Anagrams of flamingo-flower
Word flamingo-flower has
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- foamflower
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noun,
a North American plant, Tiarella cordifolia, having a cluster of small, usually white flowers.
- lageniform
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adjective,
shaped like a flask; having an enlarged base tapering to a narrow neck.
- flowering
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noun,
the blossom of a plant.
- game-fowl
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noun,
a domestic fowl of a breed much used for fighting.
- angleworm
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noun,
an earthworm, as used for bait in angling.
- angle-off
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noun,
the angle formed by the line of flight of an aerial target and the line of sight on a gun of an attacking aircraft.
- following
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noun,
a body of followers, attendants, adherents, etc.
- woomerang
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noun,
boomerang.
- galeiform
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adjective,
helmet-shaped; resembling a galea.
- fellowman
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noun,
another member of the human race, especially a kindred human being:
- lognormal
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to a logarithmic function with a normal distribution, or the distribution of a random variable for which the logarithm of the variable has a normal distribution.
- forewoman
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noun,
a woman in charge of a particular department or group of workers.
- Orwellian
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary work of George Orwell or the totalitarian future described in his antiutopian novel 1984 (1949).
- filmgoer
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noun,
a person who attends motion-picture showings.
- lowering
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noun,
a denture for the lower jaw.
- florigen
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noun,
a hypothetical plant hormone produced in the leaves and transported to the apex to initiate flowering.
- Mongolia
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noun,
a region in Asia including Inner Mongolia of China and the Mongolian People's Republic.
- floormen
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noun,
a floor manager.
- airwomen
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noun,
a woman who pilots an aircraft.
- floorman
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noun,
a floor manager.
- rifleman
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noun,
a soldier armed with a rifle.
- informal
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adjective,
without formality or ceremony; casual:
- Fillmore
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noun,
Millard [mil-erd] /ˈmɪl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1800–74, 13th president of the United States 1850–53.
- gromwell
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noun,
any of various often hairy plants of the genus Lithospermum, of the borage family, usually bearing white or yellowish flowers and smooth, white, stony nutlets.
- oligomer
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noun,
a polymer molecule consisting of a small number of monomers.
- follower
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noun,
a person or thing that follows.
- Fomorian
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noun,
one of a race of pirates or sea demons who raided and pillaged Ireland but were finally defeated: sometimes associated with the hostile powers of nature.
- fig-leaf
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noun,
the leaf of a fig tree.
- monorail
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noun,
a single rail functioning as a track for wheeled vehicles, as railroad or other cars, balanced upon or suspended from it.
- long-arm
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noun,
a long pole fitted with any of various devices, as a hook or clamp, for performing tasks otherwise out of reach.
- Negrillo
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, as a Pygmy.
- forewing
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noun,
either of the anterior and usually smaller pair of wings of an insect having four wings.
- well-off
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adjective,
having sufficient money for comfortable living; well-to-do.
- Fowliang
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noun,
Older Spelling. former name of Jingdezhen.
- mineral.
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- flooring
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noun,
a floor.
- Formalin
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noun,
a clear, colorless, aqueous solution of 40 percent formaldehyde.
- floorage
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noun,
floor space.
- gloriole
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noun,
a halo, nimbus, or aureole.
- lifelong
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adjective,
lasting or continuing through all or much of one's life:
- germano-
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- geraniol
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noun,
a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.
- aerofoil
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noun,
airfoil.
- far-gone
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adjective,
remote.
- offering
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noun,
something offered in worship or devotion, as to a deity; an oblation or sacrifice.
- flamingo
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noun,
any of several aquatic birds of the family Phoenicopteridae, having very long legs and neck, webbed feet, a bill bent downward at the tip, and pinkish to scarlet plumage.
- Germinal
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noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the seventh month of the year, extending from March 21 to April 19.
- Geronimo
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noun,
(Goyathlay) 1829–1909, American Apache Indian chief.
- firewall
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noun,
a partition made of fireproof material to prevent the spread of a fire from one part of a building or ship to another or to isolate an engine compartment, as on a plane, automobile, etc.
- regional
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noun,
Often, regionals. a regional competition or tournament:
- Lilongwe
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Malawi, in the SW part.
- roofline
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noun,
the outline of a rooftop.
- malinger
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verb (used without object),
to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- Lagerlof
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noun,
Selma (Ottiliana Lovisa) [sel-mah awt-ti-lee-ah-nah loo-vi-sah] /ˈsɛl mɑ ˌɔt tɪ liˈɑ nɑ ˈlu vɪˌsɑ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1940, Swedish novelist and poet: Nobel Prize 1909.
- Wrangell
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noun,
Mount, an active volcano in SE Alaska, in the Wrangell Mountains. 14,006 feet (4269 meters).
- Marlowe
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noun,
Christopher, 1564–93, English dramatist and poet.
- mooring
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that moors.
- flaming
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noun,
burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- Ingemar
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noun,
a male given name.
- engrail
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verb (used with object),
to ornament the edge of with curved indentations.
- gremial
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noun,
a cloth placed on the lap of the bishop, as during the celebration of Mass or when he confers orders.
- oregano
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noun,
an aromatic herb, Origanum vulgare, of the mint family, having leaves used as seasoning in cooking.
- Griffon
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noun,
a vulture of the genus Gyps, especially G. fulvus, of southern Europe.
- Wearing
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noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- Loffler
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noun,
Friedrich August Johannes [free-drikh ou-goo st yoh-hah-nuh s] /ˈfri drɪx ˈaʊ gʊst yoʊˈhɑ nəs/ (Show IPA), 1852–1915, German bacteriologist.
- gremlin
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noun,
a mischievous invisible being, said by airplane pilots in World War II to cause engine trouble and mechanical difficulties.
- foramen
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noun,
an opening, orifice, or short passage, as in a bone or in the integument of the ovule of a plant.
- Ingelow
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noun,
Jean, 1820–97, English poet and novelist.
- roofing
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noun,
the act of covering with a roof.
- foreign
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adjective,
of, relating to, or derived from another country or nation; not native:
- amorino
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noun,
a putto represented as an infant cupid.
- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- Foreman
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noun,
a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- foliole
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noun,
a leaflet, as of a compound leaf.
- megalo-
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- Gwalior
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noun,
a former state in central India, now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- moorage
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noun,
a place for mooring.
- Floreal
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noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the eighth month of the year, extending from April 20 to May 19.
- finagle
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verb (used with object),
to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of):
- Wagoner
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noun,
a person who drives a wagon.
- inflame
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verb (used with object),
to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- Walloon
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noun,
one of a people inhabiting chiefly the southern and southeastern parts of Belgium and adjacent regions in France.
