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- Hodgenville
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noun,
a town in central Kentucky: birthplace of Abraham Lincoln.
- overnighter
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noun,
an overnight stay or trip.
- overindulge
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verb (used with or without object),
to indulge to excess:
- ritornello
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noun,
an orchestral interlude between arias, scenes, or acts in 17th-century opera.
- noteholder
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noun,
a person who holds or owns a note, as a promissory or Treasury note.
- lienholder
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noun,
a person who has a lien on particular property.
- good-night
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noun,
a farewell or leave-taking:
- going-over
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noun,
a review, examination, or investigation:
- devolution
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noun,
the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage.
- over-under
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noun,
such a firearm.
- gingerroot
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noun,
the rhizome of the ginger plant.
- revolution
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noun,
an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- long-lived
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adjective,
having a long life, existence, or duration:
- outrigger
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noun,
a framework extended outboard from the side of a boat, especially, as in South Pacific canoes, supporting a float that gives stability.
- dinothere
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noun,
any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.
- Grenville
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noun,
George, 1712–70, British statesman: prime minister 1763–65.
- diner-out
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noun,
a person who dines out.
- Louvertie
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noun,
a female given name.
- rhodonite
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noun,
a mineral, manganese metasilicate, MnSiO 3 , occurring usually in rose-red masses, sometimes used as an ornamental stone; manganese spar.
- red-light
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noun,
a red lamp, used as a traffic signal to mean “stop.”.
- longitude
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noun,
Geography. angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured by the angle contained between the meridian of a particular place and some prime meridian, as that of Greenwich, England, and expressed either in degrees or by some corresponding difference in time.
- helldiver
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noun,
a grebe, especially the pied-billed grebe.
- goitrogen
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noun,
any goiter-producing substance, as thiouracil.
- theologue
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noun,
a theological student.
- Greenough
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noun,
Horatio, 1805–52, U.S. sculptor.
- retelling
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noun,
a new, and often updated or retranslated, version of a story.
- God-given
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adjective,
given by, or coming directly from, God:
- redingote
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noun,
a dress or lightweight coat, usually belted, open along the entire front to reveal a dress or petticoat worn underneath it.
- negritude
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noun,
the historical, cultural, and social heritage considered common to black people collectively.
- gerundive
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noun,
(in Latin) a verbal adjective similar to the gerund in form and noting the obligation, necessity, or worthiness of the action to be done, as legendus in Liber legendus est, “The book is worth reading.”.
See also gerund (def 1).
- edge-tool
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noun,
a tool with a cutting edge.
- Trouville
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the English Channel: resort.
- groundhog
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noun,
woodchuck.
- novillero
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noun,
a young bullfighter who has not yet been named a matador.
- either-or
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adjective,
allowing no equivocation; being limited in choice to two options:
- Holderlin
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noun,
Johann Christian Friedrich [yoh-hahn kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1770–1843, German poet.
- routineer
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noun,
a person who follows or adheres to routine or a routine.
- ideologue
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noun,
a person who zealously advocates an ideology.
- Out-herod
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in extravagance, violence, or excess:
- ornithol.
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- rent-roll
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noun,
an account or schedule of rents, the amount due from each tenant, and the total received.
- hierodule
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noun,
a slave in service in an ancient Greek temple.
- Thuringer
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noun,
a mildly seasoned cervelat, either fresh or smoked.
- interlude
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noun,
an intervening episode, period, space, etc.
- interrog.
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- overnight
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noun,
Informal. an overnight stay or trip:
- involuted
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noun,
Geometry. any curve of which a given curve is the evolute.
- rhodolite
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noun,
a rose or reddish-violet garnet, similar to pyrope, used as a gem.
- divergent
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adjective,
diverging; differing; deviating.
- trihedron
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noun,
the figure determined by three planes meeting in a point.
- revolting
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noun,
the act of revolting; an insurrection or rebellion.
- liver-rot
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noun,
a disease chiefly of sheep and cattle, characterized by sluggishness, weight loss, and local damage to the liver, caused by infection from the liver fluke.
- tellurion
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noun,
an apparatus for showing the manner in which the diurnal rotation and annual revolution of the earth and the obliquity of its axis produce the alternation of day and night and the changes of the seasons.
- rhigolene
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noun,
a petroleum distillate intermediate between cymogene and gasoline, formerly used to produce local anesthesia by freezing.
- Telluride
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noun,
a binary compound of tellurium with an electropositive element or group.
- volunteer
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noun,
a person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or undertaking.
- evolution
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noun,
any process of formation or growth; development:
- gondolier
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noun,
a person who rows or poles a gondola.
- trouvere
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noun,
one of a class of medieval poets who flourished in northern France during the 12th and 13th centuries, wrote in langue d'oïl, and composed chiefly the chansons de geste and works on the themes of courtly love.
- outdrive
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adjective, noun,
inboard-outboard.
- ornitho-
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- rollover
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noun,
an accident involving an overturned vehicle.
- reguline
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adjective,
of, relating to, or of the nature of, a regulus.
- gorgerin
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noun,
the neckline portion of a capital of a column, or a feature forming the junction between a shaft and its capital.
- regolith
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noun,
mantle rock.
- reedling
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noun,
the bearded tit.
- Othoniel
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noun,
Othniel.
- overturn
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noun,
the act of overturning.
- gloriole
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noun,
a halo, nimbus, or aureole.
- overture
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noun,
an opening or initiating move toward negotiations, a new relationship, an agreement, etc.; a formal or informal proposal or offer:
- unveiled
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adjective,
not hidden by a veil or other covering; bare.
- engirdle
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verb (used with object),
to engird.
- urethro-
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- geronto-
-
- livelong
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adjective,
(of time) whole or entire, especially when tediously long, slow in passing, etc.:
- virulent
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adjective,
actively poisonous; intensely noxious:
- reorient
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- overtone
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noun,
Music. an acoustical frequency that is higher in frequency than the fundamental.
- glutelin
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noun,
any of a group of simple proteins of vegetable origin, especially one from wheat.
- doggerel
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noun,
doggerel verse.
- inverter
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noun,
a person or thing that inverts.
- invertor
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noun,
any muscle that turns a limb or part inward.
- involute
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noun,
Geometry. any curve of which a given curve is the evolute.
- outgoing
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noun,
Usually, outgoings. Chiefly British. expenses; money expended.
- Edgerton
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noun,
Harold Eugene ("Doc") 1903–90, U.S. electrical engineer and photographer.
- deletion
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noun,
an act or instance of deleting.
- redolent
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adjective,
having a pleasant odor; fragrant.
- rheotron
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noun,
(formerly) betatron.
- underlit
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adjective,
lacking adequate light.
- line-out
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noun,
a procedure for putting an out-of-bounds ball back in play, whereby a player outside the touchline tosses the ball high and between two lines of opposing forwards lined up perpendicular to the touchline.
- tung-oil
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noun,
a yellow drying oil derived from the seeds of a tung tree, Aleurites fordii, used in varnishes, linoleum, etc.
- on-glide
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noun,
a transitional sound produced by the vocal organs in moving from an inactive position or a previous sound to the articulatory position necessary for producing a following sound.
Compare off-glide (def 1).
- Honegger
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noun,
Arthur [ahr-ther;; French ar-too r] /ˈɑr θər;; French arˈtʊər/ (Show IPA), 1892–1955, Swiss composer, born in France.
- dunghill
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noun,
a heap of dung.
- hotelier
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noun,
a manager or owner of a hotel or inn.
- tourelle
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noun,
a turret.
- Truelove
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noun,
a sweetheart; a truly loving or loved person.
- roundlet
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noun,
a small circle or circular object.
- hot-roll
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verb (used with object),
to roll (metal) at a heat high enough to permit recrystallization.
- Reinhold
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noun,
a male given name.
- hourlong
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adjective,
lasting an hour:
- old-line
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adjective,
following or supporting conservative or traditional ideas, beliefs, customs, etc.
- grounder
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noun,
ground ball.
- gueridon
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noun,
a small table or stand, as for holding a candelabrum.
- Tornillo
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noun,
screw bean.
- underlie
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verb (used with object),
to lie under or beneath; be situated under.
- Turgenev
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noun,
Ivan Sergeevich [ee-vahn syir-gye-yi-vyich] /iˈvɑn syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1818–83, Russian novelist.
