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- inflationism
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noun,
the policy or practice of inflation through expansion of currency or bank deposits.
- disinflation
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noun,
a period or process of slowing the rate of inflation.
- eliminations
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noun,
the act of eliminating.
- delineations
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noun,
the act or process of delineating.
- infidelities
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noun,
marital disloyalty; adultery.
- femininities
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noun,
the quality of being feminine; womanliness.
- emendations
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noun,
a correction or change, as of a text.
- denominates
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verb (used with object),
to give a name to; denote; designate.
- infantilism
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noun,
the persistence in an adult of markedly childish anatomical, physiological, or psychological characteristics.
- antimension
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noun,
a consecrated linen or silk cloth, kept on an altar, to which is sewn a linen or silk bag containing relics of saints.
- indemnities
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noun,
protection or security against damage or loss.
- indemnifies
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verb (used with object),
to compensate for damage or loss sustained, expense incurred, etc.
- delineation
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noun,
the act or process of delineating.
- Einsteinian
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adjective,
pertaining to Albert Einstein or his theories, especially the theory of relativity.
- elimination
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noun,
the act of eliminating.
- defoliants
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noun,
a preparation for defoliating plants.
- deflations
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noun,
the act of deflating or the state of being deflated.
- infinities
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noun,
the quality or state of being infinite.
- finalities
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noun,
the state, quality, or fact of being final; conclusiveness or decisiveness.
- defoliates
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adjective,
(of a tree) having lost its leaves, especially by a natural process.
- eliminates
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verb (used with object),
to remove or get rid of, especially as being in some way undesirable:
Synonyms: do away with, banish, abolish, eradicate, erase, exterminate, cut out, annihilate, weed out, stamp out, rub out.
Antonyms: obtain, get, invite.
- emendation
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noun,
a correction or change, as of a text.
- inflations
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noun,
Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
- definition
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noun,
the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear:
- initialism
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noun,
a set of initials representing a name, organization, or the like, with each letter pronounced separately, as FBI for Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- innominate
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adjective,
having no name; nameless; anonymous.
- inseminate
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verb (used with object),
to inject semen into (the female reproductive tract); impregnate.
- St-Emilion
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noun,
a dry claret wine from the parish of St.-Émilion in the Bordeaux region of France.
- antimonide
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noun,
a binary compound containing antimony and a second element, usually a metal.
- antimonies
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noun,
a brittle, lustrous, white metallic element occurring in nature free or combined, used chiefly in alloys and in compounds in medicine. Symbol: Sb; atomic number: 51; atomic weight: 121.75.
- mennonites
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noun,
a member of an evangelical Protestant sect, originating in Europe in the 16th century, that opposes infant baptism, practices baptism of believers only, restricts marriage to members of the denomination, opposes war and bearing arms, and is noted for simplicity of living and plain dress.
- antinomies
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noun,
opposition between one law, principle, rule, etc., and another.
- stone-deaf
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adjective,
totally deaf.
- modalities
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noun,
the quality or state of being modal.
- idealities
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noun,
ideal quality or character.
- mediations
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noun,
action in mediating between parties, as to effect an agreement or reconciliation.
- fieldstone
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noun,
unfinished stone as found in fields, especially when used for building purposes.
- lineaments
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noun,
Often, lineaments. a feature or detail of a face, body, or figure, considered with respect to its outline or contour:
- disinflate
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verb (used with object),
to slow down the rate of inflation in (an economy).
- fidelities
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noun,
strict observance of promises, duties, etc.:
- indentions
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noun,
the indenting of a line or lines in writing or printing.
- denominate
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verb (used with object),
to give a name to; denote; designate.
- semination
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noun,
a sowing or impregnating; dissemination.
- indefinite
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adjective,
not definite; without fixed or specified limit; unlimited:
- Indonesian
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noun,
a member of the ethnic group consisting of the natives of Indonesia, the Filipinos, and the Malays of Malaysia.
- inanitions
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noun,
exhaustion from lack of nourishment; starvation.
- solifidian
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noun,
a person who maintains that faith alone, without the performance of good works, is all that is necessary for salvation.
- identifies
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verb (used with object),
to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of:
- intension
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noun,
intensification; increase in degree.
- amenities
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noun,
an agreeable way or manner; courtesy; civility:
- nominates
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adjective,
having a particular name.
- Maintenon
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noun,
Marquise de (Françoise d'Aubigné) 1635–1719, second wife of Louis XIV.
- inanition
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noun,
exhaustion from lack of nourishment; starvation.
- antinoise
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adjective,
designed to reduce or ban excessively loud sound, as of jet engines or traffic:
- antinodes
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noun,
the region of maximum amplitude between two adjacent nodes in a standing wave.
- indamines
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noun,
any of a series of basic organic compounds, the simplest having the formula C 12 H 11 N 3 , which form bluish and greenish salts, used in the manufacture of dyes.
- infinites
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noun,
something that is infinite.
- nimieties
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noun,
excess; overabundance:
- soda-lime
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noun,
a mixture of sodium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide.
- indention
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noun,
the indenting of a line or lines in writing or printing.
- Indianism
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noun,
action or policy for promoting the interests of Indians, especially American Indians.
- Indonesia
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noun,
East Indies (def 1).
- Neo-Latin
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noun,
New Latin.
- nematodes
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noun,
any unsegmented worm of the phylum Nematoda, having an elongated, cylindrical body; a roundworm.
- infantile
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adjective,
characteristic of or befitting an infant; babyish; childish:
- infantine
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adjective,
infantile.
- enfilades
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noun,
Military.
a position of works, troops, etc., making them subject to a sweeping fire from along the length of a line of troops, a trench, a battery, etc.
the fire thus directed.
- inflation
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noun,
Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
- damnifies
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verb (used with object),
to cause loss or damage to.
- eliminate
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verb (used with object),
to remove or get rid of, especially as being in some way undesirable:
Synonyms: do away with, banish, abolish, eradicate, erase, exterminate, cut out, annihilate, weed out, stamp out, rub out.
Antonyms: obtain, get, invite.
- dismantle
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verb (used with object),
to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.:
- limestone
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noun,
a sedimentary rock consisting predominantly of calcium carbonate, varieties of which are formed from the skeletons of marine microorganisms and coral: used as a building stone and in the manufacture of lime.
- limonenes
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noun,
a liquid terpene, C 40 H 16 , occurring in two optically different forms, the dextrorotatory form being present in the essential oils of lemon, orange, etc., and the levorotatory form in Douglas fir needle oil.
- dementias
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noun,
severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.
- limonites
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noun,
an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
- lineament
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noun,
Often, lineaments. a feature or detail of a face, body, or figure, considered with respect to its outline or contour:
- lineation
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noun,
an act or instance of marking with or tracing by lines.
- Masefield
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noun,
John, 1878–1967, English poet: poet laureate 1930–67.
- liniments
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noun,
a liquid or semiliquid preparation for rubbing on or applying to the skin, as for sprains or bruises, usually soothing or counterirritating.
- Mansfield
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noun,
Katherine (Kathleen Beauchamp Murry) 1888–1923, English short-story writer.
- mannitols
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noun,
Chemistry. a white, crystalline, sweetish, water-soluble, carbohydrate alcohol, C 6 H 8 (OH) 6 , occurring in three optically different forms, the common one being found in the manna of the ash Fraxinus ornus and in other plants: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, electrolytic condensers for radios, plasticizers, and mannitol hexanitrate, and as a pill excipient.
- deletions
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noun,
an act or instance of deleting.
- dentalmen
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noun,
an enlisted person working as a dental assistant.
- disentail
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verb (used with object),
to free (an estate) from entail.
- diolefins
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noun,
diene.
- manifesto
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noun,
a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization.
- mandolins
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noun,
a musical instrument with a pear-shaped wooden body and a fretted neck.
- mandilion
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noun,
a short cloak, with full hanging sleeves, often open or slit under the arms, worn by soldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- dimension
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noun,
Mathematics.
a property of space; extension in a given direction:
the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere.
the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space.
the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers.
extension in time:
- dilations
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noun,
the act of dilating; state of being dilated.
- Maidstone
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noun,
a city in Kent, in SE England.
- mediation
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noun,
action in mediating between parties, as to effect an agreement or reconciliation.
- dominants
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noun,
Genetics.
the one of a pair of alternative alleles that masks the effect of the other when both are present in the same cell or organism.
the trait or character determined by such an allele. Compare recessive (defs 4, 5).
- iodinates
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verb (used with object),
to iodize.
- Mennonite
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noun,
a member of an evangelical Protestant sect, originating in Europe in the 16th century, that opposes infant baptism, practices baptism of believers only, restricts marriage to members of the denomination, opposes war and bearing arms, and is noted for simplicity of living and plain dress.
- Minnesota
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noun,
a state in the N central United States. 84,068 sq. mi. (217,735 sq. km). Capital: St. Paul.
Abbreviation: MN (for use with zip code), Minn.
- minefield
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noun,
an area of land or water throughout which explosive mines have been laid.
- Miltiades
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noun,
c540–488? b.c, Athenian general.
- milestone
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noun,
a stone functioning as a milepost.
- Daltonism
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noun,
color blindness, especially the inability to distinguish red from green.
- Midianite
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noun,
a member of an ancient desert people of northwest Arabia near the Gulf of Aqaba, believed to have descended from Midian.
- nonmetals
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noun,
an element not having the character of a metal, as carbon or nitrogen.
- laminitis
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noun,
inflammation of sensitive laminae in the hoof of a horse, caused by stressful events, as trauma, infection, or parturition.
- datelines
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noun,
a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
- Mendelian
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noun,
a follower of Gregor Mendel; a person who accepts Mendelism.
- dominates
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verb (used with object),
to rule over; govern; control.
- lemonades
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noun,
a beverage consisting of lemon juice, sweetener, and water, sometimes carbonated.