- flowage
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noun,
an act of flowing; flow.
- millage
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noun,
the tax rate, as for property, assessed in mills per dollar.
- flinger
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noun,
a person or thing that flings.
- flowing
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noun,
an act of flowing.
- morello
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noun,
a variety of sour cherry having dark-colored skin and juice.
- ralline
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adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Rallidae, comprising the rails and allied species.
- fireman
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noun,
a person employed to extinguish or prevent fires; firefighter.
- Morelia
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Michoacán, in central Mexico.
- Fleming
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noun,
a native of Flanders.
- rolling
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noun,
the action, motion, or sound of anything that rolls.
- Leonora
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noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- melano-
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- organo-
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- foliage
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noun,
the leaves of a plant, collectively; leafage.
- flaring
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noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- megaron
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noun,
a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.
- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- legroom
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noun,
space sufficient for keeping one's legs in a comfortable position, as in an automobile.
- flagmen
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noun,
a person who signals with a flag or lantern, as at a railroad crossing.
- fowling
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noun,
the practice or sport of shooting or snaring birds.
- airflow
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noun,
the air flowing past or through a moving body, as an airplane or automobile.
- galleon
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noun,
a large sailing vessel of the 15th to the 17th centuries used as a fighting or merchant ship, square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and generally lateen-rigged on one or two after masts.
- woolmen
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noun,
a person who buys and sells wool; wool dealer.
- woolman
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noun,
a person who buys and sells wool; wool dealer.
- femoral
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adjective,
of, relating to, or situated at, in, or near the thigh or femur.
- Langreo
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noun,
a city in N Spain.
- giraffe
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noun,
a tall, long-necked, spotted ruminant, Giraffa camelopardalis, of Africa: the tallest living quadruped animal.
- mongrel
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noun,
a dog of mixed or indeterminate breed.
- alerion
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noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- airglow
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noun,
a dim light from the upper atmosphere caused by emissions from atoms and molecules ionized by solar radiation: observed at night (nightglow) during the day (dayglow) and at twilight (twilight glow) with each having slightly different characteristics.
- Marline
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- Galileo
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noun,
(Galileo Galilei) 1564–1642, Italian physicist and astronomer.
- wireman
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noun,
a person who installs and maintains electric wiring.
- aileron
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- woorali
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noun,
curare.
- ionomer
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noun,
any of a class of plastics that because of its ionic bonding action is capable of conducting electric current.
- galloon
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noun,
a braid or trimming of worsted, silk or rayon tinsel, gold or silver, etc., usually having scalloping along both edges.
- lowlife
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noun,
a despicable person, especially a degenerate or immoral person.
- wolfman
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noun,
a man who turns into a wolf on certain occasions, as at the time of the full moon; werewolf.
- wolfmen
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noun,
a man who turns into a wolf on certain occasions, as at the time of the full moon; werewolf.
- farming
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noun,
the business of operating a farm.
- offline
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adverb,
in or to a more private place:
- Wolfram
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noun,
Chemistry. tungsten.
- Marengo
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noun,
a village in Piedmont, in NW Italy: Napoleon defeated the Austrians 1800.
- Gmelina
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noun,
a deciduous tree, Gmelina arborea, native to Southeast Asia,whose timber is important in the tropics.
- manille
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noun,
the second highest trump in certain card games, as the seven of trumps in omber or nine of trumps in klaberjass.
- Woomera
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noun,
a notched stick used by Australian Aborigines to propel spears or darts.
- manifer
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noun,
a gauntlet for protecting the left hand when holding the reins of a horse.
- Loraine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- fermion
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noun,
any particle that obeys the exclusion principle and Fermi-Dirac statistics; fermions have spins that are half an odd integer: 1/2, 3/2, 5/2, ….
- Mineola
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noun,
a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- Flagler
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noun,
Henry Morrison, 1830–1913, U.S. financier and developer in Florida.
- in-goal
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noun,
the area at either end of the field between the goal line and the dead-ball line.
- wrangle
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verb (used without object),
to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.
- fragile
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adjective,
easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail:
- framing
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noun,
the act, process, or manner of constructing anything.
- almoner
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noun,
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
- one-off
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noun,
something occurring, done, or made only once.
- Willman
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- gorilla
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noun,
the largest of the anthropoid apes, Gorilla gorilla, terrestrial and vegetarian, of western equatorial Africa and the Kivu highlands, comprising the subspecies G. g. gorilla (western lowland gorilla) G. g. graueri (eastern lowland gorilla) and G. g. beringei (mountain gorilla) now rare.
- allonge
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noun,
a paper annexed to a negotiable instrument, for endorsements too numerous or lengthy to be contained in the original.
- alienor
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- Wrangel
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noun,
a Russian island in the Arctic Ocean, off the NE coast of Siberia in the NE Russian Federation in Asia: meteorological station. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- Gonroff
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- frogmen
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noun,
a swimmer specially equipped with air tanks, wet suit, diving mask, etc., for underwater demolition, salvage, military operations, scientific exploration, etc.
- Malling
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noun,
the overbuilding of shopping malls in a region:
- aliform
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adjective,
wing-shaped; wing-like; alar.
- Goneril
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noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the elder of Lear's two faithless daughters.
- looming
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noun,
a mirage in which objects below the horizon seem to be raised above their true positions.
- fromage
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noun,
cheese1 (defs 1, 2).
- allegro
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noun,
an allegro movement.
- frogman
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noun,
a swimmer specially equipped with air tanks, wet suit, diving mask, etc., for underwater demolition, salvage, military operations, scientific exploration, etc.
- raffle
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noun,
a form of lottery in which a number of persons buy one or more chances to win a prize.
- farfel
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noun,
a solid foodstuff broken into small pieces:
- Monera
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noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- Firman
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noun,
an edict or administrative order issued by or in the name of a Middle Eastern sovereign (formerly by an Ottoman Turkish sultan).
- ragmen
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noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- monger
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noun,
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
- Regina
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noun,
queen.
- regnal
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adjective,
of or relating to a sovereign, sovereignty, or reign:
- remain
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- region
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noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- Gilman
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noun,
Arthur, 1837–1909, U.S. educator.
- reagin
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noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- moonie
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noun,
a member or follower of the Unification Church.
- reflag
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verb (used with object),
to register (a foreign ship) so that it flies the flag of the registering nation and thereby comes under the latter's protection.
- Ingmar
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noun,
a male given name.
- Ingram
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noun,
a male given name.
- refill
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noun,
a material, supply, or the like, to replace something that has been used up:
- in-law
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noun,
a relative by marriage.
- Monroe
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noun,
Harriet, 1861?–1936, U.S. editor and poet.