- holdover
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noun,
a person or thing remaining from a former period.
- revolute
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adjective,
rolled backward or downward; rolled backward at the tip or margin, as a leaf.
- grueling
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noun,
any trying or exhausting procedure or experience.
- nouvelle
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adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of nouvelle cuisine.
- rondelle
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noun,
a small disk of glass used as an ornament in a stained-glass window.
- Volturno
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noun,
a river in S central Italy, flowing from the Apennines into the Tyrrhenian Sea. 110 miles (175 km) long.
- girlhood
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noun,
the state or time of being a girl.
- turnover
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noun,
an act or result of turning over; upset.
- rondelet
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noun,
a short poem of fixed form, consisting of five lines on two rhymes, and having the opening words or word used after the second and fifth lines as an unrhymed refrain.
- thriller
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noun,
a person or thing that thrills.
- ulterior
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adjective,
being beyond what is seen or avowed; intentionally kept concealed:
- underlet
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verb (used with object),
to let below the true value.
- Gertrude
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noun,
a slip or underdress for infants.
- dolerite
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noun,
a coarse-grained variety of basalt.
- Negrillo
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, as a Pygmy.
- lovelorn
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adjective,
being without love; forsaken by one's lover.
- deuteron
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noun,
a positively charged particle consisting of a proton and a neutron, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of deuterium.
- evildoer
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noun,
a person who does evil or wrong.
- Erigeron
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Erigeron, having flower heads resembling those of the asters but with narrower and usually more numerous white or purple rays.
- overrule
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verb (used with object),
to rule against or disallow the arguments of (a person):
- Theodore
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noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift of God.”.
- overhung
-
noun,
something that extends or juts out over; projection.
- lordling
-
noun,
a minor, unimportant, or petty lord.
- Rutledge
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noun,
Ann, 1816–35, fiancée of Abraham Lincoln.
- heliodor
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noun,
a clear yellow variety of beryl used as a gemstone.
- denotive
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adjective,
used or serving to denote; denotative.
- overline
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noun,
a cutline, usually of one line, appearing over a picture, cartoon, etc.
- devotion
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noun,
profound dedication; consecration.
- Leighton
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noun,
Frederick (Baron Leighton of Stretton) 1830–96, English painter and sculptor.
- governor
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noun,
the executive head of a state in the U.S.
- outrider
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noun,
a mounted attendant riding before or beside a carriage.
- verditer
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noun,
either of two pigments, consisting usually of carbonate of copper prepared by grinding either azurite (blue verditer) or malachite (green verditer)
- Evergood
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noun,
Philip (Philip Blashki) 1901–73, U.S. painter.
- Theorell
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noun,
Axel Hugo Teodor [ahk-suh l hoo-goh te-oh-dawr] /ˈɑk səl ˈhu goʊ ˈtɛ oʊˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1903–82, Swedish biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1955.
- overdone
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verb,
past participle of overdo.
- greeting
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noun,
the act or words of a person who greets.
- Rietveld
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noun,
Gerrit Thomas [kher-it toh-mahs] /ˈxɛr ɪt ˈtoʊ mɑs/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, Dutch architect.
- deutero-
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- hereinto
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adverb,
into this place.
- overgild
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verb (used with object),
to cover with gilding.
- Greville
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noun,
Fulke [foo lk] /fʊlk/ (Show IPA), 1st Baron Brooke, 1554–1628, English poet and statesman.
- overlord
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noun,
a person who is lord over another or over other lords:
- geniture
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noun,
birth; generation.
- dethrone
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verb (used with object),
to remove from a throne; depose.
- deringer
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noun,
derringer.
- luteolin
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noun,
a yellow coloring substance, C 15 H 10 O 6 , obtained from the weed Reseda luteola: used in dyeing silk and, formerly, in medicine.
- ringdove
-
noun,
a small Old World dove, Streptopelia risoria, having a black half ring around the nape of the neck.
- threnode
-
noun,
threnody.
- override
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noun,
a commission on sales or profits, especially one paid at the executive or managerial level.
- overtire
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verb (used with or without object),
to tire to the point of exhaustion; tire out.
- go-devil
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noun,
a flexible, jointed apparatus forced through a pipeline to free it from obstructions.
- overhit
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verb (used without object),
to hit too hard or too far, as in tennis.
- Terrell
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noun,
a city in NE Texas.
- holdout
-
noun,
an act or instance of holding out.
- roughen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become rough or rougher.
- Everdur
-
- holding
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that holds.
- Torelli
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1650?–1708, Italian composer and violinist.
- red-hot
-
noun,
a person who has great fervor or intensity, as for a goal or cause.
- tooling
-
noun,
work done with a tool or tools; tooled ornamentation, as on wood, stone, or leather.
- Theiler
-
noun,
Max, 1899–1972, South African medical scientist, in the U.S. after 1922: Nobel Prize in medicine 1951.
- guerite
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noun,
a wicker chair having a tall back arched over the seat to form a hood.
- trigger
-
noun,
a small projecting tongue in a firearm that, when pressed by the finger, actuates the mechanism that discharges the weapon.
- Trigere
-
noun,
Pauline, 1909–2002, U.S. fashion designer, born in France.
- evertor
-
noun,
a muscle that turns a part toward the outside.
- routine
-
noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- hellion
-
noun,
a disorderly, troublesome, rowdy, or mischievous person.
- roundel
-
noun,
something round or circular.
- eidolon
-
noun,
a phantom; apparition.
- toughen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become tough or tougher.
- Trevino
-
noun,
Lee ("Super Mex") born 1939, U.S. golfer.
- gudgeon
-
noun,
a small, European, freshwater fish, Gobio gobio, of the minnow family, having a threadlike barbel at each corner of the mouth, used as bait.
- rounder
-
noun,
a person or thing that rounds something.
- honored
-
noun,
honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions:
- overrun
-
noun,
an act or instance of overrunning.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- gurglet
-
noun,
goglet.
- toughie
-
noun,
a tough person, especially one who is belligerent.
- guerdon
-
noun,
a reward, recompense, or requital.
- Torreon
-
noun,
a city in N Mexico.
- honoree
-
noun,
a person who receives an honor, award, or special recognition.
- rougher
-
noun,
a person or thing that roughs or roughs out something, as certain crude cutting tools or a person who performs the first, rough parts of a process.
- ethnol.
-
- Terhune
-
noun,
Albert Payson [pey-suh n] /ˈpeɪ sən/ (Show IPA), 1872–1942, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- redline
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noun,
Automotive.
the maximum rotational speed, or angular velocity, of the engine crankshaft that is considered safe: often measured in rpm.
a red line or boundary of a red area that delineates such a value, as on a tachometer.
- Geelong
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Australia, SW of Melbourne.
- Gielgud
-
noun,
Sir (Arthur) John, 1904–2000, English actor and director.
- overlie
-
verb (used with object),
to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
- Holguin
-
noun,
a city in NE Cuba.
- helleri
-
noun,
a brightly colored, playful topminnow that is a hybrid of Xiphophorus helleri and X. maculatus, bred for aquariums.
- therein
-
adverb,
in or into that place or thing.
- telling
-
Idioms,
tell it like it is, Informal. to tell the complete, unadulterated truth; be forthright:
- Herring
-
noun,
an important food fish, Clupea harengus harengus, found in enormous shoals in the North Atlantic.
- engorge
-
verb (used with or without object),
to swallow greedily; glut or gorge.
- gelding
-
noun,
a castrated male animal, especially a horse.
- tendril
-
noun,
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- gung-ho
-
adverb,
in a successful manner:
- terrine
-
noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- Erigone
-
noun,
a daughter of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus who hanged herself when Orestes was acquitted of the murder of her parents.
- genito-
-
- thunder
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noun,
a loud, explosive, resounding noise produced by the explosive expansion of air heated by a lightning discharge.
- hetero-
-
- thuggee
-
noun,
(in India) robbery and strangulation committed by thugs.
- Gentile
-
noun,
a person who is not Jewish, especially a Christian.
- Herriot
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1872–1957, French statesman, political leader, and author.
- rundlet
-
noun,
an old British measure of capacity, about 15 imperial gallons (68 liters).
- evident
-
adjective,
plain or clear to the sight or understanding:
- evolute
-
noun,
the locus of the centers of curvature of, or the envelope of the normals to, another curve.
Compare involute (def 5).
