Anagrams of fertilizations
Word fertilizations has
2106 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of fertilizations.
- infiltrate
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noun,
something that infiltrates.
- first-line
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adjective,
available for immediate service, especially combat service:
- finalities
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noun,
the state, quality, or fact of being final; conclusiveness or decisiveness.
- flirtation
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noun,
the act or practice of flirting; coquetry.
- iterations
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noun,
the act of repeating; a repetition.
- latinities
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noun,
knowledge or use of the Latin language:
- trifoliate
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adjective,
having three leaflets, lobes, or foils; trefoil.
- tonalities
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noun,
Music.
the sum of relations, melodic and harmonic, existing between the tones of a scale or musical system.
a particular scale or system of tones; a key.
- latinizes
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verb (used with object),
to cause to conform to the customs, traditions, beliefs, etc., of the Latins or the Latin Church.
- iteration
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noun,
the act of repeating; a repetition.
- irisation
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noun,
the effect or quality of being iridescent; iridescence.
- tailfirst
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adverb,
with the tail or rear part foremost.
- initiates
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noun,
a person who has been initiated.
- Aristotle
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noun,
384–322 b.c, Greek philosopher: pupil of Plato; tutor of Alexander the Great.
- striation
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noun,
striated condition or appearance.
- natrolite
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noun,
a white or colorless zeolite mineral, a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum, Na 2 Al 2 Si 3 O 10 ⋅2H 2 O, often occurring in acicular crystals.
- frontlets
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noun,
Also, frontal. a decorative band, ribbon, or the like, worn across the forehead:
- frailties
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noun,
the quality or state of being frail.
- stationer
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noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- flatirons
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noun,
a nonelectric iron with a flat bottom, heated for use in pressing clothes, cloth, etc.
- finalizes
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verb (used with object),
to put into final form; complete all the details of.
- filtrates
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noun,
liquid that has been passed through a filter.
- filiation
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noun,
the fact of being the child of a certain parent.
- totalizer
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noun,
a person or thing that totals.
- totalizes
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verb (used with object),
to make total; combine into a total.
- triazines
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noun,
any of a group of three compounds containing three nitrogen and three carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring and having the formula C 3 H 3 N 3 .
- triazoles
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noun,
any of a group of four compounds containing three nitrogen and two carbon atoms arranged in a five-membered ring and having the formula C 2 H 3 N 3 .
- trinities
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noun,
Also called Blessed Trinity, Holy Trinity. the union of three persons (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) in one Godhead, or the threefold personality of the one Divine Being.
- troilites
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noun,
a mineral, iron sulfide, FeS, occurring in meteorites.
- sterilant
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noun,
a sterilizing agent.
- trotlines
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noun,
a strong fishing line strung across a stream, or deep into a river, having individual hooks attached by smaller lines at intervals.
- solitaire
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noun,
Also called patience. any of various games played by one person with one or more regular 52-card packs, part or all of which are usually dealt out according to a given pattern, the object being to arrange the cards in a predetermined manner.
- relations
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- orientals
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- reflation
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noun,
restoration of economic activity, consumer prices, etc., to higher levels by manipulating monetary policy.
- serotinal
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adjective,
pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- nitrifies
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verb (used with object),
to oxidize (ammonia, ammonium compounds, or atmospheric nitrogen) to nitrites, nitrates, or their respective acids, especially by bacterial action.
- sanitizer
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noun,
a substance or preparation for killing germs, designed for use especially on food-processing equipment.
- notarizes
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verb (used with object),
to certify (a document, contract, etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public.
- oralities
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noun,
the condition or quality of being oral; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the oral phase of psychosexual development.
- retinitis
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noun,
inflammation of the retina.
- Orleanist
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noun,
a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.
- sea-front
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noun,
an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- filiates
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verb (used with object),
Law. to determine judicially the paternity of, as a child born out of wedlock.
Compare affiliate (def 5).
- ratifies
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verb (used with object),
to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction:
- toenails
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- flatiron
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noun,
a nonelectric iron with a flat bottom, heated for use in pressing clothes, cloth, etc.
- Fittonia
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noun,
either of two plants, Fittonia gigantea or F. verschaffeltii, of the acanthus family, native to South America, having conspicuously veined leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- fistnote
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noun,
a printed note, as in a piece of text, distinguished by the figure of a fist with a pointing index finger.
- sanitize
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verb (used with object),
to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- satirize
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verb (used with object),
to attack or ridicule with satire.
- filister
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noun,
fillister.
- filtrate
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noun,
liquid that has been passed through a filter.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- finestra
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noun,
an aperture, especially a ventilator in the wall of a tomb.
- finalize
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verb (used with object),
to put into final form; complete all the details of.
- finalist
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noun,
a person entitled to participate in the final or decisive contest in a series, as in musical or athletic competition.