- inorg.
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- inwale
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noun,
(in an open boat) a horizontal timber binding together the frames along the top strake.
- infra-
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- inwall
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verb (used with object),
to enclose with a wall.
- finger
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noun,
any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
- Regain
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noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- inform
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adjective,
without form; formless.
- inflow
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noun,
something that flows in; influx.
- Filler
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noun,
a person or thing that fills:
- monial
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noun,
a mullion.
- Fellow
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noun,
a man or boy:
- finale
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noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- infare
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noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- Mongol
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noun,
a member of a pastoral people now living chiefly in Mongolia.
- maline
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- follow
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noun,
the act of following.
- flagon
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noun,
a large bottle for wine, liquors, etc.
- Galion
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noun,
a city in N central Ohio.
- onager
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noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- fringe
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noun,
a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip.
- Nergal
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noun,
(in Akkadian mythology) the god ruling, with Ereshkigal, the world of the dead.
- malign
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adjective,
evil in effect; pernicious; baleful; injurious:
- goffer
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noun,
an ornamental plaiting used for frills and borders, as on women's caps.
- oligo-
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- Newari
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noun,
a Sino-Tibetan language, the language of the Newar.
- goalie
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noun,
a goalkeeper.
- gaffer
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noun,
the chief electrician on a motion-picture or television production.
- gaffle
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verb (used with object),
to take hold of; seize.
- goaler
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noun,
goalkeeper in the game of ice hockey.
- Gainer
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noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- niello
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noun,
a black metallic substance, consisting of silver, copper, lead, and sulfur, with which an incised design or ground is filled to produce an ornamental effect on metal.
- olefin
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noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- Gallo-
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- grano-
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- offing
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noun,
the more distant part of the sea seen from the shore, beyond the anchoring ground.
- normal
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noun,
the average or mean:
- German
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Germany.
- Geonim
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noun,
a plural of Gaon.
- girl-o
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noun,
a girl or young woman.
- glaire
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- genial
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adjective,
warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial:
- glioma
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noun,
a tumor of the brain composed of neuroglia.
- gallon
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noun,
a common unit of capacity in English-speaking countries, equal to four quarts, the U.S. standard gallon being equal to 231 cubic inches (3.7853 liters), and the British imperial gallon to 277.42 cubic inches (4.546 liters). Abbreviation: gal.
- Gloria
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noun,
Liturgy.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
Gloria Patri.
the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”.
- oilman
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noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- oilmen
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noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- glower
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noun,
a look of sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.
- gamine
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noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- galore
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adverb,
in abundance; in plentiful amounts:
- grani-
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- Fowler
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noun,
a hunter of birds.
- morale
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noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- morion
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noun,
an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
- Florio
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noun,
John, 1553?–1625, English lexicographer and translator.
- Florin
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noun,
a cupronickel coin of Great Britain, formerly equal to two shillings or the tenth part of a pound and retained in circulation equal to 10 new pence after decimalization in 1971: first issued in 1849 as a silver coin.
- flori-
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- Floral
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noun,
something, as a fabric, garment, wallpaper, or household item, having a floral pattern:
- mowing
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noun,
the act of leveling or cutting down grass, grain, etc., with a mowing machine or scythe.
- Moroni
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of the Comoros.
- Morgen
-
noun,
a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- Oriole
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- Morgan
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noun,
one of a breed of light carriage and saddle horses descended from the stallion Justin Morgan.
- orogen
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noun,
an extensive belt of rocks deformed by orogeny, associated in places with plutonic and metamorphic rocks.
- Orwell
-
noun,
George (Eric Arthur Blair) 1903–50, English novelist and essayist.
- flange
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noun,
a projecting rim, collar, or ring on a shaft, pipe, machine housing, etc., cast or formed to give additional strength, stiffness, or supporting area, or to provide a place for the attachment of other objects.
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- flamen
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) a priest.
- Flower
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noun,
the blossom of a plant.
- Origen
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noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- Orange
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noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- Oregon
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noun,
a state in the NW United States, on the Pacific coast. 96,981 sq. mi. (251,180 sq. km). Capital: Salem.
Abbreviation: Oreg., Ore., OR (for use with zip code).
- Formol
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noun,
formalin.
- Forman
-
noun,
Milos [mee-lawsh] /ˈmi lɔʃ/ (Show IPA), (Jan Tomas Forman) born 1932, U.S. film director, born in the former Czechoslovakia.
- formal
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noun,
a dance, ball, or other social occasion that requires formalwear.
- forego
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verb (used with object),
forgo.
- griffe
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noun,
the offspring of a black and a mulatto.
- forage
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noun,
food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
- grille
-
noun,
a grating or openwork barrier, as for a gate, usually of metal and often of decorative design.
- origan
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noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- Fangio
-
noun,
Juan Manuel [wahn man-wel;; Spanish hwahn mah-nwel] /ˈwɑn mænˈwɛl;; Spanish ˈʰwɑn mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1911–1995, Argentine racing-car driver.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- foliar
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having the nature of a leaf or leaves.
- fogram
-
noun,
an old-fashioned or overly conservative person; fogy.
- foeman
-
noun,
an enemy in war.
- growan
-
noun,
decomposed granite.
- Moline
-
noun,
a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.
- Mollie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary or Milicent.
- Molina
-
noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- angler
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- lingoe
-
noun,
a metal weight attached to the cords of a Jacquard harness, for lowering the warp threads after they have been raised and for keeping the harness cords taut.
- Aomori
-
noun,
a seaport on N Honshu, in N Japan.
- 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.
- Lionel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leon.
- melan-
-
- L-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (L-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (L-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the L-shell.
- Anglo-
-
- megal-
-
- wangle
-
noun,
an act or instance of wangling.
- angio-
-
- loafer
-
noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Angelo
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Angell
-
noun,
James Rowland [roh-luh nd] /ˈroʊ lənd/ (Show IPA), 1869–1949, U.S. educator.
- maroon
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, especially in mountainous areas.
- anemo-
-
- linger
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
- lingam
-
noun,
Sanskrit Grammar. the masculine gender.
- Marlon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- Merlin
-
noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- waffle
-
noun,
a batter cake with a pattern of deep indentations on each side, formed by the gridlike design on each of the two hinged parts of the metal appliance (waffle iron) in which the cake is baked.
- Ealing
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Wagner
-
noun,
Honus [hoh-nuh s] /ˈhoʊ nəs/ (Show IPA), (John Peter) 1874–1955, U.S. baseball player.
- ligno-
-
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- waling
-
noun,
a number of wales, taken as a whole.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- limner
-
noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- armill
-
noun,
a garment resembling a stole, worn by a British king at his coronation.