- genitor
-
noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- ergotin
-
noun,
any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
- entero-
-
- heroine
-
noun,
a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- runover
-
noun,
the amount of type matter for a given article, story, etc., that is carried over to another page, column, or line.
- outlier
-
noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- hordein
-
noun,
a simple protein of the prolamin class, found in barley grain.
- hernio-
-
- outline
-
noun,
the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
- outlive
-
verb (used with object),
to live longer than; survive (a person, period, etc.):
- erelong
-
adverb,
before long; soon.
- hideout
-
noun,
a safe place for hiding, especially from the law.
- redroot
-
noun,
a North American plant, Lachnanthes caroliniana (or L. tinctoria), having sword-shaped leaves, woolly, yellowish flowers, and a root that is red in color.
- ornith-
-
- orotund
-
adjective,
(of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness.
- overdue
-
adjective,
past due, as a delayed train or a bill not paid by the assigned date; late:
- routing
-
noun,
the scheduling of the route or itinerary of people, freight, etc.
- toluene
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble, flammable liquid, C 7 H 8 , having a benzenelike odor, obtained chiefly from coal tar and petroleum: used as a solvent in the manufacture of benzoic acid, benzaldehyde, TNT, and other organic compounds.
- heritor
-
noun,
inheritor.
- thereon
-
adverb,
on or upon that or it.
- Gunther
-
noun,
John, 1901–1970, U.S. journalist and author.
- erudite
-
adjective,
characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly:
Synonyms: educated, knowledgeable; wise, sapient.
- Hengelo
-
noun,
a city in the E Netherlands.
- outring
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in ringing; ring louder than.
- regorge
-
verb (used with object),
to disgorge; cast up again.
- errhine
-
noun,
a medicine to be snuffed up the nostrils to promote sneezing and increased discharges.
- toehold
-
noun,
a small ledge or niche just large enough to support the toes, as in climbing.
- hit-run
-
adjective,
hit-and-run (defs 1, 2, 4).
- higgler
-
noun,
a peddler or huckster.
- Geordie
-
noun,
a native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
- Orvieto
-
noun,
a white wine, from dry to sweet, from Umbria, Italy.
- Orville
-
noun,
a male given name.
- guilder
-
noun,
a silver or nickel coin and monetary unit of the Netherlands until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 cents; florin. Abbreviation: Gld., f., fl.
- hindgut
-
noun,
Zoology.
the last portion of the vertebrate alimentary canal, between the cecum and the anus, involved mainly with water resorption and with the storage and elimination of food residue; the large intestine.
the posterior colon of arthropods, composed of ectodermal, chitin-lined tissue.
- Guillen
-
noun,
Jorge [hawr-he] /ˈhɔr hɛ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1984, Spanish poet, in the U.S. 1940–75.
- Othello
-
noun,
a tragedy (1604) by Shakespeare.
- tenured
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- Othniel
-
noun,
a judge of Israel. Judges 3:9.
- reeding
-
noun,
a set of moldings, as on a column, resembling small convex fluting.
- outride
-
noun,
Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
- erodent
-
adjective,
eroding; erosive:
- eugenol
-
noun,
a colorless, oily, spicy, aromatic, very slightly water-soluble liquid, C 10 H 12 O 2 , extracted from certain essential oils, as oil of cloves: used chiefly in perfumery and in dentistry as an antiseptic.
- Goldoni
-
noun,
Carlo [kahr-loh;; Italian kahr-law] /ˈkɑr loʊ;; Italian ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1707–93, Italian dramatist.
- drugget
-
noun,
Also called India drugget. a rug from India of coarse hair with cotton or jute.
- Grendel
-
noun,
the monster killed by Beowulf.
- ventri-
-
- ventro-
-
- Godunov
-
noun,
Boris Fedorovich [bawr-is fi-dawr-uh-vich,, bohr-,, bor-;; Russian buh-ryees fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] /ˈbɔr ɪs fɪˈdɔr ə vɪtʃ,, ˈboʊr-,, ˈbɒr-;; Russian bʌˈryis ˈfyɔ də rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1552–1605, regent of Russia 1584–98 and czar 1598–1605.
- venture
-
noun,
an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one:
- venturi
-
noun,
Robert Charles, born 1925, U.S. architect.
- Goering
-
noun,
Hermann Wilhelm [her-mahn vil-helm,, hur-muh n wil-helm;; German her-mahn vil-helm] /ˈhɛr mɑn ˈvɪl hɛlm,, ˈhɜr mən ˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈhɛr mɑn ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), Göring, Hermann Wilhelm.
- rigolet
-
noun,
a small stream; rivulet.
- luthern
-
noun,
a dormer window.
- diluent
-
noun,
a diluting substance.
- louring
-
adjective,
lowering.
- lounger
-
noun,
a person or thing that lounges.
- retinol
-
noun,
vitamin A.
- righter
-
noun,
a person who rights or redresses:
- retinue
-
noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- verdure
-
noun,
greenness, especially of fresh, flourishing vegetation.
- godling
-
noun,
a minor god, especially one whose influence or authority is entirely local.
- luthier
-
noun,
a maker of stringed instruments, as violins.
- dhurrie
-
noun,
a thick, nonpile cotton rug of India.
- veinlet
-
noun,
a small vein.
- neolith
-
noun,
a Neolithic stone implement.
- urolith
-
noun,
a urinary calculus.
- doggone
-
adverb,
Also, doggoned. damned:
- uterine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the uterus or womb.
- Utrillo
-
noun,
Maurice [maw-rees;; French maw-rees] /mɔˈris;; French mɔˈris/ (Show IPA), 1883–1955, French painter (son of Suzanne Valadon).
- trigone
-
noun,
Also, trigonum. Anatomy.
a triangular part or area.
the area on the floor of the urinary bladder between the opening of the urethra in front and the two ureters at the sides.
- neither
-
pronoun,
not either; not one person or the other; not one thing or the other:
- divulge
-
verb (used with object),
to disclose or reveal (something private, secret, or previously unknown).
- Iredell
-
noun,
James, 1751–99, associate justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1790–99.
- veinule
-
noun,
venule.
- Negroid
-
noun,
Older Use: Usually Offensive. a member of such peoples.
- diverge
-
verb (used with object),
to deflect or turn aside.
- veliger
-
noun,
a larval stage of certain mollusks, intermediate between the trochophore and the adult form.
- Vellore
-
noun,
a city in N Tamil Nadu state in S India, on the Palar River.
- Negrito
-
noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- veloute
-
noun,
a smooth white sauce made with meat, poultry, or fish stock.
- Leghorn
-
noun,
English name of Livorno.
- retired
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- ringlet
-
noun,
a curled lock of hair.
- Delight
-
noun,
a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture:
- lodging
-
noun,
accommodation in a house, especially in rooms for rent:
- violone
-
noun,
a double bass.
- leviter
-
adverb,
(in prescriptions) lightly.
- Reuther
-
noun,
Walter Philip, 1907–70, U.S. labor leader: president of the UAW 1946–70; president of the CIO 1952–55.
- Goodhue
-
noun,
Bertram Grosvenor [grohv-ner,, groh-vuh-] /ˈgroʊv nər,, ˈgroʊ və-/ (Show IPA), 1869–1924, U.S. architect.
- deliver
-
adjective,
Archaic. agile; quick.
- virgule
-
noun,
a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur:
- log-log
-
noun,
the logarithm of a logarithm.
- Livorno
-
noun,
a seaport in W Italy on the Ligurian Sea.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- lithol.
-
- lighten
-
verb (used with object),
to give light to; illuminate:
- lighter
-
noun,
a person or thing that lights or ignites.
- voiture
-
noun,
a carriage, wagon, or other wheeled vehicle.
- volutin
-
noun,
basophilic nucleoprotein granules in the cytoplasm or the vacuoles of certain microorganisms.
- Goneril
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the elder of Lear's two faithless daughters.
- denture
-
noun,
an artificial replacement of one or several of the teeth (partial denture) or all of the teeth (full denture) of either or both jaws; dental prosthesis.
- greenth
-
noun,
green growth; verdure.
- goldurn
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
goldarn.
- Vernier
-
noun,
Also, vernier scale. a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel to the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, barometer, etc., and used for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of the fixed scale.
- Lorient
-
noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- vertigo
-
noun,
a dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being in tilting or spinning surroundings.
