Anagrams of filatures
Word filatures has
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that can be made by using the letters of filatures.
- uralites
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noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- filature
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noun,
the act of forming into threads.
- restful
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adjective,
giving or conducive to rest.
- rituals
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noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- sulfite
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noun,
a salt or ester of sulfurous acid.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- tearful
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adjective,
full of tears; weeping.
- falters
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noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- ferulas
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noun,
Botany. any of various plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family, chiefly of the Mediterranean region and central Asia, generally tall and coarse with dissected leaves, many of the Asian species yielding strongly scented, medicinal gum resins.
- 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.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- uralite
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noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- Falster
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noun,
an island in SE Denmark. 198 sq. mi. (513 sq. km).
- earfuls
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noun,
an outpouring of oral information or advice, especially when given without solicitation.
- lifters
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noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- failure
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noun,
an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success:
- fluster
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noun,
nervous excitement or confusion.
- refusal
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noun,
an act or instance of refusing.
- rutiles
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- fistula
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noun,
Pathology. a narrow passage or duct formed by disease or injury, as one leading from an abscess to a free surface, or from one cavity to another.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- surfeit
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noun,
excess; an excessive amount:
- fluters
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noun,
a person who makes flutings.
- sulfate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- trifles
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noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- refits
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noun,
an act of refitting.
- artels
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noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- saurel
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noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- Atreus
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noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- flites
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noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- fluter
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noun,
a person who makes flutings.
- talers
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noun,
thaler.
- lifter
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noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- artful
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adjective,
slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky:
- fiesta
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noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- flutes
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noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- urates
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noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- ritual
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noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- Laurie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- lifers
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noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- stifle
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noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- trails
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noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- sailer
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Lister
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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.
- Tulare
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noun,
a city in central California.
- Israel
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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.
- filter
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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.
- resail
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- rustle
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noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- rutile
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- flairs
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noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- flares
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noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- filets
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noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- flatus
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noun,
intestinal gas produced by bacterial action on waste matter in the intestines and composed primarily of hydrogen sulfide and varying amounts of methane.
- filate
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adjective,
threadlike.
- flirts
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noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- fliers
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noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- earful
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noun,
an outpouring of oral information or advice, especially when given without solicitation.
- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Ulster
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noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- saltie
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noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- ultra-
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- ultras
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noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- austr-
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- Auster
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noun,
the south wind personified.
- aurist
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noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- salute
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noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- fraise
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noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- result
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noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Furies
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noun,
unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like:
- frails
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noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- situla
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noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- Fuseli
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noun,
(John) Henry (Johann Heinrich Füssli) 1741–1825, English painter, illustrator, and essayist; born in Switzerland.
- itself
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pronoun,
a reflexive form of it1 :
- ferula
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noun,
Botany. any of various plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family, chiefly of the Mediterranean region and central Asia, generally tall and coarse with dissected leaves, many of the Asian species yielding strongly scented, medicinal gum resins.
- futile
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adjective,
incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful:
- setula
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noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- Seurat
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noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- afters
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- tilers
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- urials
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noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- afrits
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noun,
afreet.
- ferias
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- ireful
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adjective,
full of intense anger; wrathful.
- sifter
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noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- silure
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plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- faults
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noun,
a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing:
- terais
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- lustre
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- sutler
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noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- luster
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- Furiae
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plural noun,
fury (def 3).
- serial
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- alerts
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- alters
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noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- fetial
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adjective,
concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
- Iseult
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noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- ariels
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noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- strife
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noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- Lieut.
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- ratels
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rifles
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noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- strafe
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noun,
a strafing attack.
- Tulear
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noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- falsie
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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.
- liters
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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.
- frusta
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noun,
the part of a conical solid left after cutting off a top portion with a plane parallel to the base.
- falter
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noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- trifle
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noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- rastle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- festal
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adjective,
pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- fires
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- litre
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noun,
liter.
- trail
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noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- fetus
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noun,
(used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, especially in the later stages of development when the body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind, in humans after the end of the second month of gestation.
- filar
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adjective,
of or relating to a thread or threads.
- feist
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noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- Felis
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noun,
a genus of mostly small cats, including the domestic cat, margay, puma, and ocelot, sharing with certain cats of related genera an inability to roar due to ossification of the hyoid bone in the larynx.
- Festa
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noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- felts
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noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- resit
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noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- feti-
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- Ital.