- Waller
-
noun,
Edmund, 1607–87, English poet.
- mellow
-
noun,
Slang. a state, atmosphere, or mood of ease and gentle relaxation.
- linage
-
noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- Mellon
-
noun,
Andrew William, 1855–1937, U.S. financier: Secretary of the Treasury 1921–32.
- lineal
-
adjective,
being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.
- Weimar
-
noun,
a city in Thuringia, in central Germany.
- amino-
-
- earwig
-
noun,
any of numerous elongate, nocturnal insects of the order Dermaptera, having a pair of large, movable pincers at the rear of the abdomen.
- mallow
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Malva, including several popular garden plants, as the musk mallow.
- agron.
-
- womera
-
noun,
woomera.
- mangle
-
noun,
a machine for smoothing or pressing clothes, household linen, etc., by means of heated rollers.
- manger
-
noun,
a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
- woofer
-
noun,
a loudspeaker designed for the reproduction of low-frequency sounds.
- Malone
-
noun,
Edmond, 1741–1812, Irish literary critic and Shakespearean scholar.
- woolen
-
noun,
any cloth of carded wool yarn of which the fibers vary in length: bulkier, looser, and less regular than worsted.
- wooler
-
noun,
a domestic animal raised for its wool.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- affirm
-
verb (used with object),
to state or assert positively; maintain as true:
- affine
-
noun,
a person related to one by marriage.
- maigre
-
adjective,
containing neither flesh nor its juices, as food permissible on days of religious abstinence.
- aeron.
-
- Mallon
-
noun,
Mary ("Typhoid Mary") 1869?–1938, U.S. cook, born in Ireland: known immune carrier of typhoid fever who infected many with the disease, institutionalized in 1914.
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- Winger
-
noun,
(in Rugby, soccer, etc.) a person who plays a wing position.
- Margie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- logion
-
noun,
a traditional saying or maxim, as of a religious teacher.
- Mariel
-
noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- wigeon
-
noun,
widgeon.
- Wigner
-
noun,
Eugene Paul, 1902–95, U.S. physicist, born in Hungary: Nobel prize 1963.
- Marlin
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- longi-
-
- all-in
-
adjective,
Wrestling. without restrictions; with virtually every type of hold permitted.
- Loring
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Allier
-
noun,
a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- Wilmer
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Algren
-
noun,
Nelson, 1909–81, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- margin
-
noun,
the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rowena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Gilolo
-
noun,
Halmahera.
- merlon
-
noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- lawing
-
noun,
a bill, especially for food or drink in a tavern.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- eloign
-
verb (used with object),
to remove to a distance, especially to take beyond the jurisdiction of a law court.
- Miller
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates a mill, especially a mill that grinds grain into flour.
- Milner
-
noun,
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- legman
-
noun,
a person employed to transact business outside an office, especially on behalf of one whose responsibilities require his or her presence in the office.
- engram
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- enigma
-
noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- legion
-
noun,
a division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 soldiers.
- lawmen
-
noun,
an officer of the law, as a sheriff or police officer.
- enroll
-
verb (used with object),
to write the name of (a person) in a roll or register; place upon a list; register:
- mingle
-
noun,
mingles, two or more single, unrelated adults who live together.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- mirage
-
noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Langer
-
noun,
Susanne (Knauth) [knout] /knaʊt/ (Show IPA), 1895–1985, U.S. philosopher.
- Riffle
-
noun,
a rapid, as in a stream.
- 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.
- Fafnir
-
noun,
a dragon, a son of Hreidmar and the brother of Otter and Regin: he killed Hreidmar for the cursed treasure of Andvari and was killed in turn by Sigurd at the instigation of Regin.
- lagoon
-
noun,
an area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes.
Compare laguna.
- faille
-
noun,
a soft, transversely ribbed fabric of silk, rayon, or lightweight taffeta.
- fallen
-
noun,
an act or instance of falling or dropping from a higher to a lower place or position.
- faller
-
noun,
a person or thing that falls.
- fallow
-
noun,
land that has undergone plowing and harrowing and has been left unseeded for one or more growing seasons.
- famine
-
noun,
extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area.
- Ellora
-
noun,
a village in S central India: important Hindu archaeological site.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- milage
-
noun,
mileage.
- Merwin
-
noun,
W(illiam) S(tanley) born 1927, U.S. poet, translator, and writer.
- roomie
-
noun,
roommate.
- Nigel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neil.
- igloo
-
noun,
an Eskimo house, being a dome-shaped hut usually built of blocks of hard snow.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Laing
-
noun,
R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
- mero-
-
- Marge
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- lang.
-
- gnome
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- lowan
-
noun,
mallee fowl.
- marg.
-
- Mongo
-
noun,
mungo.
- Lower
-
noun,
a denture for the lower jaw.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Gomer
-
noun,
an undesirable hospital patient.
- gono-
-
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- gonif
-
noun,
ganef.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- lign-
-
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- Gomel
-
noun,
a city in SE Byelorussia (Belarus), on a tributary of the Dnieper.
- gnarl
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- liger
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- golem
-
noun,
Jewish Folklore. a figure artificially constructed in the form of a human being and endowed with life.
- Loral
-
adjective,
of or relating to lore, knowledge, learning, etc.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- gofer
-
noun,
an employee whose chief duty is running errands.
- Lange
-
noun,
Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- Lwoff
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1902–1994, French microbiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1965.
- Giono
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, French novelist.
- Monge
-
noun,
Gaspard [gas-par] /gasˈpar/ (Show IPA), Comte de Péluse [pey-lyz] /peɪˈlüz/ (Show IPA), 1746–1818, French mathematician.
- glair
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- nomo-
-
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- ileo-
-
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- gimel
-
noun,
the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- lifer
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- maill
-
noun,
mail3 .
- 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.
- molal
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a solution containing one mole of solute per kilogram of solvent.
- male-
-
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- gleam
-
noun,
a flash or beam of light:
- Largo
-
noun,
a largo movement.
- mange
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- Mango
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- ligan
-
noun,
lagan.
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- Iowan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Iowa.
- gloom
-
noun,
total or partial darkness; dimness.
- glean
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- gloam
-
noun,
twilight; gloaming.
- lagen
-
noun,
laggin.
- no-go
-
adjective,
inoperative; canceled:
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Iran.
-
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- mono-
-
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- grime
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- Grofe
-
noun,
Ferde [fur-dee] /ˈfɜr di/ (Show IPA), (Ferdinand Rudolf von Grofé) 1892–1972, U.S. composer.
- liwan
-
noun,
iwan.
- Llano
-
noun,
an extensive grassy plain with few trees.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- Megan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- groma
-
noun,
an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines.