- Lorelei
-
noun,
a quasilegendary nymph of the Rhine who lured sailors to shipwreck on her rock by singing: a creation of Clemens Brentano in a poem of 1800.
- Golding
-
noun,
Louis, 1895–1958, English novelist and essayist.
- Lenotre
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- lentigo
-
noun,
a freckle or other pigmented spot.
- lording
-
noun,
lord.
- reunite
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- deuter-
-
- lentoid
-
noun,
a lentoid body.
- detinue
-
noun,
an old commonlaw form of action to recover possession of personal property wrongfully detained.
- retrude
-
verb (used with object),
to produce retrusion in.
- Derleth
-
noun,
August (William) 1909–71, U.S. novelist, poet, and short-story writer.
- Leotine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- violent
-
adjective,
acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force:
- intrude
-
verb (used with object),
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- V-eight
-
noun,
such an engine.
- urethr-
-
- druggie
-
noun,
a habitual user of drugs, especially a narcotic or illicit drug.
- dourine
-
noun,
an infectious disease of horses, affecting the genitals and hind legs, caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma equiperdum.
- undergo
-
verb (used with object),
to be subjected to; experience; pass through:
- Gironde
-
noun,
an estuary in SW France, formed by the junction of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers. 45 miles (72 km) long.
- Drenthe
-
noun,
a province in E Netherlands. 1011 sq. mi. (2620 sq. km).
- norther
-
noun,
Chiefly Texas and Oklahoma. a cold gale from the north, formed during the winter by a vigorous outbreak of continental polar air behind a cold front.
- hurried
-
noun,
a state of urgency or eagerness:
- hurling
-
noun,
the act of throwing or casting, especially with great force or strength.
- drogher
-
noun,
a freight barge of the West Indies, rigged as a cutter or schooner.
- Girdler
-
noun,
a person or thing that girdles.
- relievo
-
noun,
Obsolete. relief2 (defs 2, 3).
- drought
-
noun,
a period of dry weather, especially a long one that is injurious to crops.
- hulling
-
noun,
material for the framework and shell of the hull of a ship.
- rondure
-
noun,
a circle or sphere.
- Guthrie
-
noun,
A(lfred) B(ertram), Jr. 1901–91, U.S. novelist.
- turdine
-
adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Turdidae, comprising the true thrushes.
- rolling
-
noun,
the action, motion, or sound of anything that rolls.
- horrent
-
adjective,
bristling; standing erect like bristles.
- grunter
-
noun,
a hog.
- trindle
-
noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- tringle
-
noun,
a narrow, straight molding, as a fillet.
- Hornell
-
noun,
a city in S New York.
- hornito
-
noun,
a low oven-shaped mound of congealed lava, common in some volcanic districts, emitting hot smoke and vapors in the final stages of activity.
- Durrell
-
noun,
Lawrence (George) 1912–90, English novelist and poet.
- duotone
-
noun,
a picture in two tones or colors.
- rongeur
-
noun,
a strongly constructed instrument with a sharp-edged, scoop-shaped tip, used for gouging out bone.
- hot-dog
-
noun,
a frankfurter.
- gillnet
-
verb (used with object),
to catch (a fish) with a gill net.
- trudgen
-
noun,
a stroke in which a double overarm motion and a scissors kick are used.
- hotline
-
noun,
hot line.
- dugento
-
noun,
duecento.
- trundle
-
noun,
a small wheel, roller, or the like.
- rollout
-
noun,
the first public showing of an aircraft.
- grooved
-
noun,
a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- neutro-
-
- nervure
-
noun,
Botany, Zoology. a vein, as of a leaf or the wing of an insect.
- grinder
-
noun,
a person or thing that grinds.
- glenoid
-
adjective,
shallow or slightly cupped, as the articular cavities of the scapula and the temporal bone.
- indulge
-
verb (used with object),
to yield to, satisfy, or gratify (desires, feelings, etc.):
- untried
-
adjective,
not tried; not attempted, proved, or tested.
- rentier
-
noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- Neville
-
noun,
Richard, Warwick, Earl of.
- rivulet
-
noun,
a small stream; streamlet; brook.
- griller
-
noun,
a person who grills food, especially as a cook in a restaurant.
- Grindle
-
noun,
bowfin.
- Grolier
-
adjective,
pertaining to a decorative design (Grolier design) in bookbinding, consisting of bands interlaced in geometric forms.
- nervule
-
noun,
a small branch of a nerve in the wing of an insect.
- integer
-
noun,
Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero.
Compare whole number.
- grunge
-
noun,
dirt; filth; rubbish.
- gurgle
-
noun,
the act or noise of gurgling.
- Reuter
-
noun,
Paul Julius, Baron de, 1816–99, English founder of an international news agency, born in Germany.
- redout
-
noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- revolt
-
noun,
the act of revolting; an insurrection or rebellion.
- revile
-
verb (used with object),
to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- gulden
-
noun,
guilder.
- govern
-
verb (used with object),
to rule over by right of authority:
- gourde
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Haiti, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: G., Gde.
- grovel
-
verb (used without object),
to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- Grover
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Gounod
-
noun,
Charles François [chahrlz fran-swah;; French sharl frahn-swa] /tʃɑrlz frænˈswɑ;; French ʃarl frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1818–93, French composer.
- renvoi
-
noun,
the expulsion by a government of an alien, especially a foreign diplomat, from the country.
- grudge
-
noun,
a feeling of ill will or resentment:
- Reiner
-
noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- gullet
-
noun,
the esophagus.
- Grieve
-
verb (used with object),
to distress mentally; cause to feel grief or sorrow:
- revert
-
noun,
a person or thing that reverts.
- regret
-
noun,
a sense of loss, disappointment, dissatisfaction, etc.
- Gunter
-
noun,
a jib-headed sail fastened to a vertical spar that is attached to a short mast, usually by two rings, in such a way that the spar can slide up the mast to spread the sail.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- reglet
-
noun,
Architecture.
a groove for guiding or holding a panel, window sash, etc.
a narrow, flat molding; fillet.
- greige
-
noun,
Textiles. gray goods.
- Groote
-
noun,
Gerhard [Dutch khey-rahrt;; English gair-hahrt] /Dutch ˈxeɪ rɑrt;; English ˈgɛər hɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Gerardus Magnus) 1340–84, Dutch religious reformer, educator, and author: founder of the order of Brethren of the Common Life.
- render
-
noun,
Building Trades. a first coat of plaster for a masonry surface.
- Gunite
-
noun,
a mixture of cement, sand or crushed slag, and water, sprayed over reinforcement as a lightweight concrete construction.
- groove
-
noun,
a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- guglet
-
noun,
goglet.
- Grodno
-
noun,
a city in W Byelorussia (Belarus), on the Niemen River: formerly in Poland.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- guidon
-
noun,
a small flag or streamer carried as a guide, for marking or signaling, or for identification.
- grille
-
noun,
a grating or openwork barrier, as for a gate, usually of metal and often of decorative design.
- grivet
-
noun,
a small Abyssinian monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, with a grayish back, gray tail, black face, and dark extremities.
- return
-
noun,
the act or fact of returning as by going or coming back or bringing, sending, or giving back:
- retell
-
verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- retool
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- Groton
-
noun,
a city in SE Connecticut.
- retro-
-
- ground
-
noun,
the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land:
- griege
-
noun,
gray goods.
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- gringo
-
noun,
a term used in Latin America or Spain to refer to a foreigner, especially one of U.S. or British descent (sometimes used facetiously).
- regent
-
noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- relier
-
noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- relive
-
verb (used with object),
to experience again, as an emotion.
- Grunth
-
noun,
Granth.
- hoiden
-
noun,
a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy.
- Redleg
-
noun,
a member of a secret organization, formed in Kansas in 1862, that engaged in guerrilla activities during the Civil War.
- luteo-
-
- intro.
-
- Nellie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- invert
-
noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- luting
-
noun,
any of various readily molded substances for sealing joints, cementing objects together, or waterproofing surfaces.
- Luther
-
noun,
Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), 1483–1546, German theologian and author: leader, in Germany, of the Protestant Reformation.
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- irreg.
-
- lutein
-
noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- lunger
-
noun,
a person who has chronic lung disease, especially tuberculosis.
- lungee
-
noun,
lungi.
- luggie
-
noun,
any wooden container with a lug, or handle, as a mug, a pail, or a dish with a handle on the side.