- menadione
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noun,
a synthetic yellow crystalline powder, C 11 H 8 O 2 , insoluble in water, used as a vitamin K supplement.
- melinites
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noun,
a high explosive containing picric acid.
- defeatism
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noun,
the attitude, policy, or conduct of a person who admits, expects, or no longer resists defeat, as because of a conviction that further struggle or effort is futile; pessimistic resignation.
- definiens
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noun,
something that defines, especially the defining part of a dictionary entry.
- deflation
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noun,
the act of deflating or the state of being deflated.
- defoliant
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noun,
a preparation for defoliating plants.
- defoliate
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adjective,
(of a tree) having lost its leaves, especially by a natural process.
- melatonin
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noun,
a hormone secreted by the pineal gland in inverse proportion to the amount of light received by the retina, important in the regulation of biorhythms: in amphibians, it causes a lightening of the skin.
- melanites
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noun,
a deep black variety of andradite garnet.
- inanities
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noun,
lack of sense, significance, or ideas; silliness.
- mainlines
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adjective,
having a principal, established, or widely accepted position; major; mainstream:
- fieldsmen
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noun,
a fielder in cricket.
- in-and-in
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adverb,
repeatedly within the same family, strain, etc.:
- filiation
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noun,
the fact of being the child of a certain parent.
- alimonies
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noun,
Law. an allowance paid to a person by that person's spouse or former spouse for maintenance, granted by a court upon a legal separation or a divorce or while action is pending.
- Flamsteed
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noun,
John, 1646–1719, English astronomer.
- self-made
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adjective,
having succeeded in life unaided:
- self-mate
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noun,
a move that will cause a player's king to be mated within a certain number of subsequent moves.
- adenosine
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noun,
Biochemistry. a white, crystalline, water-soluble nucleoside, C 10 H 13 N 5 O 4 , of adenine and ribose.
- fieldsman
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noun,
a fielder in cricket.
- Simeonite
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noun,
a member of the Israelite tribe of Simeon.
- feminines
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noun,
the feminine gender.
- fontanels
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noun,
one of the spaces, covered by membrane, between the bones of the fetal or young skull.
- ilmenites
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noun,
a very common black mineral, iron titanate, FeTiO 3 , occurring in crystals but more commonly massive.
- semifinal
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noun,
a semifinal contest or round.
- ideations
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noun,
the process of forming ideas or images.
- tone-deaf
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adjective,
unable to distinguish differences in pitch in musical sounds when producing or hearing them.
- tolidines
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noun,
any of several isomeric derivatives of biphenyl containing two methyl and two amino groups, especially the ortho isomer that is used as a reagent and in the preparation of dyes.
- on-limits
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adjective,
open or not prohibited to certain persons, as military personnel:
- dementis
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noun,
an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.
- Stoneman
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noun,
a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- lamented
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noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- dainties
-
noun,
something delicious to the taste; a delicacy.
- foilsman
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noun,
a person who fences with a foil.
- Milesian
-
noun,
any of the people from Spain who invaded Ireland and defeated the Tuatha Dé Danann, and who were the ancestors of the present Irish people.
- Sainfoin
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noun,
a Eurasian plant, Onobrychis viciifolia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of pink flowers, used for forage.
- medflies
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noun,
Mediterranean fruit fly.
- dalesmen
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noun,
a person living in a dale or valley, especially in the northern counties of England.
- feminist
-
noun,
an advocate of such rights.
- Sentinel
-
noun,
a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching.
- Milanese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Milan, Italy.
- miladies
-
noun,
an English noblewoman (often used as a term of address).
- dementia
-
noun,
severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.
- demetons
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noun,
either of two pale-yellow, highly toxic chemicals, C 6 H 15 O 3 PS 2 or C 6 H 15 O 4 PS 2, used as systemic insecticides, lethal to insects feeding on the treated plant or animal.
- 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).
- notifies
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verb (used with object),
to inform (someone) or give notice to:
- midlines
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noun,
Zoology. the median plane of the body of an animal.
- melanins
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noun,
any of a class of insoluble pigments, found in all forms of animal life, that account for the dark color of skin, hair, fur, scales, feathers, etc.
- foilsmen
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noun,
a person who fences with a foil.
- stonemen
-
noun,
a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- tail-end
-
noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- adenines
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noun,
Biochemistry. a purine base, C 5 H 5 N 5 , one of the fundamental components of nucleic acids, as DNA, in which it forms a base pair with thymine, and RNA, in which it pairs with uracil. Symbol: A.
- toenails
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- foliates
-
adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- linesman
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noun,
Sports.
an official, as in tennis and soccer, who assists the referee.
Football. an official who marks the distances gained and lost in the progress of play and otherwise assists the referee and field judge.
Ice Hockey. either of two officials who assist the referee by watching for icing, offside, and substitution violations and fouls and by conducting face-offs.
- Masonite
-
- Solimena
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noun,
Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1657–1747, Italian painter.
- iodinate
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verb (used with object),
to iodize.
- astonied
-
adjective,
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
- foliated
-
adjective,
shaped like a leaf or leaves:
- adenitis
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noun,
lymphadenitis.
- elations
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- matinees
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- demonian
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adjective,
demoniac (def 1).
- militias
-
noun,
a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies.
- Isenland
-
noun,
(in the Nibelungenlied) the country of Brunhild, usually identified with Iceland.
- Minneola
-
noun,
a juicy, pear-shaped variety of tangelo.
- Islamite
-
noun,
a Muslim.
- minifies
-
verb (used with object),
to make less.
- Einstein
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noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1879–1955, German physicist, U.S. citizen from 1940: formulator of the theory of relativity; Nobel Prize 1921.
- isolated
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- sideline
-
noun,
a line at the side of something.
- mind-set
-
noun,
an attitude, disposition, or mood.
- lindanes
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 6 H 6 Cl 6 , the gamma isomer of benzene hexachloride: used chiefly as an insecticide, delouser, and weed-killer.
- Miltonia
-
noun,
any of various epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Miltonia, having sprays of showy, flat, variously colored flowers.
- medalist
-
noun,
a person to whom a medal has been awarded.
- sedition
-
noun,
incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
- Milstein
-
noun,
Cesar, 1927–2002, Argentinian immunologist: Nobel prize 1984.
- limonite
-
noun,
an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
- mediants
-
noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- limonene
-
noun,
a liquid terpene, C 40 H 16 , occurring in two optically different forms, the dextrorotatory form being present in the essential oils of lemon, orange, etc., and the levorotatory form in Douglas fir needle oil.
- Steinman
-
noun,
David Barnard, 1886–1960, U.S. civil engineer: specialist in bridge design and construction.
- melinite
-
noun,
a high explosive containing picric acid.
- lienitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the spleen; splenitis.
- lentando
-
adjective,
becoming slower.
- Leonidas
-
noun,
died 480 b.c, Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.
- deletion
-
noun,
an act or instance of deleting.
- meionite
-
noun,
a member of the scapolite group, rich in calcium and containing no sodium.
- steelman
-
noun,
a person engaged in the steelmaking business.
- dominant
-
noun,
Genetics.
the one of a pair of alternative alleles that masks the effect of the other when both are present in the same cell or organism.
the trait or character determined by such an allele. Compare recessive (defs 4, 5).
- sea-lion
-
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.
- definite
-
adjective,
clearly defined or determined; not vague or general; fixed; precise; exact:
- dominate
-
verb (used with object),
to rule over; govern; control.
- deflates
-
verb (used with object),
to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon):
- fee-tail
-
noun,
See under fee (def 4a).
- felonies
-
noun,
an offense, as murder or burglary, of graver character than those called misdemeanors, especially those commonly punished in the U.S. by imprisonment for more than a year.
- Stefanie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sanidine
-
noun,
a glassy, often transparent variety of orthoclase in which sodium may replace as much as 50 percent of the potassium: forms phenocrysts in some igneous rocks.
- delaines
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- santonin
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, C 15 H 18 O 3 , the active principle of santonica.
- finalist
-
noun,
a person entitled to participate in the final or decisive contest in a series, as in musical or athletic competition.
- finalism
-
noun,
the doctrine or belief that all events are determined by their purposes or goals.
- melanoid
-
adjective,
of or characterized by melanosis.
- tinfoils
-
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.
- Domitian
-
noun,
(Titus Flavius Domitianus Augustus) a.d. 51–96, Roman emperor 81–96.
- melanite
-
noun,
a deep black variety of andradite garnet.
- Melanion
-
noun,
a youth of Arcadia, usually identified with Hippomenes as the successful suitor of Atalanta.
- lifetime
-
noun,
the time that the life of someone or something continues; the term of a life:
- melitose
-
noun,
raffinose.
- somedeal
-
adverb,
somewhat.
- fedelini
-
noun,
an extremely fine, strand-like pasta, thinner than vermicelli.
- laminose
-
adjective,
laminate; laminar.
- limiteds
-
noun,
a limited train, bus, etc.
- mesolite
-
noun,
a mineral variety of the zeolite group, intermediate in chemical composition between natrolite and scolecite.
- landsmen
-
noun,
Also, landman. a person who lives or works on land.
- Latinism
-
noun,
a mode of expression derived from or imitative of Latin.
- mentions
-
noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- east-end
-
noun,
a section of E London, England.
- sediment
-
noun,
the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs.
- mediates
-
adjective,
acting through, dependent on, or involving an intermediate agency; not direct or immediate.
- fealties
-
noun,
History/Historical.
fidelity to a lord.
the obligation or the engagement to be faithful to a lord, usually sworn to by a vassal.
- dateline
-
noun,
a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
- salmonid
-
noun,
a salmonid fish.
- leadsmen
-
noun,
a sailor who sounds with a lead line.
- melodias
-
noun,
an 8 feet (2.4 meters) wooden flue-pipe stop organ resembling the clarabella in tone.
- sedation
-
noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- lean-tos
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- Feminine
-
noun,
the feminine gender.