- mower
-
noun,
lawn mower.
- Leila
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- mega-
-
- grill
-
noun,
a grated utensil for broiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc., over a fire; gridiron.
- liang
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- miaow
-
noun,
the characteristic sound a cat makes.
- grown
-
verb,
past participle of grow.
- gwine
-
verb,
present part. of go1 .
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- ling.
-
- Gwari
-
noun,
a member of an agricultural people of northeastern Nigeria.
- 30-30
-
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- lingo
-
noun,
the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual:
- growl
-
noun,
the act or sound of growling.
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- Melia
-
- moola
-
noun,
money.
- groom
-
noun,
a bridegroom.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- Loewi
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1961, German pharmacologist in the U.S.: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1936.
- Moore
-
noun,
Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- longa
-
noun,
the second longest note in medieval mensural notation.
- Lifar
-
noun,
Serge [syir-gyey;; French serzh] /syɪrˈgyeɪ;; French sɛrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in Paris after 1923.
- gram.
-
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- ligne
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- Grail
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- image
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- longe
-
noun,
a long rope used to guide a horse during training or exercise.
- Gower
-
noun,
John, 1325?–1408, English poet.
- gowan
-
noun,
any of various yellow or white field flowers, especially the English daisy.
- Mewar
-
noun,
Udaipur (def 2).
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- goral
-
noun,
a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- inlaw
-
noun,
a relative by marriage.
- 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.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Griff
-
noun,
griffin2 .
- moron
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- grief
-
noun,
keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
- legal
-
noun,
a person who acts in a legal manner or with legal authority.
- Logan
-
noun,
pokelogan.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- logia
-
noun,
a plural of logion.
- imago
-
noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- Ingle
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- login
-
noun,
the act of logging in to a database, mobile device, or computer, especially a multiuser computer or a remote or networked computer system.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- logo-
-
- Narew
-
noun,
a river in NE Poland, flowing S and SW into the Bug River: battle 1915. 290 miles (465 km) long.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- meno-
-
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- Newar
-
noun,
a member of a Mongoloid people of Nepal.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Romeo
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- ergo-
-
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Enlil
-
noun,
the king of the Sumerian gods and the god of the air.
- engr.
-
- Rolfe
-
noun,
John, 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia (husband of Pocahontas).
- Rolla
-
noun,
a city in S central Missouri.
- Rollo
-
noun,
Also called Rolf, Roy, Hrolf, Rolf the Ganger. a.d. c860–931? Norse chieftain: 1st duke of Normandy 911?.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- Elwin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Elgon
-
noun,
an extinct volcano in E Africa, on the boundary between Uganda and Kenya. 14,176 feet (4321 meters).
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- Elgin
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois.
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- Rowan
-
noun,
the European mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of bright red berries.
- rowel
-
noun,
a small wheel with radiating points, forming the extremity of a spur.
- Rowen
-
noun,
Chiefly Northern U.S. the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath.
- wafer
-
noun,
a thin, crisp cake or biscuit, often sweetened and flavored.
- Wager
-
noun,
something risked or staked on an uncertain event; bet:
- Wagon
-
noun,
any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.
- awner
-
noun,
a machine for cutting the awns from grain.
- Waler
-
noun,
a horse bred in New South Wales, Australia, as a military saddle horse and exported in numbers during the 19th century to British India.
- Arnel
-
- Armen
-
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Erwin
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “boar” and “friend.”.
- Ewing
-
noun,
a township in W New Jersey.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- final
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- rall.
-
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- filar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a thread or threads.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- rawin
-
noun,
a method of observation of upper-air winds conducted by means of a weather balloon tracked by radar or a radio direction finder.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- reffo
-
noun,
an immigrant, especially one who has been in Australia only a short time.
- refl.
-
- Fermi
-
noun,
a unit of length, 10− 15 m, used in measuring nuclear distances. Symbol: F.
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- feral
-
adjective,
existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- felon
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- rifle
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- fella
-
noun,
fellow.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- feign
-
verb (used with object),
to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of:
- regma
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Fargo
-
noun,
William George, 1818–81, U.S. businessman: pioneered in express shipping and banking.
- relig
-
- fango
-
noun,
clay or mud, especially a clay obtained from certain hot springs in Battaglio, Italy, used as a hot application in the treatment of certain diseases.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- reni-
-
- rewin
-
verb (used with object),
to win back or again.
- Fagin
-
noun,
(in Dickens' Oliver Twist) a villainous old man who trains and uses young boys as thieves.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- Fiona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- align
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- 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.
- ALGOL
-
noun,
a star of the second magnitude in the constellation Perseus: the first known and most famous eclipsing binary star.
- algo-
-
- algin
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- Wilno
-
noun,
Polish name of Vilnius.
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- Wolfe
-
noun,
Charles, 1791–1823, Irish poet.
- agro-
-
- Wolff
-
noun,
Christian von [kris-tee-ahn fuh n] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), Baron. Also, Wolf. 1679–1754, German philosopher and mathematician.
- Agnew
-
noun,
David Hayes, 1818–92, U.S. surgeon.
- Allen
-
noun,
(Charles) Grant (Blairfindie) [blair-fin-dee] /blɛərˈfɪn di/ (Show IPA), ("Cecil Power"; "J. Arbuthnot Wilson") 1848–99, British philosophical writer and novelist.
- agnel
-
noun,
a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
- Wolof
-
noun,
a language of Senegal, a Niger-Congo language closely related to Fulani.
- aglow
-
adjective,
glowing:
- woman
-
noun,
the female human being, as distinguished from a girl or a man.
- women
-
noun,
plural of woman.
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- Afro-
-
- afore
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
before.
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- Woolf
-
noun,
Virginia (Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf) 1882–1941, English novelist, essayist, and critic.
- aero-
-
- aeri-
-
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- wring
-
noun,
a wringing; forcible twist or squeeze.
- Wilma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Wilhelmina.
- allo-
-
- argol
-
noun,
a crude tartar, produced as a by-product in casks by the fermentation of wine grapes, used as a mordant in dyeing, in the manufacture of tartaric acid, and in fertilizers.
- Weill
-
noun,
Kurt [kurt;; German koo rt] /kɜrt;; German kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1900–50, German composer, in the U.S. after 1935.
- argil
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- areo-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anim.
-
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- Angle
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- Angl.
-
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- angi-
-
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- Angel
-
noun,
one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- among
-
preposition,
in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by:
- allow
-
Idioms,
allow for, to make concession or provision for:
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amin-
-
- amigo
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Wigan
-
noun,
a stiff, canvaslike fabric for stiffening parts of garments.
- Amer.
