Anagrams of fundamentalism
Word fundamentalism has
2310 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of fundamentalism.
- fundamental
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noun,
a basic principle, rule, law, or the like, that serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part:
- fulminates
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verb (used without object),
to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
- almandines
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noun,
a mineral, red iron aluminum garnet.
- dentaliums
-
noun,
any tooth shell of the genus Dentalium.
- andalusite
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noun,
an orthorhombic form of aluminum silicate, Al 2 SiO 5 , found in schistose rocks.
- man-minute
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noun,
a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work accomplished by one person in a minute.
- almandine
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noun,
a mineral, red iron aluminum garnet.
- inundates
-
verb (used with object),
to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
- fulminate
-
verb (used without object),
to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
- laminates
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noun,
a laminated product; lamination.
- laminated
-
noun,
a laminated product; lamination.
- faineants
-
noun,
an idler.
- mainlands
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noun,
the principal land of a country, region, etc., as distinguished from adjacent islands or a peninsula:
- malamutes
-
noun,
Alaskan malamute.
- fantasied
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adjective,
conceived of in or as a fantasy; imagined; storied.
- Aleutians
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noun,
Aleut (def 1).
- mentalism
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noun,
the doctrine that objects of knowledge have no existence except in the mind of the perceiver.
- manualist
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noun,
an advocate of manualism.
- feudalism
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noun,
the feudal system, or its principles and practices.
- manualism
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noun,
the theory or practice of education for the deaf employing and promoting the use of sign language as the primary means of communication.
- fieldsman
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noun,
a fielder in cricket.
- Mansfield
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noun,
Katherine (Kathleen Beauchamp Murry) 1888–1923, English short-story writer.
- aluminate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt of the acid form of aluminum hydroxide, containing the group AlO 2− or AlO 3−3 .
- almandite
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noun,
almandine.
- disulfate
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noun,
a salt of pyrosulfuric acid, as sodium disulfate, Na 2 S 2 O 7 .
- indumenta
-
noun,
a dense, hairy covering.
- fundament
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noun,
the buttocks.
- Minuteman
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a member of a group of American militiamen just before and during the Revolutionary War who held themselves in readiness for instant military service.
- dismantle
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verb (used with object),
to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.:
- Dentalium
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noun,
any tooth shell of the genus Dentalium.
- dentalman
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noun,
an enlisted person working as a dental assistant.
- unstained
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adjective,
not stained or spotted; unsoiled.
- staminal
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adjective,
of or relating to stamens.
- inflames
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verb (used with object),
to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- linesman
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noun,
Sports.
an official, as in tennis and soccer, who assists the referee.
Football. an official who marks the distances gained and lost in the progress of play and otherwise assists the referee and field judge.
Ice Hockey. either of two officials who assist the referee by watching for icing, offside, and substitution violations and fouls and by conducting face-offs.
- man-made
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adjective,
produced, formed, or made by humans.
- inflated
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adjective,
distended with air or gas; swollen.
- amentias
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noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- inflates
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verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- manifest
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noun,
a list of the cargo carried by a ship, made for the use of various agents and officials at the ports of destination.
- Linnaeus
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noun,
Carolus [kar-uh-luh s] /ˈkær ə ləs/ (Show IPA), (Carl von Linné) 1707–78, Swedish botanist.
- influent
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noun,
a tributary.
- Ammianus
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noun,
Marcellinus [mahr-suh-lahy-nuh s] /ˌmɑr səˈlaɪ nəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c325–c398, Roman historian.
- Amundsen
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noun,
Roald [roh-ahl] /ˈroʊ ɑl/ (Show IPA), 1872–1928, Norwegian explorer: discovered the South Pole in 1911.
- mandates
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noun,
a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative:
- andantes
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noun,
an andante movement or piece.
- mandamus
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noun,
a writ from a superior court to an inferior court or to an officer, corporation, etc., commanding that a specified thing be done.
- amandine
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adjective,
served or prepared with almonds:
- alunites
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noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- mannites
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noun,
mannitol.
- diastema
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noun,
Cell Biology. the modified protoplasm at the equator of a cell, existing before mitotic division.
- Aleutian
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noun,
Aleut (def 1).
- manumits
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verb (used with object),
to release from slavery or servitude.
- aliments
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- disannul
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verb (used with object),
to annul utterly; make void:
- Steinman
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noun,
David Barnard, 1886–1960, U.S. civil engineer: specialist in bridge design and construction.
- muniment
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noun,
muniments, Law. a document, as a title deed or a charter, by which rights or privileges are defended or maintained.
- diluents
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noun,
a diluting substance.
- stand-in
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noun,
a substitute for a motion-picture star during the preparation of lighting, cameras, etc., or in dangerous scenes.
- infantas
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noun,
a daughter of the king of Spain or of Portugal.
- insulate
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verb (used with object),
to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound:
- Mantinea
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noun,
an ancient city in S Greece, in Arcadia: battles 362 b.c., 223 b.c.
- infantes
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noun,
any son of the king of Spain or of Portugal who is not heir to the throne.
- manteaus
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noun,
a mantle or cloak, especially one worn by women.
- infaunas
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noun,
the aggregate of animals that burrow into and live in the bottom deposits of an ocean, river, or lake.
- aluminas
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noun,
the natural or synthetic oxide of aluminum, Al 2 O 3 , occurring in nature in a pure crystal form as corundum.
- lindanes
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 6 H 6 Cl 6 , the gamma isomer of benzene hexachloride: used chiefly as an insecticide, delouser, and weed-killer.
- filament
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noun,
a very fine thread or threadlike structure; a fiber or fibril:
- Diamante
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noun,
a sequin, rhinestone, or other glittery ornamentation on a garment.
- insulant
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noun,
an insulating material, as used in building trades.
- animated
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adjective,
full of life, action, or spirit; lively; vigorous:
- Faustian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Faust:
- Lusatian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Lusatia.
- sea-maid
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noun,
a mermaid.
- ladanums
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noun,
labdanum.
- laminate
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noun,
a laminated product; lamination.
- mustelid
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noun,
any of numerous carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, comprising the weasels, martens, skunks, badgers, and otters.
- Lausanne
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Vaud, in W Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva.
- defaults
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noun,
failure to act; inaction or neglect:
- dalesman
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noun,
a person living in a dale or valley, especially in the northern counties of England.
- simulant
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noun,
a person or thing that simulates.
- leadsman
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noun,
a sailor who sounds with a lead line.
- talisman
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noun,
a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm.
- simulate
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adjective,
Archaic. simulated.
- talesman
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noun,
a person summoned as one of the tales.
- mind-set
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noun,
an attitude, disposition, or mood.
- landfast
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adjective,
attached to or grounded on shore or land:
- landsmen
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noun,
Also, landman. a person who lives or works on land.
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- minuends
-
noun,
a number from which another is subtracted.
- faineant
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noun,
an idler.
- Mainland
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noun,
the principal land of a country, region, etc., as distinguished from adjacent islands or a peninsula:
- Eastland
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noun,
James O(liver) 1904–86, U.S. politician: senator 1941, 1943–78.
- fatalism
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noun,
the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate:
- animates
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adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- inundate
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verb (used with object),
to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
- nauseant
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noun,
a nauseant agent.
- mule-fat
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noun,
a composite shrub, Baccharis viminea, of California, having willowlike leaves and clustered flowers, growing in riverbeds.
- annalist
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noun,
a chronicler of events, especially yearly ones; historian.
- Annelida
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noun,
the phylum comprising the annelids.
- annelids
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noun,
any segmented worm of the phylum Annelida, including the earthworms, leeches, and various marine forms.
- annulate
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adjective,
formed of ringlike segments, as an annelid worm.
- asfetida
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noun,
asafetida.
- annulets
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noun,
Also called bandelet, bandlet, square and rabbet. Architecture. an encircling band, molding, or fillet, as on the shaft of a column.
- dentalia
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noun,
any tooth shell of the genus Dentalium.
- Alemanni
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noun,
a confederation of Germanic tribes, first recorded in the 3rd century a.d., that settled in the area between the Rhine, Main, and Danube rivers, and made harassing attacks against the Roman Empire.
- dunnites
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noun,
an ammonium picrate explosive used as a bursting charge for armor-piercing projectiles and in high-explosive shells; explosive D.
- malamute
-
noun,
Alaskan malamute.
- maladies
-
noun,
any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated.
- Maitland
-
noun,
Frederic William, 1850–1906, English jurist and legal historian.