- delimits
-
verb (used with object),
to fix or mark the limits or boundaries of; demarcate:
- lemonade
-
noun,
a beverage consisting of lemon juice, sweetener, and water, sometimes carbonated.
- feedlots
-
noun,
a plot of ground, often near a stockyard, where livestock are gathered to be fattened for market.
- Leninism
-
noun,
the form of Communism as taught by Lenin, with emphasis on the dictatorship of the proletariat.
- Leninist
-
noun,
an advocate or supporter of Lenin or Leninism.
- lenities
-
noun,
the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- lenition
-
noun,
Phonetics. a phonological process that weakens consonant articulation at the ends of syllables or between vowels, causing the consonant to become voiced, spirantized, or deleted.
- melodist
-
noun,
a composer or a singer of melodies.
- limeades
-
noun,
a beverage consisting of lime juice, a sweetener, and plain or carbonated water.
- linesmen
-
noun,
Sports.
an official, as in tennis and soccer, who assists the referee.
Football. an official who marks the distances gained and lost in the progress of play and otherwise assists the referee and field judge.
Ice Hockey. either of two officials who assist the referee by watching for icing, offside, and substitution violations and fouls and by conducting face-offs.
- liniment
-
noun,
a liquid or semiliquid preparation for rubbing on or applying to the skin, as for sprains or bruises, usually soothing or counterirritating.
- filename
-
noun,
an identifying name given to an electronically stored computer file, conforming to limitations imposed by the operating system, as in length or restricted choice of characters.
- infantes
-
noun,
any son of the king of Spain or of Portugal who is not heir to the throne.
- Fidelism
-
noun,
Castroism.
- indolent
-
adjective,
having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful:
- neonates
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- mandolin
-
noun,
a musical instrument with a pear-shaped wooden body and a fretted neck.
- Seminole
-
noun,
a member of any of several groupings of North American Indians comprising emigrants from the Creek Confederacy territories to Florida or their descendants in Florida and Oklahoma, especially the culturally conservative present-day Florida Indians.
- aliments
-
noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- nematode
-
noun,
any unsegmented worm of the phylum Nematoda, having an elongated, cylindrical body; a roundworm.
- amniotes
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- manifest
-
noun,
a list of the cargo carried by a ship, made for the use of various agents and officials at the ports of destination.
- infamies
-
noun,
extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act:
- enmities
-
noun,
a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.
- idiotism
-
noun,
idiotic conduct or action.
- semitone
-
noun,
a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
- old-time
-
adjective,
belonging to or characteristic of old or former times, methods, ideas, etc.:
- andesine
-
noun,
a mineral, intermediate in the plagioclase feldspar group, having a play of colors and usually found as crystals in igneous rocks.
- andesite
-
noun,
a dark-colored volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase feldspar and one or more mafic minerals, as hornblende or biotite.
- stand-in
-
noun,
a substitute for a motion-picture star during the preparation of lighting, cameras, etc., or in dangerous scenes.
- enflames
-
verb (used with or without object),
inflame.
- desolate
-
adjective,
barren or laid waste; devastated:
- alienist
-
noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- manifold
-
noun,
something having many different parts or features.
- anemones
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- alienism
-
noun,
alienage.
- diolefin
-
noun,
diene.
- infields
-
noun,
Baseball.
the diamond.
the positions played by the first baseman, second baseman, third baseman, and shortstop, taken collectively.
the infielders considered as a group (contrasted with outfield).
- dimities
-
noun,
a thin cotton fabric, white, dyed, or printed, woven with a stripe or check of heavier yarn.
- nidation
-
noun,
implantation of an embryo in the lining of the uterus.
- sodalite
-
noun,
a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate, Na 4 Al 3 Si 3 O 12 Cl, occurring massive and in crystals, usually blue in color and found in certain alkali-rich igneous rocks.
- indamine
-
noun,
any of a series of basic organic compounds, the simplest having the formula C 12 H 11 N 3 , which form bluish and greenish salts, used in the manufacture of dyes.
- nonmetal
-
noun,
an element not having the character of a metal, as carbon or nitrogen.
- sinfonia
-
noun,
a symphony.
- nonideal
-
adjective,
(of a gas or solution) differing in behavior from that of an ideal gas or solution.
- Estonian
-
noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- mainline
-
adjective,
having a principal, established, or widely accepted position; major; mainstream:
- nondense
-
adjective,
nowhere-dense.
- nominees
-
noun,
a person nominated, as to run for elective office or fill a particular post.
- Dilantin
-
- etamines
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- nominate
-
adjective,
having a particular name.
- nominals
-
noun,
Grammar. a word or group of words functioning as a noun.
- diastole
-
noun,
Physiology. the normal rhythmical dilatation of the heart during which the chambers are filling with blood.
Compare systole (def 1).
- nidifies
-
verb (used without object),
nidificate.
- nitinols
-
noun,
a paramagnetic alloy of nickel and titanium that, after heating and deformation, resumes its original shape when reheated.
- ilmenite
-
noun,
a very common black mineral, iron titanate, FeTiO 3 , occurring in crystals but more commonly massive.
- nineties
-
noun,
a cardinal number, ten times nine.
- ninefold
-
adverb,
in a ninefold manner or measure; to or by nine times as much:
- dilation
-
noun,
the act of dilating; state of being dilated.
- diamines
-
noun,
a compound containing two amino groups.
- semolina
-
noun,
a granular, milled product of durum wheat, consisting almost entirely of endosperm particles, used chiefly in the making of pasta.
- talesmen
-
noun,
a person summoned as one of the tales.
- amidines
-
noun,
any of a group of compounds containing the CN 2 H 3 group, some of which have marked pharmacological action.
- Taliesin
-
noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- Telemann
-
noun,
Georg Philipp [gey-awrk fee-lip,, fil-ip] /geɪˌɔrk ˈfi lɪp,, ˈfɪl ɪp/ (Show IPA), 1681–1767, German composer.
- Indienne
-
noun,
(lowercase) a lightweight cotton fabric printed or painted in imitation of fabrics made in India.
- endnotes
-
noun,
a note, as of explanation, emendation, or the like, added at the end of an article, chapter, etc.
- enfilade
-
noun,
Military.
a position of works, troops, etc., making them subject to a sweeping fire from along the length of a line of troops, a trench, a battery, etc.
the fire thus directed.
- loftsmen
-
noun,
a person who prepares molds and patterns.
- infinite
-
noun,
something that is infinite.
- insomnia
-
noun,
inability to obtain sufficient sleep, especially when chronic; difficulty in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness.
- families
-
noun,
a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not:
a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for:
- initials
-
noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- fontinas
-
noun,
a type of Italian cheese, semisoft to firm, made of cow's or sheep's milk.
- litanies
-
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.
- Manolete
-
noun,
(Manuel Laureano Rodríguez y Sánchez) 1917–47, Spanish matador.
- antinode
-
noun,
the region of maximum amplitude between two adjacent nodes in a standing wave.
- Fontanne
-
noun,
Lynn, 1887–1983, U.S. actress, born in England (wife of Alfred Lunt).
- innomine
-
noun,
any of various English polyphonic instrumental compositions of the 16th and 17th centuries using an antiphon for Trinity Sunday as a cantus firmus.
- antinome
-
noun,
something that is contradictory or opposite to another; a logical contradiction.
- fontanel
-
noun,
one of the spaces, covered by membrane, between the bones of the fetal or young skull.
- tolidine
-
noun,
any of several isomeric derivatives of biphenyl containing two methyl and two amino groups, especially the ortho isomer that is used as a reagent and in the preparation of dyes.
- filament
-
noun,
a very fine thread or threadlike structure; a fiber or fibril:
- insolate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- insolent
-
noun,
an insolent person.
- moieties
-
noun,
a half.
- antilife
-
adjective,
antagonistic or indifferent to a normal life.
- modifies
-
verb (used with object),
to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend:
- one-time
-
adjective,
having been as specified at one time; former:
- Anniston
-
noun,
a city in E Alabama.
- annelids
-
noun,
any segmented worm of the phylum Annelida, including the earthworms, leeches, and various marine forms.
- fondants
-
noun,
a thick, creamy sugar paste, the basis of many candies.
- montanes
-
noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- idealist
-
noun,
a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. Synonyms: optimist, perfectionist, reformer, visionary, utopianist.
Antonyms: pragmatist, skeptic, cynic.
- ton-mile
-
noun,
a unit of freight transportation measurement equivalent to a ton of freight transported one mile.
- inflames
-
verb (used with object),
to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- ideation
-
noun,
the process of forming ideas or images.
- mannites
-
noun,
mannitol.
- modelist
-
noun,
a person who makes models, as of airplanes.
- inflated
-
adjective,
distended with air or gas; swollen.
- inflates
-
verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- loftsman
-
noun,
a person who prepares molds and patterns.
- anilines
-
noun,
Also called aniline oil, aminobenzine, phenylamine. Chemistry. a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 5 NH 2 , usually derived from nitrobenzene by reduction: used chiefly in the synthesis of dyes and drugs.
- enations
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- idealism
-
noun,
the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
- mannitol
-
noun,
Chemistry. a white, crystalline, sweetish, water-soluble, carbohydrate alcohol, C 6 H 8 (OH) 6 , occurring in three optically different forms, the common one being found in the manna of the ash Fraxinus ornus and in other plants: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, electrolytic condensers for radios, plasticizers, and mannitol hexanitrate, and as a pill excipient.
- lineate
-
adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- dilates
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- dominee
-
noun,
dominie (def 2).
- 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.
- finales
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- lisente
-
noun,
plural of sente.
- linseed
-
noun,
flaxseed.
- Fidelio
-
noun,
an opera (1805) by Ludwig van Beethoven.
- distain
-
verb (used with object),
to discolor; stain; sully.
- steamed
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- lineman
-
noun,
Also, linesman. a person who installs or repairs telephone, telegraph, or other wires.