- tolerant
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adjective,
inclined or disposed to tolerate; showing tolerance; forbearing:
- farinose
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adjective,
yielding farina.
- tonalist
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noun,
a person who works with or uses tonality, especially one who uses traditional tonality rather than atonality in composing music.
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- trotline
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noun,
a strong fishing line strung across a stream, or deep into a river, having individual hooks attached by smaller lines at intervals.
- retinols
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noun,
vitamin A.
- troilite
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noun,
a mineral, iron sulfide, FeS, occurring in meteorites.
- Tritonis
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noun,
(in ancient geography) a mythical lake near the Mediterranean coast of Libya.
- tritones
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- tristeza
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noun,
a disease of certain citrus trees, characterized by yellowed leaves, wilting, and root destruction, caused by a virus.
- triolets
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noun,
a short poem of fixed form, having a rhyme scheme of ab, aa, abab, and having the first line repeated as the fourth and seventh lines, and the second line repeated as the eighth.
- triolein
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noun,
olein (def 1).
- Trilafon
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- triazole
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noun,
any of a group of four compounds containing three nitrogen and two carbon atoms arranged in a five-membered ring and having the formula C 2 H 3 N 3 .
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- triazine
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noun,
any of a group of three compounds containing three nitrogen and three carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring and having the formula C 3 H 3 N 3 .
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- elations
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- trefoils
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noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having usually digitate leaves of three leaflets and reddish, purple, yellow, or white flower heads, comprising the common clovers.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- salinize
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verb (used with object),
to treat with salt or render saline.
- totalize
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verb (used with object),
to make total; combine into a total.
- falsetto
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noun,
an unnaturally or artificially high-pitched voice or register, especially in a man.
- farnesol
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noun,
a colorless, unsaturated, liquid alcohol, C 15 H 26 O, having a slight floral odor, extracted from the flowers of the acacia, cassia oil, or the like: used in perfumery.
- flattens
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Verb phrases,
flatten in, Nautical. flat1 (def 61).
- flitters
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noun,
a person or thing that flits.
- flatters
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noun,
a person or thing that makes something flat.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- slattern
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noun,
a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- Latinist
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noun,
a specialist in Latin.
- nitrites
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- Latinize
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verb (used with object),
to cause to conform to the customs, traditions, beliefs, etc., of the Latins or the Latin Church.
- nitriles
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- strontia
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- lienitis
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noun,
inflammation of the spleen; splenitis.
- ironizes
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verb (used with object),
to make ironical.
- Nazirite
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noun,
Nazarite.
- nazifies
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verb (used with object),
to place under Nazi control or influence.
- linarite
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noun,
a mineral, a complex basic sulfate of lead and copper, having a deep-blue color resembling that of azurite.
- Steinitz
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noun,
William (Wilhelm Steinitz) 1836–1900, U.S. chess player, born in Austria-Hungary.
- lionizes
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verb (used with object),
to treat (a person) as a celebrity:
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- litanies
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noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- solarize
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verb (used with object),
Photography. to reverse (an image) partially, as from negative to positive, by exposure to light during development.
- literati
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plural noun,
persons of scholarly or literary attainments; intellectuals.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- notarize
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verb (used with object),
to certify (a document, contract, etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public.
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- frontlet
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noun,
Also, frontal. a decorative band, ribbon, or the like, worn across the forehead:
- Lorestan
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noun,
Luristan.
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- floaters
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noun,
a person or thing that floats.
- foliates
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adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- foresail
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noun,
the lowermost sail on a foremast.
- tinfoils
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noun,
tin, or an alloy of tin and lead, in the form of a thin sheet, much used as a wrapping for drugs, foods, tobacco, etc.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- Friesian
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adjective, noun,
Frisian.
- frontals
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a movable cover or hanging for the front of an altar.
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- introits
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- tertials
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noun,
a tertial feather.
- tentoria
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noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- tenorist
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noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- notifies
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verb (used with object),
to inform (someone) or give notice to:
- initials
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noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- initiate
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noun,
a person who has been initiated.
- insolate
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- intitles
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verb (used with object),
entitle.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- inflates
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verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- INTELSAT
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noun,
a global communications satellite network under international control.
- alienors
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- airfoils
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noun,
any surface, as a wing, aileron, or stabilizer, designed to aid in lifting or controlling an aircraft by making use of the air currents through which it moves.
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- antilife
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adjective,
antagonistic or indifferent to a normal life.
- aortitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the aorta.
- ailerons
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- airlines
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noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- air-line
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adjective,
straight; direct; traveling a direct route:
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- slotter
-
noun,
a person or thing that slots.
- Zonites
-
noun,
a body segment of a diplopod.