- mainmast
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noun,
the second mast from forward in any ship having two or more masts, except for a yawl, ketch, or dandy.
- fantails
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noun,
a tail, end, or part shaped like a fan.
- Landsman
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noun,
Also, landman. a person who lives or works on land.
- Isenland
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noun,
(in the Nibelungenlied) the country of Brunhild, usually identified with Iceland.
- Immanuel
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noun,
the name of the Messiah as prophesied by Isaiah, often represented in Christian exegesis as being Jesus Christ. Isa. 7:14.
- fulmines
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verb (used with or without object),
to fulminate.
- Aalesund
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noun,
Ålesund.
- medalist
-
noun,
a person to whom a medal has been awarded.
- Maulmain
-
noun,
Moulmein.
- unlisted
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adjective,
not listed; not entered in a list or directory:
- mediants
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noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- unfasten
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verb (used with object),
to release from or as from fastenings; detach.
- matildas
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noun,
swag2 (def 2).
- maundies
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noun,
the ceremony of washing the feet of the poor, especially commemorating Jesus' washing of His disciples' feet on Maundy Thursday.
- adulates
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verb (used with object),
to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.
- alanines
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noun,
any of several isomers of a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, CH 3 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and produced synthetically: used chiefly in biochemical research. Symbol: A. Abbreviation: Ala;
- Numantia
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noun,
an ancient city in N Spain: besieged and taken 134–133 b.c. by Scipio the Younger.
- immanent
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adjective,
remaining within; indwelling; inherent.
- melanism
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noun,
Ethnology. the condition in human beings of having a high amount of melanin granules in the skin, hair, and eyes.
- melanins
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noun,
any of a class of insoluble pigments, found in all forms of animal life, that account for the dark color of skin, hair, fur, scales, feathers, etc.
- imamates
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noun,
the office of an imam.
- adamsite
-
noun,
a yellow irritant smoke, containing a poisonous form of arsenic and used as a harassing agent.
- malaise
-
noun,
a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of a disease.
- Antaeus
-
noun,
an African giant who was invincible when in contact with the earth but was lifted into the air by Hercules and crushed.
- Miletus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a son of Apollo and Aria, and the founder of the city of Miletus.
- tammies
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noun,
a fabric of mixed fibers, constructed in plain weave and often heavily glazed, used in the manufacture of linings and undergarments.
- sideman
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noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- laminas
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noun,
a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- melisma
-
noun,
an ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in plainsong or blues singing.
- meatman
-
noun,
a dealer in meat; butcher.
- annulet
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noun,
Also called bandelet, bandlet, square and rabbet. Architecture. an encircling band, molding, or fillet, as on the shaft of a column.
- mindful
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adjective,
attentive, aware, or careful (usually followed by of):
- imamate
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noun,
the office of an imam.
- fulmine
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verb (used with or without object),
to fulminate.
- tamales
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noun,
a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
- luteins
-
noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- emanant
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adjective,
emanating or issuing from or as if from a source.
- Faneuil
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noun,
Peter, 1700–43, American merchant: builder of Faneuil Hall.
- tandems
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noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- eluants
-
noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- annuals
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noun,
Botany. a plant living only one year or season.
- Idumaea
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noun,
Greek name of Edom.
- Lusatia
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noun,
a region in E Germany and SW Poland, between the Elbe and Oder rivers.
- ideatum
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noun,
(in epistemology) the object of knowledge as known by the mind.
Compare datum (def 3).
- danaite
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noun,
a variety of arsenopyrite having cobalt in place of some of the iron.
- unnails
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verb (used with object),
to take out the nails from.
- Daniels
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noun,
Jonathan Worth, 1902–81, U.S. journalist, editor, and author.
- dansant
-
noun,
thé dansant.
- sinuate
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adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- Dantean
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noun,
a person who is an expert on the writings of Dante.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- landman
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noun,
landsman1 (def 1).
- mildens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become mild or milder.
- laments
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noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- Saladin
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noun,
(Salāh-ed-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb) 1137–93, sultan of Egypt and Syria 1175–93: opponent of Crusaders.
- ladanum
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noun,
labdanum.
- Malamud
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noun,
Bernard, 1914–86, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- fantail
-
noun,
a tail, end, or part shaped like a fan.
- Natalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- sealant
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noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- adulate
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verb (used with object),
to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.
- unleads
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verb (used with object),
Printing. to remove the leads between (lines of type).
- sainted
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noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- nanduti
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noun,
a fine, intricate lace made in Paraguay, usually of cotton, and resembling a spiderweb.
- fan-tan
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noun,
Also, fan tan. Also called parliament, sevens. Cards. a game in which the players play their sevens and other cards forming sequences in the same suits as their sevens, the winner being the player who first runs out of cards.
- mailmen
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noun,
a person employed by the post office to deliver mail; mail carrier.
- mailman
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noun,
a person employed by the post office to deliver mail; mail carrier.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- Fulanis
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noun,
Also, Fulah. a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of mixed African and Mediterranean ancestry, scattered through W Africa from Senegal to Cameroon.
- fade-in
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noun,
Movies, Television. a gradual increase in the visibility of a scene.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- Admetus
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noun,
a Thessalian king, one of the Argonauts and husband of Alcestis.
- tediums
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noun,
the quality or state of being wearisome; irksomeness; tediousness.
- Sedalia
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noun,
a city in central Missouri.
- Maidens
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noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- Mideast
-
noun,
Middle East.
- landmen
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noun,
landsman1 (def 1).
- namaste
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noun,
a conventional Hindu expression on meeting or parting, used by the speaker usually while holding the palms together vertically in front of the bosom.
- seminal
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adjective,
pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- unlades
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verb (used with object),
to take the lading, load, or cargo from; unload.
- maenads
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noun,
bacchante.
- audiles
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noun,
a person in whose mind auditory images, rather than visual or motor images, are predominant or unusually distinct.
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- malates
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noun,
a salt or ester of malic acid.
- Lamaism
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noun,
the Buddhism of Tibet and Mongolia, a Mahayana form including non-Buddhist Indian elements as well as elements of the preexisting Bön shamanism.
- fantasm
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noun,
phantasm.
- Latinus
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noun,
the father of Lavinia and king of Latium at the time of the arrival of Aeneas.
- landsat
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noun,
a U.S. scientific satellite that studies and photographs the earth's surface by using remote-sensing techniques.
- lineman
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noun,
Also, linesman. a person who installs or repairs telephone, telegraph, or other wires.
- Sultana
-
noun,
a small, seedless raisin.
- Melinda
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noun,
a female given name.
- diastem
-
noun,
a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- medusan
-
noun,
a medusa or jellyfish.
- lindens
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noun,
any tree of the genus Tilia, as T. americana (American linden) or T. europaea (European linden) having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and heart-shaped leaves, grown as an ornamental or shade tree.
Compare linden family.
- fustian
-
noun,
a stout fabric of cotton and flax.
- stamina
-
noun,
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
- lindane
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 6 H 6 Cl 6 , the gamma isomer of benzene hexachloride: used chiefly as an insecticide, delouser, and weed-killer.
- summand
-
noun,
a part of a sum.
- summate
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verb (used with object),
to add together; total; sum up.
- sundial
-
noun,
an instrument that indicates the time of day by means of the position, on a graduated plate or surface, of the shadow of the gnomon as it is cast by the sun.
- detains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- details
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- muntins
-
noun,
Also called sash bar. a bar for holding the edges of window panes within a sash.
- duennas
-
noun,
(in Spain and Portugal) an older woman serving as escort or chaperon of a young lady.
- sulfite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of sulfurous acid.
- destain
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- stannum
-
noun,
tin.
- muletas
-
noun,
a red cloth similar to but smaller than a capa and manipulated by a stick set into one of the three holes in or near the center, for use by a matador in guiding the course of the bull's attack in the stage of the fight preparatory to the kill.
- melanin
-
noun,
any of a class of insoluble pigments, found in all forms of animal life, that account for the dark color of skin, hair, fur, scales, feathers, etc.
- suimate
-
noun,
self-mate.
- Mumetal
-
noun,
an alloy containing nickel, iron, and copper, characterized by high magnetic permeability and low hysteresis losses.
- lensman
-
noun,
a photographer.
- mundane
-
adjective,
common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative.
- dualism
-
noun,
the state of being dual or consisting of two parts; division into two.
- sulfide
-
noun,
a compound of sulfur with a more electropositive element or, less often, a group.
