffed
-
noun,
a neckpiece or collar of lace, lawn, or the like, gathered or drawn into deep, full, regular folds, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- desalt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- derail
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- ferula
-
noun,
Botany. any of various plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family, chiefly of the Mediterranean region and central Asia, generally tall and coarse with dissected leaves, many of the Asian species yielding strongly scented, medicinal gum resins.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- finest
-
noun,
the police:
- ritual
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Delius
-
noun,
Frederick, 1862–1934, English composer.
- delist
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- listed
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- delfts
-
noun,
earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usually in blue.
- 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.
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Fuseli
-
noun,
(John) Henry (Johann Heinrich Füssli) 1741–1825, English painter, illustrator, and essayist; born in Switzerland.
- finals
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- rundle
-
noun,
a rung of a ladder.
- filter
-
noun,
any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- liards
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- finale
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- lidars
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- distr.
-
- distal
-
adjective,
situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal.
Compare proximal.
- diseur
-
noun,
a male professional entertainer who performs monologues.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- 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.
- lifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Lieut.
-
- tranfd
-
- trans.
-
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- finder
-
noun,
a person or thing that finds.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- dilute
-
adjective,
reduced in strength, as a chemical by admixture; weak:
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- differ
-
verb (used without object),
to be unlike, dissimilar, or distinct in nature or qualities (often followed by from):
- lifers
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- trifle
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- finlet
-
noun,
a small, detached ray of a fin in certain fishes, as mackerels.
- feints
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- Tuinal
-
- darnel
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- fitful
-
adjective,
coming, appearing, acting, etc., in fits or by spells; recurring irregularly.
- luffas
-
noun,
loofah.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- Furies
-
noun,
unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like:
- lunars
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- Furiae
-
plural noun,
fury (def 3).
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- lunate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the second bone from the thumb side of the proximal row of bones of the carpus.
- furans
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated, five-membered heterocyclic compound, C 4 H 4 O, obtained from furfural: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- flairs
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- dartle
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- lunies
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- tuladi
-
noun,
lake trout.
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- lurdan
-
noun,
a lazy, stupid, loutish fellow.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- tundra
-
noun,
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- austr-
-
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- Riffle
-
noun,
a rapid, as in a stream.
- stadle
-
noun,
staddle.
- dastur
-
noun,
a Parsee chief priest.
- furnit
-
- rifles
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- 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.
- deasil
-
adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- fusain
-
noun,
a fine charcoal used in drawing, made from the wood of the spindle tree.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- truffe
-
noun,
truffle.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- daunts
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- dautie
-
noun,
a darling.
- 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.
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- furan
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated, five-membered heterocyclic compound, C 4 H 4 O, obtained from furfural: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- fusil
-
noun,
a light flintlock musket.
- Frits
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- Fris.
-
- sluff
-
noun,
the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- Fulas
-
noun,
Fulani.
- Indus
-
noun,
a river in S Asia, flowing from W Tibet through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. 1900 miles (3060 km) long.
- indue
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- funds
-
noun,
a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- furls
-
noun,
the act of furling.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- 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.
- fuels
-
noun,
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- seti-
-
- IATSE
-
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- fruit
-
noun,
any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Fusan
-
noun,
Pusan.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- runed
-
adjective,
having runes inscribed:
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- natl.
-
- retd.
-
- 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.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- naut.
-
- Nafud
-
noun,
Nefud Desert.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- 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.
- 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.
- nears
-
- reni-
-
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- lunar
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- rifle
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- Riffs
-
noun,
a melodic phrase, often constantly repeated, forming an accompaniment or part of an accompaniment for a soloist.
- ludes
-
noun,
Quaalude.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Luffa
-
noun,
loofah.
- luffs
-
noun,
the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- lurid
-
adjective,
gruesome; horrible; revolting:
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- rafts
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- nurls
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- raffs
-
noun,
riffraff; rabble.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- 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).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- nurds
-
noun,
nerd.
- nudie
-
noun,
a film, performance, or magazine featuring nude performers or photographs.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- neur-
-
- neut.
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- 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.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- nidus
-
noun,
a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- nudi-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- refl.
-
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- nudes
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- 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.
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- 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.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- sanit
-
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- salud
-
interjection,
(used after a person has sneezed or as a toast.)
- Ital.
-
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- lands
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- lards
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- 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.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- intr.
