Anagrams of gesticular
Word gesticular has
1276 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of gesticular.
- curtilage
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noun,
the area of land occupied by a dwelling and its yard and outbuildings, actually enclosed or considered as enclosed.
- ligatures
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noun,
the act of binding or tying up:
- Sterculia
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noun,
any of various tropical trees of the genus Sterculia, of which some species are grown as ornamentals and some are the source of commercially valuable wood.
- graticule
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noun,
Navigation. a network of parallels and meridians on a map or chart.
- Gericault
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noun,
(Jean Louis André) Théodore [zhahn lwee ahn-drey tey-aw-dawr] /ʒɑ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈdreɪ teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1791–1824, French painter.
- suricate
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noun,
a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
- surgical
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adjective,
pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- ligature
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noun,
the act of binding or tying up:
- agrestic
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adjective,
rural; rustic.
- Lucretia
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noun,
Also, Lucrece [loo-krees] /luˈkris/ (Show IPA). Roman Legend. a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.
- auricles
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noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- curtails
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noun,
a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- utricles
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noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- Escurial
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noun,
Escorial.
- uralites
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noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- Scaliger
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noun,
Joseph Justus [juhs-tuh s] /ˈdʒʌs təs/ (Show IPA), 1540–1609, French scholar and critic.
- sulcate
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adjective,
having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- glaires
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noun,
the white of an egg.
- cluster
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noun,
a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch:
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- glacier
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noun,
an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
- curites
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noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- Scarlet
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noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- 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.
- crustal
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adjective,
of or relating to a crust, as of the earth.
- curates
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noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- Saucier
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noun,
a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- Algiers
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Algeria, in the N part.
- Lautrec
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noun,
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri.
- algetic
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adjective,
pertaining to or causing pain; painful.
- latices
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noun,
a plural of latex.
- claries
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noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- glister
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noun,
glitter; sparkle.
- relicts
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- Carlist
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noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- rituals
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noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- icterus
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noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- cartels
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- tegular
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adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a tile.
- auricle
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noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- rutiles
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- relucts
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verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- augites
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noun,
a silicate mineral, chiefly of calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminum: a dark-green to black variety of monoclinic pyroxene, characteristic of basic rocks.
- gristle
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noun,
cartilage, especially in meats.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- tragics
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noun,
the tragic, the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.:
- gracile
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adjective,
gracefully slender.
- citrals
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noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- 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.
- claires
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- 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.
- article
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noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- clarets
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- recusal
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noun,
the disqualification of a judge for a particular lawsuit or proceeding, especially due to some possible conflict of interest or prejudice.
- uracils
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noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- Gautier
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noun,
Théophile [tey-aw-feel] /teɪ ɔˈfil/ (Show IPA), 1811–72, French poet, novelist, and critic.
- Castile
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noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- eclairs
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- curtals
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noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- gastric
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adjective,
pertaining to the stomach.
- scutage
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noun,
(in the feudal system) a payment exacted by a lord in lieu of military service due to him by the holder of a fee.
- elastic
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noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- Seagirt
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noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- garlics
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noun,
a hardy plant, Allium sativum, of the amaryllis family whose strongly, pungent bulb is used in cookery and medicine.
- 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).
- Scutari
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noun,
Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- cutlers
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noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- ligures
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noun,
a precious stone, probably the jacinth. Ex. 28:19.
- utricle
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noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- secular
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noun,
a layperson.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- uralite
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noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- 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).
- Leuctra
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noun,
a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.
- curtail
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noun,
a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- Cetura
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noun,
Keturah.
- cesura
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noun,
caesura.
- serial
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- sailer
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- gratis
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adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- grilse
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noun,
a young Atlantic salmon as it returns from the sea to fresh water for the first time.
- Greats
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- targes
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noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- slicer
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noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- gruels
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noun,
a light, usually thin, cooked cereal made by boiling meal, especially oatmeal, in water or milk.
- Segura
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noun,
Francisco [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), (Pancho Segura"Segoo") born 1921, Ecuadorian tennis player.