- Nilotes
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- frontis
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noun,
the front wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare rebote (def 1).
- Leftist
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noun,
a member of the political Left or a person sympathetic to its views.
- nifties
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noun,
something nifty, as a clever remark or joke.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- frontal
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a movable cover or hanging for the front of an altar.
- airline
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noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- tonlets
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noun,
a skirt of plates.
- fairies
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of supernatural beings, generally conceived as having a diminutive human form and possessing magical powers with which they intervene in human affairs.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Falieri
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noun,
Maríno [Italian mah-ree-naw] /Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1278?–1355, Venetian army commander: doge of Venice 1354–55.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Falster
-
noun,
an island in SE Denmark. 198 sq. mi. (513 sq. km).
- Tarlton
-
noun,
Richard, died 1588, English actor.
- falters
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noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- Frisian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Friesland or the Frisian Islands.
- iterant
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adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- lionize
-
verb (used with object),
to treat (a person) as a celebrity:
- nitrate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- etalons
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- tortile
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adjective,
twisted; coiled.
- strati-
-
- transl.
-
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- transf.
-
- isoline
-
noun,
isogram.
- tertial
-
noun,
a tertial feather.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- Loraine
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- entoils
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- Israeli
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- steato-
-
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- Israfil
-
noun,
the angel who will sound the trumpet announcing the end of the world.
- strato-
-
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- rattles
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- antero-
-
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- snifter
-
noun,
Also called inhaler. a pear-shaped glass, narrowing at the top to intensify the aroma of brandy, liqueur, etc.
- estriol
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- frazils
-
noun,
ice crystals formed in turbulent water, as in swift streams or rough seas.
- nitrile
-
noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- stearo-
-
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- zittern
-
noun,
cittern.
- notates
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- sirloin
-
noun,
the portion of the loin of beef in front of the rump.
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- florist
-
noun,
a retailer of flowers, ornamental plants, etc.
- florins
-
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.
- florets
-
noun,
a small flower.
- tailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- litotes
-
noun,
understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in “not bad at all.”.
- finales
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- onliest
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- zealots
-
noun,
a person who shows zeal.
- Lafitte
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), c1780–c1825, French privateer in the Americas.
- floater
-
noun,
a person or thing that floats.
- zoisite
-
noun,
an orthorhombic dimorph of clinozoisite.
- zeatins
-
noun,
a cytokinin occurring in corn, spinach, and peas.
- finials
-
noun,
Architecture. a relatively small, ornamental, terminal feature at the top of a gable, pinnacle, etc.
- flitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that flits.
- finites
-
noun,
something that is finite.
- olefins
-
noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- titians
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- litters
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- settlor
-
noun,
a person who makes a settlement of property.
- titfers
-
noun,
hat.
- altoist
-
noun,
a performer on the alto saxophone.
- laities
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- talents
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- flatter
-
noun,
a person or thing that makes something flat.
- flatten
-
Verb phrases,
flatten in, Nautical. flat1 (def 61).
- filiate
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to determine judicially the paternity of, as a child born out of wedlock.
Compare affiliate (def 5).
- talions
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- Ileitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ileum.
- ization
-
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- satinet
-
noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- nitrite
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- starlet
-
noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- anisole
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- loaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- fattens
-
verb (used with object),
to make fat.
- fatties
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a person who is overweight or obese (sometimes used as a term of address).
- tinfoil
-
noun,
tin, or an alloy of tin and lead, in the form of a thin sheet, much used as a wrapping for drugs, foods, tobacco, etc.
- forties
-
noun,
a cardinal number, ten times four.
- lattens
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- starlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the stars:
- Forseti
-
noun,
the god of justice, the son of Balder and Nanna.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- startle
-
noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- forints
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- Loafers
-
noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- latinos
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Orleans
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- foliate
-
adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- Statler
-
noun,
Ellsworth Milton, 1863–1928, U.S. hotel-chain developer.
- folates
-
noun,
folic acid.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- toaster
-
noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- nostril
-
noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- airfoil
-
noun,
any surface, as a wing, aileron, or stabilizer, designed to aid in lifting or controlling an aircraft by making use of the air currents through which it moves.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- trifles
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- alienor
-
noun,
a person who transfers property.
- inflate
-
verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- safrole
-
noun,
a colorless or faintly yellow liquid, C 10 H 10 O 2 , obtained from sassafras oil or the like: used chiefly in perfumery, for flavoring, and in the manufacture of soaps.
- aileron
-
noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- iolites
-
noun,
cordierite.
- liaison
-
noun,
the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
- tzarist
-
noun,
an adherent of a czar or of czarism.
- Stentor
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- ionizes
-
verb (used with object),
to separate or change into ions.