- lugger
-
noun,
a small ship lug-rigged on two or three masts.
- Loving
-
noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- Louvre
-
noun,
a national museum in Paris, France, since 1793: formerly a royal palace.
- louver
-
noun,
any of a series of narrow openings framed at their longer edges with slanting, overlapping fins or slats, adjustable for admitting light and air while shutting out rain.
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- inter.
-
- Lounge
-
noun,
a sofa for reclining, sometimes backless, having a headrest at one end.
- indoor
-
adjective,
occurring, used, etc., in a house or building, rather than out of doors:
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- Igorot
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Malay stock in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, some noted as headhunters.
- niggle
-
verb (used without object),
to criticize, especially constantly or repeatedly, in a peevish or petty way; carp:
- nigger
-
noun,
Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a member of any dark-skinned people.
- illude
-
verb (used with object),
to deceive or trick.
- niello
-
noun,
a black metallic substance, consisting of silver, copper, lead, and sulfur, with which an incised design or ground is filled to produce an ornamental effect on metal.
- indole
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- inorg.
-
- indult
-
noun,
a dispensation granted often temporarily by the pope, permitting a deviation from church law.
- neuter
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- neurol
-
- neuro-
-
- Nethou
-
noun,
Pic de [French peek duh] /French pik də/ (Show IPA) a mountain in NE Spain: highest peak of the Pyrenees. 11,165 feet (3400 meters).
- inhere
-
verb (used without object),
to exist permanently and inseparably in, as a quality, attribute, or element; belong intrinsically; be inherent:
- nether
-
adjective,
lying or believed to lie beneath the earth's surface; infernal:
- Ledger
-
noun,
Bookkeeping. an account book of final entry, in which business transactions are recorded.
- legend
-
noun,
a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.
- nitro-
-
- litho.
-
- levier
-
noun,
a person who levies.
- Levine
-
noun,
Jack, 1915–2010, U.S. painter.
- Levite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Levi.
- lodger
-
noun,
a person who lives in rented quarters in another's house; roomer.
- L-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (L-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (L-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the L-shell.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- Lieut.
-
- ligno-
-
- logion
-
noun,
a traditional saying or maxim, as of a religious teacher.
- ligule
-
noun,
a thin, membranous outgrowth from the base of the blade of most grasses.
- ligure
-
noun,
a precious stone, probably the jacinth. Ex. 28:19.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- Lionel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leon.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- lintel
-
noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- lingoe
-
noun,
a metal weight attached to the cords of a Jacquard harness, for lowering the warp threads after they have been raised and for keeping the harness cords taut.
- logger
-
noun,
a person whose work is logging; lumberjack.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- legged
-
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.
- Loring
-
noun,
a male given name.
- legion
-
noun,
a division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 soldiers.
- louden
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become loud.
- leglen
-
noun,
laggin.
- lotion
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- legong
-
noun,
an elegant Balinese dance-pantomime performed by several girls in elaborate costumes.
- Lorrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- Leiden
-
noun,
a city in W Netherlands.
- length
-
noun,
the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end:
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- lentil
-
noun,
a plant, Lens culinaris, of the legume family, having flattened, biconvex seeds used as food.
- longi-
-
- Leonid
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- Leonov
-
noun,
Aleksey Arkhipovich [uh-lyi-ksyey uhr-khyee-puh-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ ʌrˈkhyi pə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, Soviet cosmonaut: first man to walk in space 1965.
- Lerner
-
noun,
Alan Jay, 1918–86, U.S. lyricist and librettist.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- nodule
-
noun,
a small node, knot, or knob.
- Oviedo
-
noun,
a city in NW Spain.
- ortho-
-
- Hiller
-
noun,
Dame Wendy, 1912–2003, British actress.
- Hilton
-
noun,
Conrad (Nicholson) 1887–1979, U.S. hotel owner and developer.
- Otello
-
noun,
an opera (1887) with music by Giuseppe Verdi and a libretto by Arrigo Boito based on Shakespeare's Othello.
- hinder
-
noun,
Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S. the buttocks.
- Hindoo
-
noun,
Hindu.
- Ortler
-
noun,
a range of the Alps in N Italy.
- Hitler
-
noun,
Adolf [ad-olf,, ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈæd ɒlf,, ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), (Adolf Schicklgruber"der Führer") 1889–1945, Nazi dictator of Germany, born in Austria: Chancellor 1933–45; dictator 1934–45.
- oroide
-
noun,
an alloy containing copper, tin, etc., used to imitate gold.
- hieron
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a temple or a sacred place.
- orogen
-
noun,
an extensive belt of rocks deformed by orogeny, associated in places with plutonic and metamorphic rocks.
- Hoenir
-
noun,
a god, one of the Aesir, companion of Odin and Loki, hostage to the Vanir.
- hogger
-
noun,
a person or thing that hogs.
- hogget
-
noun,
hog (def 5).
- hognut
-
noun,
the nut of the brown hickory, Carya glabra.
- hogtie
-
verb (used with object),
to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
- Goring
-
noun,
the triangular area along a leech of a square sail, created by the presence of a gore.
- higgle
-
verb (used without object),
to bargain, especially in a petty way; haggle.
- hiero-
-
- Holder
-
noun,
something that holds or secures:
- hereon
-
adverb,
hereupon.
- hedger
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs hedges.
- hedron
-
- helio-
-
- Heller
-
noun,
a noisy, rowdy, troublesome person; hellion.
- overdo
-
verb (used with object),
to do to excess; overindulge in:
- Herder
-
noun,
a person in charge of a herd, especially of cattle or sheep.
- herein
-
adverb,
in or into this place.
- Herero
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of Namibia, Botswana, and Angola.
- Herter
-
noun,
Christian Archibald, 1895–1966, U.S. politician: secretary of state 1959–61.
- hereto
-
adverb,
to this matter, document, subject, etc.; regarding this point:
- Hering
-
noun,
Ewald [ey-vahlt] /ˈeɪ vɑlt/ (Show IPA), 1834–1918, German physiologist and psychologist.
- heriot
-
noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- Outing
-
noun,
a pleasure trip, excursion, picnic, or the like:
- Heroin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction.
- Herold
-
noun,
Louis Joseph [lwee zhaw-zef] /lwi ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1791–1833, French composer.
- Herrin
-
noun,
a town in S Illinois.
- Holden
-
noun,
a city in central Massachusetts.
- Oriole
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- no-hit
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or noting a game in which a pitcher allows no base hits to the opposing team:
- Hunger
-
noun,
a compelling need or desire for food.
- Oliver
-
noun,
one of the 12 paladins of Charlemagne.
Compare Roland.
- oligo-
-
- oillet
-
noun,
eyelet (def 5).
- oeuvre
-
noun,
the works of a writer, painter, or the like, taken as a whole.
- nugget
-
noun,
a lump of something, as of precious metal.
- hulled
-
noun,
the husk, shell, or outer covering of a seed or fruit.
- hulloo
-
interjection, noun,
hallo.
- Hunter
-
noun,
a person who hunts game or other wild animals for food or in sport.
- Hotien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Hotan.
- hurdle
-
noun,
a portable barrier over which contestants must leap in certain running races, usually a wooden frame with a hinged inner frame that swings down under impact to prevent injury to a runner who does not clear it.
- nought
-
noun,
nothing.
- nother
-
adjective,
Informal. a whole nother, an entirely different; a whole other.
- hurtle
-
noun,
Archaic. clash; collision; shock; clatter.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- noodle
-
noun,
a narrow strip of unleavened egg dough that has been rolled thin and dried, boiled, and served alone or in soups, casseroles, etc.; a ribbon-shaped pasta.
- noodge
-
noun,
a person who nudges; pest.
- Houdon
-
noun,
Jean Antoine [zhahn ahn-twan] /ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1741–1828, French sculptor.
- Horton
-
noun,
a river in the N Northwest Territories, Canada, flowing NW to Franklin Bay on the Beaufort Sea. 275 miles (443 km) long.
- holler
-
noun,
a loud cry used to express pain or surprise, to attract attention, to call for help, etc.
- hoodie
-
noun,
Also, hoody. Informal. a hooded sweatshirt, sweater, or jacket.
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- oreide
-
noun,
oroide.
- Oregon
-
noun,
a state in the NW United States, on the Pacific coast. 96,981 sq. mi. (251,180 sq. km). Capital: Salem.