- grates
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noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- grails
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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.
- talers
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noun,
thaler.
- Graces
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noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- citral
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noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- sluice
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noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- cerias
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noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- G-suit
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noun,
anti-G suit.
- cerat-
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- Castle
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noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- terais
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- ericas
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noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- ritual
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noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- gutser
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noun,
a person who eats too much and greedily.
- eructs
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verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- rugate
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adjective,
wrinkle; rugose.
- cartel
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- silure
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plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- cartes
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noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Gursel
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noun,
Cemal [je-mahl] /dʒɛˈmɑl/ (Show IPA), 1895–1966, Turkish army officer and statesman: president 1961–66.
- guitar
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noun,
a stringed musical instrument with a long, fretted neck, a flat, somewhat violinlike body, and typically six strings, which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- Caster
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noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- situla
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noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- setula
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noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- guilts
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noun,
the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability:
- caters
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verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- guiles
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noun,
insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
- Escaut
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noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- rustic
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noun,
a country person.
- tegula
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noun,
(in certain insects) a scalelike lobe at the base of the forewing.
- rustle
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noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- silage
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noun,
fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- rutile
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- Seurat
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noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Citrus
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noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- scler-
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- saltie
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noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- gaslit
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noun,
light produced by the combustion of illuminating gas.
- cruets
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noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- cruise
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noun,
the act of cruising.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- saucer
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noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- sauger
-
noun,
a freshwater, North American pikeperch, Stizostedion canadense.
- Cutler
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noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- gestic
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adjective,
pertaining to bodily motions, especially in dancing.
- gastr-
-
- C-star
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noun,
carbon star.
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- Custer
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noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- Crista
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noun,
a crest or ridge.
- Curtis
-
noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- cueist
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noun,
a billiard player.
- scaler
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noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- cuesta
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noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- gelati
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noun,
a rich ice cream, made with eggs and usually containing a relatively low percentage of butterfat.
- culets
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noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- Strega
-
- curate
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noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- curtal
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noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- curets
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noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- curite
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noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- carets
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noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- salute
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noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- Claire
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- Glarus
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noun,
a canton in E central Switzerland. 264 sq. mi. (684 sq. km).
- Gaelic
-
noun,
a Celtic language that includes the speech of ancient Ireland and the dialects that have developed from it, especially those usually known as Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic. Gaelic constitutes the Goidelic subbranch of Celtic.
- clares
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noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- eclats
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noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- claret
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- sclera
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noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- eclair
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- gaiter
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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).
- stager
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noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- clause
-
noun,
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- Glaser
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noun,
Donald A. 1926–2013, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1960.
- clears
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noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- garlic
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noun,
a hardy plant, Allium sativum, of the amaryllis family whose strongly, pungent bulb is used in cookery and medicine.
- Creusa
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noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- cleats
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noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Cletus
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noun,
Anacletus.
- glares
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noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- glairs
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noun,
the white of an egg.
- clites
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- glaire
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noun,
the white of an egg.
- glacis
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noun,
a gentle slope.
- glaces
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noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- crates
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- sutler
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noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- salugi
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noun,
a gamelike prank in which a youth grabs something belonging to another and throws it to a third, preventing the owner from retrieving it as it is tossed back and forth.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- 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.
- regius
-
adjective,
of or belonging to a king.
- Uralic
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noun,
a family of languages that comprises Finno-Ugric and Samoyed as subfamilies. Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian belong to Uralic.
- triage
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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.
- Ugarit
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noun,
an ancient city in Syria, N of Latakia, on the site of modern Ras Shamra: destroyed by an earthquake early in the 13th century b.c.; excavations have yielded tablets written in cuneiform and hieroglyphic script that reveal important information on Canaanite mythology.
- luetic
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adjective,
syphilitic.
- regula
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noun,
(in a Doric entablature) a fillet, continuing a triglyph beneath the taenia, from which guttae are suspended.
- uracil
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- alters
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noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- ultras
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noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- larges
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Lieut.