- Loretta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- attorns
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- lifters
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- arseno-
-
- infares
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- inliers
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- rotates
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- Lorentz
-
noun,
Hendrik Antoon [hen-drik ahn-tohn] /ˈhɛn drɪk ˈɑn toʊn/ (Show IPA), 1853–1928, Dutch physicist: Nobel Prize 1902.
- Introit
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- insofar
-
adverb,
to such an extent (usually followed by as):
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- triolet
-
noun,
a short poem of fixed form, having a rhyme scheme of ab, aa, abab, and having the first line repeated as the fourth and seventh lines, and the second line repeated as the eighth.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retinol
-
noun,
vitamin A.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Alfieri
-
noun,
Count Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1749–1803, Italian dramatist and poet.
- airlift
-
noun,
a system for transporting persons or cargo by aircraft, especially in an emergency.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- initial
-
noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- Stilton
-
- ironies
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- Salieri
-
noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- trefoil
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having usually digitate leaves of three leaflets and reddish, purple, yellow, or white flower heads, comprising the common clovers.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- aristo-
-
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- iris-in
-
noun,
the gradual appearance of an image or scene through an expanding circle.
- astrol.
-
- Letitia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “gladness.”.
- Lorient
-
noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- ironize
-
verb (used with object),
to make ironical.
- elision
-
noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- elitist
-
noun,
a person having, thought to have, or professing superior intellect or talent, power, wealth, or membership in the upper echelons of society:
- intitle
-
verb (used with object),
entitle.
- sterno-
-
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Telstar
-
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- rialtos
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- Liatris
-
noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- trental
-
noun,
a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.
- Salerno
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- Tartini
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1692–1770, Italian violinist and composer.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- elation
-
noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- isation
-
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- foliar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the nature of a leaf or leaves.
- folate
-
noun,
folic acid.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- loafer
-
noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- Zenist
-
noun,
a person who advocates or practices Zen.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- intra-
-
- irones
-
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.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- floras
-
noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- Lorenz
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1854–1946, Austrian orthopedic surgeon.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- flirts
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- zeatin
-
noun,
a cytokinin occurring in corn, spinach, and peas.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- flints
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- TEFLON
-
adjective,
characterized by imperviousness to blame or criticism:
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- fliers
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- lories
-
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.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- flites
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- iritis
-
noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- intro.
-
- Flores
-
noun,
flower (def 11).
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Florin
-
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.
- flori-
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- Lottie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- floret
-
noun,
a small flower.
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- floats
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- Ionize
-
verb (used with object),
to separate or change into ions.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- fontal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or coming from a fountain or spring.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- Tiflis
-
noun,
former name of Tbilisi.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- infare
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- infers
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- infest
-
verb (used with object),
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:
- Tifton
-
noun,
a town in central Georgia.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- frozen
-
noun,
the act of freezing; state of being frozen.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- fronts
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- tetra-
-
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- softie
-
noun,
softy.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- terat-
-
- tarso-
-
- afters
-
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- Ilorin
-
noun,
a town in W central Nigeria.
- soften
-
verb (used with object),
to make soft or softer.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- iatro-
-
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- infra-
-
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- fortes
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Iletin
-
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Foster
-
noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- itself
-
pronoun,
a reflexive form of it1 :
- fortis
-
noun,
a fortis consonant.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- afrits
-
noun,
afreet.
- Fortas
-
noun,
Abe, 1910–1982, U.S. lawyer, government official, and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1965–69.
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- instr.
-
- forint
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- Forest
-
noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- inter.
-
- frails
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- fraise
-
noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- inlier
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Tilsit
-
noun,
former name of Sovetsk.
- nitro-
-
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- Fresno
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- frazil
-
noun,
ice crystals formed in turbulent water, as in swift streams or rough seas.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- sol-fa
-
noun,
Music. the set of syllables, do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti, sung to the respective tones of the scale. All but do and ti are attributed to Guido d'Arezzo.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- sifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- flares
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- refits
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- steno-
-
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- elisor
-
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.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- zorils
-
noun,
a weasellike African animal, Ictonyx striatus, resembling a skunk in coloration and habits.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- elfins
-
noun,
an elf.
- strafe
-
noun,
a strafing attack.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- zonite
-
noun,
a body segment of a diplopod.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- strife
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- zaires
-
noun,
Republic of, a former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- totals
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- ersatz
-
noun,
an artificial substance or article used to replace something natural or genuine; a substitute.
- rattle
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trans.
-
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- faints
-
noun,
the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Rienzi
-
noun,
Cola di [kaw-lah dee] /ˈkɔ lɑ di/ (Show IPA), (Nicholas Gabrini) 1313?–54, Roman orator and tribune.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- rifles
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- lifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- lifers
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- astron
-
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsen-
-
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- stifle
-
noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- astro-
-
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- azoles
-
noun,
any of a group of five-membered heterocyclic compounds containing one or more nitrogen atoms in the ring, the number of nitrogen atoms present being indicated by a prefix, as in diazole.