-
- Alwin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- aloof
-
adverb,
at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart:
- along
-
Idioms,
all along, all the time; throughout:
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Alogi
-
noun,
a group of Christians in the 2nd century a.d. who rejected the doctrine of the Logos.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- Willa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Wilhelmina.
- Finer
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Ollie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Oliver.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- Gamin
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- 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.
- folie
-
noun,
madness; insanity.
- folia
-
noun,
plural of folium.
- Galen
-
noun,
Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- Galle
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Sri Lanka.
- Freon
-
- orial
-
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- gaffe
-
noun,
a social blunder; faux pas.
- gamo-
-
- ganef
-
noun,
a thief, swindler, crook, or rascal.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- OFlem
-
- wrong
-
noun,
that which is wrong, or not in accordance with morality, goodness, or truth; evil:
- orig.
-
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- offer
-
noun,
an act or instance of offering:
- oleo-
-
- olig-
-
- offal
-
noun,
the parts of a butchered animal that are considered inedible by human beings; carrion.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- frill
-
noun,
a trimming, as a strip of cloth or lace, gathered at one edge and left loose at the other; ruffle.
- Friml
-
noun,
Rudolf, 1881–1972, U.S. composer and pianist, born in Austria-Hungary.
- Frame
-
noun,
a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- frail
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- omni-
-
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- omega
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- forme
-
noun,
form (def 30).
- frown
-
noun,
a frowning look; scowl.
- folio
-
noun,
a sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves, or four pages, of a book or manuscript.
- Forli
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Bologna.
- forgo
-
verb (used with object),
to abstain or refrain from; do without.
- forge
-
noun,
a special fireplace, hearth, or furnace in which metal is heated before shaping.
- forel
-
noun,
a slipcase for a book.
- Olwen
-
noun,
a princess, the daughter of Ysbaddaden Chief-giant.
- fore-
-
- foram
-
noun,
foraminifer.
- Oreg.
-
- foll.
-
- flown
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- gamer
-
noun,
a person who plays games, especially computer or video games.
- Genl.
-
- Flem.
-
- geol.
-
- flare
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- flair
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- flong
-
noun,
the material of which a stereotype mold is made.
- floor
-
noun,
that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
- geom.
-
- flor.
-
- Norw.
-
- fling
-
noun,
an act of flinging.
- flier
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- Flora
-
noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- owing
-
Idioms,
owing to, because of; as a result of:
- flail
-
noun,
an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of which is attached a freely swinging stick or bar.
- flame
-
noun,
burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- fleam
-
noun,
Surgery. a kind of lancet, as for opening veins.
- Nowel
-
noun,
Noel (def 2).
- owner
-
noun,
a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- Orlon
-
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- 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.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- wean
-
Verb phrases,
wean on, to accustom to; to familiarize with from, or as if from, childhood:
- Ware
-
noun,
Usually, wares.
articles of merchandise or manufacture; goods:
any intangible items, as services or products of artistic or intellectual creativity, that are salable:
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- Nell
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- wame
-
noun,
Scot. and North England. belly.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Wren
-
noun,
any of numerous small, active songbirds of the family Troglodytidae, especially Troglodytes troglodytes, of the Northern Hemisphere, having dark-brown plumage barred with black and a short, upright tail.
Compare house wren, marsh wren, rock wren, winter wren.
- Wane
-
noun,
a gradual decrease or decline in strength, intensity, power, etc.
- neo-
-
- Mall
-
noun,
Also called shopping mall. a large retail complex containing a variety of stores and often restaurants and other business establishments housed in a series of connected or adjacent buildings or in a single large building.
Compare shopping center.
- warm
-
noun,
Informal. a warming:
- weal
-
noun,
well-being, prosperity, or happiness:
- Mell
-
noun,
a heavy hammer; mallet.
- WRAF
-
- worn
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- warn
-
verb (used with object),
to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable:
- WORM
-
noun,
Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- wore
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- wool
-
noun,
the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, characterized by minute, overlapping surface scales that give it its felting property.
- Man.
-
- OLLA
-
noun,
a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.
- nom.
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- ogle
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Mar.
-
- wine
-
noun,
the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less.
- Wing
-
noun,
either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- wino
-
noun,
a person who is addicted to wine, especially a derelict.
- wire
-
noun,
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- Wolf
-
noun,
any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae, especially C. lupus, usually hunting in packs, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now chiefly restricted to the more unpopulated parts of its range.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Offa
-
noun,
died 796, king of Mercia 757–96.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Wear
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- Olga
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 968? regent of Kiev until 955: saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- Weil
-
noun,
André, 1906–98, U.S. mathematician, born in France: brother of Simone Weil.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Weir
-
noun,
a small dam in a river or stream.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- Wien
-
noun,
Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1864–1928, German physicist: Nobel prize 1911.
- 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.
- off.
-
- NIRA
-
- wife
-
noun,
a married woman, especially when considered in relation to her partner in marriage.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- wile
-
noun,
a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.
- woof
-
noun,
filling (def 5).
- 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.
- ole-
-
- Will
-
noun,
the faculty of conscious and especially of deliberate action; the power of control the mind has over its own actions:
- nill
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- Raff
-
noun,
riffraff; rabble.
- Rowe
-
noun,
Nicholas, 1674–1718, British poet and dramatist, poet laureate 1715–18.
- Wall
-
noun,
any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- rel.
-
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- Moll
-
noun,
gun moll.
- mRNA
-
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- mol.
-
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Mngr
-
- Mlle
-
- RIFF
-
noun,
a melodic phrase, often constantly repeated, forming an accompaniment or part of an accompaniment for a soloist.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Mon.
-
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Owen
-
noun,
Sir Richard, 1804–92, English zoologist and anatomist.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Moon
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- mool
-
noun,
soft, crumbly soil rich in mold or humus.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- mong
-
noun,
mongrel, especially a mongrel dog.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- ref.
-
- oro-
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Reg.
-
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- mowe
-
noun,
a wry or derisive grimace.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- mown
-
noun,
the place in a barn where hay, sheaves of grain, etc., are stored.
- org.
-
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- men-
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- miff
-
noun,
petulant displeasure; ill humor.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- RONA
-
- 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.
- mGal
-
- mewl
-
verb (used without object),
to cry, as a baby, young child, or the like; whimper.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- roof
-
noun,
the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- waff
-
noun,
a puff or blast of air, wind, etc.
- 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.
- wage
-
noun,
Often, wages. money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week.
Compare living wage, minimum wage.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- waif
-
noun,
a person, especially a child, who has no home or friends.
- wail
-
noun,
the act of wailing.
- meow
-
noun,
the characteristic sound a cat makes.