- dilutes
-
adjective,
reduced in strength, as a chemical by admixture; weak:
- utensil
-
noun,
any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen, dairy, etc.:
- diluent
-
noun,
a diluting substance.
- dilemma
-
noun,
a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
- dilates
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- duelist
-
noun,
a person who participates in a duel.
- sulfate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- stamin-
-
- dummies
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noun,
a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance:
- minuend
-
noun,
a number from which another is subtracted.
- defiant
-
adjective,
characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging:
- lead-in
-
noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- misdeal
-
noun,
Cards. a deal in which the wrong number of cards have been distributed or in which the cards were dealt in the wrong order or manner, necessitating a new deal and the cancellation of any points made on the hand, sometimes with a penalty to the dealer.
- misdate
-
noun,
a wrong date.
- medials
-
noun,
Phonetics.
a medial sound or letter.
media2 (def 1).
- Smetana
-
noun,
Bedřich [Czech be-drzhikh] /Czech ˈbɛ drʒɪx/ (Show IPA), 1824–84, Czech composer.
- minutes
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noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- default
-
noun,
failure to act; inaction or neglect:
- mislead
-
verb (used with object),
to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
- unnamed
-
adjective,
without a name; nameless.
- Eastman
-
noun,
George, 1854–1932, U.S. philanthropist and inventor in the field of photography.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Laudian
-
noun,
a supporter of Archbishop Laud or of Laudianism.
- minuets
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- anneals
-
noun,
an act, instance, or product of annealing.
- Adamite
-
noun,
a descendant of Adam; human being.
- funnels
-
noun,
a cone-shaped utensil with a tube at the apex for conducting liquid or other substance through a small opening, as into a bottle, jug, or the like.
- stadial
-
noun,
stade.
- dentins
-
noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- dunlins
-
noun,
a common sandpiper, Calidris alpina, that breeds in the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- dentils
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- dentals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- medinas
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- funnies
-
noun,
Informal. a funny remark or story; a joke:
- dunites
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- linnets
-
noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- dunnite
-
noun,
an ammonium picrate explosive used as a bursting charge for armor-piercing projectiles and in high-explosive shells; explosive D.
- dustmen
-
noun,
a person employed to remove or cart away garbage, refuse, ashes, etc.; garbage collector.
- mediant
-
noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- Dunstan
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. c925–988, English statesman: archbishop of Canterbury 961–978.
- stadium
-
noun,
a sports arena, usually oval or horseshoe-shaped, with tiers of seats for spectators.
- Dustman
-
noun,
a person employed to remove or cart away garbage, refuse, ashes, etc.; garbage collector.
- misname
-
verb (used with object),
to name incorrectly or wrongly; miscall.
- mismate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to mate unsuitably or wrongly.
- Sunnite
-
noun,
Sunni (def 1).
- annelid
-
noun,
any segmented worm of the phylum Annelida, including the earthworms, leeches, and various marine forms.
- fistula
-
noun,
Pathology. a narrow passage or duct formed by disease or injury, as one leading from an abscess to a free surface, or from one cavity to another.
- infauna
-
noun,
the aggregate of animals that burrow into and live in the bottom deposits of an ocean, river, or lake.
- andante
-
noun,
an andante movement or piece.
- mandate
-
noun,
a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative:
- anatine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the family Anatidae, comprising the swans, geese, and ducks.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- Samanid
-
noun,
a member of the rulers of Persia in the 9th and 10th centuries.
- tuladis
-
noun,
lake trout.
- mannite
-
noun,
mannitol.
- almsmen
-
noun,
a person supported by or receiving alms.
- almsman
-
noun,
a person supported by or receiving alms.
- filmset
-
adjective,
(of type) set on a photocomposer.
- Nemunas
-
noun,
Lithuanian name of Neman.
- flamens
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a priest.
- infante
-
noun,
any son of the king of Spain or of Portugal who is not heir to the throne.
- Almeida
-
noun,
Francisco de [frahn-seesh-koo duh] /frɑ̃ˈsiʃ kʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1450?–1510, Portuguese military leader: first Portuguese viceroy in India.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- anemias
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- alunite
-
noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- Santali
-
noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- mantids
-
noun,
mantis.
- Samnium
-
noun,
an ancient country in central Italy.
- Almaden
-
noun,
a town in Spain: mercury mines.
- Mandean
-
noun,
a member of an ancient Gnostic sect extant in Iraq.
- maudlin
-
adjective,
tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental:
- menials
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- Alamein
-
noun,
El Alamein.
- amulets
-
noun,
a small object worn to ward off evil, harm, or illness or to bring good fortune; protecting charm.
- indents
-
noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- ailment
-
noun,
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
- amnesia
-
noun,
loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc.
- fenland
-
noun,
a low area of marshy ground.
- alumina
-
noun,
the natural or synthetic oxide of aluminum, Al 2 O 3 , occurring in nature in a pure crystal form as corundum.
- Mauldin
-
noun,
William Henry ("Bill") 1921–2003, U.S. political cartoonist.
- ammines
-
noun,
a compound containing one or more ammonia molecules in coordinate linkage.
- sandman
-
noun,
the man who, in fairy tales or folklore, puts sand in the eyes of children to make them sleepy.
- anadems
-
noun,
a garland or wreath for the head.
- undines
-
noun,
any of a group of female water spirits described by Paracelsus.
- sandmen
-
noun,
the man who, in fairy tales or folklore, puts sand in the eyes of children to make them sleepy.
- inlands
-
noun,
the interior part of a country.
- manteau
-
noun,
a mantle or cloak, especially one worn by women.
- alanine
-
noun,
any of several isomers of a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, CH 3 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and produced synthetically: used chiefly in biochemical research. Symbol: A. Abbreviation: Ala;
- Matilda
-
noun,
swag2 (def 2).
- inflame
-
verb (used with object),
to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- mantuas
-
noun,
a woman's loose gown worn as a robe or overdress in the early 18th century.
- feudist
-
noun,
a person who participates in a feud.
- aliment
-
noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- immunes
-
noun,
a person who is immune.
- tunnies
-
noun,
tuna1 .
- maumets
-
noun,
British Dialect.
a doll, puppet, scarecrow, or other figure built to resemble a human being.
an empty-headed or mindless person.
- manumit
-
verb (used with object),
to release from slavery or servitude.
- indults
-
noun,
a dispensation granted often temporarily by the pope, permitting a deviation from church law.
- Finland
-
noun,
Finnish Suomi. a republic in N Europe: formerly a province of the Russian Empire. 130,119 sq. mi. (337,010 sq. km). Capital: Helsinki.
- ultimas
-
noun,
the last syllable of a word.
- tunnels
-
noun,
an underground passage.
- inulase
-
noun,
an enzyme that converts insulin to levulose.
- Malines
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- amidate
-
verb (used with object),
to convert into an amide.
- amentia
-
noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- flaunts
-
noun,
the act of flaunting.
- Malinda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ameslan
-
noun,
American Sign Language.
- amidase
-
noun,
an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an acid amide.
- manilas
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. Abbreviation: Man.
Compare Quezon City.
- animate
-
adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- maltase
-
noun,
an enzyme that converts maltose into glucose and causes similar cleavage of many other glucosides.
- infanta
-
noun,
a daughter of the king of Spain or of Portugal.
- tsunami
-
noun,
an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- intens.
-
- intends
-
verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- aminase
-
noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of amino compounds, releasing the amino group and liberating nitrogen.
- finales
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- aliunde
-
adverb, adjective,
not part of or derivable from the document or instrument itself:
- tummies
-
noun,
stomach:
- malteds
-
noun,
malted milk.
- aminate
-
verb (used with object),
to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
- inflate
-
verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- Muslim
-
noun,
an adherent of Islam.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- Sammie
-
noun,
a sandwich.
- Fianna
-
plural noun,
the Fenians.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- nemat-
-
- lauans
-
noun,
Philippine mahogany.
- muslin
-
noun,
a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns, especially a cotton fabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of other purposes.
- Dustin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- fiesta
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- Samian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samos.
- funest
-
adjective,
boding or causing evil or death; fatal; disastrous.
- flatus
-
noun,
intestinal gas produced by bacterial action on waste matter in the intestines and composed primarily of hydrogen sulfide and varying amounts of methane.
- Muslem
-
adjective, noun,
Muslim.
- fiends
-
noun,
Satan; the devil.
- stadia
-
noun,
a method of surveying in which distances are read by noting the interval on a graduated rod intercepted by two parallel cross hairs (stadia hairs or stadia wires) mounted in the telescope of a surveying instrument, the rod being placed at one end of the distance to be measured and the surveying instrument at the other.