- trifle
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- azotes
-
noun,
nitrogen.
- zoster
-
noun,
Also called herpes zoster. Pathology. shingles.
- Azorin
-
noun,
(José Martínez Ruiz) 1873–1967, Spanish novelist and critic.
- Azores
-
noun,
a group of islands in the N Atlantic, W of Portugal: politically part of Portugal. 890 sq. mi. (2305 sq. km).
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- azlons
-
noun,
any of the class of textile fibers derived from such proteins as casein or zein.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- azines
-
noun,
any of a group of six-membered heterocyclic compounds containing one or more nitrogen atoms in the ring, the number of nitrogen atoms present being indicated by a prefix, as in diazine or triazine.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- zonate
-
adjective,
marked with zones, as of color, texture, or the like.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- finale
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- filter
-
noun,
any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- filose
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- filets
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- latest
-
noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- filate
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- finals
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- fiesta
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- fetors
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- fetial
-
adjective,
concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- aeron.
-
- festal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Zealot
-
noun,
a person who shows zeal.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Littre
-
noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- Sforza
-
noun,
Count Carlo [kahr-law] /ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1952, Italian statesman: anti-Fascist leader.
- flairs
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- fitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that fits.
- fitten
-
adjective,
suitable; appropriate.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- titfer
-
noun,
hat.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- finest
-
noun,
the police:
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- litter
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- olefin
-
noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- oleins
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- finlet
-
noun,
a small, detached ray of a fin in certain fishes, as mackerels.
- finite
-
noun,
something that is finite.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- finial
-
noun,
Architecture. a relatively small, ornamental, terminal feature at the top of a gable, pinnacle, etc.
- titles
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- litten
-
adjective,
lighted1 .
- aniso-
-
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- otitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ear.
- fatten
-
verb (used with object),
to make fat.
- lazies
-
adjective,
averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent.
- ferias
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- latter
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- fasten
-
verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- zanies
-
noun,
one who plays the clown or fool in order to amuse others.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- latten
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- tonlet
-
noun,
a skirt of plates.
- falsie
-
noun,
either of a pair of shaped pads, made of rubber, fabric, or the like, for wearing inside a brassiere to give the breasts a larger or more shapely appearance.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- toilet
-
noun,
a bathroom fixture consisting of a bowl, usually with a detachable, hinged seat and lid, and a device for flushing with water, used for defecation and urination.
- feints
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- felons
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- aiolis
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- seizin
-
noun,
(originally) possession of either land or chattel.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- falter
-
noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- Lifar
-
noun,
Serge [syir-gyey;; French serzh] /syɪrˈgyeɪ;; French sɛrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in Paris after 1923.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- lifer
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- zitis
-
noun,
a tubular pasta in short pieces, similar to rigatoni, often baked in a tomato sauce.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Liszt
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1811–86, Hungarian composer and pianist.
- loafs
-
verb (used with object),
to pass idly (usually followed by away):
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- ster.
-
- stat.
-
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- lifts
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- zones
-
noun,
any continuous area that differs in some respect, or is distinguished for some purpose, from adjoining areas, or within which certain distinctive circumstances exist or are established:
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- rafts
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- oste-
-
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- senor
-
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.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orial
-
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- aero-
-
- aeri-
-
- orles
-
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:
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- self-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- sanit
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- rifle
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rosin
-
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.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Rizal
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1861–96, Philippine patriot, novelist, poet, and physician.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Rolfe
-
noun,
John, 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia (husband of Pocahontas).
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- 30-30
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- razes
-
verb (used with object),
to tear down; demolish; level to the ground:
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- refl.
-
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Zoser
-
noun,
flourished c2800 b.c, Egyptian ruler of the 3rd dynasty.
- zoril
-
noun,
a weasellike African animal, Ictonyx striatus, resembling a skunk in coloration and habits.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- reni-
-
- 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.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- zonal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a zone or zones.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- nazir
-
noun,
(in Muslim countries) the title of any of various public officials.
- softa
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- SOFIA
-
noun,
Also, Sofiya [Bulgarian saw-fee-yuh] /Bulgarian ˈsɔ fi yə/ (Show IPA). a city in and the capital of Bulgaria, in the W part.
- nears
-
- Sofer
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- sofar
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- natl.
-
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- Lotze
-
noun,
Rudolf Hermann [roo-dolf hur-muh n;; German roo-dawlf her-mahn] /ˈru dɒlf ˈhɜr mən;; German ˈru dɔlf ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1817–81, German philosopher.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Srta.
-
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Lotta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- Lotte
-
noun,
angler (def 3).