-
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Iran.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- self-
-
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- lifer
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- ruffs
-
noun,
a neckpiece or collar of lace, lawn, or the like, gathered or drawn into deep, full, regular folds, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- Lifar
-
noun,
Serge [syir-gyey;; French serzh] /syɪrˈgyeɪ;; French sɛrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in Paris after 1923.
- lifts
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- leuds
-
noun,
a vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Rundi
-
noun,
a member of a people constituting virtually the entire population of Burundi.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- 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.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- lauds
-
noun,
a song or hymn of praise.
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- leafs
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- lefts
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Fried
-
noun,
Alfred Hermann [al-frid hur-muh n;; German ahl-freyt her-mahn] /ˈæl frɪd ˈhɜr mən;; German ˈɑl freɪt ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1921, Austrian writer and journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- duffs
-
noun,
the buttocks or rump:
- anti-
-
- tiffs
-
noun,
a slight or petty quarrel.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- dunts
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- 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.
- dural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the dura mater.
- Duran
-
noun,
Roberto [ruh-bair-toh;; Spanish raw-ber-taw] /rəˈbɛər toʊ;; Spanish rɔˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1951, Panamanian boxer.
- duras
-
noun,
dura mater.
- dures
-
verb (used with or without object),
endure.
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- durns
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- Durst
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- ante-
-
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- dulse
-
noun,
a coarse, edible, red seaweed, Rhodymenia palmata.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- Druse
-
noun,
an incrustation of small crystals on the surface of a rock or mineral.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- duals
-
noun,
the dual number.
- Duane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- unfit
-
adjective,
not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable:
- duels
-
noun,
a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- dulia
-
noun,
veneration and invocation given to saints as the servants of God.
- 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.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- duets
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Freud
-
noun,
Anna, 1895–1982, British psychoanalyst, born in Austria (daughter of Sigmund Freud).
- tiled
-
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.
- Unit.
-
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- duits
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- Saudi
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia.
- tears
-
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Aust.
-
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- alifs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- Alfur
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal people of eastern Indonesia, especially of the Moluccas, whose features show both Malayan and Papuan characteristics.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- tera-
-
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- anis-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- andr-
-
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- edit.
-
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- teffs
-
noun,
a grass, Eragrostis tef, native to northern Africa, where it is cultivated for its edible seeds.
- alti-
-
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- Udine
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- turfs
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- Delft
-
noun,
earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usually in blue.
- turds
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- astr.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- dauts
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- daunt
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- daffs
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to turn or thrust aside.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- tuffs
-
noun,
a fragmental rock consisting of the smaller kinds of volcanic detritus, as ash or cinder, usually more or less stratified.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- tufas
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- audit
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- Audie
-
noun,
a female or male given name.
- Auden
-
noun,
W(ystan) H(ugh) [wis-tuh n] /ˈwɪs tən/ (Show IPA), 1907–73, English poet in the U.S.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- darts
-
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- dent.
-
- drift
-
noun,
a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dist.
-
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Arnel
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- dirls
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- draff
-
noun,
dregs, as in a brewing process; lees; refuse.
- draft
-
noun,
a drawing, sketch, or design.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- ulent
-
- 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.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Deut.
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- dial.
-
- treas
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- diff.
-
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- 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.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- filar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a thread or threads.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- fiefs
-
noun,
a fee or feud held of a feudal lord; a tenure of land subject to feudal obligations.
- Field
-
noun,
an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
- adieu
-
noun,
the act of leaving or departing; farewell.
- Fiend
-
noun,
Satan; the devil.
- fifes
-
noun,
a high-pitched transverse flute used commonly in military and marching musical groups.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- aden-
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- final
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- finds
-
noun,
an act of finding or discovering.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Finer
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- fines
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Fidel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- fires
-
- feti-
-
- fends
-
verb (used with object),
to ward off (often followed by off):
- feral
-
adjective,
existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- 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.
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- fetal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- adust
-
adjective,
dried or darkened as by heat.
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- fetus
-
noun,
(used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, especially in the later stages of development when the body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind, in humans after the end of the second month of gestation.
- adult
-
noun,
a person who is fully grown or developed or of age.
- Ursid
-
noun,
any plantigrade carnivore of the family Ursidae, comprising the spectacled bear, the black, brown, and sun bears, and various extinct species that also gave rise to the giant panda of the family Ailuropodidae.