- indef.
-
- Fields
-
noun,
W. C (William Claude Dukenfield) 1880–1946, U.S. vaudeville and motion-picture comedian.
- duties
-
noun,
something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- funnel
-
noun,
a cone-shaped utensil with a tube at the apex for conducting liquid or other substance through a small opening, as into a bottle, jug, or the like.
- flaunt
-
noun,
the act of flaunting.
- stadle
-
noun,
staddle.
- Island
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- indent
-
noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- multi-
-
- nudism
-
noun,
the practice of going nude, especially in places that allow sexually mixed groups, in the belief that such practice benefits health.
- salted
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- finals
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- infant
-
noun,
a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
- finest
-
noun,
the police:
- finlet
-
noun,
a small, detached ray of a fin in certain fishes, as mackerels.
- salute
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- duenna
-
noun,
(in Spain and Portugal) an older woman serving as escort or chaperon of a young lady.
- Multan
-
noun,
a city in E central Pakistan.
- stemma
-
noun,
ocellus (def 1).
- finned
-
noun,
a membranous, winglike or paddlelike organ attached to any of various parts of the body of fishes and certain other aquatic animals, used for propulsion, steering, or balancing.
- stifle
-
noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- induna
-
noun,
an official functionary of a king or chief in South African Bantu societies.
- Finsen
-
noun,
Niels Ryberg [neels ry-ber] /nils ˈrü bɛr/ (Show IPA), 1860–1904, Danish physician: Nobel Prize 1903.
- muleta
-
noun,
a red cloth similar to but smaller than a capa and manipulated by a stick set into one of the three holes in or near the center, for use by a matador in guiding the course of the bull's attack in the stage of the fight preparatory to the kill.
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- finale
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- indult
-
noun,
a dispensation granted often temporarily by the pope, permitting a deviation from church law.
- filate
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- dunlin
-
noun,
a common sandpiper, Calidris alpina, that breeds in the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- dunite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- infest
-
verb (used with object),
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:
- fusain
-
noun,
a fine charcoal used in drawing, made from the wood of the spindle tree.
- flames
-
noun,
burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- filets
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- Musial
-
noun,
Stanley Frank ("Stan the Man") 1920–2013, U.S. baseball player.
- Dunant
-
noun,
Jean Henri [French zhahn ahn-ree] /French ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1828–1910, Swiss banker and philanthropist: founder of the Red Cross; Nobel Peace Prize 1901.
- Idaean
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, associated with, or inhabiting Mount Ida in Asia Minor or Crete.
- lemans
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- dulias
-
noun,
veneration and invocation given to saints as the servants of God.
- Fuseli
-
noun,
(John) Henry (Johann Heinrich Füssli) 1741–1825, English painter, illustrator, and essayist; born in Switzerland.
- muntin
-
noun,
Also called sash bar. a bar for holding the edges of window panes within a sash.
- munite
-
verb (used with object),
to fortify.
- flamen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a priest.
- Samain
-
noun,
Samhain.
- indues
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- futile
-
adjective,
incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful:
- Latium
-
noun,
a country in ancient Italy, SE of Rome.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Seaman
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- faints
-
noun,
the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- intend
-
verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- Fulani
-
noun,
Also, Fulah. a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of mixed African and Mediterranean ancestry, scattered through W Africa from Senegal to Cameroon.
- nanism
-
noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- insult
-
noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- flints
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- netman
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- insula
-
noun,
a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- faenas
-
noun,
the final third of a bullfight in which the matador uses a muleta and the sword in making the final series of passes preparatory to the kill.
- feints
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- Faisal
-
noun,
(Faisal Abdul-Aziz al Saud al Faisal) 1904–75, king of Saudi Arabia 1964–75 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Saud).
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- felids
-
noun,
any animal of the family Felidae, comprising the cats.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- ladens
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- ladies
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- naleds
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- sendal
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- nidana
-
noun,
any of 12 aspects of Samsara, or the cycle of birth and death, often compared to 12 spokes of a wheel.
- salade
-
noun,
sallet.
- setula
-
noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- flutes
-
noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- immane
-
adjective,
vast in size; enormous.
- fluids
-
noun,
a substance, as a liquid or gas, that is capable of flowing and that changes its shape at a steady rate when acted upon by a force tending to change its shape.
- flumes
-
noun,
a deep narrow defile containing a mountain stream or torrent.
- Ismael
-
noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- fasten
-
verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- nausea
-
noun,
sickness at the stomach, especially when accompanied by a loathing for food and an involuntary impulse to vomit.
- fatsia
-
noun,
a shrub or small tree, Fatsia japonica, of the ginseng family, having large, glossy, palmately compound leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- fluted
-
noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- fluent
-
adjective,
spoken or written with ease:
- Iseult
-
noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- faulds
-
noun,
a piece below the breastplate, composed of lames and corresponding to the culet in back.
- itself
-
pronoun,
a reflexive form of it1 :
- faults
-
noun,
a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing:
- Fannie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Frances.
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- immune
-
noun,
a person who is immune.
- flites
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- salami
-
noun,
a kind of sausage, originally Italian, often flavored with garlic.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- famine
-
noun,
extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- falsie
-
noun,
either of a pair of shaped pads, made of rubber, fabric, or the like, for wearing inside a brassiere to give the breasts a larger or more shapely appearance.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- lameds
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- sinful
-
adjective,
characterized by, guilty of, or full of sin; wicked:
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- ideata
-
noun,
(in epistemology) the object of knowledge as known by the mind.
Compare datum (def 3).
- infula
-
noun,
one of the two embroidered lappets of the miter of a bishop.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- Landau
-
noun,
a four-wheeled, two-seated carriage with a top made in two parts that may be let down or folded back.
- Landes
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- elfins
-
noun,
an elf.
- fetial
-
adjective,
concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
- Landis
-
noun,
Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- naiads
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- Fatima
-
noun,
a.d. 606?–632, daughter of Muhammad and wife of Ali.
- Samuel
-
noun,
a judge and prophet of Israel. I Sam. 1–3; 8–15.
- feudal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or like the feudal system, or its political, military, social, and economic structure.
- elands
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- situla
-
noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- Landus
-
noun,
Lando.
- Nadine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mutism
-
noun,
an inability to speak, due to a physical defect, conscious refusal, or psychogenic inhibition.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- fumets
-
noun,
a stock made by simmering fish, chicken, game, etc., in water, wine, or in both, often boiled down to concentrate the flavor and used as a flavoring.
- infuse
-
verb (used with object),
to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill (usually followed by into):
- fleams
-
noun,
Surgery. a kind of lancet, as for opening veins.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- lament
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- ennuis
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- Ennius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), 239–169? b.c, Roman poet.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Lamesa
-
noun,
a city in NW Texas.
- lamias
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- Fenian
-
noun,
a member of an Irish revolutionary organization founded in New York in 1858, which worked for the establishment of an independent Irish republic.
- lamina
-
noun,
a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- inland
-
noun,
the interior part of a country.
- Emmaus
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania.
- fenman
-
noun,
a dweller in the Fens of England.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- inlaut
-
noun,
medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- Lamium
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Lamium, of the mint family, some species of which have whitish or variegated leaves and are cultivated as ornamentals or ground cover.
- festal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Lammas
-
noun,
a former festival in England, held on August 1, in which bread made from the first harvest of corn was blessed.
- Simmel
-
noun,
Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), 1858–1918, German sociologist and philosopher.
- sandal
-
noun,
a shoe consisting of a sole of leather or other material fastened to the foot by thongs or straps.
- eluant
-
noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- failed
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- dentin
-
noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- muftis
-
noun,
civilian clothes, in contrast with military or other uniforms, or as worn by a person who usually wears a uniform.
- Manaus
-
noun,
Manáos.
- amused
-
adjective,
pleasurably entertained, occupied, or diverted.
- amusia
-
noun,
the inability to produce or comprehend music or musical sounds.
- anadem
-
noun,
a garland or wreath for the head.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Mandan
-
noun,
a member of a Siouan people of North Dakota.
- Andean
-
adjective,
of or like the Andes.
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- amulet
-
noun,
a small object worn to ward off evil, harm, or illness or to bring good fortune; protecting charm.
- Manati
-
noun,
a city in N Puerto Rico.
- Anemia
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- malted
-
noun,
malted milk.
- Mandel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tinman
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- Animas
-
noun,
soul; life.