- linemen
-
noun,
Also, linesman. a person who installs or repairs telephone, telegraph, or other wires.
- Fenelon
-
noun,
François de Salignac de La Mothe [frahn-swa duh sa lee-nyak duh la mawt] /frɑ̃ˈswa də sa liˈnyak də la ˈmɔt/ (Show IPA), 1651–1715, French theologian and writer.
- doilies
-
noun,
any small, ornamental mat, as of embroidery or lace.
- filiate
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to determine judicially the paternity of, as a child born out of wedlock.
Compare affiliate (def 5).
- fennels
-
noun,
a plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, having feathery leaves and umbels of small, yellow flowers.
- limites
-
noun,
plural of limes.
- linnets
-
noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- dolmans
-
noun,
a woman's mantle with capelike arm pieces instead of sleeves.
- loments
-
noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- limited
-
noun,
a limited train, bus, etc.
- Dinesen
-
noun,
Isak [ee-sahk] /ˈi sɑk/ (Show IPA), (pen name of Baroness Karen Blixen) 1885–1962, Danish author.
- lindane
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 6 H 6 Cl 6 , the gamma isomer of benzene hexachloride: used chiefly as an insecticide, delouser, and weed-killer.
- standee
-
noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- dislimn
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to become dim or indistinct.
- stamin-
-
- Maidens
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- dolmens
-
noun,
a structure usually regarded as a tomb, consisting of two or more large, upright stones set with a space between and capped by a horizontal stone.
- Fiesole
-
noun,
Giovanni da [Italian jaw-vahn-nee dah] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), Angelico, Fra.
- fenland
-
noun,
a low area of marshy ground.
- lindens
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Tilia, as T. americana (American linden) or T. europaea (European linden) having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and heart-shaped leaves, grown as an ornamental or shade tree.
Compare linden family.
- limeade
-
noun,
a beverage consisting of lime juice, a sweetener, and plain or carbonated water.
- lindies
-
noun,
Also called lindy hop, Lindy Hop. an energetic jitterbug dance.
- Madison
-
noun,
Dolly or Dolley [dol-ee] /ˈdɒl i/ (Show IPA), (Dorothea Payne) 1768–1849, wife of James Madison.
- filmset
-
adjective,
(of type) set on a photocomposer.
- 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.
- laities
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- domines
-
noun,
lord; master (used as a title of address).
- Fontina
-
noun,
a type of Italian cheese, semisoft to firm, made of cow's or sheep's milk.
- endmost
-
adjective,
farthest; most distant; last:
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- ideates
-
noun,
ideatum.
- enamels
-
noun,
a glassy substance, usually opaque, applied by fusion to the surface of metal, pottery, etc., as an ornament or for protection.
- inflame
-
verb (used with object),
to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- inflate
-
verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- tandems
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- eminent
-
adjective,
high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished:
- infolds
-
verb (used with object),
enfold.
- initial
-
noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- inlands
-
noun,
the interior part of a country.
- Infield
-
noun,
Baseball.
the diamond.
the positions played by the first baseman, second baseman, third baseman, and shortstop, taken collectively.
the infielders considered as a group (contrasted with outfield).
- in-line
-
adjective,
(of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft.
- fandoms
-
noun,
fans collectively, as of a motion-picture star or a professional game or sport.
- elodeas
-
noun,
any of several New World submersed aquatic plants of the genus Elodea, having numerous, usually whorled leaves.
- elitism
-
noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- fanions
-
noun,
a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- elision
-
noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- fondles
-
verb (used with object),
to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress:
- intens.
-
- intense
-
adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- endnote
-
noun,
a note, as of explanation, emendation, or the like, added at the end of an article, chapter, etc.
- Enfield
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- foments
-
verb (used with object),
to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of:
- entoils
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- 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.
- etamine
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- etoiles
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- indenes
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C 9 H 8 , obtained from coal tar by fractional distillation: used in synthesizing resins.
- Telamon
-
noun,
atlas (def 5).
- Ileitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ileum.
- indents
-
noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- indites
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- infidel
-
noun,
Religion.
a person who does not accept a particular faith, especially Christianity.
(in Christian use) an unbeliever, especially a Muslim.
(in Muslim use) a person who does not accept the Islamic faith; kafir (def 2).
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- indoles
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- talions
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- idolism
-
noun,
idolatry.
- enolate
-
noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- inedita
-
plural noun,
unpublished literary works.
- enneads
-
noun,
a group of nine persons or things.
- infante
-
noun,
any son of the king of Spain or of Portugal who is not heir to the throne.
- fade-in
-
noun,
Movies, Television. a gradual increase in the visibility of a scene.
- enfolds
-
verb (used with object),
to wrap up; envelop:
- enflame
-
verb (used with or without object),
inflame.
- fondant
-
noun,
a thick, creamy sugar paste, the basis of many candies.
- fantods
-
noun,
Usually, fantods. a state of extreme nervousness or restlessness; the willies; the fidgets (usually preceded by the):
- dominie
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a schoolmaster.
- lensman
-
noun,
a photographer.
- landmen
-
noun,
landsman1 (def 1).
- latinos
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- lead-in
-
noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- tensile
-
adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- feedlot
-
noun,
a plot of ground, often near a stockyard, where livestock are gathered to be fattened for market.
- lenient
-
adjective,
agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent:
- flamens
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a priest.
- lensmen
-
noun,
a photographer.
- Landini
-
noun,
Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), c1325–97, Italian organist and composer.
- donnees
-
noun,
a set of artistic or literary premises or assumptions.
- Finland
-
noun,
Finnish Suomi. a republic in N Europe: formerly a province of the Russian Empire. 130,119 sq. mi. (337,010 sq. km). Capital: Helsinki.
- lentoid
-
noun,
a lentoid body.
- Leonids
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- Leonine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the lion.
- donates
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- Leotine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- finites
-
noun,
something that is finite.
- finials
-
noun,
Architecture. a relatively small, ornamental, terminal feature at the top of a gable, pinnacle, etc.
- felines
-
noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- felsite
-
noun,
a dense, fine-grained, igneous rock consisting typically of feldspar and quartz, both of which may appear as phenocrysts.
- Edelman
-
noun,
Gerald Maurice, 1929–2014, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1972.
- edifies
-
verb (used with object),
to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift:
- intines
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- folates
-
noun,
folic acid.
- fantoms
-
noun,
an apparition or specter.
- intones
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- iodates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- iodines
-
noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- iolites
-
noun,
cordierite.
- elation
-
noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- isation
-
- foliate
-
adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- Elamite
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Elam.
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- flotsam
-
noun,
the part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on the water.
Compare jetsam, lagan.
- isoline
-
noun,
isogram.
- tendons
-
noun,
Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- Tenedos
-
noun,
an island in the Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles, belonging to Turkey.
- tenfold
-
adverb,
in tenfold measure:
- Edomite
-
noun,
a descendant of Esau or Edom. Num. 20:14–21.
- Tenniel
-
noun,
Sir John, 1820–1914, English caricaturist and illustrator.
- Fatimid
-
noun,
any caliph of the North African dynasty, 909–1171, claiming descent from Fatima and Ali.
- Ladinos
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- edition
-
noun,
one of a series of printings of the same book, newspaper, etc., each issued at a different time and differing from another by alterations, additions, etc. (distinguished from impression).
- tannins
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of a group of astringent vegetable principles or compounds, chiefly complex glucosides of catechol and pyrogallol, as the reddish compound that gives the tanning properties to oak bark or the whitish compound that occurs in large quantities in nutgalls (common tannin, tannic acid)
- laments
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- intends
-
verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- fideism
-
noun,
exclusive reliance in religious matters upon faith, with consequent rejection of appeals to science or philosophy.
- sidemen
-
noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- defames
-
verb (used with object),
to attack the good name or reputation of, as by uttering or publishing maliciously or falsely anything injurious; slander or libel; calumniate:
- defiles
-
noun,
any narrow passage, especially between mountains.
- Nielsen
-
noun,
Carl August [kahrl ou-goo st] /kɑrl ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1865–1931, Danish composer.
- Melinda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- defiant
-
adjective,
characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging:
- defeats
-
noun,
the act of overcoming in a contest:
- melodia
-
noun,
an 8 feet (2.4 meters) wooden flue-pipe stop organ resembling the clarabella in tone.
- defines
-
verb (used with object),
to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): .
- Melodie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- amidins
-
noun,
the soluble matter of starch.
- amidine
-
noun,
any of a group of compounds containing the CN 2 H 3 group, some of which have marked pharmacological action.
- meloids
-
noun,
a beetle of the family Meloidae, comprising the blister beetles.
- nifties
-
noun,
something nifty, as a clever remark or joke.
- meltons
-
noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- oleates
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- meletin
-
noun,
quercetin.
- amidols
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline powder, C 6 H 8 N 2 O⋅2HCl, derived from phenol, used chiefly as a photographic developer.
- Nilotes
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Delanos
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- medinas
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- meinies
-
noun,
Archaic. a group or suite of attendants, followers, dependents, etc.
- miniate
-
verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- delates
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- monades
-
noun,
plural of monas.
- Melanie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- deflate
-
verb (used with object),
to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon):
- Delaine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- melanin
-
noun,
any of a class of insoluble pigments, found in all forms of animal life, that account for the dark color of skin, hair, fur, scales, feathers, etc.
- deities
-
noun,
a god or goddess.
- melano-
-
- deifies
-
verb (used with object),
to make a god of; exalt to the rank of a deity; personify as a deity:
- Mineola
-
noun,
a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- toadies
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- deafens
-
verb (used with object),
to make deaf:
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- delimit
-
verb (used with object),
to fix or mark the limits or boundaries of; demarcate:
- nonlife
-
noun,
lack or absence of life.
- mislead
-
verb (used with object),
to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
- Daniels
-
noun,
Jonathan Worth, 1902–81, U.S. journalist, editor, and author.