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- naso-
-
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- OFris
-
noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Sino-
-
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- often
-
adverb,
many times; frequently:
- afore
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
before.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- seti-
-
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- sero-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- 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.
- afrit
-
noun,
afreet.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- zoeas
-
noun,
any of the free-swimming larva of certain crustaceans, as the crab, having rudimentary legs and a spiny carapace.
- afros
-
noun,
a hair style originating with black persons, in which the hair is allowed to grow naturally and to acquire a bushy appearance.
- Afro-
-
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- sizer
-
noun,
any device for measuring or sorting objects according to size.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- sizar
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University and at Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate who receives maintenance aid from the college.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- sito-
-
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- foals
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- flor.
-
- treas
-
- Flora
-
noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eliza
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- foils
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- Eliz.
-
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- float
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- flare
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Tisza
-
noun,
a river in S central Europe, rising in the Ukraine and flowing from the Carpathian Mountains along the Romanian border into E Hungary, Slovakia, and Serbia, where it joins the Danube N of Belgrade. 800 miles (1290 km) long.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- alti-
-
- flats
-
noun,
something flat.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- flier
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- Flint
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- flirt
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- ento-
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- flits
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- folia
-
noun,
plural of folium.
- folie
-
noun,
madness; insanity.
- flans
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- zeins
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a soft, yellow powder of simple proteins obtained from corn, used chiefly in the manufacture of textile fibers, plastics, and paper coatings.
- Fris.
-
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- anti-
-
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Frits
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- Fritz
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a German, especially a German soldier.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- frons
-
noun,
the upper anterior portion of the head of an insect, above or behind the clypeus.
- front
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- fanes
-
noun,
a temple.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Zeist
-
noun,
a city in the central Netherlands.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Frost
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- fore-
-
- forel
-
noun,
a slipcase for a book.
- fores
-
noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Forli
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Bologna.
- fort.
-
- forte
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Freon
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- frail
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- aloft
-
adverb,
high up; far above the ground.
- Frans
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- Franz
-
noun,
a male given name, German form of Frank.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- frats
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- 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.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- fazes
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt:
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- fears
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- 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.
- fatso
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- Felis
-
noun,
a genus of mostly small cats, including the domestic cat, margay, puma, and ocelot, sharing with certain cats of related genera an inability to roar due to ossification of the hyoid bone in the larynx.
- felon
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- felts
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- feral
-
adjective,
existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- tofts
-
noun,
the site of a house and outbuildings.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- fails
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- fanos
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- fairs
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- farls
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- faros
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- Zante
-
noun,
a Greek island, off the W coast of Greece: southernmost of the Ionian Islands. 157 sq. mi. (407 sq. km).
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- farts
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- flair
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- Fiona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- toti-
-
- Finer
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- fines
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- zeals
-
noun,
fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.
- finis
-
noun,
end; conclusion.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- fires
-
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- 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.
- firns
-
noun,
névé.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- alto-
-
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- ante-
-
- fetal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- feti-
-
- fetor
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- TOEFL
-
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- filar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a thread or threads.
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- final
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- anis-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- filos
-
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- total
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- zarfs
-
noun,
(in the Levant) a holder, usually of ornamental metal, for a coffee cup without a handle.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- froze
-
noun,
the act of freezing; state of being frozen.
- tonia
-
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- izars
-
noun,
a long, usually white cotton dress that covers the body completely, worn by women of North Africa and the Middle East.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- irone
-
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.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- areo-
-
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Ital.
-
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- zeros
-
noun,
the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ition
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- tzars
-
noun,
czar.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- zetas
-
noun,
the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet (Z, ζ).
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Arnel
-
- Lazes
-
noun,
a period of ease or indolence:
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- leafs
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- lefts
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- Ariz.
-
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Zetta
-
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Zaire
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 100 makuta.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- azote
-
noun,
nitrogen.
- alifs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Zenia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “hospitality.”.
- tents
-
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.
- teno-
-
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- init.
-
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- azole
-
noun,
any of a group of five-membered heterocyclic compounds containing one or more nitrogen atoms in the ring, the number of nitrogen atoms present being indicated by a prefix, as in diazole.
- azlon
-
noun,
any of the class of textile fibers derived from such proteins as casein or zein.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- insol
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Zelos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of zeal or emulation: the son of the Titan Pallas and of Styx, and the brother of Bia, Cratus, and Nike.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- IATSE
-
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Anzio
-
noun,
a town in Italy, S of Rome on the Tyrrhenian coast: site of Allied beachhead in World War II.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- ileo-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ilio-
-
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- tera-
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- astr.
-
- ation
-
- telo-
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Iran.
-
- tears
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- intr.