Abbreviation: Oreg., Ore., OR (for use with zip code).
- honied
-
noun,
a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food.
- Honour
-
noun,
honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions:
- ordure
-
noun,
dung; manure; excrement.
- hooter
-
noun,
a person or thing that hoots.
- horrid
-
adjective,
such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable.
- Hoover
-
noun,
Herbert (Clark) 1874–1964, 31st president of the U.S. 1929–33.
- Horite
-
noun,
an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
- oolith
-
noun,
any of the component concretions of a piece of oolite.
- oolite
-
noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- horned
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- hornet
-
noun,
any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- Hornie
-
noun,
Satan.
- horol.
-
- Gorton
-
noun,
John Grey, 1911–2002, Australian political leader: prime minister 1968–71.
- orihon
-
noun,
a manuscript scroll having columns running across the width, folded in accordion fashion along the separating margins.
- Gorgon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of three sister monsters commonly represented as having snakes for hair, wings, brazen claws, and eyes that turned anyone looking into them to stone. Medusa, the only mortal Gorgon, was beheaded by Perseus.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- eloign
-
verb (used with object),
to remove to a distance, especially to take beyond the jurisdiction of a law court.
- venter
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- ventr-
-
- tingle
-
noun,
a tingling sensation.
- Dingle
-
noun,
a deep, narrow cleft between hills; shady dell.
- dinger
-
noun,
humdinger.
- Tiller
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- toggle
-
noun,
a pin, bolt, or rod placed transversely through a chain, an eye or loop in a rope, etc., as to bind it temporarily to another chain or rope similarly treated.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- endive
-
noun,
a composite plant, Cichorium endivia, having a rosette of often curly-edged leaves used in salads.
Compare escarole.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- endure
-
verb (used with object),
to hold out against; sustain without impairment or yielding; undergo:
- enduro
-
noun,
an endurance race for automobiles or sometimes motorcycles.
- venule
-
noun,
a small vein.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Venite
-
noun,
the 95th Psalm (94th in the Vulgate and Douay), used as a canticle at matins or morning prayers.
- engild
-
verb (used with object),
to brighten with or as with golden light:
- elegit
-
noun,
a writ of execution against a judgment debtor's goods, property, or land, held by the judgment creditor until payment of the debt, as from rents on the land.
- vendue
-
noun,
a public auction.
- torrid
-
adjective,
subject to parching or burning heat, especially of the sun, as a geographical area:
- toroid
-
noun,
a surface generated by the revolution of any closed plane curve or contour about an axis lying in its plane.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- either
-
adverb,
also; too; as well; to the same degree (used after negative clauses coordinated by and, or, or nor, or after negative subordinate clauses):
- torero
-
noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- Tooele
-
noun,
a town in NW Utah.
- Toledo
-
noun,
Francisco de [frahn-sees-kaw th e] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), c1515–84? Spanish administrator: viceroy of Peru 1569–81.
- elevon
-
noun,
a control surface functioning both as an elevator and as an aileron.
- Veneti
-
noun,
Also, Venetia. Also called Veneto [ve-ne-taw] /ˈvɛ nɛ tɔ/ (Show IPA). a region in NE Italy. 7095 sq. mi. (18,375 sq. km).
- Tongue
-
noun,
Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
- toluol
-
noun,
toluene.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Toller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tolls.
- tiglon
-
noun,
the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion.
- engird
-
verb (used with object),
to encircle; encompass:
- vender
-
noun,
vendor.
- verite
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- thrill
-
noun,
a sudden wave of keen emotion or excitement, sometimes manifested as a tremor or tingling sensation passing through the body.
- thoron
-
noun,
a radioactive isotope of radon, produced by the disintegration of thorium. Symbol: Tn; atomic weight: 220; atomic number: 86.
- Verdun
-
noun,
a fortress city in NE France, on the Meuse River. A German offensive was stopped here in 1916 in the bloodiest fighting of World War I.
- Verein
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- Verger
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a church official who serves as sacristan, caretaker, usher, and general attendant.
- Vergil
-
noun,
(Publius Vergilius Maro) 70–19 b.c, Roman poet: author of The Aeneid.
- eroto-
-
- thrive
-
verb (used without object),
to prosper; be fortunate or successful.
- erring
-
adjective,
going astray; in error; wrong.
- Verner
-
noun,
Karl Adolph [kahrl ah-dolf] /kɑrl ˈɑ dɒlf/ (Show IPA), 1846–96, Danish linguist.
- Vernet
-
noun,
Claude Joseph [klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1714–89, French painter.
- devout
-
adjective,
devoted to divine worship or service; pious; religious:
- thieve
-
verb (used with object),
to take by theft; steal.
- Ervine
-
noun,
St. John Greer [greer] /grɪər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1971, Irish dramatist and novelist.
- eolith
-
noun,
a chipped stone of the late Tertiary Period in Europe once thought to have been flaked by humans but now known to be the product of natural, nonhuman agencies.
- envier
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- tiered
-
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.
- Enovid
-
- dilute
-
adjective,
reduced in strength, as a chemical by admixture; weak:
- englut
-
verb (used with object),
to gulp down.
- Dillon
-
noun,
C(larence) Douglas, 1909–1979, U.S. lawyer and government official, born in Switzerland: Secretary of the Treasury 1961–65.
- verdin
-
noun,
a small, yellow-headed, titmouse-like bird, Auriparus flaviceps, of arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, which builds a compact, spherical nest of thorny twigs.
- diglot
-
noun,
a bilingual book or edition.
- enough
-
adverb,
in a quantity or degree that answers a purpose or satisfies a need or desire; sufficiently.
- throve
-
verb,
a simple past tense of thrive.
- Digger
-
noun,
a person or an animal that digs.
- enroll
-
verb (used with object),
to write the name of (a person) in a roll or register; place upon a list; register:
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- enter-
-
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- throng
-
noun,
a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
- throne
-
noun,
the chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy.
- vendor
-
noun,
a person or agency that sells.
- Toulon
-
noun,
a seaport in SE France: naval base.
- devour
-
verb (used with object),
to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.
- turgid
-
adjective,
swollen; distended; tumid.
- drogue
-
noun,
a bucket or canvas bag used as a sea anchor.
- Turing
-
noun,
Alan Mathison [math-uh-suh n] /ˈmæθ ə sən/ (Show IPA), 1912–54, English mathematician, logician, and pioneer in computer theory.
- turgor
-
noun,
Plant Physiology. the normal distention or rigidity of plant cells, resulting from the pressure exerted by the cell contents on the cell walls.
- drongo
-
noun,
any passerine bird of the family Dicruridae, of Africa, Asia, and Australia, the several species usually having black plumage and long, forked tails.
- unroll
-
verb (used with object),
to open or spread out (something rolled or coiled):
- unroot
-
verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- doover
-
noun,
thingumbob; thingumajig.
- driven
-
noun,
the act of driving.
- drover
-
noun,
a person who drives cattle or sheep to market.
- tureen
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- unrove
-
adjective,
withdrawn from a block, thimble, etc.
- doolie
-
noun,
a first-year cadet in the U.S. Air Force Academy.
- untold
-
adjective,
not told; not related; not revealed:
- untrod
-
adjective,
not trod; not traversed:
- driver
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives.
- Doreen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Dolton
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- under-
-
- doting
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- United
-
adjective,
made into or caused to act as a single entity:
- dought
-
verb,
a simple past tense of dow1 .
- ungirt
-
adjective,
having a girdle loosened or removed.
- ungird
-
verb (used with object),
to loosen or remove a girdle or belt from.
- douter
-
noun,
an implement for snuffing out candles, consisting either of a scissorlike device with two broad flat blades or of a cone at the end of a handle.
- unlive
-
verb (used with object),
to undo or reverse (past life, experiences, etc.):
- drivel
-
noun,
saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
- dreigh
-
adjective, verb (used with object),
dree.
- dorter
-
noun,
a dormitory, especially in a monastery.
- unreel
-
verb (used with object),
to unwind from or as if from a reel:
- driegh
-
adjective, verb (used with object),
dree.
- Turner
-
noun,
a person or thing that turns or is employed in turning.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- unveil
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a veil or other covering from; display; reveal:
- ureide
-
noun,
an acyl urea.