- Wain
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Astronomy. Charles's Wain.
- Wal.
-
- wale
-
noun,
a streak, stripe, or ridge produced on the skin by the stroke of a rod or whip; welt.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Meng
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- mil.
-
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- min.
-
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Orff
-
noun,
Carl, 1895–1982, German composer, conductor, and music educator.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Ming
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 1368–1644, marked by the restoration of traditional institutions and the development of the arts, especially in porcelain, textiles, and painting.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- 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.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- MILR
-
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Rolf
-
noun,
Also called Rolf the Ganger [gang-er] /ˈgæŋ ər/ (Show IPA). Rollo (def 1).
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- roll
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Mill
-
noun,
a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
- Rom.
-
- 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).
- mogo
-
noun,
a stone hatchet used by the Aborigines.
- 1080
-
- 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.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- gnaw
-
verb (used with object),
to bite or chew on, especially persistently.
- GNMA
-
- 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.
- goaf
-
noun,
gob1 (def 3).
- goal
-
noun,
the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- fam.
-
- Ewan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- golf
-
noun,
a game in which clubs with wooden or metal heads are used to hit a small, white ball into a number of holes, usually 9 or 18, in succession, situated at various distances over a course having natural or artificial obstacles, the object being to get the ball into each hole in as few strokes as possible.
- gon-
-
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- goof
-
noun,
a foolish or stupid person.
- goon
-
noun,
Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- gown
-
noun,
a woman's dress or robe, especially one that is full-length.
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- glam
-
noun,
glamour.
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- Fall
-
noun,
an act or instance of falling or dropping from a higher to a lower place or position.
- glim
-
noun,
a light or lamp.
- glom
-
noun,
a look or glimpse.
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- glow
-
noun,
a light emitted by or as if by a substance heated to luminosity; incandescence.
- Fang
-
noun,
one of the long, sharp, hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake by which poison is injected.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- fame
-
noun,
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence:
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Graf
-
noun,
Stephanie Maria ("Steffi") born 1969, German tennis player.
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- ign.
-
- ile-
-
- Ill.
-
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- inae
-
- Inf.
-
- infl
-
- info
-
noun,
information.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- floe
-
noun,
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- enow
-
adjective, adverb,
enough.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Grew
-
verb,
simple past tense of grow.
- Grim
-
adjective,
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- gro.
-
- Grow
-
noun,
Galusha Aaron [guh-loo-shuh] /gəˈlu ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1822–1907, U.S. political leader: Speaker of the House 1861–63.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- enl.
-
- Eng.
-
- GWEN
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gwendolyn or Guenevere.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- emia
-
- IOOF
-
- Gill
-
noun,
the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- Ire.
-
- Fri.
-
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- frag
-
noun,
fragmentation grenade.
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- flag
-
noun,
a piece of cloth, varying in size, shape, color, and design, usually attached at one edge to a staff or cord, and used as the symbol of a nation, state, or organization, as a means of signaling, etc.; ensign; standard; banner; pennant.
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- Fla.
-
- frig
-
noun,
refrigerator.
- fowl
-
noun,
the domestic or barnyard hen or rooster; chicken.
Compare domestic fowl.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- FROG
-
noun,
any tailless, stout-bodied amphibian of the order Anura, including the smooth, moist-skinned frog species that live in a damp or semiaquatic habitat and the warty, drier-skinned toad species that are mostly terrestrial as adults.
- from
-
preposition,
(used to specify a starting point in spatial movement):
- frow
-
noun,
a cleaving tool having a wedge-shaped blade, with a handle set at right angles to it.
- firm
-
noun,
a partnership or association for carrying on a business.
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- Flam
-
noun,
a deception or trick.
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- Fin.
-
- foam
-
noun,
a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.:
- flow
-
noun,
an act of flowing.
- FLRA
-
- flew
-
noun,
flue3 .
- 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.
- FNMA
-
- foal
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- flaw
-
noun,
a feature that mars the perfection of something; defect; fault:
- fora
-
noun,
a plural of forum.
- FOIA
-
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- fol.
-
- Fong
-
noun,
Hiram L(eong) [lee-awng,, -ong] /liˈɔŋ,, -ˈɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1907–2004, U.S. lawyer and senator from Hawaii 1959–77.
- fool
-
noun,
a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
- for.
-
- 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.
- film
-
noun,
a thin layer or coating:
- Farl
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- fem.
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- geo-
-
- Ger.
-
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- FERA
-
- FEMA
-
noun,
Federal Emergency Management Agency: a federal agency that coordinates the response to disasters in the U.S.
- fell
-
noun,
Lumbering. the amount of timber cut down in one season.
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- Fawn
-
noun,
a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
- Faro
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- farm
-
noun,
a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- Gen.
-
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- fill
-
noun,
a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire:
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- gaff
-
noun,
an iron hook with a handle for landing large fish.
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- Gal.
-
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- Gall
-
noun,
impudence; effrontery.
- fig.
-
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- FIFO
-
noun,
first-in, first-out.
- Fife
-
noun,
a high-pitched transverse flute used commonly in military and marching musical groups.
- mal-
-
- gaol
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- fief
-
noun,
a fee or feud held of a feudal lord; a tenure of land subject to feudal obligations.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- Iowa
-
noun,
a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,290 sq. mi. (145,790 sq. km). Capital: Des Moines.
Abbreviation: IA (approved esp. for use with zip code), Ia., Io.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- flog
-
verb (used with object),
to beat with a whip, stick, etc., especially as punishment; whip; scourge.
- LEGO
-
noun,
one of these blocks, usually as part of a set.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- alow
-
adverb,
below decks.
- 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.
- 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.
- AFGE
-
- Lofn
-
noun,
a goddess who aids those having trouble winning the affections of their beloveds.
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- log-
-
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- loge
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- Logi
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- leg.
-
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- 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.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- lea.
-
- Lola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte or Dolores.
- lawn
-
noun,
a stretch of open, grass-covered land, especially one closely mowed, as near a house, on an estate, or in a park.
- Lolo
-
noun,
Also called Yi. a member of a people inhabiting the mountainous regions of southwestern China near the eastern borders of Tibet and Burma.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- all-
-
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- agr.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- 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.
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- 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.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- LIFO
-
noun,
last-in, first-out (def 1).
- 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.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- AIME
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Aire
-
- loaf
-
noun,
a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- afr-
-
- Alg.
-
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- 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.
- ano-
-
- Lowe
-
verb (used without object),
low3 .
- lown
-
noun,
loon2 .
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lani
-
- AWOL
-
noun,
a soldier or other military person who is absent from duty without leave.
- Arg.
-
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Arm.
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- mag.