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- filet
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noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- feria
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- fetas
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noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fiats
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noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- treas
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- fetal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- feral
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adjective,
existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
- stria
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noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- furls
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noun,
the act of furling.
- ratel
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- tears
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- fruit
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noun,
any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
- tires
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noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- rales
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noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- raise
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noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- fuels
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noun,
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- tiles
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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.
- Fulas
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noun,
Fulani.
- rails
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noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- sulfa
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noun,
sulfa drug.
- fusil
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noun,
a light flintlock musket.
- frise
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noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- rafts
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noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- Tiler
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tiers
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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.
- irate
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adjective,
angry; enraged:
- suite
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noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- IATSE
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- Tesla
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noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- sulf-
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- Terai
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
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- ileus
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noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- Frits
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noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- Fris.
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- first
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noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- flirt
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noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- istle
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noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- sural
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adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- reist
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verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- reifs
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noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- flair
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noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- flare
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noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- teals
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noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- flats
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noun,
something flat.
- Fleur
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noun,
a female given name.
- flier
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noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- flies
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noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- Feast
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noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- Fries
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noun,
plural of fry1 .
- flite
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noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- flits
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noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- refl.
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- flues
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noun,
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- flute
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noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- refit
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noun,
an act of refitting.
- tirls
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noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- frail
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noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- reals
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noun,
real number.
- frats
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noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- frets
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noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- rates
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noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- islet
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noun,
a very small island.
- fails
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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.
- fears
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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.
- arise
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verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- alter
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noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alti-
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- Altus
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noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- lears
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noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- alure
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noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- Lifar
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noun,
Serge [syir-gyey;; French serzh] /syɪrˈgyeɪ;; French sɛrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in Paris after 1923.
- leafs
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noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- Ariel
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noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Aries
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noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- lifer
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noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- arils
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noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- sluit
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noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- Arius
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noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- slier
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adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Arles
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noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- ureas
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noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- saute
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noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- artel
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noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Artie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Sault
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noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- urase
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noun,
urease.
- aster
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- astir
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adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- stile
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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.
- Satie
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noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- later
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Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- self-
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- least
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noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Aulis
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noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- taels
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noun,
liang.
- 30-30
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- utile
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adjective,
useful.
- sitar
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noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sutra
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noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Siret
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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.
- USLTA
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- slate
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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.
- aeri-
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- Aesir
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noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- afire
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adjective,
on fire:
- afrit
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noun,
afreet.
- liers
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noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- seti-
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- serif
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noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- alist
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adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- airts
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noun,
a direction.
- aisle
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noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Uriel
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noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- lefts
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noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- alert
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Aleus
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noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- Aleut
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noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- Urial
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noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- Alfie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- Alfur
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noun,
a member of an aboriginal people of eastern Indonesia, especially of the Moluccas, whose features show both Malayan and Papuan characteristics.
- seral
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adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- alifs
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noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- serai
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noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- lifts
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noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- astr.
-
- lures
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noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- 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.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- ster.
-
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- etuis
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noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- talus
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noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- riles
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verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rifts
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noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- 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.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- fairs
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- tufas
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- farls
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- farts
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- fault
-
noun,
a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing:
- Faure
-
noun,
Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- Faust
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1538, German magician, alchemist, and astrologer.
- 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.
- Aust.
-
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- 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.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Srta.
-
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- turfs
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- sur-
-
- SURF
-
noun,
the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 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:
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- Life
-
noun,
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- lit.
-
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- 1080
-
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- 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.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- 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.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- Sra.
-
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- saur
-
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Rus.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- 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.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- 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.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- ref.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- Sufi
-
noun,
a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
- rel.
-
- 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.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Ste.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- str.
-
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- FUSE
-
noun,
a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Tues
-
- tufa
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- est.
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- 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.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- ELAS
-
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- turf
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- EFTA
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Eur.
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- 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):
- FERA
-
- tri-
-
- 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.:
- 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.
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- 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.
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- 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.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Alis
-
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- USAF
-
noun,
the permanent or regular military air force of the United States, established in 1947 as a separate service under the authority of the Department of Defense: a branch of the U.S. Army before 1947. Abbreviation: USAF.
- uria
-
- USAR
-
- afr-
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- aet.
-
- USIA
-
- aer-
-
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- alt.
-
- 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.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- aut-
-
- Aus.
-
- aur-
-
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- 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.
