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- free-soil
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noun,
a region, especially a U.S. territory, prohibiting slavery prior to the Civil War.
- felonies
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noun,
an offense, as murder or burglary, of graver character than those called misdemeanors, especially those commonly punished in the U.S. by imprisonment for more than a year.
- Elsinore
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noun,
Helsingør.
- Fiesole
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noun,
Giovanni da [Italian jaw-vahn-nee dah] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), Angelico, Fra.
- florins
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noun,
a cupronickel coin of Great Britain, formerly equal to two shillings or the tenth part of a pound and retained in circulation equal to 10 new pence after decimalization in 1971: first issued in 1849 as a silver coin.
- ferlies
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noun,
something unusual, strange, or causing wonder or terror.
- oneself
-
Idioms,
be oneself,
to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition.
to be unaffected and sincere:
- felines
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noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- olefins
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noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- seleno-
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- refines
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Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- liernes
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- Fresnel
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noun,
a unit of frequency, equal to 10 12 cycles per second.
- reliefs
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noun,
alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- olefin
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noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- Fresno
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noun,
a city in central California.
- serein
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- resole
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verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- senile
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noun,
a senile person.
- refine
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- irones
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- refels
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verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- liners
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- selen-
-
- seiner
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- oilers
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noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- lifers
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noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- nerols
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noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Lorens
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- oleins
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- insole
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- feline
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noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- relief
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noun,
alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- rifles
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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.
- felons
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noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- loners
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noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- infers
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verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- Orense
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noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- filose
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adjective,
threadlike.
- ferine
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adjective,
feral1 .
- oriels
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- fleers
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noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- resoil
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verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- elisor
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noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- Flores
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noun,
flower (def 11).
- Eloise
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noun,
a female given name.
- lesion
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noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- lierne
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- relies
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verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- resile
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- serine
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- Elinor
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- lories
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noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- enisle
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verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- leones
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noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- fliers
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noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- Nereis
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noun,
clamworm.
- Silone
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noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- elfins
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noun,
an elf.
- flori-
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- enrols
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verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Florin
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noun,
a cupronickel coin of Great Britain, formerly equal to two shillings or the tenth part of a pound and retained in circulation equal to 10 new pence after decimalization in 1971: first issued in 1849 as a silver coin.
- Lenore
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noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- enserf
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verb (used with object),
to make a serf of; place in bondage.
- soiree
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- ensile
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verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- Lenoir
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noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- flense
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verb (used with object),
to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
- osier
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- forel
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noun,
a slipcase for a book.
- ornis
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noun,
an avifauna.
- fores
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noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- ornes
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noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- reels
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noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Osler
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noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- frees
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Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- reefs
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noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- refl.
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- frons
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noun,
the upper anterior portion of the head of an insect, above or behind the clypeus.
- refel
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verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- Freon
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- frise
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noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- Fris.
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- Fries
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noun,
plural of fry1 .
- reifs
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noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- Forli
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noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Bologna.
- Loire
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noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- oiler
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noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- ileo-
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- Loris
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noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Leone
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noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Leoni
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noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Neils
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noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Leros
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noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- loser
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noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Lorne
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noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- liers
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noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Lorin
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lenis
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noun,
a lenis consonant.
- lifer
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noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- lores
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noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- 30-30
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- liner
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Linos
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noun,
linoleum.
- Loren
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- loner
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noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- lenos
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noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- nerol
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noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- orles
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noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- OFris
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noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- Oriel
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- infer
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verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- infos
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noun,
information.
- insol
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- olein
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Irene
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- reins
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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.
- irone
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Niles
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noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Irons
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noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Oesel
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noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- Isere
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noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Norse
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- noise
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- noils
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noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noels
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noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- leers
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noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- fore-
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- folie
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noun,
madness; insanity.
- eosin
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noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- siree
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noun,
sirree.
- snore
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noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- sneer
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noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- elfin
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noun,
an elf.
- feres
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noun,
a companion; mate.
- slier
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adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Rolfe
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noun,
John, 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia (husband of Pocahontas).
- felon
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noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- Elise
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noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Felis
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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.
- Siren
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- feels
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noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- Rosie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rosin
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noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Elsie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- rinse
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Seine
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noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Seler
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noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- self-
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- Sino-
-
- erose
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adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Ernie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- ernes
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noun,
sea eagle.
- enols
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noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- senor
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- enrol
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verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Ensor
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noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- sero-
-
- serin
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- serif
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noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- Sofer
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noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- roils
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verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- riles
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verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- finos
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noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- foins
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noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- foils
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noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- reni-
-
- Sorel
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noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- flor.
-
- flies
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noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- flier
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noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- flees
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verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- fleer
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noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- resin
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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.
- filos
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- fires
-
- riels
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- firns
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noun,
névé.
- Eifel
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noun,
a hilly region in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate states in W Germany.
- rifle
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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.
- fines
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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.
- soler
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noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Finer
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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.
- neo-
-
- Lois
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noun,
a female given name.
- lone
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adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- soil
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noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Nero
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noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- silo
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noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Sol.
-
- sori
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noun,
plural of sorus.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- sole
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noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Nier
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noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- SINE
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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.
- Soni
-
- sloe
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noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Neil
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noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- soln
-
- NEFS
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noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Lose
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Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- 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.
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ref.
-
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- rel.
-
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Rolf
-
noun,
Also called Rolf the Ganger [gang-er] /ˈgæŋ ər/ (Show IPA). Rollo (def 1).
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- nos-
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- 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.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nor.
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- 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.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Oise
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noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- ole-
-
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 1080
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lofn
-
noun,
a goddess who aids those having trouble winning the affections of their beloveds.
- Fri.
-
- 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.
- flee
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- floe
-
noun,
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- fol.
-
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- for.
-
- free
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- Frs.
-
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- FRSL
-
- ile-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Inf.
-
- infl
-
- info
-
noun,
information.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Ire.
-
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- 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.
- iso-
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Fin.
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- feel
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- 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.
- 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.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- 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.
- LIFO
-
noun,
last-in, first-out (def 1).
- lin.
-
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- 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.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- 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.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- SRO
-
- ESR
-
- RFI
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- fo.
-
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- 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.
- se-
-
- FIO
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- So.
-
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- ne-
-
- NSF
-
- LSI
-
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- eir
-
- SLE
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- SLR
-
- 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.
- SOF
-
- EIS
-
- efl
-
- LON
-
- ef-
-
- EEO
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- eo-
-
- Sr.
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- en-
-
- ESL
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ese
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Les
-
- Lif
-
- 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).
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- EOF
-
- EOE
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ene
-
- RFE
-
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- Fl.
-
- ons
-
- IOF
-
- NLF
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONF
-
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ine
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ILS
-
- ILO
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- il-
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ior
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- IRS
-
- ISR
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- nr.
-
- OSF
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- of-
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- OFr
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- IRO
-
- IRL
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- OIr
-
- Ir.
-
- ose
-
- in.
-
- NFL
-
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- FOS
-
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- NES
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Frl
-
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- NFS
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- FSR
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- io-
-
- ier
-
- Re.
-
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- L1
-
- O.
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- L2
-
- EI
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ee
-
- SN
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- fn
-
- LF
-
- RF
-
- L.
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- ln
-
- LR
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- FE
-
- R.
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- SL
-
- S.
-
- i.
-
- NL
-
- le
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- N.
-
- NF
-
- SF
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ol
-
- RO
-
- 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.
- NI
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.