- stiff
-
noun,
Slang.
a dead body; corpse.
a formal or priggish person.
a poor tipper; tightwad.
a drunk.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- fluid
-
noun,
a substance, as a liquid or gas, that is capable of flowing and that changes its shape at a steady rate when acted upon by a force tending to change its shape.
- flute
-
noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- 30-30
-
- sniff
-
noun,
an act of sniffing; a single, short, audible inhalation.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- frail
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- flues
-
noun,
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- Frans
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- frats
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- fraud
-
noun,
deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
- SNAFU
-
noun,
a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation:
Synonyms: snarl, bedlam, tumult, disarray, disorder, confusion, mess; foul-up.
Antonyms: order, efficiency, calm.
- Freda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- utend
-
- flits
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- firns
-
noun,
névé.
- flans
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- staff
-
noun,
a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
- USLTA
-
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- flair
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- Srta.
-
- flare
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- flats
-
noun,
something flat.
- snuff
-
noun,
an act of snuffing; an inhalation through the nose; a sniff.
- Fleur
-
noun,
a female given name.
- flied
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- flier
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- Flint
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- flirt
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- felts
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- fetid
-
adjective,
having an offensive odor; stinking.
- Felis
-
noun,
a genus of mostly small cats, including the domestic cat, margay, puma, and ocelot, sharing with certain cats of related genera an inability to roar due to ossification of the hyoid bone in the larynx.
- fader
-
noun,
a person or thing that fades.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- fades
-
noun,
an act or instance of fading.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- fails
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- fairs
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- sulfa
-
noun,
sulfa drug.
- fanes
-
noun,
a temple.
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- fards
-
noun,
facial cosmetics.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Eridu
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city near the Euphrates in S Iraq: center for the worship of Ea; partially excavated.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- uran-
-
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- 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.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- sulf-
-
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- feint
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- Fedin
-
noun,
Konstantin Aleksandrovich [kuh n-stuhn-tyeen uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /kən stʌnˈtyin ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1977, Russian novelist and short-story writer.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- fauld
-
noun,
a piece below the breastplate, composed of lames and corresponding to the culet in back.
- fault
-
noun,
a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing:
- fears
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- Sudra
-
noun,
Shudra.
- aeri-
-
- fauns
-
noun,
one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- stuff
-
noun,
the material of which anything is made:
- Faure
-
noun,
Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Faust
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1538, German magician, alchemist, and astrologer.
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Sudan
-
noun,
a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- afrit
-
noun,
afreet.
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- felid
-
noun,
any animal of the family Felidae, comprising the cats.
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- farls
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- farts
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- fated
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- uni-
-
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- 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.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- turd
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- UNEF
-
- USDA
-
- USAF
-
noun,
the permanent or regular military air force of the United States, established in 1947 as a separate service under the authority of the Department of Defense: a branch of the U.S. Army before 1947. Abbreviation: USAF.
- used
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- USIA
-
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- uria
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Urfa
-
noun,
a city in SE Turkey, E of the Euphrates River: on the site of ancient Edessa.
- uret
-
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- USNA
-
- urds
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- ref.
-
- USAR
-
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- turf
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- 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.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- Rida
-
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- 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.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- SURF
-
noun,
the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- surd
-
noun,
Phonetics. a voiceless consonant (opposed to sonant).
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sur-
-
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- 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.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Saud
-
noun,
(Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz), 1901?–69, king of Saudi Arabia 1953–64 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Faisal).
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- saur
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Sufi
-
noun,
a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- 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.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Sra.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- sld.
-
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- stud
-
noun,
a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- str.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- 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.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- Ste.
-
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- taur
-
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- RNAS
-
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- trid
-
- tri-
-
- tRNA
-
- Rude
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1784–1855, French sculptor.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Ruff
-
noun,
a neckpiece or collar of lace, lawn, or the like, gathered or drawn into deep, full, regular folds, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- tufa
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- tuff
-
noun,
a fragmental rock consisting of the smaller kinds of volcanic detritus, as ash or cinder, usually more or less stratified.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- Tues
-
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- tude
-
noun,
an arrogant attitude.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- RIFF
-
noun,
a melodic phrase, often constantly repeated, forming an accompaniment or part of an accompaniment for a soloist.
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- TDRS
-
- ten.
-
- ter.