- goglet
-
noun,
a long-necked container, especially for water, usually of porous earthenware so that its contents are cooled by evaporation.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- veggie
-
noun,
a vegetable.
- gorget
-
noun,
a patch on the throat of a bird or other animal, distinguished by its color, texture, etc.
- veiled
-
noun,
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- edging
-
noun,
something that forms or is placed along an edge or border.
- divert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- utero-
-
- Trevor
-
noun,
William (William Trevor Cox) born 1928, Irish short-story writer and novelist.
- velour
-
noun,
a velvetlike fabric of rayon, wool, or any of several other natural or synthetic fibers, used for outerwear and upholstery.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- diuron
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a weed-killer.
- dither
-
noun,
a trembling; vibration.
- velure
-
noun,
velvet or a substance resembling it.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- tuille
-
noun,
a tasset.
- trover
-
noun,
an action for the recovery of the value of personal property wrongfully converted by another to his or her own use.
- ureter
-
noun,
a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.
- urgent
-
adjective,
compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing:
- duello
-
noun,
the practice or art of dueling.
- dugong
-
noun,
an herbivorous, aquatic mammal, Dugong dugon, of the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, having a barrel-shaped body, flipperlike forelimbs, no hind limbs, and a triangular tail: widespread but rare.
- trullo
-
noun,
a dwelling of the Apulia region of Italy, roofed with conical constructions of corbeled dry masonry.
- trudge
-
noun,
a laborious or tiring walk; tramp.
- dunite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- trogon
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored birds of the family Trogonidae, especially of the genus Trogon, of tropical and subtropical regions of the New World.
- urino-
-
- trough
-
noun,
a long, narrow, open receptacle, usually boxlike in shape, used chiefly to hold water or food for animals.
- dogleg
-
noun,
a route, way, or course that turns at a sharp angle.
- during
-
preposition,
throughout the duration, continuance, or existence of:
- Dogger
-
noun,
a two-masted Dutch fishing vessel with a blunt bow, used in the North Sea.
- durrie
-
noun,
dhurrie.
- Erving
-
noun,
Julius Winfield ("Dr. J") born 1950, U.S. basketball player.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- unhood
-
verb (used with object),
to divest of a hood or covering.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- Deluge
-
noun,
a great flood of water; inundation; flood.
- rondel
-
noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting usually of 14 lines on two rhymes, of which four are made up of the initial couplet repeated in the middle and at the end, with the second line of the couplet sometimes being omitted at the end.
- girl-o
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- girdle
-
noun,
a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- girder
-
noun,
a large beam, as of steel, reinforced concrete, or timber, for supporting masonry, joists, purlins, etc.
- Ginger
-
noun,
a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to the East Indies but now cultivated in most tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cookery and medicine.
Compare ginger family.
- rooted
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- rooter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- Gilolo
-
noun,
Halmahera.
- gilgul
-
noun,
the soul of a dead person that passes into another living body to assume a new existence and atone for past sins.
- Gilder
-
noun,
a person or thing that gilds.
- ethine
-
noun,
acetylene.
- dengue
-
noun,
an infectious, eruptive fever of warm climates, usually epidemic, characterized especially by severe pains in the joints and muscles.
- gigolo
-
noun,
a man living off the earnings or gifts of a woman, especially a younger man supported by an older woman in return for his sexual attentions and companionship.
- virtue
-
noun,
moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.
- denote
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- Violet
-
noun,
any chiefly low, stemless or leafy-stemmed plant of the genus Viola, having purple, blue, yellow, white, or variegated flowers.
Compare violet family.
- giglet
-
noun,
a giddy, playful girl.
- Gideon
-
noun,
Also called Jerubbaal. a judge of Israel and conqueror of the Midianites. Judges 6–8.
- denti-
-
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- router
-
noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- gerund
-
noun,
(in certain languages, as Latin) a form regularly derived from a verb and functioning as a noun, having in Latin all case forms but the nominative, as Latin dicendī gen., dicendō, dat., abl., etc., “saying.”.
See also gerundive (def 1).
- gerent
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- roving
-
noun,
a soft strand of fiber that has been twisted, attenuated, and freed of foreign matter preparatory to its conversion into yarn.
- George
-
noun,
a figure of St. George killing the dragon, especially one forming part of the insignia of the Order of the Garter.
- Denver
-
noun,
John (Henry Deutschendorf) 1943–97, U.S. country singer.
- rugged
-
adjective,
having a roughly broken, rocky, hilly, or jagged surface:
- roller
-
noun,
a person or thing that rolls.
- Rodger
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Roger.
- deriv.
-
- rigger
-
noun,
a person who rigs.
- gorged
-
noun,
a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
- Gordon
-
noun,
Charles George ("Chinese Gordon"; "Gordon Pasha") 1833–85, British general: administrator in China and Egypt.
- volute
-
noun,
a spiral or twisted formation or object.
- goodie
-
noun,
Usually, goodies. something especially attractive or pleasing, especially cake, cookies, or candy.
- Volund
-
noun,
Wayland.
- rhetor
-
noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- rhino-
-
- voider
-
noun,
a person or thing that voids.
- rhodo-
-
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- vulned
-
adjective,
(of an animal or man) represented as wounded.
- Golden
-
noun,
a city in central Colorado.
- goiter
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- linger
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- righto
-
interjection,
(used to express understanding or assent).
- Goethe
-
noun,
Johann Wolfgang von [yoh-hahn vawlf-gahng fuh n] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈvɔlf gɑŋ fən/ (Show IPA), 1749–1832, German poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher.
- deglut
-
- rigour
-
noun,
rigor.
- rillet
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- ringed
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- ringer
-
noun,
a person or thing that encircles, rings, etc.
- gluten
-
noun,
the tough, viscid, nitrogenous substance remaining when the flour of wheat or other grain is washed to remove the starch.
- dehorn
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the horns of (cattle).
- Glover
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells gloves.
- dehort
-
verb (used with object),
to try to dissuade.
- dehull
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the hulls from (beans, seeds, etc.); hull.
- Gliere
-
noun,
Reinhold Moritzovich [rahyn-hawlt maw-ryi-tsuh-vyich] /ˈraɪn hɔlt ˈmɔ ryɪ tsə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, Russian composer.
- glider
-
noun,
a motorless, heavier-than-air aircraft for gliding from a higher to a lower level by the action of gravity or from a lower to a higher level by the action of air currents.
- Rugger
-
noun,
Rugby (def 3).
- rotund
-
adjective,
round in shape; rounded:
- teledu
-
noun,
a small, dark-brown, badgerlike mammal, Mydaus javensis, of the mountains of Java, Sumatra, and Borneo, having a white stripe down the back, and ejecting a foul-smelling secretion when alarmed.
- detour
-
noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- Deurne
-
noun,
a former city in N Belgium, now part of Antwerp.
- genit.
-
- Villon
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1431–63? French poet.
- devote
-
verb (used with object),
to give up or appropriate to or concentrate on a particular pursuit, occupation, purpose, cause, etc.:
- theirn
-
pronoun,
theirs.
- gender
-
noun,
either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated by social and cultural roles and behavior:
Compare sex (def 1).
- devein
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp).
- theine
-
noun,
caffeine, especially in tea.
- deuto-
-
- rutile
-
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.
- teleg.
-
- teredo
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- Telegu
-
noun,
Telugu.
- teleo-
-
- Teller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- devoir
-
noun,
an act of civility or respect.
- Geiger
-
noun,
Hans [hahns] /hɑns/ (Show IPA), 1882–1947, German physicist.
- Devine
-
adjective, noun, verb,
a frequent misspelling of divine.
- Gehrig
-
noun,
Henry Louis ("Lou") 1903–41, U.S. baseball player.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- tenure
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- ethnog
-
- ethion
-
noun,
a highly toxic organophosphate, C 9 H 22 O 4 P 2 S 3, used as a pesticide.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- ruling
-
noun,
an authoritative decision, as one by a judge on a debated point of law.
- deuton
-
noun,
deuteron.
- Telloh
-
noun,
a village in SE Iraq, between the lower Tigris and Euphrates: site of the ancient Sumerian city of Lagash.
- ethno-
-
- tellin
-
noun,
any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Tellina, having a thin, rounded shell of white, yellow, pink, or purple.
- rundle
-
noun,
a rung of a ladder.
- Gentoo
-
noun,
a Hindu.
- ethrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- derive
-
verb (used with object),
to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from).
