Anagrams of fence-sitter
Word fence-sitter has
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- enfetters
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verb (used with object),
to bind with or as with fetters.
- tres-tine
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noun,
royal antler.
- intersect
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verb (used with object),
to cut or divide by passing through or across:
- sternite
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- enfetter
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verb (used with object),
to bind with or as with fetters.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- reticent
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adjective,
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
- frenetic
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adjective,
frantic; frenzied.
- frisette
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noun,
a fringe of curled or frizzed hair, usually artificial, worn on the forehead by women.
- ice-free
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adjective,
free of ice.
- citterns
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- interest
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- Tenerife
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noun,
the largest of the Canary Islands, off the NW Coast of Africa. 794 sq. mi. (2055 sq. km). . Capital: Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
- centrist
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noun,
(especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- scienter
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noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- fencers
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noun,
a person who practices the art of fencing with a sword, foil, etc.
- tercets
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noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- cittern
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- trisect
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verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- Terence
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noun,
(Publius Terentius Afer) c190–159? b.c, Roman playwright.
- teeners
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noun,
a teenager.
- retenes
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noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- fetters
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noun,
a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
- fenster
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noun,
an erosional break in an overthrust rock sheet, exposing the rocks that underlie the sheet.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- infects
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adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- titfers
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noun,
hat.
- secrete
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noun,
a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat.
- 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.
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- eserine
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noun,
physostigmine.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- tinters
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entrees
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noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- tenrecs
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- teeters
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noun,
a seesaw motion; wobble.
- refines
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Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- tenters
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noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- centres
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centri-
-
- Trieste
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noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- 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.
- refects
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verb (used with object),
to refresh, especially with food or drink.
- fences
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noun,
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- tenets
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noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- tincts
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noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- fencer
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noun,
a person who practices the art of fencing with a sword, foil, etc.
- Sterne
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noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- tierce
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- refine
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Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- ferine
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adjective,
feral1 .
- tinct.
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- fester
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noun,
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
- Recent
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noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- eterne
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adjective,
eternal.
- recite
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- Recife
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Pernambuco province, in NE Brazil.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- Sitter
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noun,
a person who sits.
- sitten
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verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- recti-
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- tinter
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- Teeter
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noun,
a seesaw motion; wobble.
- refect
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verb (used with object),
to refresh, especially with food or drink.
- escent
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- Nereis
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noun,
clamworm.
- Ernest
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- fetter
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noun,
a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
- inter.
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- tenrec
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- tercet
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noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- terete
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adjective,
slender and smooth, with a circular transverse section.
- screen
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noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- tentie
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adjective,
tenty.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- terces
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noun,
tierce (def 3).
- strife
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noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- incest
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- infect
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adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- infers
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verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- infest
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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:
- insect
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noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- ternes
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noun,
terne metal.
- rentes
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- fierce
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adjective,
menacingly wild, savage, or hostile:
- fitter
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noun,
a person or thing that fits.
- instr.
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- finest
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noun,
the police:
- Street
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noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- refits
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noun,
an act of refitting.
- retene
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noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- fitten
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adjective,
suitable; appropriate.
- tester
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noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- strict
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adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- testee
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noun,
a person who is tested, as by a scholastic examination.
- resent
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- resect
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- freest
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Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- tenter
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noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- teener
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noun,
a teenager.
- sifter
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noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- feints
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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:
- certif
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- titfer
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noun,
hat.
- Center
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centi-
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- centr-
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- Centre
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- titres
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noun,
titer.
- cerise
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- certes
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adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- 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;
- titers
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noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- treens
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noun,
treenware.
- seiner
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Serene
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noun,
serenity; tranquillity.
- serein
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- creese
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noun,
a short sword or heavy dagger with a wavy blade, used by the Malays.
- trices
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- triene
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- cretin
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- censer
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noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- erects
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adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- enserf
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verb (used with object),
to make a serf of; place in bondage.
- entree
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noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- triste
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adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entice
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- secern
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verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- enter-
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- enters
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Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- secret
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- settee
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noun,
a seat for two or more persons, having a back and usually arms, and often upholstered.