-
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- azine
-
noun,
any of a group of six-membered heterocyclic compounds containing one or more nitrogen atoms in the ring, the number of nitrogen atoms present being indicated by a prefix, as in diazine or triazine.
- atto-
-
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- inst.
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Zora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- tRNA
-
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- tzar
-
noun,
czar.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- RONA
-
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Zane
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- tri-
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- Zorn
-
noun,
Anders Leonhard [ahn-duh rs ley-aw-nahrd] /ˈɑn dərs ˈleɪ ɔˌnɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1860–1920, Swedish painter, etcher, and sculptor.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- tron
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- trit
-
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- zori
-
noun,
a Japanese sandal, often made of straw or rubber and consisting of a flat sole held on the foot by a thong passing between the first and second toes.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- zein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a soft, yellow powder of simple proteins obtained from corn, used chiefly in the manufacture of textile fibers, plastics, and paper coatings.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- 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.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Sra.
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Zeno
-
noun,
Zeno of Citium.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Soni
-
- soln
-
- Zoan
-
noun,
Biblical name of Tanis.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Sol.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- 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.
- ter.
-
- Zoar
-
noun,
the city where Lot and his family took refuge during the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Gen. 19:20–30.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- 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.
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- zits
-
noun,
a pimple; skin blemish.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- str.
-
- ziti
-
noun,
a tubular pasta in short pieces, similar to rigatoni, often baked in a tomato sauce.
- Zion
-
noun,
a hill in Jerusalem, on which the Temple was built (used to symbolize the city itself, especially as a religious or spiritual center).
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Taft
-
noun,
Helen Herron [her-uh n] /ˈhɛr ən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1943, U.S. First Lady 1909–13 (wife of William Howard Taft).
- Ste.
-
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- ZETA
-
noun,
the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet (Z, ζ).
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- zest
-
noun,
keen relish; hearty enjoyment; gusto.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- zero
-
noun,
the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Toft
-
noun,
the site of a house and outbuildings.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- zeal
-
noun,
fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.
- 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.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- zarf
-
noun,
(in the Levant) a holder, usually of ornamental metal, for a coffee cup without a handle.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- zone
-
noun,
any continuous area that differs in some respect, or is distinguished for some purpose, from adjoining areas, or within which certain distinctive circumstances exist or are established:
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sat.
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Tit.
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- 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.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- zoea
-
noun,
any of the free-swimming larva of certain crustaceans, as the crab, having rudimentary legs and a spiny carapace.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- size
-
noun,
the spatial dimensions, proportions, magnitude, or bulk of anything:
- tion
-
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Zola
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1840–1902, French novelist.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Rolf
-
noun,
Also called Rolf the Ganger [gang-er] /ˈgæŋ ər/ (Show IPA). Rollo (def 1).
- 1080
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- est.
-
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- eso-
-
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 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).
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- laze
-
noun,
a period of ease or indolence:
- fail
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Ezra
-
noun,
a Jewish scribe and prophet of the 5th century b.c., who with Nehemiah led the revival of Judaism in Palestine.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- 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.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Linz
-
noun,
a port in N Austria, on the Danube River.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Lozi
-
noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Barotseland, in western Zambia.
- Ens.
-
- fora
-
noun,
a plural of forum.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- enl.
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- ELAS
-
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- 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.
- loaf
-
noun,
a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Liza
-
noun,
a mullet, Mugil liza, found chiefly in the tropical Atlantic Ocean.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Lofn
-
noun,
a goddess who aids those having trouble winning the affections of their beloveds.
- LOFT
-
noun,
a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- 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.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- Nazi
-
noun,
a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler and advocated totalitarian government, territorial expansion, anti-Semitism, and Aryan supremacy, all these leading directly to World War II and the Holocaust.
- ile-
-
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- 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.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- Ifni
-
noun,
a former Spanish enclave on the W coast of Morocco, ceded to Morocco 1969.
- Fini
-
adjective,
finished; done.
- 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.
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- Fin.
-
- filt
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- inae
-
- Inez
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Agnes.
- Inf.
-
- infl
-
- info
-
noun,
information.
- Fla.
-
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- friz
-
noun,
the state of being frizzed.
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- fol.
-
- 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.
- Fri.
-
- 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.
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- flea
-
noun,
any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- Frs.
-
- FRSL
-
- frt.
-
- FOIA
-
- foal
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- FLRA
-
- floe
-
noun,
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- INRI
-
- ins.
-
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- itol
-
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Izar
-
noun,
a long, usually white cotton dress that covers the body completely, worn by women of North Africa and the Middle East.
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- Faro
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- faze
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt:
- Farl
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- int.
-
- 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.
- intl
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- 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 = .
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- 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.
- FERA
-
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- iso-
-
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- Naze
-
noun,
The, Lindesnes.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- for.
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Ont.