- ates
-
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- ARIS
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- uret
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Urfa
-
noun,
a city in SE Turkey, E of the Euphrates River: on the site of ancient Edessa.
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- 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.
- 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.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- taur
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- filt
-
- ile-
-
- 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.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- fut.
-
- lea.
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- 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.
- ter.
-
- furl
-
noun,
the act of furling.
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- FRSL
-
- Frs.
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- fur.
-
- 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.
- Fri.
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- fret
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noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Frei
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noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- Frau
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noun,
a married woman; a wife.
- frae
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preposition, adverb,
from.
- tire
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noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- flue
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noun,
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- FLRA
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- flit
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noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- flea
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noun,
any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- flat
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noun,
something flat.
- Fla.
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- FITS
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noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- fist
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noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- firs
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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.
- frt.
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- situ
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noun,
in situ.
- fuel
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noun,
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- Fula
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noun,
Fulani.
- Fuls
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noun,
Fulani.
- tils
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noun,
the sesame plant.
- ur-
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- Sui
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noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- TES
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noun,
ti1 .
- tfr
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- TIA
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- Tai
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noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- urs
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noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- STL
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- St.
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- SLE
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- tr.
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- USE
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noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- UAR
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- trf
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- tra
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- suf
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- USR
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- Uta
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noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- TAE
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preposition,
to.
- UTE
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noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Sta
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- uti
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- tlr
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- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Tiu
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noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- ure
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- ult
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- ule
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noun,
caucho.
- tue
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- Tu.
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- Stu
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noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- TSR
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noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- 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.
- tui
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noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- TAU
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noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- TSI
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- Sue
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noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Sr.
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- UIT
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- TAR
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noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAL
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- Ufa
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noun,
a city in and the capital of the Bashkir Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe.
- SLR
-
- Uri
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noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- UAE
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- STI
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- USA
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- TSE
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- Lia
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noun,
Leah (def 1).
- SLA
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- FAT
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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.
- FIT
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noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- FIR
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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.
- fil
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noun,
fils.
- fie
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interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- Fia
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- FET
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- fer
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preposition, conjunction,
for.
- FAR
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Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- flu
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noun,
influenza.
- FAS
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noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- eu-
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- ETS
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- ETR
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- ESU
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- ESR
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- ESL
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- ESA
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- Fl.
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- Fr.
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abbreviation,
Father.
- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- ial
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- IRL
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- Ir.
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- ILS
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- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
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- Ife
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- IAS
-
- Ia.
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- Fra
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noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- ITU
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IFS
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noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- ful
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noun,
Fulani.
- ft.
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- FSR
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- FSA
-
- Frl
-
- ERT
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- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ail
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verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ARE
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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.
- ALU
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- ALS
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noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Alf
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noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- ale
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noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ait
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noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
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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.
- AIR
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noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AFT
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adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- ARS
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- AFS
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- AFL
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- AES
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noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AEF
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- ae.
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- Ar.
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- al.
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- Af.
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- ARF
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interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- ARU
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- els
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- Eli
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noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ELF
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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.
- EIS
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- eir
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- eft
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noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- efl
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- ef-
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- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ear
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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.
- ase
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- ea.
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- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ATS
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noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- at.
-
- ASU
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- ast
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- ASR
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- ASI
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- IRS
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- ier
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- ISA
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- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RFI
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- RFE
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- RFA
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- 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.
- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- REA
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- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- RAF
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- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ise
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- Re.
-
- ltr
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- LTA
-
- LST
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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.
- Rs.
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- lis
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SAR
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- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- 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).
- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
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- Sau
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noun,
German name of Sava.
- Sal
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noun,
salt1 .
- RSA
-
- SAE
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Rue
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noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RTS
-
- RTF
-
- rte
-
- rt.
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- RSE
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- LSI
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- uts
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- Las
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noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- 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)
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- La.
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- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Ler
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noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- IUS
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- ITA
-
- ite
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- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- ISR
-
- Isl
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- Lif
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lt.
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- ist
-
- L1
-
- RU
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- A.
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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.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- SI
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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.
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- L.
-
- S.
-
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- SL
-
- SF
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- SA
-
- 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.
- i.
-
- t.
-
- LR
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- FE
-
- LF
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- T1
-
- L2
-
- U.
-
- SU
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- UI
-
- UL
-
- RF
-
- TL
-
- le
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RI
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