-
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lwei
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Angola, the 100th part of a kwanza.
- Lalo
-
noun,
(Victor Antoine) Edouard [veek-tawr ahn-twan ey-dwar] /vikˈtɔr ɑ̃ˈtwan eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–92, French composer.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- anew
-
adverb,
over again; again; once more:
- loof
-
noun,
the palm of the hand.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- LOOM
-
noun,
a hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- aer-
-
- Lam.
-
- 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.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- REA
-
- Af.
-
- ag-
-
- Fl.
-
- Am.
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- FIO
-
- Fia
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- fgn
-
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- AGM
-
- al.
-
- owe
-
verb (used with object),
to be under obligation to pay or repay:
- AEF
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- own
-
Idioms,
come into one's own,
to take possession of that which is due or owed one.
to receive the recognition that one's abilities merit:
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- AFL
-
- AFM
-
- Re.
-
- RMA
-
- owl
-
noun,
any of numerous, chiefly nocturnal birds of prey, of the order Strigiformes, having a broad head with large, forward-directed eyes that are usually surrounded by disks of modified feathers: many populations are diminishing owing to loss of habitat.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RAF
-
- raw
-
noun,
a sore or irritated place, as on the flesh.
- OWI
-
- ae.
-
- Ar.
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- an.
-
- WRA
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- Woo
-
verb (used with object),
to seek the favor, affection, or love of, especially with a view to marriage. Synonyms: court, pursue, chase.
- Won
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of North and South Korea, equal to 100 chon.
- aff
-
preposition, adverb,
off.
- Eg.
-
- FFI
-
- EMF
-
- eir
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ELF
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- aor
-
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- 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.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- War
-
noun,
a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
- ANG
-
- ANF
-
- Wei
-
noun,
any of several dynasties that ruled in North China, especially one ruling a.d. 220–265 and one ruling a.d. 386–534.
- EMR
-
- en-
-
- ROI
-
- ROG
-
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- ROW
-
noun,
a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line:
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- EAM
-
- eo-
-
- awn
-
noun,
a bristlelike appendage of a plant, especially on the glumes of grasses.
- EOM
-
- ea.
-
- WAG
-
noun,
the act of wagging:
- AWL
-
noun,
a pointed instrument for piercing small holes in leather, wood, etc.
- awe
-
noun,
an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like:
- ean
-
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- WAF
-
noun,
a member of the Women in the Air Force, an auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force.
- wae
-
noun,
woe.
- WAM
-
- ef-
-
- eff
-
noun,
the word “fuck”; the f-word:
- efl
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROA
-
- FFA
-
- FAO
-
- Win
-
noun,
a victory, as in a game or horse race.
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- WMO
-
- woe
-
noun,
grievous distress, affliction, or trouble:
- wog
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to any nonwhite person, especially a dark-skinned native of the Middle East or Southeast Asia.
- ALM
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- few
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) a small number or amount:
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- RFA
-
- RNA
-
- Wig
-
noun,
an artificial covering of hair for all or most of the head, of either synthetic or natural hair, worn to be stylish or more attractive.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- EOF
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- wen
-
noun,
Pathology. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- RFE
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- fo.
-
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- FAG
-
noun,
Slang. a cigarette.
- AME
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RFI
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- Iwo
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- ine
-
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- ing
-
- 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 = .
- ior
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- La.
-
- in.
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- LaF
-
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- MOI
-
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- 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.
- MNE
-
- MNA
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IMF
-
- MLR
-
- io-
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- MWA
-
- MRI
-
- MRE
-
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- fm.
-
- MOR
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ier
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- IFF
-
- IGM
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
-
- MLW
-
- MLG
-
- gre
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- LIM
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- ll.
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- LLM
-
- LNG
-
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- maw
-
noun,
the mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal, especially a carnivorous mammal.
- mew
-
noun,
the tiny, high-pitched sound a cat or kitten makes.
- LON
-
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- Low
-
noun,
something that is low, as ground or prices:
- LWM
-
- Mao
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mo.
-
- 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.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Lif
-
- MFA
-
- MLF
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- MLA
-
- ml.
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Law
-
noun,
the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Lew
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lewis, Llewellyn, or Louis.
- MFG
-
- Mig
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- lg.
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- MIE
-
- 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.
-
- MGr
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- MFR
-
- grf
-
- mow
-
noun,
the place in a barn where hay, sheaves of grain, etc., are stored.
- ne-
-
- OEO
-
- OIr
-
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- 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.
- OGO
-
- GAW
-
noun,
a narrow, trenchlike depression, especially a furrow in the earth or a worn or thin area in cloth.
- OFr
-
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- of-
-
- OEM
-
- OLG
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAO
-
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- NEA
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- now
-
noun,
the present time or moment:
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- GIF
-
noun,
a set of standards and file format for storage of digital color images and short animations.
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- Ola
-
- gi.
-
- gl.
-
- ONR
-
- fog
-
noun,
a cloudlike mass or layer of minute water droplets or ice crystals near the surface of the earth, appreciably reducing visibility.
Compare ice fog, mist, smog.
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- oon
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
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- ONI
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- GAR
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noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- ONF
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- FRG
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- one
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noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
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noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Frl
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- fro
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Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- oma
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plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Om.
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- FWA
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- Ga.
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- GIN
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noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- OFM
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- FOE
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noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- NLF
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- nef
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noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- NEG
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noun,
a photographic negative.
- Gr.
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- Gor
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interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- goo
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noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- New
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noun,
something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.:
- goi
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noun,
goy.
- NFL
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- NGO
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noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NIA
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- nog
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noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- Goa
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noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Nil
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noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIM
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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.
- NIG
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verb (used with object),
nidge.
- GMW
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- NMI
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- NMR
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- Noe
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noun,
Noah (def 1).
- FE
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- RN
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- RI
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- ln
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- LM
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EW
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation expressing disgust, aversion, or the like):
- MW
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- N.
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- IW
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- i.
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- MF
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- FW
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- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- fn
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- OW
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interjection,
(used especially as an expression of intense or sudden pain.)
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- RO
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- EI
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- M.
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- L.
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- GW
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- AO
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- LR
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- NI
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- NG
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- NF
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- R.
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- f.
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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.
- WM
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- NW
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- WF
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- NL
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- fg
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- RF
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- WO
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noun,
woe.
- RW
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- w/
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- MN
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- GN
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- WI
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- OA
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- OG
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- we
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- WL
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- O.
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- WG
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- NM
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- MG
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- LW
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- FI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- G.
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- FA
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noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- GM
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- GO
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noun,
the act of going:
- IF
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noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- rg
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- LF
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- ol
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- L1
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- L2
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- IG
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- le
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).