- amidst
-
preposition,
amid.
- amends
-
noun,
reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- Manisa
-
noun,
a city in W Turkey, near the Aegean: Roman defeat of Antiochus the Great 190 b.c.
- Manila
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. Abbreviation: Man.
Compare Quezon City.
- manias
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- amides
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- tinmen
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- mentum
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- manful
-
adjective,
having or showing boldness, courage, or strength; resolute.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- ammine
-
noun,
a compound containing one or more ammonia molecules in coordinate linkage.
- tinned
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- animal
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli: some classification schemes also include protozoa and certain other single-celled eukaryotes that have motility and animallike nutritional modes.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- mannas
-
noun,
the food miraculously supplied to the Israelites in the wilderness. Ex. 16:14–36.
- maiden
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- telium
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- mailed
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- tedium
-
noun,
the quality or state of being wearisome; irksomeness; tediousness.
- maidan
-
noun,
an open area or space in or near a town, often used as a marketplace or parade ground.
- asemia
-
noun,
inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- mafias
-
noun,
a hierarchically structured secret organization allegedly engaged in smuggling, racketeering, trafficking in narcotics, and other criminal activities in the U.S., Italy, and elsewhere.
- Tasman
-
noun,
Abel Janszoon [ah-buh l yahn-sohn] /ˈɑ bəl ˈyɑn soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- maenad
-
noun,
bacchante.
- audile
-
noun,
a person in whose mind auditory images, rather than visual or motor images, are predominant or unusually distinct.
- audits
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- madmen
-
noun,
a person who is or behaves as if insane; lunatic; maniac.
- miasma
-
noun,
noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- animus
-
noun,
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- annual
-
noun,
Botany. a plant living only one year or season.
- metal.
-
- anlaut
-
noun,
initial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- annals
-
noun,
a record of events, especially a yearly record, usually in chronological order.
- maline
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- tildes
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- anneal
-
noun,
an act, instance, or product of annealing.
- annuls
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate:
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- Malden
-
noun,
a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- Amelia
-
noun,
the congenital absence of one or more limbs.
- manned
-
noun,
an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman.
- Madian
-
noun,
Midian.
- United
-
adjective,
made into or caused to act as a single entity:
- adnate
-
adjective,
grown fast to something; congenitally attached.
- unlead
-
verb (used with object),
Printing. to remove the leads between (lines of type).
- unlaid
-
adjective,
not laid or placed:
- unlade
-
verb (used with object),
to take the lading, load, or cargo from; unload.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- menads
-
noun,
maenad.
- afield
-
adverb,
abroad; away from home.
- meatus
-
noun,
an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- aflame
-
adjective,
on fire; ablaze:
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- maunds
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India and other parts of Asia, varying greatly according to locality: in India, from about 25 to 82.286 pounds (11 to 37.4 kilograms) (the latter being the government maund).
- unfits
-
adjective,
not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable:
- aidman
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- aidmen
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- admits
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- unmade
-
adjective,
not made.
- Undine
-
noun,
any of a group of female water spirits described by Paracelsus.
- medias
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- melan-
-
- Medusa
-
noun,
a saucer-shaped or dome-shaped, free-swimming jellyfish or hydra.
- medius
-
noun,
the middle finger.
- medium
-
noun,
a middle state or condition; mean.
- Medit.
-
- Medina
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- Median
-
noun,
Arithmetic, Statistics. the middle number in a given sequence of numbers, taken as the average of the two middle numbers when the sequence has an even number of numbers:
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- unseam
-
verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- unseal
-
verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- unsaid
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of unsay.
- medial
-
noun,
Phonetics.
a medial sound or letter.
media2 (def 1).
- unnail
-
verb (used with object),
to take out the nails from.
- unmans
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- Undset
-
noun,
Sigrid [sig-rid;; Norwegian si-gri] /ˈsɪg rɪd;; Norwegian ˈsɪ grɪ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1949, Norwegian novelist: Nobel prize 1928.
- undies
-
plural noun,
women's or children's underwear.
- Mannes
-
noun,
Leopold Damrosch, 1899–1964, U.S. composer and chemist.
- mantel
-
noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- manual
-
noun,
a small book, especially one giving information or instructions:
- Mantua
-
noun,
a woman's loose gown worn as a robe or overdress in the early 18th century.
- Mantle
-
noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- tuladi
-
noun,
lake trout.
- mantid
-
noun,
mantis.
- Altman
-
noun,
Robert, 1925–2006, U.S. film director, producer, and screenwriter.
- 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.
- mantas
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- alumin
-
- alumna
-
noun,
a woman who is a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.
- alumni
-
noun,
a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.
- Amadis
-
noun,
a knight-errant, model of the chivalric hero.
- Tuinal
-
- Mannie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Manuel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Umtali
-
noun,
former name of Mutare.
- mensal
-
adjective,
monthly.
- maumet
-
noun,
British Dialect.
a doll, puppet, scarecrow, or other figure built to resemble a human being.
an empty-headed or mindless person.
- Ultima
-
noun,
the last syllable of a word.
- Mauman
-
noun,
Mehuman.
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Matane
-
noun,
a city in E Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence River.
- manuf.
-
- Matadi
-
noun,
a seaport in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the mouth of the Congo (Zaire) River.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- tunnel
-
noun,
an underground passage.
- Aleman
-
noun,
Mateo [mah-te-aw] /mɑˈtɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1547?–1610, Spanish novelist.
- maslin
-
noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- mental
-
noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- madman
-
noun,
a person who is or behaves as if insane; lunatic; maniac.
- malate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of malic acid.
- milden
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become mild or milder.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- listed
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- suntan
-
noun,
a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.
- delfts
-
noun,
earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usually in blue.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Tadema
-
noun,
Sir Lawrence Alma-, Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence.
- litmus
-
noun,
a blue coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, especially Roccella tinctoria. In alkaline solution litmus turns blue, in acid solution, red: widely used as a chemical indicator.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- deasil
-
adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- Deanna
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Diana.
- minute
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- madams
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a polite term of address to a woman, originally used only to a woman of rank or authority:
- tafias
-
noun,
a type of rum made in Haiti from lower grades of molasses, refuse sugar, or the like.
- minuet
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- dautie
-
noun,
a darling.
- delist
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- daunts
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- Luanda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Bantu word meaning “melody.”.
- datums
-
noun,
a single piece of information, as a fact, statistic, or code; an item of data.
- Luanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tainan
-
noun,
a city in SW Taiwan.
- lumens
-
noun,
Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
- lumine
-
verb (used with object),
to illumine.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- lunate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the second bone from the thumb side of the proximal row of bones of the carpus.
- Danaus
-
noun,
a ruler of Argos who ordered his 50 daughters to kill their husbands on their wedding night.
- lunies
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- Delium
-
noun,
an ancient seaport in Greece, in Boeotia: the Boeotians defeated the Athenians here 424 b.c.
- dammit
-
interjection,
damn it (used as a mild expletive).
- sundae
-
noun,
ice cream served with syrup poured over it, and often other toppings, as whipped cream, chopped nuts, or fruit.
- distal
-
adjective,
situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal.
Compare proximal.
- muesli
-
noun,
a breakfast cereal similar to granola, usually consisting of rolled oats and dried fruit.
- mudfat
-
adjective,
(of animals) very fat.
- dismal
-
noun,
Southern U.S. a tract of swampy land, usually along the coast.
- Lieut.
-
- limens
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- suited
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- dilute
-
adjective,
reduced in strength, as a chemical by admixture; weak:
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- 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.
- sultan
-
noun,
the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- Linden
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Tilia, as T. americana (American linden) or T. europaea (European linden) having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and heart-shaped leaves, grown as an ornamental or shade tree.
Compare linden family.
- Summit
-
noun,
the highest point or part, as of a hill, a line of travel, or any object; top; apex.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- Delius
-
noun,
Frederick, 1862–1934, English composer.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- sunlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the sun.
- desman
-
noun,
either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.
- desalt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- numina
-
noun,
plural of numen.
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- denti-
-
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- Linnet
-
noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- Dennis
-
noun,
John, 1657–1734, English dramatist and critic.
- denims
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- demits
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- linums
-
noun,
any of numerous plants of the genus Linum, including flax, L. usitatissimum, and various other species grown as ornamentals.
- damsel
-
noun,
a young woman or girl; a maiden, originally one of gentle or noble birth.
- numis.
-
- faunas
-
noun,
the animals of a given region or period considered as a whole.