- side-on
-
adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- oneself
-
Idioms,
be oneself,
to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition.
to be unaffected and sincere:
- asinine
-
adjective,
foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid:
- one-man
-
adjective,
of or relating to, or operated, performed, or used by one person:
- oneidas
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- Olmsted
-
noun,
Frederick Law, 1822–1903, U.S. landscape architect.
- nominee
-
noun,
a person nominated, as to run for elective office or fill a particular post.
- onanism
-
noun,
withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- Mideast
-
noun,
Middle East.
- nonself
-
noun,
any antigen-bearing foreign material that enters the body and normally stimulates an attack by the body's immune system (distinguished from self).
- omelets
-
noun,
eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- midlife
-
noun,
middle age.
- midline
-
noun,
Zoology. the median plane of the body of an animal.
- daltons
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- onliest
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- nominal
-
noun,
Grammar. a word or group of words functioning as a noun.
- dailies
-
noun,
a newspaper appearing each day or each weekday.
- nitinol
-
noun,
a paramagnetic alloy of nickel and titanium that, after heating and deformation, resumes its original shape when reheated.
- moisten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- ninnies
-
noun,
a fool or simpleton.
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Mendota
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in S Wisconsin, in N Madison. About 15 sq. mi. (39 sq. km).
- modiste
-
noun,
Older Use. a female maker of or dealer in women's fashionable attire.
- militia
-
noun,
a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies.
- menials
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- misfile
-
verb (used with object),
to file (papers, documents, records, etc.) incorrectly; file in the wrong place.
- ailment
-
noun,
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
- olefins
-
noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- daimons
-
noun,
daemon.
- Osmanli
-
noun,
an Ottoman.
- mention
-
noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- sideman
-
noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- mildens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become mild or milder.
- Mitanni
-
noun,
the Hurrian kingdom in NW Mesopotamia in the 15th and 14th centuries b.c.
- aliment
-
noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- mediate
-
adjective,
acting through, dependent on, or involving an intermediate agency; not direct or immediate.
- Na-Dene
-
noun,
a group of North American Indian languages, comprising the Athabaskan family, Eyak, Tlingit, and Haida, hypothetically considered to be descendants of a single protolanguage: the genetic relationship of either Tlingit or Haida to Athabaskan and Eyak is now disputed.
- details
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- 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.
- neatens
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- destine
-
verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- Adeline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adele.
- destain
-
verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- adenine
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a purine base, C 5 H 5 N 5 , one of the fundamental components of nucleic acids, as DNA, in which it forms a base pair with thymine, and RNA, in which it pairs with uracil. Symbol: A.
- tineids
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- Neilson
-
noun,
William Allan, 1869–1946, U.S. educator and lexicographer, born in Scotland.
- dentins
-
noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- anilide
-
noun,
any compound containing the univalent group C 6 H 5 NH–, derived from aniline, as acetanilide, C 8 H 9 NO.
- aniline
-
noun,
Also called aniline oil, aminobenzine, phenylamine. Chemistry. a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 5 NH 2 , usually derived from nitrobenzene by reduction: used chiefly in the synthesis of dyes and drugs.
- dentils
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- mannite
-
noun,
mannitol.
- dentals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- detains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- Smeaton
-
noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- Seeland
-
noun,
Zealand.
- seminal
-
adjective,
pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- oilseed
-
noun,
any of several seeds, as the castor bean, sesame, or cottonseed, from which an oil is expressed.
- Malines
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- malison
-
noun,
a curse.
- nannies
-
noun,
a person, usually with special training, employed to care for children in a household.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- anemone
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- diatoms
-
noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- diastem
-
noun,
a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- selfdom
-
noun,
the realm of the self; selfhood.
- diamine
-
noun,
a compound containing two amino groups.
- malteds
-
noun,
malted milk.
- tonemes
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- Maltese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Malta.
- seleno-
-
- maltose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble sugar, C 12 H 22 O 11 ⋅H 2 O, formed by the action of diastase, especially from malt, on starch: used chiefly as a nutrient, as a sweetener, and in culture media.
- mannose
-
noun,
a hexose, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained from the hydrolysis of the ivory nut and yielding mannitol upon reduction.
- denotes
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- demeton
-
noun,
either of two pale-yellow, highly toxic chemicals, C 6 H 15 O 3 PS 2 or C 6 H 15 O 4 PS 2, used as systemic insecticides, lethal to insects feeding on the treated plant or animal.
- annelid
-
noun,
any segmented worm of the phylum Annelida, including the earthworms, leeches, and various marine forms.
- amities
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- sandmen
-
noun,
the man who, in fairy tales or folklore, puts sand in the eyes of children to make them sleepy.
- neonate
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- sandlot
-
noun,
a vacant lot used by youngsters for games or sports.
- measled
-
adjective,
(of swine or other livestock) affected with measles.
- medalet
-
noun,
a small medal, usually no larger than 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter.
- dements
-
verb (used with object),
to make mad or insane.
- minions
-
noun,
a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
- dementi
-
noun,
an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.
- misdeal
-
noun,
Cards. a deal in which the wrong number of cards have been distributed or in which the cards were dealt in the wrong order or manner, necessitating a new deal and the cancellation of any points made on the hand, sometimes with a penalty to the dealer.
- demeans
-
noun,
Archaic. demeanor.
- monesia
-
noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- medials
-
noun,
Phonetics.
a medial sound or letter.
media2 (def 1).
- misdial
-
noun,
an act or instance of misdialing.
- mediant
-
noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- Mondale
-
noun,
Walter Frederick ("Fritz") born 1928, U.S. politician: senator 1965–77; vice president 1977–81.
- aediles
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- matinee
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- aniseed
-
noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- Monilia
-
noun,
a fungus of the genus Monilia, of the class Fungi Imperfecti, having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains.
- montane
-
noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- Montale
-
noun,
Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1981, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1975.
- nemato-
-
- mantids
-
noun,
mantis.
- demotes
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote):
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- 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.
- misdate
-
noun,
a wrong date.
- mansion
-
noun,
a very large, impressive, or stately residence.
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- amnions
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- mastoid
-
noun,
the mastoid process.
- Denison
-
noun,
a city in NE Texas.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- oedema
-
noun,
edema.
- imides
-
noun,
a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
- simian
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- imines
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- netman
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- simile
-
noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- iliads
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- smalto
-
noun,
colored glass or similar vitreous material used in mosaic.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- Nelson
-
noun,
a hold in which pressure is applied to the head, back of the neck, and one or both arms of the opponent.
- infant
-
noun,
a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
- nemat-
-
- nested
-
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.
- indole
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- indite
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- Indies
-
noun,
the. (used with a plural verb) West Indies (def 1).
- Niemen
-
noun,
a river in the W Soviet Union in Europe, flowing into the Baltic: called Memel in its lower course. 565 miles (910 km) long.
- Odense
-
noun,
a seaport on Fyn island, in S Denmark.
- Indian
-
noun,
Also called American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian, Native American. a member of the aboriginal people of America or of any of the aboriginal North or South American stocks, usually excluding the Eskimos.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- indent
-
noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- indene
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C 9 H 8 , obtained from coal tar by fractional distillation: used in synthesizing resins.
- ninons
-
noun,
a sturdy chiffon or voile constructed in either plain or novelty weaves and generally used in the manufacture of women's garments, curtains, and drapery.
- indef.
-
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- nomads
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- nonfat
-
adjective,
without fat or fat solids; having the fat solids removed, as skim milk:
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- sindon
-
noun,
cloth of fine linen or silk, used especially for shrouds.
- oilman
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- maline
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- Iletin
-
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- finals
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- finest
-
noun,
the police:
- finial
-
noun,
Architecture. a relatively small, ornamental, terminal feature at the top of a gable, pinnacle, etc.
- finite
-
noun,
something that is finite.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- finlet
-
noun,
a small, detached ray of a fin in certain fishes, as mackerels.
- finned
-
noun,
a membranous, winglike or paddlelike organ attached to any of various parts of the body of fishes and certain other aquatic animals, used for propulsion, steering, or balancing.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- Finsen
-
noun,
Niels Ryberg [neels ry-ber] /nils ˈrü bɛr/ (Show IPA), 1860–1904, Danish physician: Nobel Prize 1903.
- flamen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a priest.
- flames
-
noun,
burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- 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.
- salted
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- fleams
-
noun,
Surgery. a kind of lancet, as for opening veins.
- fleets
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- flints
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- filate
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- Fields
-
noun,
W. C (William Claude Dukenfield) 1880–1946, U.S. vaudeville and motion-picture comedian.
- fiends
-
noun,
Satan; the devil.
- selen-
-
- fiesta
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- seldom
-
adverb,
on only a few occasions; rarely; infrequently; not often:
- Selden
-
noun,
George Baldwin, 1846–1922, U.S. inventor of a gasoline-powered car.
- filets
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- finale
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- sendal
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- Seidel
-
noun,
a large beer mug with a capacity of one liter (1.1 quarts) and often having a hinged lid.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- sedile
-
noun,
one of the seats (usually three) on the south side of the chancel, often recessed, for the use of the officiating clergy.
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- filose
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- flense
-
verb (used with object),
to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
- Salome
-
noun,
Also, Salomé. the daughter of Herodias, who is said to have danced for Herod Antipas and so pleased him that he granted her mother's request for the head of John the Baptist. Matt. 14:6–11 (not mentioned by name here).
- oilmen
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- tandem
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- omelet
-
noun,
eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- 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.
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- 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.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- olefin
-
noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- idioms
-
noun,
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- oldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- Siloam
-
noun,
a spring and pool near Jerusalem. John 9:7.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- Ondine
-
noun,
undine.
- fontal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or coming from a fountain or spring.
- flites
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- floats
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- Salmon
-
noun,
a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- foeman
-
noun,
an enemy in war.
- foemen
-
noun,
an enemy in war.