-
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- 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.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- teff
-
noun,
a grass, Eragrostis tef, native to northern Africa, where it is cultivated for its edible seeds.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- 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.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- 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.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- std.
-
- Rus.
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- TIFF
-
noun,
a slight or petty quarrel.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- 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.
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- 1080
-
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- fads
-
noun,
a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group.
- fail
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- fard
-
noun,
facial cosmetics.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- Farl
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Faun
-
noun,
one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- Eur.
-
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- Fed.
-
- fedn
-
- feds
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Slang. a federal official or law-enforcement officer.
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- fend
-
verb (used with object),
to ward off (often followed by off):
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- FERA
-
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fade
-
noun,
an act or instance of fading.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- EDTA
-
- effs
-
noun,
the word “fuck”; the f-word:
- EFTA
-
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- end-
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- enl.
-
- Ens.
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- Esd.
-
- est.
-
- 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).
- feud
-
noun,
Also called blood feud. a bitter, continuous hostility, especially between two families, clans, etc., often lasting for many years or generations.
- fids
-
noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- 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.
- idae
-
- frt.
-
- fuds
-
noun,
a fuddy-duddy.
- fuel
-
noun,
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- Fula
-
noun,
Fulani.
- Fuls
-
noun,
Fulani.
- fund
-
noun,
a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose:
- funs
-
noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- fur.
-
- furl
-
noun,
the act of furling.
- FUSE
-
noun,
a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.
- fut.
-
- Ind.
-
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- Frs.
-
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Idun
-
noun,
a goddess, keeper of the apples of youth and wife of Bragi; abducted by the giant Thjazi, from whom she was rescued.
- ile-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- inae
-
- IndE
-
- Inf.
-
- infl
-
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- FRSL
-
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- fief
-
noun,
a fee or feud held of a feudal lord; a tenure of land subject to feudal obligations.
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- Fife
-
noun,
a high-pitched transverse flute used commonly in military and marching musical groups.
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- fils
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the 100th part of a dinar.
- filt
-
- Fin.
-
- find
-
noun,
an act of finding or discovering.
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Fla.
-
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- Fri.
-
- fld.
-
- flea
-
noun,
any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- fled
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of flee.
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- FLRA
-
- flue
-
noun,
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- Frau
-
noun,
a married woman; a wife.
- FRED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Frederick.
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- Ire.
-
- ates
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ARIS
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- 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.
- ANTU
-
- aud.
-
- Aude
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2449 sq. mi. (6345 sq. km). Capital: Carcassonne.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- auld
-
adjective,
old.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- aur-
-
- Aus.
-
- aut-
-
- daff
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to turn or thrust aside.
- daft
-
adjective,
senseless, stupid, or foolish.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- ant.
-
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Aire
-
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- afft
-
- afr-
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AInd
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ANSI
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ald.
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- ands
-
- 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.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dust
-
noun,
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dir.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dis-
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- dlr.
-
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- dual
-
noun,
the dual number.
- dif-
-
- duel
-
noun,
a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- dues
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- duet
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- Duff
-
noun,
the buttocks or rump:
- Duit
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- Duna
-
noun,
Hungarian name of the Danube.
- dune
-
noun,
a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
- Duns
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- dunt
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- dura
-
noun,
dura mater.
- dure
-
adjective,
hard; severe.
- durn
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- Duse
-
noun,
Eleonora [el-ee-uh-nawr-uh;; Italian e-le-aw-naw-rah] /ˌɛl i əˈnɔr ə;; Italian ˌɛ lɛ ɔˈnɔ rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, Italian actress.
- Din.
-
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- def.
-
- Danl
-
- Danu
-
noun,
the mother of the Tuatha De Danann: identified with the Welsh Don.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- dat.
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- daut
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- deaf
-
noun,
deaf persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- defs
-
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- deft
-
adjective,
dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever:
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Del.
-
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- Den.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- der.
-
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- Deus
-
noun,
God. Abbreviation: D.
- dia-
-
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- 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.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- 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.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- 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.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- 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.
- 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.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- leud
-
noun,
a vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- 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.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Laud
-
noun,
a song or hymn of praise.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- lea.
-
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- NIRA
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Ltd.
-
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- luff
-
noun,
the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- lude
-
noun,
Quaalude.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LitD
-
- lit.
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- NDSL
-
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- NASD
-
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- 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.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- 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.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- Life
-
noun,
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- lin.