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- tragus
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noun,
a fleshy prominence at the front of the external opening of the ear.
- tragic
-
noun,
the tragic, the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.:
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- 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.
- urials
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noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- ultra-
-
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- legits
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noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- ligate
-
verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- aglets
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- argils
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noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- Agrius
-
noun,
one of the Gigantes.
- argues
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verb (used with object),
to state the reasons for or against:
- Tuareg
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noun,
a Berber or Hamitic-speaking member of the Muslim nomads of the Sahara.
- lagers
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- lustre
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- luster
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- Leguia
-
noun,
Augusto Bernardino [ou-goos-taw ber-nahr-th ee-naw] /aʊˈgus tɔ ˌbɛr nɑrˈði nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1863–1932, president of Peru 1908–12, 1919–30.
- Lurcat
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1892–1966, French painter and tapestry designer.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Leucas
-
noun,
Levkas.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- recti-
-
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- agric.
-
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- Laurie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- Iseult
-
noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- austr-
-
- legist
-
noun,
an expert in law, especially ancient law.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Lucite
-
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- Lucias
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- lauric
-
adjective,
of or derived from lauric acid.
- 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.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- rictus
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- cagers
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- 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.
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Icarus
-
noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- tergal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the tergum.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- ligure
-
noun,
a precious stone, probably the jacinth. Ex. 28:19.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ligers
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- reluct
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- Augier
-
noun,
Guillaume Victor Émile [gee-yohm veek-tawr ey-meel] /giˈyoʊm vikˈtɔr eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1820–89, French dramatist.
- augite
-
noun,
a silicate mineral, chiefly of calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminum: a dark-green to black variety of monoclinic pyroxene, characteristic of basic rocks.
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- lucres
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- lect.
-
- legit
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- gaurs
-
noun,
a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 meters) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Legis
-
- gauls
-
noun,
an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps (Cisalpine Gaul) and another part N of the Alps (Transalpine Gaul)
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- g-cal
-
- scat-
-
- 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:
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- IATSE
-
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- seti-
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Seric
-
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- 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.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Segal
-
noun,
George, 1924–2000, U.S. sculptor.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Lugar
-
noun,
Richard G(reen) born 1932, U.S. politician: senator 1977–2013.
- scrag
-
noun,
a lean or scrawny person or animal.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- leuc-
-
- luges
-
noun,
a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used especially in Europe.
- Luger
-
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- licet
-
- liger
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- galet
-
noun,
spall (def 1).
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- gales
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- Gaius
-
noun,
a.d. c110–c180, Roman jurist and writer, especially on civil law.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- sect.
-
- gaels
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- gilts
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Grues
-
verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- gruel
-
noun,
a light, usually thin, cooked cereal made by boiling meal, especially oatmeal, in water or milk.
- relig
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- grice
-
noun,
a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
- guars
-
noun,
a plant, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, of the legume family, grown as a forage crop and for its seeds, which produce a gum (guar gum) used as a thickening agent and stabilizer in foods and pharmaceuticals and as sizing for paper and cloth.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- 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.
- Ital.
-
- guar.
-
- Guat.
-
- Regt.
-
- gules
-
noun,
the tincture red.
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Icel.
-
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Iglau
-
noun,
Jihlava.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- gulas
-
noun,
Zoology.
the upper part of the throat or gullet.
the front or forward part of the neck.
- Guest
-
noun,
a person who spends some time at another person's home in some social activity, as a visit, dinner, or party.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- 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.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- Guise
-
noun,
general external appearance; aspect; semblance:
- guilt
-
noun,
the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability:
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- guile
-
noun,
insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
- Grace
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- 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.
- 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.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Giles
-
noun,
Saint, 8th century a.d., Athenian hermit in France.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- 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.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- gelts
-
noun,
money.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- sarc-
-
- gluts
-
noun,
a full supply.
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- glues
-
noun,
a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- glias
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- rect.
-
- lact-
-
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- Recit
-
- glair
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- Glace
-
noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- cages
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- cager
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- 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.
- Aust.