- foetid
-
adjective,
fetid.
- foiled
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- sialid
-
noun,
any neuropterous insect of the family Sialidae, comprising the alderflies.
- fondle
-
verb (used with object),
to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress:
- folate
-
noun,
folic acid.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- foment
-
verb (used with object),
to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of:
- 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:
- tannin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of a group of astringent vegetable principles or compounds, chiefly complex glucosides of catechol and pyrogallol, as the reddish compound that gives the tanning properties to oak bark or the whitish compound that occurs in large quantities in nutgalls (common tannin, tannic acid)
- online
-
adverb,
with or through a computer, especially over a network.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Lenten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or suitable for Lent.
- Leiden
-
noun,
a city in W Netherlands.
- lemans
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Lemnos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Capital: Myrina.
- menads
-
noun,
maenad.
- Menado
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Sulawesi, in NE Indonesia.
- Melton
-
noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- meloid
-
noun,
a beetle of the family Meloidae, comprising the blister beetles.
- Lennon
-
noun,
John, 1940–80, English singer, songwriter, and guitarist for the Beatles.
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- steno-
-
- Leonid
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- Meliae
-
plural noun,
the nymphs born from the blood of Uranus at the time of his mutilation by Cronus; the nymphs of ash trees.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Melena
-
noun,
the discharge of black, tarry, bloody stools, usually resulting from a hemorrhage in the alimentary tract.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- melan-
-
- lidias
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- Mendel
-
noun,
Gregor Johann [greg-er yoh-hahn;; German grey-gawr yoh-hahn] /ˈgrɛg ər ˈyoʊ hɑn;; German ˈgreɪ gɔr ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1822–84, Austrian monk and botanist.
- Mendes
-
noun,
a member of a people living in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
- Medina
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- somni-
-
- Landis
-
noun,
Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- metal.
-
- Landon
-
noun,
Alfred ("Alf") Mossman [maws-muh n,, mos-] /ˈmɔs mən,, ˈmɒs-/ (Show IPA), 1887–1987, U.S. politician.
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- Menton
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: winter resort.
- 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.
- stifle
-
noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- leaden
-
adjective,
inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move:
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- mental
-
noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- mensal
-
adjective,
monthly.
- leafed
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- Medit.
-
- limens
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- Lamont
-
noun,
a male given name.
- fetial
-
adjective,
concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
- lodens
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- Mannes
-
noun,
Leopold Damrosch, 1899–1964, U.S. composer and chemist.
- manned
-
noun,
an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman.
- manini
-
adjective,
small; insignificant.
- loment
-
noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- Lomita
-
noun,
a town in SW California.
- Lonnie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alonso.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- 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.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- stadle
-
noun,
staddle.
- maiden
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- malted
-
noun,
malted milk.
- maloti
-
noun,
plural of loti.
- mailed
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Malone
-
noun,
Edmond, 1741–1812, Irish literary critic and Shakespearean scholar.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- Mannie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- listed
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- medias
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- Median
-
noun,
Arithmetic, Statistics. the middle number in a given sequence of numbers, taken as the average of the two middle numbers when the sequence has an even number of numbers:
- limits
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- medial
-
noun,
Phonetics.
a medial sound or letter.
media2 (def 1).
- Linden
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Tilia, as T. americana (American linden) or T. europaea (European linden) having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and heart-shaped leaves, grown as an ornamental or shade tree.
Compare linden family.
- measle
-
noun,
singular of measles (def 3).
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- Lindon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- mealie
-
noun,
Sometimes, mealies. corn; maize.
- masto-
-
- mantel
-
noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- maslin
-
noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- Mantle
-
noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- Linnet
-
noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- mantid
-
noun,
mantis.
- Linton
-
noun,
Ralph, 1893–1953, U.S. anthropologist.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- Landes
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- molest
-
verb (used with object),
to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- Moline
-
noun,
a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- Molina
-
noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- molies
-
noun,
an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
- inside
-
noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- molten
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Malden
-
noun,
a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- modest
-
adjective,
having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- intend
-
verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- Modena
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Bologna.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- Soldan
-
noun,
the ruler of an Islamic country.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- inline
-
noun,
an ornamented type with a line of white or of a contrasting color running just inside the edge and following the contour of each letter.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- motile
-
adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- Nansen
-
noun,
Fridtjof [frit-yof] /ˈfrɪt yɒf/ (Show IPA), 1861–1930, Norwegian arctic explorer, zoologist, and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1922.
- nanoid
-
adjective,
dwarfish.
- nanism
-
noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- naleds
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- infin.
-
- Nadine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- soften
-
verb (used with object),
to make soft or softer.
- softie
-
noun,
softy.
- MOSFET
-
noun,
Electronics. metal oxide semiconducter field-effect transistor.
- monads
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- Monnet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1888–1979, French economist: originator of the European Common Market.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- monied
-
adjective,
moneyed.
- monial
-
noun,
a mullion.
- infold
-
verb (used with object),
enfold.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- mondes
-
noun,
the world; people; society.
- inlaid
-
noun,
inlaid work.
- inland
-
noun,
the interior part of a country.
- solemn
-
adjective,
grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood:
- M-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- somat-
-
- milden
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become mild or milder.
- Isolda
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Iseult.
- Isolde
-
noun,
German name of Iseult.
- Minden
-
noun,
a city in NW Louisiana.
- Milton
-
noun,
John, 1608–74, English poet.
- milit.
-
- itself
-
pronoun,
a reflexive form of it1 :
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stolid
-
adjective,
not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- isodef
-
noun,
uniform deficiency, especially a line connecting points of equal deviation from a mean, as on a chart or graph.
- mid-on
-
noun,
the position of a fielder on the on side of the wicket.
- ladens
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- ladies
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- Ladino
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- lameds
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- lament
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- Midian
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Keturah. Gen. 25:1–4.
- Somali
-
noun,
a member of a Hamitic population showing an admixture of Arab, black, and other ancestry, and dwelling in Somalia and adjacent regions.
- minion
-
noun,
a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- 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.
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- intima
-
noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- intime
-
adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- intine
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- misfit
-
noun,
something that fits badly, as a garment that is too large or too small.
- iodine
-
noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- iodism
-
noun,
poisoning caused by sensitivity to or overuse of iodine or its compounds.
- Ismael
-
noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- Minoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.
- Ionian
-
noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks who invaded the Greek mainland and, after the Dorian invasions, emigrated to the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian2 (def 2), Dorian1 (def 2).
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Minnis
-
noun,
an ancient people of Asia Minor.
- 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.
- Minnie
-
noun,
mother; mom.
- isidia
-
noun,
a coralloid outgrowth from the thallus in certain lichens.
- Island
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- Mandel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- dentin
-
noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- demote
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote):
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- enfold
-
verb (used with object),
to wrap up; envelop:
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- ennead
-
noun,
a group of nine persons or things.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- teleo-
-
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- denims
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- Dennis
-
noun,
John, 1657–1734, English dramatist and critic.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- aiolis
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- desman
-
noun,
either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.
- emends
-
verb (used with object),
to edit or change (a text).
- desalt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- Denton
-
noun,
a city in N Texas.
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- denti-
-
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- denote
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- Tolima
-
noun,
a volcano in W Colombia, in the Andes. 18,438 feet (5620 meters).
- enamel
-
noun,
a glassy substance, usually opaque, applied by fusion to the surface of metal, pottery, etc., as an ornament or for protection.
- denom.
-
- demits
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- Emelia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- deasil
-
adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- defile
-
noun,
any narrow passage, especially between mountains.
- defies
-
noun,
a challenge; a defiance.
- defeat
-
noun,
the act of overcoming in a contest:
- defame
-
verb (used with object),
to attack the good name or reputation of, as by uttering or publishing maliciously or falsely anything injurious; slander or libel; calumniate:
- failed
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- faints
-
noun,
the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
- 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.
- aidmen
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- afield
-
adverb,
abroad; away from home.
- deafen
-
verb (used with object),
to make deaf:
- tinman
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- tinmen
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- famine
-
noun,
extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area.
- fandom
-
noun,
fans collectively, as of a motion-picture star or a professional game or sport.
- fanion
-
noun,
a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.
- define
-
verb (used with object),
to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): .
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- Esmond
-
noun,
a male given name.
- delist
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- demise
-
noun,
death or decease.
- teiids
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- 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.
- demies
-
noun,
a foundation scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford: so called because such a scholar originally received half the allowance of a fellow.
- dement
-
verb (used with object),
to make mad or insane.
- demean
-
noun,
Archaic. demeanor.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- Deimos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek personification of terror, a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
- delfts
-
noun,
earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usually in blue.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- TEFLON
-
adjective,
characterized by imperviousness to blame or criticism:
- delate
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- Delano
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- anemo-
-
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- Fannie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Frances.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- dolman
-
noun,
a woman's mantle with capelike arm pieces instead of sleeves.
- almost
-
adverb,
very nearly; all but:
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Almond
-
noun,
the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
- edemas
-
noun,
effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- ediles
-
noun,
aedile.
- amends
-
noun,
reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- distil
-
verb (used with or without object),
distill.
- distal
-
adjective,
situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal.
Compare proximal.
- dismal
-
noun,
Southern U.S. a tract of swampy land, usually along the coast.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- dolmas
-
noun,
a dish of tomatoes, green peppers, vine leaves, or eggplants stuffed with a mixture of meat, rice, and spices.
- netmen
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- donnee
-
noun,
a set of artistic or literary premises or assumptions.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- donnas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- Tiflis
-
noun,
former name of Tbilisi.
- donees
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- dolmen
-
noun,
a structure usually regarded as a tomb, consisting of two or more large, upright stones set with a space between and capped by a horizontal stone.
- tidies
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- tildes
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- domine
-
noun,
lord; master (used as a title of address).