- tandem
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- daimen
-
adjective,
rare; occasional.
- Damien
-
noun,
Father (Jo·seph de Veu·ster) [French zhaw-zef--duh-vœ-ster] /French ʒɔˈzɛf də vœˈstɛr/ (Show IPA), 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the lepers of Molokai.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- Minden
-
noun,
a city in NW Louisiana.
- dalasi
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Gambia, equal to 100 bututs.
- Madame
-
noun,
a French title of respect equivalent to “Mrs.”, used alone or prefixed to a woman's married name or title:
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- Tamale
-
noun,
a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
- damans
-
noun,
a hyrax, Procavia syriaca, of Syria, Palestine, etc.: the cony of the Bible.
- lutein
-
noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- autism
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- Talmud
-
noun,
the collection of Jewish law and tradition consisting of the Mishnah and the Gemara and being either the edition produced in Palestine a.d. c400 or the larger, more important one produced in Babylonia a.d. c500.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- neut.
-
- maund
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India and other parts of Asia, varying greatly according to locality: in India, from about 25 to 82.286 pounds (11 to 37.4 kilograms) (the latter being the government maund).
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- natl.
-
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- linen
-
noun,
fabric woven from flax yarns.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Menam
-
noun,
a former name of Chao Phraya.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- lemma
-
noun,
a subsidiary proposition introduced in proving some other proposition; a helping theorem.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- lefts
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Matsu
-
noun,
a pine, Pinus massoniana, of China, yielding a wood used in furniture-making, the construction of houses, etc.
- MIDAS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold.
- linns
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Maidu
-
noun,
a member of a tribe of North American Indians of northeastern California.
- maids
-
noun,
a female servant.
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- indue
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- mends
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- mauds
-
noun,
a gray woolen plaid worn by shepherds and others in S Scotland.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- mauls
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- lamia
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- Mafia
-
noun,
a hierarchically structured secret organization allegedly engaged in smuggling, racketeering, trafficking in narcotics, and other criminal activities in the U.S., Italy, and elsewhere.
- imams
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- Melun
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-et-Marne, in N France.
- Munin
-
noun,
one of the two ravens of Odin that brought him news from the whole world.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- Munda
-
noun,
a small family of languages spoken in east-central India.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- 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.
- MSEnt
-
- lifts
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- leuds
-
noun,
a vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages.
- madam
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a polite term of address to a woman, originally used only to a woman of rank or authority:
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- Lamas
-
noun,
Carlos Saavedra [kahr-laws sah-ah-ve-drah] /ˈkɑr lɔs ˌsɑ ɑˈvɛ drɑ/ (Show IPA), Saavedra Lamas, Carlos.
- IATSE
-
- nudes
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- nudi-
-
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- nudie
-
noun,
a film, performance, or magazine featuring nude performers or photographs.
- Melia
-
- lamed
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- numen
-
noun,
divine power or spirit; a deity, especially one presiding locally or believed to inhabit a particular object.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- menad
-
noun,
maenad.
- nidus
-
noun,
a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Musil
-
noun,
Robert, 1880–1942, Austrian writer.
- Meads
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- ileum
-
noun,
Anatomy. the third and lowest division of the small intestine, extending from the jejunum to the cecum.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Lenin
-
noun,
V(ladimir) I(lyich) [vlad-uh-meer il-yich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir ee-lyeech] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov"N. Lenin") 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary leader: Soviet premier 1918–24.
- medal
-
noun,
a flat piece of metal, often a disk but sometimes a cross, star, or other form, usually bearing an inscription or design, issued to commemorate a person, action, or event, or given as a reward for bravery, merit, or the like:
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Medan
-
noun,
a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- mast-
-
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Malan
-
noun,
Daniel François [frahn-swah] /frɑnˈswɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1959, South African editor and political leader: prime minister 1948–54.
- Manat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- minds
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- Mufti
-
noun,
civilian clothes, in contrast with military or other uniforms, or as worn by a person who usually wears a uniform.
- inst.
-
- Lumen
-
noun,
Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Minn.
-
- lands
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Mamie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mande
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
- ludes
-
noun,
Quaalude.
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Naida
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nafud
-
noun,
Nefud Desert.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- manas
-
noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- Lamus
-
noun,
a son of Hercules and Omphale.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Lamut
-
noun,
Even.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- male-
-
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- malms
-
noun,
an artificial mixture of chalk and clay for making into bricks.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- mamas
-
noun,
Informal. mother1 .
- meta-
-
- naut.
-
- Malta
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Africa. 95 sq. mi. (246 sq. km).
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- naiad
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- NAAFI
-
noun,
Navy, Army, and Air Force Institutes: an organization that provides social facilities, stores, etc., to British military personnel.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Manue
-
noun,
Manoah.
- mimes
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- Mimas
-
noun,
Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.
- leafs
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Nandi
-
noun,
a member of an agricultural people of southwestern Kenya.
- nanas
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Nammu
-
noun,
a Sumerian goddess personifying the primeval sea: the mother of the gods and of heaven and earth.
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- Indus
-
noun,
a river in S Asia, flowing from W Tibet through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. 1900 miles (3060 km) long.
- Linum
-
noun,
any of numerous plants of the genus Linum, including flax, L. usitatissimum, and various other species grown as ornamentals.
- Manus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Masai
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- Masan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Ital.
-
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- muted
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- lauan
-
noun,
Philippine mahogany.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- manna
-
noun,
the food miraculously supplied to the Israelites in the wilderness. Ex. 16:14–36.
- lauds
-
noun,
a song or hymn of praise.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- 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.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- maims
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- minus
-
noun,
minus sign.
- Damia
-
noun,
a spirit of fertility.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Sudan
-
noun,
a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Amend
-
verb (used with object),
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- AMEDS
-
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- amate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay; daunt.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- tufas
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- Duala
-
noun,
Douala.
- duals
-
noun,
the dual number.
- Duane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- dist.
-
- disme
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- Saadi
-
noun,
(Muslih ud-Din) 1184?–1291? Persian poet.
- diam.
-
- Diana
-
noun,
(Princess of Wales; Lady Diana Spencer) 1961–97, former wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- sulfa
-
noun,
sulfa drug.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- sulf-
-
- Amman
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Jordan, in the W part.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- amin-
-
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- Amida
-
noun,
a Buddha who rules over paradise, enjoying endless and infinite bliss.
- amid-
-
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- duels
-
noun,
a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- alums
-
noun,
Also called potash alum, potassium alum. a crystalline solid, aluminum potassium sulfate, K 2 SO 4 ⋅Al 2 (SO 4) 3 ⋅24H 2 O, used in medicine as an astringent and styptic, in dyeing and tanning, and in many technical processes.
- dial.
-
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- edit.
-
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- almas
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- Edman
-
noun,
Irwin, 1896–1954, U.S. philosopher and essayist.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- tumid
-
adjective,
swollen, or affected with swelling, as a part of the body.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- alifs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- 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.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- duets
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- duits
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- dulia
-
noun,
veneration and invocation given to saints as the servants of God.
- dulse
-
noun,
a coarse, edible, red seaweed, Rhodymenia palmata.
- Dumas
-
noun,
Alexandre [a-lek-sahn-druh] /a lɛkˈsɑ̃ drə/ (Show IPA), ("Dumas père") 1802–70, and his son, Alexandre, (“Dumas fils”), 1824–95, French dramatists and novelists.
- alum.
-
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Dunne
-
noun,
Finley Peter [fin-lee] /ˈfɪn li/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, U.S. humorist.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- dunts
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- SNAFU
-
noun,
a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation:
Synonyms: snarl, bedlam, tumult, disarray, disorder, confusion, mess; foul-up.
Antonyms: order, efficiency, calm.
- alti-
-
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- Alta.
-
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- summa
-
noun,
a comprehensive work or series of works covering, synthesizing, or summarizing a particular field or subject.
- alfas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter A.
- tiled
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- annul
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate:
- tanna
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- Aust.
-
- annas
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- Annam
-
noun,
a former kingdom and French protectorate along the E coast of French Indochina: now part of Vietnam.
- annal
-
noun,
a record of events of a particular year:
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- dalan
-
noun,
(in Persian and Indian architecture) a veranda or open hall for reception of visitors.
- anim.
-
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- audit
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- ASEAN
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Tenn.
-
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anti-
-
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- Auden
-
noun,
W(ystan) H(ugh) [wis-tuh n] /ˈwɪs tən/ (Show IPA), 1907–73, English poet in the U.S.
- Audie
-
noun,
a female or male given name.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- Daman
-
noun,
a hyrax, Procavia syriaca, of Syria, Palestine, etc.: the cony of the Bible.
- Deut.
-
- Sunni
-
noun,
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law.
Compare Shiʿite.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- deism
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Delft
-
noun,
earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usually in blue.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- demi-
-
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- anat.
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- denim
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- dent.
-
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- anal.
-
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Damas
-
noun,
French name of Damascus.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- dames
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- damns
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- Danae
-
noun,
a daughter of the king of Argos and mother, by Zeus disguised as a shower of gold, of Perseus.
- Danai
-
plural noun,
the Argives.
- Danas
-
noun,
Danu.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dania
-
noun,
a town in S Florida.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- tafia
-
noun,
a type of rum made in Haiti from lower grades of molasses, refuse sugar, or the like.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- datum
-
noun,
a single piece of information, as a fact, statistic, or code; an item of data.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- daunt
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- dauts
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- films
-
noun,
a thin layer or coating:
- fetus
-
noun,
(used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, especially in the later stages of development when the body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind, in humans after the end of the second month of gestation.
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- Fidel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Field
-
noun,
an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
- Fiend
-
noun,
Satan; the devil.
- admen
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- adman
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- feti-
-
- filum
-
noun,
a threadlike structure; filament.
- final
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- Adlai
-
noun,
a male given name.
- finds
-
noun,
an act of finding or discovering.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- fines
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- finns
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- salud
-
interjection,
(used after a person has sneezed or as a toast.)
- Fiume
-
noun,
Italian name of Rijeka.
- fetid
-
adjective,
having an offensive odor; stinking.
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- flame
-
noun,
burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- Felis
-
noun,
a genus of mostly small cats, including the domestic cat, margay, puma, and ocelot, sharing with certain cats of related genera an inability to roar due to ossification of the hyoid bone in the larynx.
- aemia
-
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- Fedin
-
noun,
Konstantin Aleksandrovich [kuh n-stuhn-tyeen uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /kən stʌnˈtyin ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1977, Russian novelist and short-story writer.
- adust
-
adjective,
dried or darkened as by heat.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- felid
-
noun,
any animal of the family Felidae, comprising the cats.
- felts
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- fetal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- sanit
-
- adult
-
noun,
a person who is fully grown or developed or of age.
- adsum
-
interjection,
I am present.
- admit
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- fends
-
verb (used with object),
to ward off (often followed by off):
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- admin
-
noun,
administration; administrative work.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- flams
-
noun,
a deception or trick.
- Faust
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1538, German magician, alchemist, and astrologer.
- fumet
-
noun,
a stock made by simmering fish, chicken, game, etc., in water, wine, or in both, often boiled down to concentrate the flavor and used as a flavoring.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- Fulas
-
noun,
Fulani.
- Saida
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Lebanon: the site of ancient Sidon.
- USLTA
-
- fumed
-
noun,
Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature:
- fumes
-
noun,
Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature:
- funds
-
noun,
a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose:
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- utend
-
- Fusan
-
noun,
Pusan.
- 30-30
-
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- fusil
-
noun,
a light flintlock musket.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- Sadat
-
noun,
Anwar el- [ahn-wahr el] /ˈɑn wɑr ɛl/ (Show IPA), 1918–81, Egyptian political leader: president 1970–81; Nobel Peace Prize 1978.
- fuels
-
noun,
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- adieu
-
noun,
the act of leaving or departing; farewell.
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- flans
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- flats
-
noun,
something flat.
- fleam
-
noun,
Surgery. a kind of lancet, as for opening veins.
- Flem.
-
- flied
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- unman
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- Flint
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- flits
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- aden-
-
- flues
-
noun,
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- Adams
-
noun,
Abigail (Smith) 1744–1818, U.S. social and political figure (wife of John Adams).
- fluid
-
noun,
a substance, as a liquid or gas, that is capable of flowing and that changes its shape at a steady rate when acted upon by a force tending to change its shape.
- flume
-
noun,
a deep narrow defile containing a mountain stream or torrent.
- flute
-
noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- salad
-
noun,
a usually cold dish consisting of vegetables, as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, covered with a dressing and sometimes containing seafood, meat, or eggs.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- feint
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- fauns
-
noun,
one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Alas.
-
- seti-
-
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- Udine
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- ulama
-
plural noun,
the doctors of Muslim religion and law.
- melds
-
noun,
the act of melding.
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- ulent
-
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- self-
-
- Sedum
-
noun,
any fleshy plant belonging to the genus Sedum, of the stonecrop family, usually having small, overlapping leaves and yellow, white, or pink flowers.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- Aldan
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from the Yabloni Mountains to the Lena. about 1500 miles (2415 km) long.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- simul
-
adverb,
(in prescriptions) together.
- Aldas
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- emuls
-
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- enfin
-
adverb,
in conclusion; finally.
- fades
-
noun,
an act or instance of fading.
- semi-
-
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- fatal
-
adjective,
causing or capable of causing death; mortal; deadly:
- famed
-
noun,
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence:
- fames
-
noun,
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence:
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- fanes
-
noun,
a temple.
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- Unit.
-
- Saudi
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia.
- unfit
-
adjective,
not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable:
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- fated
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- fauld
-
noun,
a piece below the breastplate, composed of lames and corresponding to the culet in back.
- fault
-
noun,
a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing:
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Fauna
-
noun,
the animals of a given region or period considered as a whole.
- Falda
-
noun,
a white silk vestment extending from the waist to the ground, worn over the cassock by the pope on solemn occasions.
- sauna
-
noun,
a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- fa-la
-
noun,
a text or refrain in old songs.
- fails
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- Unami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- faena
-
noun,
the final third of a bullfight in which the matador uses a muleta and the sword in making the final series of passes preparatory to the kill.
- Faial
-
noun,
an island in the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 66 sq. mi. (171 sq. km).
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- mems
-
noun,
the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- mes-
-
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- USMA
-
- USNA
-
- mem.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- men-
-
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- USIA
-
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Tues
-
- uni-
-
- tude
-
noun,
an arrogant attitude.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- UNEF
-
- Mend
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- used
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ment
-
- tufa
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- met.
-
- USAF
-
noun,
the permanent or regular military air force of the United States, established in 1947 as a separate service under the authority of the Department of Defense: a branch of the U.S. Army before 1947. Abbreviation: USAF.
- mfd.
-
- USDA
-
- std.
-
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- 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.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- 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.
- Sem.
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Nana
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- NASD
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sld.
-
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- Nada
-
noun,
nothing; zero; none:
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- 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.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- NTIA
-
- nude
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- Saud
-
noun,
(Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz), 1901?–69, king of Saudi Arabia 1953–64 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Faisal).
- NDSL
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Sat.
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Saml
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- Sam.
-
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Mid.
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- MIME
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Mims
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Mims.
- min.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Mind
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- 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).
- mis-
-
- midn
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- mil.
-
- Tasm
-
- mild
-
noun,
British. beer that has a blander taste than bitter.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- mus.
-
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- mult
-
- mums
-
noun,
chrysanthemum.
- mun.
-
- Ste.
-
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- MusD
-
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- MusM
-
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- slum
-
noun,
Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- stud
-
noun,
a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- mule
-
noun,
the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small feet, and sure-footedness.
Compare hinny.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- MSAE
-
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- MMus
-
- MNAS
-
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- MSAM
-
- MSEM
-
- Sufi
-
noun,
a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
- MSFM
-
- MSIE
-
- MSME
-
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- muds
-
noun,
wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
- 1080
-
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- MELD
-
noun,
the act of melding.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Emma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- end-
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- enl.
-
- Ens.
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- Esd.
-
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- fam.
-
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- FAdm
-
- fads
-
noun,
a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group.
- 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.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- fame
-
noun,
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence:
- fana
-
noun,
the ecstatic union of the Sufi with the Divine.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- emia
-
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- Duse
-
noun,
Eleonora [el-ee-uh-nawr-uh;; Italian e-le-aw-naw-rah] /ˌɛl i əˈnɔr ə;; Italian ˌɛ lɛ ɔˈnɔ rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, Italian actress.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- dual
-
noun,
the dual number.
- duel
-
noun,
a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- dues
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- duet
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- Duit
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- Duma
-
noun,
(in Russia prior to 1917) a council or official assembly.
- Duna
-
noun,
Hungarian name of the Danube.
- dune
-
noun,
a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
- Duns
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- dunt
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- Dust
-
noun,
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- EDTA
-
- EFTA
-
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Faun
-
noun,
one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- IAEA
-
- flue
-
noun,
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- FNMA
-
- fuds
-
noun,
a fuddy-duddy.
- fuel
-
noun,
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- Fula
-
noun,
Fulani.
- Fuls
-
noun,
Fulani.
- fume
-
noun,
Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature:
- fund
-
noun,
a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose:
- funs
-
noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- FUSE
-
noun,
a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.
- fut.
-
- Ind.
-
- iana
-
- fled
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of flee.
- IATA
-
- idae
-
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Idun
-
noun,
a goddess, keeper of the apples of youth and wife of Bragi; abducted by the giant Thjazi, from whom she was rescued.
- ile-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- imam
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- inae
-
- IndE
-
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- 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.
- Fed.
-
- fids
-
noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- fedn
-
- feds
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Slang. a federal official or law-enforcement officer.
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- fem.
-
- FEMA
-
noun,
Federal Emergency Management Agency: a federal agency that coordinates the response to disasters in the U.S.
- fems
-
noun,
a woman.
- fend
-
verb (used with object),
to ward off (often followed by off):
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- feud
-
noun,
Also called blood feud. a bitter, continuous hostility, especially between two families, clans, etc., often lasting for many years or generations.
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- fld.
-
- film
-
noun,
a thin layer or coating:
- fils
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the 100th part of a dinar.
- filt
-
- Fin.
-
- find
-
noun,
an act of finding or discovering.
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Finn
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Fla.
-
- Flam
-
noun,
a deception or trick.
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- dis-
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- infl
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Alma
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Amal
-
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- amdt
-
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- AMLS
-
- Alis
-
- amt.
-
- amus
-
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- Anas
-
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- ands
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ann.
-
- Anna
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ANSI
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- AIME
-
- AFAM
-
- Adam
-
noun,
the name of the first man: husband of Eve and progenitor of the human race. Gen. 2:7; 5:1–5.
- adat
-
noun,
the native law traditional in Indonesia.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Adm.
-
- aet.
-
- Aida
-
noun,
(italics) an opera (1871) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ALFA
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter A.
- AInd
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ala.
-
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Ald.
-
- Alda
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- Aldm
-
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ant.
-
- ANTU
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- DATA
-
noun,
a plural of datum.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- daut
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- deaf
-
noun,
deaf persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- def.
-
- defs
-
- deft
-
adjective,
dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever:
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Del.
-
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Dem.
-
- Danu
-
noun,
the mother of the Tuatha De Danann: identified with the Welsh Don.
- Den.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Deus
-
noun,
God. Abbreviation: D.
- dia-
-
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- dif-
-
- dim.
-
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- Din.
-
- dat.
-
- Danl
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- Aude
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2449 sq. mi. (6345 sq. km). Capital: Carcassonne.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- ASME
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- aud.
-
- auld
-
adjective,
old.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- Aus.
-
- aut-
-
- daft
-
adjective,
senseless, stupid, or foolish.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- damn
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dana
-
noun,
Danu.
- Inf.
-
- fade
-
noun,
an act or instance of fading.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- MAEd
-
- Laud
-
noun,
a song or hymn of praise.
- lea.
-
- mads
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- Madm
-
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- 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.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- LAMA
-
noun,
a priest or monk in Lamaism.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- 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.
- MALD
-
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lam.
-
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- maim
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- mal-
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- 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.
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- MALS
-
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- LitD
-
- lit.
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- 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.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- 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.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- 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.
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- med.
-
- leud
-
noun,
a vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages.
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- lude
-
noun,
Quaalude.
- Ltd.
-
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- malm
-
noun,
an artificial mixture of chalk and clay for making into bricks.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- intl
-
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- mdse
-
- mdnt
-
- meas
-
- Maud
-
noun,
a gray woolen plaid worn by shepherds and others in S Scotland.
- Mdms
-
plural,
Madam.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- maul
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- Mdme
-
plural,
Madame.
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- MDES
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- int.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Man.
-
- ins.
-
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- Mame
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mama
-
noun,
Informal. mother1 .
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- AUA
-
- an.
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- TAL
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- AAE
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- ae.
-
- AAF
-
- AAM
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AAU
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ADF
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- LST
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- DSM
-
- DAE
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- LTA
-
- dau
-
noun,
dhow.
- LSM
-
- LMT
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- ADA
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- LSI
-
- uns
-
- MIT
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- ad-
-
- DFM
-
- DFT
-
- di.
-
- MMT
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- DFA
-
- DIL
-
- MNS
-
- MSA
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Am.
-
- MSD
-
- uti
-
- MSE
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- Af.
-
- de-
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- DEA
-
- al.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- Md.
-
- AIA
-
- USM
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- MME
-
- USN
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- ml.
-
- MLA
-
- MLD
-
- MLF
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- MLS
-
- DET
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- mmf
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- AMU
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- AMS
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- Ulm
-
noun,
a city in E Baden-Württemberg, in S Germany, on the Danube.
- UIT
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- MIE
-
- ult
-
- suf
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- Tu.
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- Mam
-
noun,
British Informal. mother.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- MFA
-
- ALU
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- USA
-
- Ufa
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the Bashkir Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe.
- MFS
-
- MFT
-
- UAE
-
- mi.
-
- UAM
-
- tue
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- AME
-
- ANF
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Me.
-
- ALM
-
- MSL
-
- ASM
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- AFM
-
- ASN
-
- ast
-
- AFL
-
- AFA
-
- MM.
-
- MIM
-
noun,
the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ASU
-
- at.
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- AEF
-
- ATA
-
- AEA
-
- ASI
-
- AFS
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- TID
-
- UMT
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- Mdm
-
plural,
Madam.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- MAA
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ase
-
- TIA
-
- Une
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- MDT
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- 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.
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- DLS
-
- LIM
-
- LSD
-
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- LaF
-
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Fl.
-
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Lt.
-
- flu
-
noun,
influenza.
- Fia
-
- fm.
-
- LDS
-
- FSA
-
- ft.
-
- FUD
-
noun,
a fuddy-duddy.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- La.
-
- ful
-
noun,
Fulani.
- IUS
-
- ium
-
- IUD
-
- fid
-
noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAE
-
- se-
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- FAA
-
- FAD
-
noun,
a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group.
- SED
-
- Ld.
-
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- FET
-
- SDA
-
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- FDA
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NSF
-
- NAA
-
- NAD
-
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- fun
-
noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ETS
-
- IMF
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- NDE
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ne-
-
- ILS
-
- NEA
-
- NIA
-
- ise
-
- NFS
-
- NFL
-
- NFD
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- in.
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NES
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- ine
-
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- ISA
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ite
-
- NUM
-
- id.
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- SAA
-
- ITA
-
- sd.
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- ITU
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- NUL
-
- ide
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ist
-
- IAS
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- NSU
-
- NSA
-
- NNE
-
- NMU
-
- NMI
-
- NLF
-
- Isl
-
- eu-
-
- SDI
-
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- ean
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SNU
-
- ETD
-
- ea.
-
- EAA
-
- ead
-
- mud
-
noun,
wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
- EAM
-
- SMM
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- mtn
-
- SMD
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- SMA
-
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- MUF
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDT
-
- SLE
-
- ef-
-
- MTS
-
- MTI
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- DNA
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- MSF
-
- DIU
-
noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- STM
-
- STL
-
- DMA
-
- STI
-
- DML
-
- DMS
-
- DMT
-
- DSA
-
- MTF
-
- DST
-
- Du.
-
- MSI
-
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- MSM
-
- Lif
-
- DUI
-
- MSN
-
- MST
-
- Dun
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- Mt.
-
- efl
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- ESA
-
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- 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.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- 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.
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sfm
-
- en-
-
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- mum
-
noun,
chrysanthemum.
- EMT
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ESU
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- EMF
-
- ESL
-
- EIS
-
- SLA
-
- Les
-
- N.
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NL
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- L2
-
- MN
-
- le
-
- FD
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- SU
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- DM
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- SF
-
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- NM
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- DN
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- t.
-
- NF
-
- TD
-
- L.
-
- UL
-
- LF
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- LM
-
- Ud
-
- ln
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- U.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- D.
-
- MF
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- fn
-
- DF
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- dl
-
- i.
-
- M.
-
- T1
-
- NI
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- FE
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- ND
-
- L1
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- TL
-
- SN
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
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noun,
mother1 .
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