-
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- auger
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a bit, as for a brace.
a boring tool, similar to but larger than a gimlet, consisting of a bit rotated by a transverse handle.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- astr.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- treas
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- 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.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- cigar
-
noun,
a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tears
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- cert.
-
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- caus.
-
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- urges
-
noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- agues
-
noun,
Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- aglet
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Urgel
-
noun,
a town in NE Spain, SSW of Andorra: cathedral.
- aeri-
-
- Ugric
-
noun,
a branch of the Uralic family of languages, consisting of Hungarian and two languages, Khanty and Mansi, spoken in western Siberia.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- actg.
-
- usage
-
noun,
a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice:
- acet-
-
- USLTA
-
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- 30-30
-
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- uglis
-
- trig.
-
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Argus
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant with 100 eyes, set to guard the heifer Io: his eyes were transferred after his death to the peacock's tail.
- argue
-
verb (used with object),
to state the reasons for or against:
- argil
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- trugs
-
noun,
a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- alti-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- tera-
-
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- Srta.
-
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sugar
-
noun,
a sweet, crystalline substance, C 12 H 22 O 11 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose.
Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- surge
-
noun,
a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep:
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- crit.
-
- culet
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- Ecua.
-
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- surg.
-
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- stge.
-
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Tagus
-
noun,
a river in SW Europe, flowing W through central Spain and Portugal to the Atlantic at Lisbon. 566 miles (910 km) long.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- clase
-
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- ster.
-
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Craig
-
noun,
Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Taegu
-
noun,
a city in SE South Korea: commercial center.
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- Sra.
-
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- 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.
- sec.
-
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- ugli
-
- USGA
-
- 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.
- slag
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- USAR
-
- USCA
-
- USCG
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USIA
-
- Sig.
-
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- USRC
-
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- USTC
-
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- slug
-
noun,
any of various snaillike terrestrial gastropods having no shell or only a rudimentary one, feeding on plants and a pest of leafy garden crops.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- 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.
- uret
-
- Urga
-
noun,
former name of Ulan Bator.
- lugs
-
noun,
an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
- urge
-
noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- luge
-
noun,
a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used especially in Europe.
- SLIC
-
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- uria
-
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tugs
-
noun,
an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- ter.
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- Sat.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- ruga
-
noun,
Usually, rugae. Biology, Anatomy. a wrinkle, fold, or ridge.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Rus.
-
- 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.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- 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.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- taur
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- tel-
-
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Tues
-
- Reg.
-
- stlg
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- tri-
-
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- sci.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- scr.
-
- str.
-
- stg.
-
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- trug
-
noun,
a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood.
- Ste.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- rel.
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- 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.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- saur
-
- 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.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- 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.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- sur-
-
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- scag
-
noun,
heroin.
- sugi
-
noun,
Japan cedar.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- scil
-
- cule
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- 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:
- gils
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- aut-
-
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- 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.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Ger.
-
- gelt
-
noun,
money.
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- Cal.
-
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- gaur
-
noun,
a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 meters) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.
- Gaul
-
noun,
an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps (Cisalpine Gaul) and another part N of the Alps (Transalpine Gaul)
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- 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.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- gals
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- gilt
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- 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.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- atic
-
- ARIS
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- gust
-
noun,
a sudden, strong blast of wind.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- guls
-
noun,
a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
- Gula
-
noun,
Zoology.
the upper part of the throat or gullet.
the front or forward part of the neck.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- 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.
- Aus.
-
- Grus
-
noun,
the Crane, a southern constellation between Indus and Piscis Austrinus.
- grue
-
verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- gres
-
- gras
-
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- glue
-
noun,
a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- Aug.
-
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- Auge
-
noun,
a daughter of King Aleus who became a priestess of Athena. After being raped by Hercules she bore a son, Telephus.
- aur-
-
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- Gal.
-
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- Arg.
-
- Crag
-
noun,
a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- clar
-
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- ect-
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- crat
-
- ELAS
-
- Cres
-
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- cur.
-
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- 1080
-
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- ctr.