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- DOMAIN
-
noun,
a field of action, thought, influence, etc.:
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Toland
-
noun,
Gregg, 1904–48, U.S. cinematographer.
- tineid
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- Diesel
-
noun,
diesel engine.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- elfins
-
noun,
an elf.
- aldose
-
noun,
a sugar containing the aldehyde group or its hemiacetal equivalent.
- amoles
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- elides
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- 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.
- dienes
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- amnios
-
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Elmont
-
noun,
a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- diatom
-
noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- Elodea
-
noun,
any of several New World submersed aquatic plants of the genus Elodea, having numerous, usually whorled leaves.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- elemis
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- amnion
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- 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.
- amidst
-
preposition,
amid.
- amides
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- amidin
-
noun,
the soluble matter of starch.
- tendon
-
noun,
Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- amido-
-
- Amidol
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline powder, C 6 H 8 N 2 O⋅2HCl, derived from phenol, used chiefly as a photographic developer.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- eldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- elands
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- amino-
-
- elated
-
adjective,
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tinned
-
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.
- 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.
- daimon
-
noun,
daemon.
- femto-
-
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- admits
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- Fenian
-
noun,
a member of an Irish revolutionary organization founded in New York in 1858, which worked for the establishment of an independent Irish republic.
- Dalton
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- feline
-
noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- fenman
-
noun,
a dweller in the Fens of England.
- daemon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
a god.
a subordinate deity, as the genius of a place or a person's attendant spirit.
- Damien
-
noun,
Father (Jo·seph de Veu·ster) [French zhaw-zef--duh-vœ-ster] /French ʒɔˈzɛf də vœˈstɛr/ (Show IPA), 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the lepers of Molokai.
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- fenmen
-
noun,
a dweller in the Fens of England.
- fennel
-
noun,
a plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, having feathery leaves and umbels of small, yellow flowers.
- damsel
-
noun,
a young woman or girl; a maiden, originally one of gentle or noble birth.
- damson
-
noun,
Also called damson plum. the small, dark-blue or purple fruit of a plum, Prunus insititia, of the rose family, introduced into Europe from Asia Minor.
- festal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- aedile
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- daimen
-
adjective,
rare; occasional.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- toneme
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- 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:
- 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.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Danton
-
noun,
Georges Jacques [zhawrzh zhahk] /ʒɔrʒ ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1759–94, French Revolutionary leader.
- felons
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- adeno-
-
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- adeems
-
verb (used with object),
to revoke (a legacy) by ademption.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- aniso-
-
- female
-
noun,
a person bearing two X chromosomes in the cell nuclei and normally having a vagina, a uterus and ovaries, and developing at puberty a relatively rounded body and enlarged breasts, and retaining a beardless face; a girl or woman.
- Admete
-
noun,
a daughter of Eurystheus for whom Hercules took the golden girdle of Ares from Hippolyte.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- fasten
-
verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- felids
-
noun,
any animal of the family Felidae, comprising the cats.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- fanons
-
noun,
a maniple.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- fantod
-
noun,
Usually, fantods. a state of extreme nervousness or restlessness; the willies; the fidgets (usually preceded by the):
- fantom
-
noun,
an apparition or specter.
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- loafs
-
verb (used with object),
to pass idly (usually followed by away):
- loams
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- anti-
-
- amid-
-
- loden
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- loads
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- lodes
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Donna
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- anon.
-
- modif
-
- 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.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- TOEFL
-
- dilis
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- ante-
-
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- modes
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- diols
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- Nenni
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1980, Italian socialist leader and author.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- amin-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- monad
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- dimin
-
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- misdo
-
verb (used with object),
to do badly or wrongly; botch.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- ation
-
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Donne
-
noun,
John, 1573–1631, English poet and clergyman.
- 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.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- miso-
-
- Ninon
-
noun,
a sturdy chiffon or voile constructed in either plain or novelty weaves and generally used in the manufacture of women's garments, curtains, and drapery.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- disme
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- molas
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- 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.
- dolma
-
noun,
a dish of tomatoes, green peppers, vine leaves, or eggplants stuffed with a mixture of meat, rice, and spices.
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- dolia
-
noun,
a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
- doles
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- limos
-
noun,
a limousine.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- Lidia
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- modal
-
noun,
modal auxiliary.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- AMEDS
-
- lidos
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- nomen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- domal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a domal sound.
- domes
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Aoede
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- lifts
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- nomad
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- dolts
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- alto-
-
- dist.
-
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- linns
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- moles
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- nitid
-
adjective,
bright; lustrous.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Amend
-
verb (used with object),
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- solid
-
noun,
a body or object having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness).
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- model
-
noun,
a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Lindi
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Tanzania.
- nodal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- alti-
-
- tiled
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- sito-
-
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- 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.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- linen
-
noun,
fabric woven from flax yarns.
- 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.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- timid
-
adjective,
lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
- nona-
-
- molds
-
noun,
a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- maids
-
noun,
a female servant.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- Medon
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a herald who warned Penelope that her suitors were conspiring against Telemachus.
- meeds
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Delft
-
noun,
earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usually in blue.
- deles
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- nano-
-
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Metol
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- deism
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Damon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- meta-
-
- MSEnt
-
- softa
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- dames
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- naso-
-
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- Midis
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- medal
-
noun,
a flat piece of metal, often a disk but sometimes a cross, star, or other form, usually bearing an inscription or design, issued to commemorate a person, action, or event, or given as a reward for bravery, merit, or the like:
- demi-
-
- Delos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: site of an oracle of Apollo.
- Medan
-
noun,
a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- Medea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a sorceress, daughter of Aeëtes and wife of Jason, whom she assisted in obtaining the Golden Fleece: when Jason deserted her, she killed their children.
- demes
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- damns
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- MIDAS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Nandi
-
noun,
a member of an agricultural people of southwestern Kenya.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Mende
-
noun,
a member of a people living in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- mends
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- meno-
-
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- smolt
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- Deems
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- melds
-
noun,
the act of melding.
- Defoe
-
noun,
Daniel, 1659?–1731, English novelist and political journalist.
- Melia
-
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- meso-
-
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- menad
-
noun,
maenad.
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- Melos
-
noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- 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.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- demo-
-
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- Minn.
-
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- diam.
-
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- dial.
-
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Mande
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- annot
-
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- mini-
-
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- minds
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- monde
-
noun,
the world; people; society.
- sloid
-
noun,
sloyd.
- atmo-
-
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- male-
-
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- Minni
-
noun,
an ancient people of Asia Minor.
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- feti-
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Demon
-
noun,
an evil spirit; devil or fiend.
- mast-
-
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- Ndola
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- motif
-
noun,
a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- natl.
-
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- anim.
-
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Meade
-
noun,
George Gordon, 1815–72, Union general in the American Civil War.
- Meads
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- Mont.
-
- anis-
-
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- dent.
-
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- Milos
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- denim
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- Demos
-
noun,
the common people of an ancient Greek state.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- 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.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- ileo-
-
- Iliad
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- ilio-
-
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- imide
-
noun,
a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- imido
-
adjective,
containing the imido group.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- imit.
-
- seti-
-
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- fames
-
noun,
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence:
- famed
-
noun,
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence:
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- 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.
- IATSE
-
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- idiot
-
noun,
Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- 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.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- ideo-
-
- idio-
-
- idiom
-
noun,
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- fades
-
noun,
an act or instance of fading.
- idion
-
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- Emile
-
noun,
a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- init.
-
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- emend
-
verb (used with object),
to edit or change (a text).
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Emden
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Germany.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insol
-
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- telo-
-
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- 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.
- India
-
noun,
Hindi Bharat [buh-ruht] /ˈbʌ rʌt/ (Show IPA). a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.
- tele-
-
- indie
-
noun,
an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
- Indio
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- ento-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Indo-
-
- oste-
-
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enfin
-
adverb,
in conclusion; finally.
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- endo-
-
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- fanes
-
noun,
a temple.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- 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.
- self-
-
- adeem
-
verb (used with object),
to revoke (a legacy) by ademption.
- final
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- aden-
-
- felts
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- felon
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- finds
-
noun,
an act of finding or discovering.
- 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.
- finis
-
noun,
end; conclusion.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- felid
-
noun,
any animal of the family Felidae, comprising the cats.
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- 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:
- finns
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- Fiona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Fionn
-
noun,
Finn.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- flame
-
noun,
burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- filos
-
- films
-
noun,
a thin layer or coating:
- admen
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- fidos
-
noun,
a system for evaporating the fog above airfield runways by the heat from burners.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- fetid
-
adjective,
having an offensive odor; stinking.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- 30-30
-
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- Fidel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- fetal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- femes
-
noun,
a woman or wife.
- Field
-
noun,
an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- semi-
-
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- Fiend
-
noun,
Satan; the devil.
- fends
-
verb (used with object),
to ward off (often followed by off):
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- tonia
-
- feels
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- feeds
-
noun,
food, especially for farm animals, as cattle, horses or chickens.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- 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.
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- foils
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- fated
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- sanit
-
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- Foism
-
noun,
Chinese Buddhism.
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- folds
-
noun,
a part that is folded; pleat; layer:
- foams
-
noun,
a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.:
- folia
-
noun,
plural of folium.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- folie
-
noun,
madness; insanity.
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- fomes
-
noun,
any agent, as clothing or bedding, that is capable of absorbing and transmitting the infecting organism of a disease.
- fanos
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- Fonda
-
noun,
an inn or restaurant.
- fanon
-
noun,
a maniple.
- fonds
-
noun,
a background or groundwork, especially of lace.
- fatso
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- foals
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- flams
-
noun,
a deception or trick.
- flied
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- flans
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- 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.
- flats
-
noun,
something flat.
- fleam
-
noun,
Surgery. a kind of lancet, as for opening veins.
- admin
-
noun,
administration; administrative work.
- flees
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- Fleet
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- admit
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- Flem.