-
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- 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:
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- 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.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ARIS
-
- ANSI
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- afr-
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- ref.
-
- 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.
- art.
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ole-
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ant.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 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.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- raze
-
verb (used with object),
to tear down; demolish; level to the ground:
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- ano-
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- AISI
-
- 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.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rel.
-
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alt.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alis
-
- aet.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- NIRA
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- 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.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nor.
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- rit.
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neo-
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- EFTA
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- 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.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- RNAS
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Ritz
-
noun,
ostentatious or pretentious display.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- nos-
-
- azo-
-
- ates
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- ator
-
- RIIA
-
- att.
-
- aer-
-
- NTIA
-
- attn
-
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Azof
-
noun,
Sea of, Azov.
- not-
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- 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.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- Fl.
-
- al.
-
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- AFS
-
- Af.
-
- AFL
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- 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.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TNT
-
- an.
-
- zoa
-
noun,
plural of zoon.
- tlo
-
- zit
-
noun,
a pimple; skin blemish.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- zo-
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- Ar.
-
- AEF
-
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- tlr
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Zoe
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “life.”.
- ae.
-
- FIO
-
- ZIF
-
noun,
Ziv.
- EIS
-
- Fia
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- eo-
-
- ERT
-
- az-
-
- ESA
-
- at.
-
- ea.
-
- ESL
-
- ast
-
- ESR
-
- ASR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- Tro
-
- tr.
-
- ean
-
- ASN
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- trf
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- 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.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- efl
-
- ef-
-
- en-
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- EOF
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- tra
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- ASI
-
- Fez
-
noun,
a felt cap, usually of a red color, having the shape of a truncated cone, and ornamented with a long black tassel, worn by men in Egypt and North Africa: formerly the national headdress of the Turks.
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- FAO
-
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- Zea
-
noun,
Keos.
- ANF
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Zen
-
noun,
Chinese Ch'an. Buddhism. a Mahayana movement, introduced into China in the 6th century a.d. and into Japan in the 12th century, that emphasizes enlightenment for the student by the most direct possible means, accepting formal studies and observances only when they form part of such means.
Compare koan, mondo1 .
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- FET
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- ase
-
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- ARS
-
- Ez.
-
- TSE
-
- fo.
-
- aor
-
- FZS
-
- TSI
-
- 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.
- TTS
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- eir
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- FOS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- OSA
-
- OSF
-
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- SLA
-
- of-
-
- OFr
-
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- sfz
-
- 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.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- Ola
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ONI
-
- ne-
-
- Sr.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- NSF
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- FOT
-
- NEA
-
- NLF
-
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- SOF
-
- NES
-
- 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:
- NFL
-
- NFS
-
- NIA
-
- SLR
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- Nil
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noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- SLE
-
- ONF
-
- ONR
-
- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- RTF
-
- Sal
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noun,
salt1 .
- ret
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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.
- RFA
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- RFE
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- RFI
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- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- SAE
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- SRO
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- So.
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- RTS
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- rte
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- REA
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- rt.
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- RSE
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- RSA
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- Rs.
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- RIF
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noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- RNA
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- ROA
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- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
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- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ons
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- ote
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- Ora
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noun,
plural of os2 .
- SER
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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).
- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ose
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- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- ot-
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- OTA
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- OTS
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- rat
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noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- oz.
-
- ozs
-
- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
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- Re.
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- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RAF
-
- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- SAR
-
- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Lot
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noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- St.
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- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Sta
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- ITA
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- ite
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- ier
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- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- TAO
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noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- IAS
-
- ize
-
- La.
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- ISR
-
- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Lt.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ial
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- LaF
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Ia.
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- ist
-
- Isl
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- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- tea
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noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- IOF
-
- ILS
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- ion
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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
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- Ios
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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.
- IOT
-
- Ir.
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- ILO
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- ise
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- IRL
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- IRO
-
- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- IRS
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
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- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- TAL
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- io-
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- fro
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Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- lez
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a lesbian.
- TIA
-
- FSR
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- STL
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- FSA
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- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lie
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noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- STI
-
- Frl
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- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Lif
-
- tin
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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.
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Liz
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LON
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Les
-
- ine
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- tfr
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- ft.
-
- FTZ
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- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- TL
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- Zl
-
- Zn
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- SL
-
- RO
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- i.
-
- RF
-
- ZI
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- fn
-
- AO
-
- 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.
- RN
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- NL
-
- T1
-
- 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.
-
- SN
-
- LF
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- NZ
-
- NI
-
- NF
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- LZ
-
- ln
-
- LR
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- RI
-
- SF
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- TN
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ZA
-
noun,
pizza.
- z.
-
- TT
-
- FE
-
- ol
-
- L.
-
- EI
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L1
-
- L2
-
- OA
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- le
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- Zr
-