-
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Eur.
-
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- Cels
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- etc.
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- est.
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- CIGS
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- ergs
-
- cir.
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- cis-
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- cts.
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- aet.
-
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- guts
-
noun,
the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it.
Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- 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
-
- aer-
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- agr.
-
- lags
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- agst
-
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- ague
-
noun,
Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Aire
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- lea.
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- 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:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- ACLS
-
- ACLU
-
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- 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.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- leg.
-
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- 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.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- ical
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Alg.
-
- Ire.
-
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ile-
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Ice.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alt.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ASU
-
- CLR
-
- at.
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- ACS
-
- tug
-
noun,
an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
- USC
-
- ALU
-
- ASI
-
- 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:
- CLI
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ast
-
- USR
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ASR
-
- TAL
-
- cle
-
- CLU
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- TSE
-
- ac-
-
- ag-
-
- ctg
-
- cte
-
- CTA
-
- CST
-
- al.
-
- uti
-
- Ar.
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- CSR
-
- 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.
- CSA
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ARS
-
- TSI
-
- 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.
- UTC
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- CRT
-
- CRS
-
- ARU
-
- Tu.
-
- tue
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- AUC
-
- ase
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- CIA
-
- ATC
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ure
-
- ALC
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Agt
-
- UIT
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- TIA
-
- AIC
-
- UAE
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- CAI
-
- ca.
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ur-
-
- cr.
-
- 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.
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- cl.
-
- cs.
-
- ult
-
- UCR
-
- USA
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- CGI
-
- tra
-
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- CIE
-
- ct.
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- CGS
-
- TCA
-
- TCS
-
- tlr
-
- 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.
- ae.
-
- UAR
-
- AEC
-
- TLC
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- CEA
-
- AGC
-
- 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:
- tr.
-
- SLE
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- il-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ITU
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- ier
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Rs.
-
- ILS
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- 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.
- IRL
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ics
-
- RSA
-
- ise
-
- GTS
-
- GSC
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SAE
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- GSR
-
- gt.
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- GUI
-
noun,
graphical user interface.
- RSE
-
- gul
-
noun,
a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
- Gur
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, including Mossi and other languages spoken in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
- GUS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Augustus or Gustave.
- rug
-
noun,
a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design.
Compare carpet.
- Gut
-
noun,
the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it.
Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- ISA
-
- Isl
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- lg.
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- LUG
-
noun,
an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ltr
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- LSC
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- LCT
-
- ISR
-
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- IUS
-
- Lt.
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LCI
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- RCA
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LCA
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- GSA
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- GTC
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- gre
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- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SLR
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- EIS
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- Eli
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noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- els
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- SLA
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- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- ERT
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- ECU
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noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- ESA
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- Esc
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- ESL
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- ESR
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- SIC
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adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- ESU
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- Sgt
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- ETR
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- eir
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- Sr.
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- eu-
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- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- SUG
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- Sue
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noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Cui
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noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- Stu
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noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- STL
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- STI
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- Cut
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noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- Eg.
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- ea.
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- ECG
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- ear
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noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Sta
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- St.
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- ec-
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- ECA
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- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ETS
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- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- GCI
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- gie
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noun,
gi.
- get
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noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Ges
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- sc.
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- Gel
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noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- GCT
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- GCR
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- GCE
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- GCA
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- Gat
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noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- Sau
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noun,
German name of Sava.
- La.
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- Gil
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noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- se-
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- GAS
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noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- SER
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noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- SAR
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- GIs
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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.
- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Ga.
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- Gr.
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- git
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noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- gl.
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- GAR
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noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- gi.
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- T1
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- SL
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- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- RI
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- TG
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- R.
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- RC
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SG
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- t.
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- SU
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- S.
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
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- SA
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- LU
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- UT
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- G.
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- CE
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- rg
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- U.
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- UC
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- TC
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- GU
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- UI
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- TL
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- UL
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- ic
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- le
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- i.
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- L.
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- LC
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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.
- L1
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- L2
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- LR
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- GC
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RU
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- IG
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- CU
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