-
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- Flint
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- Fedin
-
noun,
Konstantin Aleksandrovich [kuh n-stuhn-tyeen uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /kən stʌnˈtyin ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1977, Russian novelist and short-story writer.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- flits
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- Adolf
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “noble” and “wolf.”.
- float
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- 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.
- inst.
-
- moils
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- edit.
-
- Edman
-
noun,
Irwin, 1896–1954, U.S. philosopher and essayist.
- Ladon
-
noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- oidia
-
noun,
one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- oidea
-
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- often
-
adverb,
many times; frequently:
- lamed
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- OFlem
-
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- edema
-
noun,
effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- teno-
-
- Lando
-
noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- lands
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Ital.
-
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Eifel
-
noun,
a hilly region in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate states in W Germany.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- Oland
-
noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- ition
-
- Edsel
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich” and “hall.”.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stome
-
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- Tenn.
-
- 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).
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Leeds
-
noun,
a city in West Yorkshire, in N England.
- aloft
-
adverb,
high up; far above the ground.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- lefts
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- Lenin
-
noun,
V(ladimir) I(lyich) [vlad-uh-meer il-yich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir ee-lyeech] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov"N. Lenin") 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary leader: Soviet premier 1918–24.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- 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.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- 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.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- 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.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Sino-
-
- 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.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- leafs
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- alifs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- oiled
-
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.
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- fetes
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- 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.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- omni-
-
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- elemi
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- 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.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- elem.
-
- 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.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- AISI
-
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Adm.
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- 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.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ann.
-
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- 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.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- AMLS
-
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- neo-
-
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- nom.
-
- AInd
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Sol.
-
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NASD
-
- ano-
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Ald.
-
- Sem.
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- mold
-
noun,
a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- mol.
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- alt.
-
- not-
-
- tonn
-
- 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.
- nos-
-
- Aldm
-
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- neem
-
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- ANSI
-
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- amt.
-
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- amdt
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Mon.
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- NTIA
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- 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.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- non-
-
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- MSAE
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- 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.
- 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.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Alis
-
- 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.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- ole-
-
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- 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.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- ands
-
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- 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.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Olds
-
noun,
Ransom Eli, 1864–1950, U.S. automobile pioneer and manufacturer.
- std.
-
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- aet.
-
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- MSIE
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- Ont.
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- 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.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- MSEE
-
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- 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.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- 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.
- sld.
-
- 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.
- Sam.
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- 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.
- 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):
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Saml
-
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- AIME
-
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- NDSL
-
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- ant.
-
- iso-
-
- 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 = .
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- ELAS
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- EFTA
-
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- 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.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- itis
-
- EDTA
-
- itol
-
- Edom
-
noun,
Esau, the brother of Jacob.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- end-
-
- infl
-
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- info
-
noun,
information.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- emia
-
- EMet
-
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ins.
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 1080
-
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- int.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ten.
-
- iod-
-
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- 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.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- 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.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- doms
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a title of a monk in the Benedictine, Carthusian, Cistercian, and certain other monastic orders.
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lam.
-
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- 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:
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- lea.
-
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- enl.
-
- Inf.
-
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- fled
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of flee.
- Tasm
-
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Fla.
-
- Flam
-
noun,
a deception or trick.
- feel
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- feed
-
noun,
food, especially for farm animals, as cattle, horses or chickens.
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- fld.
-
- flea
-
noun,
any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- flee
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- feds
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Slang. a federal official or law-enforcement officer.
- fedn
-
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- Fed.
-
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- floe
-
noun,
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- FNMA
-
- foal
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- foam
-
noun,
a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.:
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- fend
-
verb (used with object),
to ward off (often followed by off):
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- 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.
- FIDO
-
noun,
a system for evaporating the fog above airfield runways by the heat from burners.
- fids
-
noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- fems
-
noun,
a woman.
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- film
-
noun,
a thin layer or coating:
- Feme
-
noun,
a woman or wife.
- fils
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the 100th part of a dinar.
- filt
-
- Fin.
-
- FEMA
-
noun,
Federal Emergency Management Agency: a federal agency that coordinates the response to disasters in the U.S.
- fem.
-
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- find
-
noun,
an act of finding or discovering.
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Fini
-
adjective,
finished; done.
- Finn
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- FOIA
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Ifni
-
noun,
a former Spanish enclave on the W coast of Morocco, ceded to Morocco 1969.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- ile-
-
- fam.
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- inae
-
- fade
-
noun,
an act or instance of fading.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- eso-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- IndE
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- Esd.
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- fol.
-
- fold
-
noun,
a part that is folded; pleat; layer:
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- fond
-
noun,
a background or groundwork, especially of lace.
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- FAdm
-
- Ind.
-
- fame
-
noun,
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence:
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- idae
-
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- 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.
- fads
-
noun,
a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group.
- fado
-
noun,
a Portuguese folk song typically of doleful or fatalistic character and usually accompanied on the guitar.
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- 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.
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- def.
-
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- deem
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- men-
-
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Mend
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- deaf
-
noun,
deaf persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- defs
-
- dat.
-
- ment
-
- Danl
-
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- met.
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- mfd.
-
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- MELD
-
noun,
the act of melding.
- deft
-
adjective,
dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever:
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Den.
-
- Soni
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- dome
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- mdnt
-
- mdse
-
- 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.
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Mede
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Media.
- deme
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- Dem.
-
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- meed
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Del.
-
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- Mid.
-
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mis-
-
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- atm.
-
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ASTM
-
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- soln
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- ASME
-
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- MNAS
-
- sold
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- mod.
-
- Mode
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- Mods
-
noun,
a person who is in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
- 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.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- MIDI
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- tion
-
- damn
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- midn
-
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- mil.
-
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- mild
-
noun,
British. beer that has a blander taste than bitter.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- 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.
- daft
-
adjective,
senseless, stupid, or foolish.
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- min.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Mind
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- Dom.
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- TODS
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- MDES
-
- dia-
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- 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.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- 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.
-
- LitD
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Ste.
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- loaf
-
noun,
a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- dis-
-
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- 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.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- 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:
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- dols
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- dol.
-
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- 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.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- DMSO
-
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- Lofn
-
noun,
a goddess who aids those having trouble winning the affections of their beloveds.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- med.
-
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- dim.
-
- mads
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- MAEd
-
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- Dili
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Ltd.
-
- dif-
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- mal-
-
- MALD
-
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- MALS
-
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- Man.
-
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Dino
-
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lond
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Din.
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- SMD
-
- TSE
-
- SLE
-
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- SMA
-
- SOF
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- STM
-
- STL
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- sfm
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- STI
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- tlo
-
- TAL
-
- 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.
- TMO
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SLA
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TIA
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- TID
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- FDA
-
- ETO
-
- ETS
-
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- fo.
-
- FAD
-
noun,
a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group.
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- FAO
-
- 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.
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- ese
-
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- FET
-
- Fia
-
- fid
-
noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- FIO
-
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- ESL
-
- ESA
-
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EEO
-
- ef-
-
- efl
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- EIS
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- 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.
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- EMF
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- en-
-
- ene
-
- EOE
-
- EOF
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Fl.
-
- fm.
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- ISA
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- IOF
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- IMF
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- La.
-
- LDS
-
- LSD
-
- in.
-
- ILS
-
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- Ia.
-
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- FOS
-
- FOT
-
- FSA
-
- ft.
-
- id.
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- io-
-
- ial
-
- ILO
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ide
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- EDT
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- ALM
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- AME
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AMS
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANF
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- ASM
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ast
-
- at.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- 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.
- DOA
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- Am.
-
- ad-
-
- Af.
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- al.
-
- an.
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ADF
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ae.
-
- AEF
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AFL
-
- AFM
-
- AFS
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- do.
-
- DSM
-
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- Doi
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- DSA
-
- DST
-
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- ETD
-
- DMT
-
- ea.
-
- ead
-
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- DNA
-
- DMS
-
- DSO
-
- DET
-
- DAE
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- de-
-
- DEA
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- DFA
-
- DML
-
- DFM
-
- DFT
-
- di.
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- DIL
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DLO
-
- DLS
-
- DMA
-
- Lt.
-
- Isl
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- 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:
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- NFD
-
- NFL
-
- NFS
-
- NIA
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NLF
-
- NMI
-
- NNE
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NSA
-
- OED
-
- OFM
-
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- OSD
-
- mtn
-
- MSE
-
- MSF
-
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTF
-
- MTI
-
- MTO
-
- NEA
-
- MTS
-
- NSF
-
- NAD
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- OSA
-
- OSF
-
- MSA
-
- SAE
-
- ose
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- sd.
-
- So.
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ONI
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SDA
-
- SDI
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SED
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ons
-
- ONF
-
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- of-
-
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ODT
-
- OEM
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- oid
-
- 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.
- OIt
-
- Ola
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Om.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- MSD
-
- TSI
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Mo.
-
- LSI
-
- LSM
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- Md.
-
- Me.
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- LON
-
- MSL
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mao
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- MDT
-
- Lot
-
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.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LaF
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Ld.
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- LMT
-
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lif
-
- LIM
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MNE
-
- MLS
-
- MLF
-
- MNA
-
- MLD
-
- MLA
-
- ml.
-
- MIT
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- MFT
-
- MIE
-
- MFS
-
- MFA
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MNS
-
- MOI
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- LF
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- MN
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- L1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- S.
-
- FD
-
- T1
-
- SA
-
- L.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- 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.
- SL
-
- SF
-
- SM
-
- TD
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- t.
-
- AO
-
- le
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- N.
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ND
-
- MF
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- O.
-
- i.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- DM
-
- NM
-
- OA
-
- EI
-
- NL
-
- DN
-
- ee
-
- fn
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- FE
-
- NF
-
- D.
-
- LM
-
- ol
-
- NI
-
- ln
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- L2
-
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- DF
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- TN
-
- TM
-
- dl
-
- TL
-
- M.
-
- SN
-