-
- Lani
-
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- nude
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- nurd
-
noun,
nerd.
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- rad.
-
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Raff
-
noun,
riffraff; rabble.
- 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.
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 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).
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- NTIA
-
- di.
-
- RFD
-
- AEF
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- RFE
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- ae.
-
- ARU
-
- RFI
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- DIL
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- NLF
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- DFA
-
- DFT
-
- NAD
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- AFS
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NSF
-
- Une
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- AFL
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- DET
-
- RFA
-
- aff
-
preposition, adverb,
off.
- trf
-
- ARS
-
- ASR
-
- ADF
-
- Dun
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- 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.
- LTA
-
- al.
-
- LST
-
- USN
-
- LSI
-
- DUI
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- an.
-
- USR
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Af.
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- ad-
-
- uti
-
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- Du.
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- tlr
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- DIU
-
noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- DLS
-
- DST
-
- DNA
-
- DNR
-
- Dr.
-
- DRE
-
- ltr
-
- DSA
-
- DSR
-
- Ar.
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- ase
-
- 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.
- NFS
-
- ASI
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- TID
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- NIA
-
- NFL
-
- at.
-
- NFD
-
- 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:
- Rd.
-
- uns
-
- ALU
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- ANF
-
- UAR
-
- DAE
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- ast
-
- 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.
- ASN
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ard
-
- ASU
-
- UIT
-
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- NUL
-
- Ufa
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the Bashkir Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe.
- NSU
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- UAE
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- USA
-
- REA
-
- NES
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- NDE
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Tu.
-
- 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.
- TSI
-
- ure
-
- TSE
-
- RAF
-
- NRA
-
- tue
-
- dau
-
noun,
dhow.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- de-
-
- DEA
-
- nr.
-
- 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.
- ne-
-
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- RDS
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- RDF
-
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- RDA
-
- ur-
-
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Re.
-
- NEA
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- NSA
-
- ult
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- DAR
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- ean
-
- TIA
-
- LaF
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- SNU
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- flu
-
noun,
influenza.
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Frl
-
- Sta
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- SLR
-
- FSA
-
- FSR
-
- SLE
-
- ft.
-
- FUD
-
noun,
a fuddy-duddy.
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- SAR
-
- ful
-
noun,
Fulani.
- St.
-
- Fl.
-
- fun
-
noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- FDR
-
noun,
(Anna) Eleanor, 1884–1962, U.S. diplomat, author, and lecturer (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- sd.
-
- STL
-
- FET
-
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- STI
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- FFA
-
- FFI
-
- Fia
-
- fid
-
noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- SAE
-
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- Ld.
-
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- SLA
-
- Lt.
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- se-
-
- ILS
-
- ist
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ISR
-
- ine
-
- SDA
-
- SDI
-
- SDR
-
- 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).
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- il-
-
- Ir.
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- IRL
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- IRS
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SED
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- IFF
-
- LSD
-
- ial
-
- LDS
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- La.
-
- id.
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- IUS
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ITU
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- IAS
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- IUD
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- ide
-
- ite
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- ITA
-
- ier
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- FDA
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- RSE
-
- eir
-
- 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.
- EIS
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- RTF
-
- ELF
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
- RTS
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- suf
-
- en-
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Lif
-
- TAL
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- RSA
-
- efl
-
- ESA
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- tfr
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ETD
-
- ea.
-
- ead
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ISA
-
- 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.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- RLD
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- RNA
-
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDT
-
- rnd
-
- ef-
-
- eff
-
noun,
the word “fuck”; the f-word:
- Rs.
-
- ERT
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- ESL
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- ETS
-
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- eu-
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- FAD
-
noun,
a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- ETR
-
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ESR
-
- ESU
-
- TD
-
- S.
-
- DF
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- D.
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- SA
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- 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.
- LF
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- LR
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- SF
-
- EI
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- RF
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- A.
-
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.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- SU
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- ln
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SN
-
- AI
-
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.
- FE
-
- fn
-
- NL
-
- dl
-
- SL
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- UL
-
- RU
-
- UI
-
- le
-
- i.
-
- L.
-
- NF
-
- ND
-
- RI
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L2
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- T1
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- t.
-
- U.
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- DN
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- FD
-
- NI
-
- Ud
-
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- TL
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TN
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- RN
-
- L1
-