- setter
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noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- 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.
- infer
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verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- serin
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- reifs
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noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- cires
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noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Seric
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- inert
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adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- terce
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noun,
tierce (def 3).
- incr.
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- 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.
- cines
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noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cites
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noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- niece
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noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Crees
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noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- reist
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verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- cine-
-
- Renee
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noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- Recit
-
- terne
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noun,
terne metal.
- stint
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noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- Terni
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noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terns
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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.
- terse
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adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- reni-
-
- 30-30
-
- since
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adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Frits
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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.
- rente
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- trite
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adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- tries
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noun,
plural of try.
- inset
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- cert.
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- cense
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verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- reefs
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noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- cent.
-
- rect.
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- reest
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verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- teens
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noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- Niter
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- seti-
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- inst.
-
- 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.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Isere
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noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- nitr-
-
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Irene
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- tents
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noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- intr.
-
- cetin
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- nitre
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noun,
niter.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Stern
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noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- refit
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noun,
an act of refitting.
- crest
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noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Fris.
-
- 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.
- rinse
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- 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:
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- rifts
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noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- fence
-
noun,
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- eerie
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adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- Fries
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noun,
plural of fry1 .
- fecit
-
verb,
he made (it); she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist. Abbreviation: fe., fec.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- fetes
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- feti-
-
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- feces
-
noun,
waste matter discharged from the intestines through the anus; excrement.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- 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.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- 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.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- sect.
-
- 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.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- feres
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- firns
-
noun,
névé.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- crit.
-
- frees
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- senti
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noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- ster.
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- fires
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- 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.
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- sci.
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- 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.
- 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.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- scr.
-
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- rit.
-
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- 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.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- 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.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- ref.
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- sec.
-
- 1080
-
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- ence
-
- Ens.
-
- Tit.
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- ette
-
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- 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.
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- enc.
-
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- cis-
-
- trit
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- Cerf
-
noun,
Bennett (Alfred) 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.
- CERN
-
- cet-
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Cres
-
- tri-
-
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- ect-
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- fec.
-
- 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.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Ice.
-
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- IEEE
-
- Inc.
-
- Inf.
-
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- ter.
-
- Ire.
-
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ten.
-
- frt.
-
- NCTE
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- str.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- 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.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- fict
-
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Fin.
-
- Fri.
-
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- 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.
- fisc
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- 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.
- Frs.
-
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- FRCS
-
- 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.
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- 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
-
- TSE
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- TCS
-
- tfr
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- STI
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- TNT
-
- tr.
-
- trf
-
- 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.
- NFS
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- ESR
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- FCS
-
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- FET
-
- fic
-
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- 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.
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- FRC
-
- FSR
-
- ft.
-
- FTC
-
- ics
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- ier
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- IFC
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- in.
-
- ine
-
- Ir.
-
- ERT
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- IRS
-
- CRT
-
- cf.
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CEF
-
- CFI
-
- CFR
-
- cfs
-
- CIE
-
- CIF
-
- CNS
-
- CRS
-
- CSF
-
- ene
-
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- cte
-
- ctf
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ec-
-
- ECF
-
- EEC
-
- EEE
-
- ef-
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- IRC
-
- TTS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RCS
-
- ise
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- RFC
-
- RFE
-
- RFI
-
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- Rs.
-
- NRC
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTF
-
- RTS
-
- sc.
-
- SCF
-
- se-
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- 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).
- Sfc
-
- NSC
-
- Re.
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- 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:
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NEC
-
- nr.
-
- NES
-
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- NSF
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- ne-
-
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- NFC
-
- ic
-
- NI
-
- i.
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- SN
-
- S.
-
- NC
-
- N.
-
- 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.
- SF
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- CE
-
- TT
-
- NF
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TC
-
- 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.
- t.
-
- FE
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- R.
-
- RC
-
- T1
-
- RI
-
- FC
-
- RN
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RF
-
- TN
-
- fn
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility: