Anagrams of gallantries
Word gallantries has
1454 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of gallantries.
- allegiant
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noun,
a faithful follower; adherent:
- allergist
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noun,
a physician specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies.
- allanites
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noun,
a member of the epidote group, a silicate of calcium, cerium, aluminum, and iron, occurring chiefly in brown-to-black masses or prismatic crystals.
- alginates
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noun,
a salt of alginic acid.
- geranials
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noun,
See under citral.
- algerians
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Algeria.
- allanite
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noun,
a member of the epidote group, a silicate of calcium, cerium, aluminum, and iron, occurring chiefly in brown-to-black masses or prismatic crystals.
- stallage
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noun,
the right to set up a stall in a fair or market.
- Salinger
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noun,
J(erome) D(avid) 1971–2010, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- tanagers
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noun,
any of numerous songbirds of the New World family Thraupidae, the males of which are usually brightly colored.
- alginate
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noun,
a salt of alginic acid.
- stealing
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noun,
the act of a person who steals.
- algerita
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noun,
agarita.
- strangle
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verb (used with object),
to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
- tallages
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noun,
Medieval History. a tax paid by peasants to the lord of their manor.
- gantries
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noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- ganister
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noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- Gallinas
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noun,
Pun·ta [poon-tah] /ˈpun tɑ/ (Show IPA) a cape in NE Colombia: northernmost point of South America.
- ringlets
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noun,
a curled lock of hair.
- Galleria
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noun,
a spacious passageway, court, or indoor mall, usually with a vaulted roof and lined with commercial establishments.
- Gallatin
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noun,
Albert, 1761–1849, U.S. statesman: Secretary of the Treasury 1801–13.
- literals
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noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- gallates
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noun,
a salt or ester of gallic acid.
- gallants
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noun,
a brave, noble-minded, or chivalrous man.
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- Algerian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Algeria.
- alligate
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verb (used with object),
to attach; bind.
- Galilean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Galilee.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- granites
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- arillate
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adjective,
having an aril.
- arginase
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noun,
a liver enzyme that converts arginine to urea.
- argental
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, containing, or resembling silver.
- ingrates
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- asternal
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adjective,
not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
- Antilles
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plural noun,
a chain of islands in the West Indies, divided into two parts, the one including Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles) the other including a large arch of smaller islands to the SE and S (Lesser Antilles or Caribees)
- tear-gas
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noun,
a gas that makes the eyes smart and water, thus producing a temporary blindness, used in modern warfare, to quell riots, etc.
- integral
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noun,
an integral whole.
- astringe
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- tillages
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noun,
the operation, practice, or art of tilling land.
- gillnets
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verb (used with object),
to catch (a fish) with a gill net.
- Santeria
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- anglaise
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noun,
an old English country-dance.
- geranial
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noun,
See under citral.
- genitals
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plural noun,
genitalia.
- angaries
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noun,
the right of a belligerent state to seize and use the property of neutrals for purposes of warfare, subject to payment of full compensation.
- sanglier
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noun,
a closely woven fabric made of mohair or worsted, constructed in plain weave, and finished to simulate the coat of a boar.
- laterals
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noun,
a lateral part or extension, as a branch or shoot.
- gelatins
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noun,
a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
- all-star
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noun,
Sports. a player selected for an all-star team.
- agrestal
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adjective,
of or relating to plants growing wild in fields and uncultivated areas.
- Starling
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noun,
a chunky, medium-sized European passerine bird, Sturnus vulgaris, of iridescent black plumage with seasonal speckles, that nests in colonies: introduced into North America.
- aglisten
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adjective,
refulgent; glistening.
- galatine
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noun,
galantine.
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- Sterling
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noun,
British currency.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- engrails
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verb (used with object),
to ornament the edge of with curved indentations.
- stillage
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noun,
a low platform on which goods are stored in a warehouse or factory to keep them off the floor, to aid in handling, etc.
Compare skid (def 3).
- agential
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adjective,
pertaining to an agent or agency.
- Triangle
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noun,
a closed plane figure having three sides and three angles.
- sarangi
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noun,
(in India) a violinlike instrument used to accompany classical dancing.
- anlages
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noun,
Embryology. an embryonic area capable of forming a structure: the primordium, germ, or bud.
- atresia
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- rallies
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noun,
a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
- anglers
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noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- slating
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noun,
the act or work of covering something with slates.
- Anglist
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noun,
Anglicist.
- Aterian
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adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- gillnet
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verb (used with object),
to catch (a fish) with a gill net.
- atingle
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adjective,
tingling; stimulated.
- ralline
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adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Rallidae, comprising the rails and allied species.
- Slinger
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noun,
a person or thing that slings.
- laagers
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noun,
a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
- Sargent
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noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- reagins
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noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- lasting
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noun,
a strong, durable, closely woven fabric for shoe uppers, coverings on buttons, etc.
- latrias
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noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Lateran
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noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- raglans
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noun,
a loose overcoat with raglan sleeves.
- resting
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noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- Genista
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- Santali
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noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- sangria
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noun,
an iced drink, typically made with red wine, sugar, fruit juice, soda water, and spices, and containing fruit slices.
- genital
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adjective,
of, relating to, or noting reproduction.
- lariats
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noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- railage
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noun,
an amount charged for transporting goods by rail.
- Stagira
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noun,
an ancient town in NE Greece, in Macedonia on the E Chalcidice peninsula: birthplace of Aristotle.
- Geraint
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noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- langsat
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noun,
an East Indian tree, Lansium domesticum, of the mahogany family.
- Seagirt
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noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- sealant
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noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- singlet
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noun,
a sleeveless athletic jersey, especially a loose-fitting top worn by runners, joggers, etc.
- Sinatra
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noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- gristle
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noun,
cartilage, especially in meats.
- granita
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noun,
frozen flavored ice.
- granite
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- grilles
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noun,
a grating or openwork barrier, as for a gate, usually of metal and often of decorative design.
- telling
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Idioms,
tell it like it is, Informal. to tell the complete, unadulterated truth; be forthright:
- Artigas
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noun,
José Gervasio [haw-se her-vah-syaw] /hɔˈsɛ hɛrˈvɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1764–1850, Uruguayan soldier and patriot.
- Setaria
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noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- tsarina
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noun,
czarina.
- strange
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adverb,
in a strange manner.
- gratins
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noun,
au gratin.
- gratine
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verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- Artesia
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noun,
a city in S California.
- Gratian
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noun,
(Flavius Gratianus) a.d. 359–383, Roman emperor 375–383.
- arsenal
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noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- Gratiae
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plural noun,
grace (def 12).
- argents
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noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- seringa
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noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- seating
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noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- selling
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noun,
an act or method of selling.
- Antares
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noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- glaires
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- ratings
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noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- antiars
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noun,
the upas tree.
- stinger
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noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- install
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verb (used with object),
to place in position or connect for service or use:
- glister
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noun,
glitter; sparkle.
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Astaire
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noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- tringle
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noun,
a narrow, straight molding, as a fillet.
- ingrate
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- tearing
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noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- ingesta
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plural noun,
substances ingested.
- ingates
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noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- glisten
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noun,
a glistening; sparkle.
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- lateral
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noun,
a lateral part or extension, as a branch or shoot.
- tillage
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noun,
the operation, practice, or art of tilling land.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- lintels
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noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- gallies
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verb (used with object),
to frighten or scare.
- lingers
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
- tailles
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noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- lingala
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noun,
a Bantu language used as a lingua franca in the N Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- ringlet
-
noun,
a curled lock of hair.
- linages
-
noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- tallage
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noun,
Medieval History. a tax paid by peasants to the lord of their manor.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- ligates
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verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- tallies
-
noun,
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- garnets
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- trellis
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noun,
a frame or structure of latticework; lattice.
- rillets
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- Agenais
-
noun,
an ancient region of SW France.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- agnails
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noun,
hangnail.
- stellar
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adjective,
of or relating to the stars; consisting of stars.
- agnates
-
noun,
a relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- galenas
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noun,
a common, heavy mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, occurring in lead-gray crystals, usually cubes, and cleavable masses: the principal ore of lead.
- Natalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- gallant
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noun,
a brave, noble-minded, or chivalrous man.
- tingles
-
noun,
a tingling sensation.
- retinal
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- re-sign
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verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- gallate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of gallic acid.
- transl.
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- literal
-
noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- engrail
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verb (used with object),
to ornament the edge of with curved indentations.
- gallets
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noun,
spall (def 1).
- Algeria
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly comprised 13 departments of France; gained independence 1962. 919,352 sq. mi. (2,381,122 sq. km). Capital: Algiers.
- alegars
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noun,
vinegar made from ale; sour ale.
- gaiters
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noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- against
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Idioms,
over against, in contrast with:
- gastrin
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noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- Tangier
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- leasing
-
noun,
lying; falsehood.
- tillers
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- algesia
-
noun,
sensitivity to pain; hyperesthesia.
- tangles
-
noun,
a tangled condition or situation.
- triages
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noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- regalia
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plural noun,
the ensigns or emblems of royalty, as the crown or scepter.
- gainers
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noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- Allegra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- earings
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- regains
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noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- gelatin
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noun,
a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- easting
-
noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- agalite
-
noun,
a fibrous variety of talc.
- Algiers
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Algeria, in the N part.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- Liestal
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Basel-Land, in NW Switzerland.
- eatings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- reginas
-
noun,
queen.
- tanager
-
noun,
any of numerous songbirds of the New World family Thraupidae, the males of which are usually brightly colored.
- gastr-
-
- grani-
-
- Gallas
-
noun,
Oromo.
- Galati
-
noun,
a port in E Romania, on the Danube River. 252,884.
- gelati
-
noun,
a rich ice cream, made with eggs and usually containing a relatively low percentage of butterfat.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- genial
-
adjective,
warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial:
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- Stella
-
noun,
a four-dollar pattern coin of the U.S. having a metal content based on the metric system, issued 1879–80: designed to be used as an international coin.
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- gisant
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- stalag
-
noun,
a World War II German military camp housing prisoners of war of enlisted ranks.
- 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.
- Galena
-
noun,
a common, heavy mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, occurring in lead-gray crystals, usually cubes, and cleavable masses: the principal ore of lead.
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Gilels
-
noun,
Emil (Grigoryevich) [ee-mil gri-gawr-yuh-vich,, ey-mil;; Russian e-myeel gryi-gaw-ryi-vyich] /ˈi mɪl grɪˈgɔr yə vɪtʃ,, ˈeɪ mɪl;; Russian ɛˈmyil gryɪˈgɔ ryɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1916–85, Russian pianist.
- Graiae
-
plural noun,
Graeae.
- grails
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- glaire
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- glares
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- Glaser
-
noun,
Donald A. 1926–2013, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1960.
- Gallia
-
noun,
Latin name of Gaul.
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- glairs
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- gleans
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- glints
-
noun,
a tiny, quick flash of light.
- gallet
-
noun,
spall (def 1).
- gaslit
-
noun,
light produced by the combustion of illuminating gas.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- genit.
-
- gnarls
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Granta
-
noun,
Cam.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- single
-
noun,
one person or thing; a single one.
- lineal
-
adjective,
being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.
- L-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (L-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (L-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the L-shell.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- rillet
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- listel
-
noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- lintel
-
noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- linger
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- linage
-
noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- lignes
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- ligers
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- ligate
-
verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- ligase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the joining of two molecules by formation of a covalent bond accompanied by the hydrolysis of ATP.
- ligans
-
noun,
lagan.
- liangs
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- lentil
-
noun,
a plant, Lens culinaris, of the legume family, having flattened, biconvex seeds used as food.
- 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.
- sallet
-
noun,
a light medieval helmet, usually with a vision slit or a movable visor.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Nagari
-
noun,
a group of related scripts, including Devanagari, derived from Brahmi and used for the writing of many of the languages of India.
- legist
-
noun,
an expert in law, especially ancient law.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Reagan
-
noun,
Nancy Davis (Anne Francis Robbins Davis) born 1921, U.S. First Lady 1981–89 (wife of Ronald Reagan).
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- Raglan
-
noun,
a loose overcoat with raglan sleeves.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- Regain
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- regnal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sovereign, sovereignty, or reign:
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nergal
-
noun,
(in Akkadian mythology) the god ruling, with Ereshkigal, the world of the dead.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- legits
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- legals
-
noun,
a person who acts in a legal manner or with legal authority.
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- instr.
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- Ingles
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- signal
-
noun,
anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.:
- signet
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- silage
-
noun,
fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- 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.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- siller
-
noun,
silver.
- grilse
-
noun,
a young Atlantic salmon as it returns from the sea to fresh water for the first time.
- grills
-
noun,
a grated utensil for broiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc., over a fire; gridiron.
- grille
-
noun,
a grating or openwork barrier, as for a gate, usually of metal and often of decorative design.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- Greats
-
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- inter.
-
- intra-
-
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- larges
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- 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.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- 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.
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lasing
-
noun,
the generation of coherent light by a laser.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- Langer
-
noun,
Susanne (Knauth) [knout] /knaʊt/ (Show IPA), 1895–1985, U.S. philosopher.
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- lagers
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- lagena
-
noun,
an outpocketing of the saccule of birds, reptiles, and bony fishes corresponding to the cochlear duct of mammals.
- lagans
-
noun,
anything sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy or the like so that it may be recovered.
- Laelia
-
noun,
any of several epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Laelia, having fleshy leaves and showy flowers.
- Laager
-
noun,
a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
- Strega
-
- satang
-
noun,
a monetary unit and former coin of Thailand, the 100th part of a baht.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- tinges
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- alegar
-
noun,
vinegar made from ale; sour ale.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- tellin
-
noun,
any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Tellina, having a thin, rounded shell of white, yellow, pink, or purple.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsen-
-
- algins
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- tingle
-
noun,
a tingling sensation.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- aglare
-
adjective, adverb,
glaring; blazing:
- Ealing
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- aglets
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- aglint
-
adjective,
displaying bright points of light, as by reflection; glittering:
- agnail
-
noun,
hangnail.
- agnate
-
noun,
a relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- trans.
-
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- Algren
-
noun,
Nelson, 1909–81, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- tangle
-
noun,
a tangled condition or situation.
- Angell
-
noun,
James Rowland [roh-luh nd] /ˈroʊ lənd/ (Show IPA), 1869–1949, U.S. educator.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- Angela
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “messenger.”.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- angler
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- Angles
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Anglia
-
noun,
Latin name of England.
- Anlage
-
noun,
Embryology. an embryonic area capable of forming a structure: the primordium, germ, or bud.
- tergal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the tergum.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- aligns
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- al-Lat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying the sun and considered to be a daughter of Allah.
- 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.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- argils
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- Tiller
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Allier
-
noun,
a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.
- argals
-
noun,
argol.
- Allies
-
noun,
plural of ally.
- all-in
-
adjective,
Wrestling. without restrictions; with virtually every type of hold permitted.
- Argall
-
noun,
Sir Samuel, 1572–1639, British explorer: colonial governor of Virginia 1617–19.
- argali
-
noun,
a wild sheep, Ovis ammon, of Asia, having long, curved horns that typically form an open, outwardly extended spiral: rare or endangered.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- taille
-
noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- trills
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Tallis
-
noun,
Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.
- taigas
-
noun,
the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
- Aegina
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Asopus and Metope who was abducted by Zeus and bore him a son, Aeacus.
- 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.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- agates
-
noun,
a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- string
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Allen
-
noun,
(Charles) Grant (Blairfindie) [blair-fin-dee] /blɛərˈfɪn di/ (Show IPA), ("Cecil Power"; "J. Arbuthnot Wilson") 1848–99, British philosophical writer and novelist.
- relig
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- trig.
-
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Alta.
-
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- rall.
-
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- Allan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- salal
-
noun,
an evergreen shrub, Gaultheria shallon, of the heath family, native to the western coast of North America, having leathery, oblong leaves and clusters of pink or white flowers and purplish-black fruit.
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- 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.
- align
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- Leila
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aeri-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- legit
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- Legis
-
- tills
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- legal
-
noun,
a person who acts in a legal manner or with legal authority.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- 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.
- 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.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- lalia
-
- angi-
-
- Lange
-
noun,
Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- lang.
-
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- Angl.
-
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Angle
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Laing
-
noun,
R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- 30-30
-
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- lagen
-
noun,
laggin.
- lagan
-
noun,
anything sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy or the like so that it may be recovered.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- alti-
-
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- Trill
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- anal.
-
- anat.
-
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- angas
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- Angel
-
noun,
one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- sanit
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- 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.
- Agena
-
noun,
a U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with various booster stages to launch satellites into orbit around the earth and send probes to the moon and planets: also used as a docking target in the Gemini program.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- nitr-
-
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- nills
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Agate
-
noun,
a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- agnel
-
noun,
a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- reni-
-
- treas
-
- nears
-
- Nigel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neil.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- aglet
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- natl.
-
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- Regt.
-
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- ligan
-
noun,
lagan.
- lilts
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- Lilas
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- ligne
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- lign-
-
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- liger
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- algae
-
plural noun,
any of numerous groups of chlorophyll-containing, mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms ranging from microscopic single-celled forms to multicellular forms 100 feet (30 meters) or more long, distinguished from plants by the absence of true roots, stems, and leaves and by a lack of nonreproductive cells in the reproductive structures: classified into the six phyla Euglenophyta, Crysophyta, Pyrrophyta, Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta, and Rhodophyta.
- Algar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- algia
-
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- ragas
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- sagan
-
noun,
Carl (Edward) 1934–96, U.S. astronomer and writer.
- saiga
-
noun,
a goatlike antelope, Saiga tatarica, of western Asia and eastern Russia, having a greatly enlarged muzzle.
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- liang
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- algin
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lisle
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- rills
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- agars
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- lings
-
noun,
an elongated, marine, gadid food fish, Molva molva, of Greenland and northern Europe.
- Alas.
-
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- ling.
-
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anis-
-
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- Giles
-
noun,
Saint, 8th century a.d., Athenian hermit in France.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- Snell
-
noun,
a short piece of nylon, gut, or the like, by which a fishhook is attached to a line.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Srta.
-
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- gilts
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Genl.
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- Eagan
-
noun,
a town in SE Minnesota.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- gelts
-
noun,
money.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- 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.
- tangs
-
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- ASEAN
-
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- Grail
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- gnarl
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- glint
-
noun,
a tiny, quick flash of light.
- glias
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- tears
-
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- glean
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- astr.
-
- glair
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- slang
-
noun,
very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road.
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- stall
-
noun,
a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- gains
-
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Galen
-
noun,
Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- galea
-
noun,
Botany. a part of the calyx or corolla having the form of a helmet, as the upper lip of the corolla of the monkshood.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- galas
-
noun,
a festive occasion; celebration; special entertainment:
- ster.
-
- engr.
-
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Enlil
-
noun,
the king of the Sumerian gods and the god of the air.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- gales
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- Gaeta
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Italy, on the Gulf of Gaeta off the Tyrrhenian Sea.
- gaels
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- stge.
-
- 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.
- Still
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- taiga
-
noun,
the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- galet
-
noun,
spall (def 1).
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Tanga
-
noun,
either of two former coins of India, one gold and one silver, issued by various Muslim rulers.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Ellis
-
noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- galls
-
noun,
impudence; effrontery.
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- Elgin
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois.
- 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.
- Galle
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Sri Lanka.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Ellas
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Greece.
- Galla
-
noun,
Oromo.
- Grana
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) plural of granum.
- glans
-
noun,
the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- ante-
-
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- intr.
-
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- Iran.
-
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Sella
-
noun,
Zillah.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- Segal
-
noun,
George, 1924–2000, U.S. sculptor.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- argil
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- argal
-
noun,
argol.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Ingle
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
-
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- seti-
-
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- IATSE
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- anti-
-
- sing.
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- 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.
- Ital.
-
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Arnel
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- tells
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- grill
-
noun,
a grated utensil for broiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc., over a fire; gridiron.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- stlg
-
- str.
-
- tRNA
-
- Ste.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Sat.
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- rel.
-
- 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.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Reg.
-
- tri-
-
- stg.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- 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.
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- 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.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- slag
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- lea.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- 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.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- 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.
- RNAS
-
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- SAGA
-
noun,
a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tel-
-
- ten.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Sig.
-
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- 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.
- ter.
-
- Sra.
-
- ergs
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- gata
-
noun,
the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- gelt
-
noun,
money.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- Gen.
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- Ger.
-
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- gals
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Ens.
-
- 1080
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- est.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Gall
-
noun,
impudence; effrontery.
- gaea
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the earth, mother of the Titans.
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Gal.
-
- Gala
-
noun,
a festive occasion; celebration; special entertainment:
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- inae
-
- iana
-
- IATA
-
- ign.
-
- ile-
-
- Ill.
-
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- IAEA
-
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- Gill
-
noun,
the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
- gils
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- gilt
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- gras
-
- gres
-
- enl.
-
- Eng.
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Alg.
-
- 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.”.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- 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.
- Alis
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- all-
-
- alls
-
noun,
one's whole interest, energy, or property:
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Anas
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- agal
-
noun,
(among Arabs) a cord wound around a kaffiyeh to hold it in place.
- Agar
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- agas
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- agit
-
- Aire
-
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- agr.
-
- Agra
-
noun,
a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in N India: site of the Taj Mahal.
- agst
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- anga
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- 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.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ANSI
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ant.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Arg.
-
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- ARIS
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- 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.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- 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).
- 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.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- lags
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- Naga
-
noun,
a member of any of the disparate tribal peoples of Nagaland and bordering areas of Burma.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- 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:
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- 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.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- legs
-
noun,
either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- leg.
-
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- 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.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- NTIA
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- raga
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- NIRA
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- nill
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- 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.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nell
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lani
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- NEA
-
- GSR
-
- ARS
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ne-
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- IRL
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- IRS
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- NES
-
- ISA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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:
- TGN
-
- ase
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Eg.
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- GSA
-
- NAA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- EAA
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ASI
-
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- 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.
- ATA
-
- at.
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- ASN
-
- NIA
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Ir.
-
- TIA
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Agt
-
- ite
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- La.
-
- REA
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- Lt.
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- aga
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- tr.
-
- AEA
-
- ae.
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- Aar
-
- AAE
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- al.
-
- AIA
-
- ag-
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- tra
-
- Tng
-
- SAR
-
- 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.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- eir
-
- ANG
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ISR
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ist
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- tlr
-
- NSA
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Re.
-
- 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.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- ITA
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- se-
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- EIS
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- lg.
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Sr.
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Ges
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- il-
-
- SAE
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- SAA
-
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- RSE
-
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- Sgt
-
- ier
-
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- gl.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- gt.
-
- GTS
-
- gre
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Gr.
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Ia.
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ial
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- SLA
-
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- SLE
-
- Les
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SLR
-
- RNA
-
- RTS
-
- ILS
-
- LNG
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- ine
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ing
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ll.
-
- en-
-
- ERT
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TAL
-
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- LTA
-
- LTL
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ltr
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- ESA
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- STI
-
- gi.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Ga.
-
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- STL
-
- ESL
-
- in.
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ESR
-
- le
-
- NI
-
- RN
-
- G.
-
- L2
-
- RI
-
- IG
-
- GN
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- R.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- L1
-
- NG
-
- i.
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- rg
-
- 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.
- N.
-
- 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.
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- LR
-
- NL
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SL
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- TL
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- SG
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- TN
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SN
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- SA
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- S.
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- ln
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- T1
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- TG
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- L.
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- t.
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- EI
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.