- theol.
-
- gentle
-
adjective,
kindly; amiable:
- Neth.
-
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- veter
-
- Vidor
-
noun,
King (Wallis) 1895–1982, U.S. motion-picture director and producer.
- neur-
-
- video
-
noun,
a program, movie, or other visual media product featuring moving images, with or without audio, that is recorded and saved digitally or on videocassette:
- Uredo
-
noun,
a skin irritation; hives; urticaria.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- neut.
-
- vogie
-
adjective,
conceited; proud.
- lithe
-
adjective,
bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible:
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- Lough
-
noun,
a lake.
- lunge
-
noun,
a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
- vertu
-
noun,
virtu.
- volti
-
verb (imperative),
turn; turn over: a direction to turn the page.
- Vulg.
-
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- Nigel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neil.
- vouge
-
noun,
an axlike, shafted weapon having a curved blade tapering to a point at the top, used by foot soldiers in the 14th century and after.
- Univ.
-
- voter
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- nieve
-
noun,
Archaic Northern British and Scot. Dialect. a clenched or closed hand; fist.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- nidge
-
verb (used with object),
to dress (a stone) with a pick or kevel.
- voile
-
noun,
a lightweight, semisheer fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton constructed in plain weave.
- vogue
-
noun,
something in fashion, as at a particular time:
- unrig
-
verb (used with object),
to strip of rigging, as a ship.
- Verne
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1828–1905, French novelist.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Vogul
-
noun,
Mansi.
- 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.
- Verge
-
noun,
the edge, rim, or margin of something:
- Nevil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neville.
- never
-
Idioms,
never mind, don't bother; don't concern yourself.
- Lith.
-
- Urgel
-
noun,
a town in NE Spain, SSW of Andorra: cathedral.
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Vener
-
noun,
Vänern.
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- Verde
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in Senegal, near Dakar: the westernmost point of Africa.
- Luton
-
noun,
a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
- ville
-
- loved
-
noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- venue
-
noun,
Law.
the place of a crime or cause of action.
the county or place where the jury is gathered and the cause tried.
the designation, in the pleading, of the jurisdiction where a trial will be held.
the statement naming the place and person before whom an affidavit was sworn.
- login
-
noun,
the act of logging in to a database, mobile device, or computer, especially a multiuser computer or a remote or networked computer system.
- Lover
-
noun,
a person who is in love with another.
- vined
-
adjective,
covered or decorated with vines or representations of vines:
- logo-
-
- Luth.
-
- vireo
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- Luger
-
- venge
-
verb (used with object),
to avenge.
- veni-
-
- logue
-
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- longe
-
noun,
a long rope used to guide a horse during training or exercise.
- Venlo
-
noun,
a city in SE Netherlands.
- Luing
-
noun,
one of a breed of beef cattle developed on Luing Island off Scotland by interbreeding Shorthorn bulls and purebred West Highland cows.
- vino-
-
- lurid
-
adjective,
gruesome; horrible; revolting:
- lungi
-
noun,
a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
- Negev
-
noun,
a partially reclaimed desert region and district in S Israel, bordering on the Sinai Peninsula. 4700 sq. mi. (12,173 sq. km). Capital: Beersheba.
- Virgo
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Virgin, a zodiacal constellation between Leo and Libra, containing the bright star Spica.
- nerve
-
noun,
one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
- virtu
-
noun,
excellence or merit in objects of art, curios, and the like.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- urger
-
noun,
a person or thing that urges.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- Vigor
-
noun,
active strength or force.
- lived
-
Idioms,
live high off / on the hog. hog (def 16).
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Vogel
-
noun,
Sir Julius, 1835–99, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister 1873–75, 1876.
- vodun
-
noun,
voodoo (def 1).
- liven
-
verb (used with object),
to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
- utend
-
- viron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Louhi
-
noun,
a sorceress, the mistress of Pohjola and an enemy of the Finns, eventually defeated by Vainamoinen.
- livre
-
noun,
a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- Uther
-
noun,
king of Britain and father of Arthur.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- loden
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- Verdi
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1813–1901, Italian composer.
- Lodge
-
noun,
a small, makeshift or crude shelter or habitation, as of boughs, poles, skins, earth, or rough boards; cabin or hut.
- neigh
-
noun,
the cry of a horse; whinny.
- Nehru
-
noun,
Jawaharlal [juh-wah-her-lahl] /dʒəˈwɑ hər lɑl/ (Show IPA), 1889–1964, Hindu political leader in India: first prime minister of the republic of India 1947–64 (father of Indira Gandhi).
- Louth
-
noun,
a county in Leinster province, in the NE Republic of Ireland. 317 sq. mi. (820 sq. km). County seat: Dunkalk.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- ootid
-
noun,
the cell that results from the meiotic divisions of an oocyte and matures into an ovum.
- Unit.
-
- ovule
-
noun,
Botany.
a rudimentary seed.
the plant part that contains the embryo sac and hence the female germ cell, which after fertilization develops into a seed.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- overt
-
adjective,
open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret:
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teno-
-
- telo-
-
- ovine
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- ovoid
-
noun,
an ovoid body.
- tele-
-
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- runed
-
adjective,
having runes inscribed:
- Rundi
-
noun,
a member of a people constituting virtually the entire population of Burundi.
- ruler
-
noun,
a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
- Reger
-
noun,
Max [mahks] /mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1873–1916, German composer and pianist.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- terr.
-
- thegn
-
noun,
thane.
- regle
-
noun,
a groove or channel for guiding a sliding door.
- third
-
noun,
a third part, especially of one (1/3).
- Thule
-
noun,
the ancient Greek and Latin name for an island or region variously identified as one of the Shetland Islands, Iceland, or Norway: supposed to be the most northerly region of the world.
- outgo
-
noun,
the act or process of going out:
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- THREE
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- Thorn
-
noun,
a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
- thong
-
noun,
a strip of material, especially of leather or hide, used to fasten or secure something.
- thole
-
noun,
a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.
- thirl
-
verb (used with object),
to pierce.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- thio-
-
- thing
-
noun,
a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
- thine
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou1. used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.
- over-
-
- Thill
-
noun,
either of the pair of shafts of a vehicle between which a draft animal is harnessed.
- there
-
noun,
that state or condition:
- theor
-
- theo-
-
- Rugen
-
noun,
an island in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, off the NE coast, in the Baltic Sea. 358 sq. mi. (926 sq. km).
- Rover
-
noun,
a person who roves; wanderer.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- ridge
-
noun,
a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
- River
-
noun,
a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
- riven
-
verb,
a past participle of rive.
- rivel
-
noun,
a very small dumpling made of a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning, cooked in broth.
- rerun
-
noun,
the act of rerunning.
- retd.
-
- rigor
-
noun,
strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- right
-
noun,
a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral:
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- Rider
-
noun,
a person who rides a horse or other animal, a bicycle, etc.
- rodeo
-
noun,
a public exhibition of cowboy skills, as bronco riding and calf roping.
- rhod-
-
- rhine
-
noun,
Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- rhin-
-
- revel
-
noun,
boisterous merrymaking or festivity; revelry.
- rhet.
-
- Rhein
-
noun,
the Rhine.
- revet
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- revue
-
noun,
a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
- rivet
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Routh
-
noun,
abundance; plenty.
- reive
-
verb (used with or without object),
to rob; plunder.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- round
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- Regt.
-
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- rough
-
noun,
something that is rough, especially rough ground.
- rouge
-
noun,
any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- rotor
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- rondo
-
noun,
a work or movement, often the last movement of a sonata, having one principal subject that is stated at least three times in the same key and to which return is made after the introduction of each subordinate theme.
- relig
-
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- Rollo
-
noun,
Also called Rolf, Roy, Hrolf, Rolf the Ganger. a.d. c860–931? Norse chieftain: 1st duke of Normandy 911?.
- rogue
-
noun,
a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel.
- reni-
-
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- Roger
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “fame” and “spear.”.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- thurl
-
noun,
the hip joint of cattle.
- night
-
noun,
the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- ogive
-
noun,
Architecture.
a diagonal vaulting rib.
a pointed arch.
- ohone
-
interjection,
alas!
- oiled
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Tulle
-
noun,
a thin, fine, machine-made net of acetate, nylon, rayon, or silk.
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- Older
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- oleo-
-
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- olig-
-
- Tudor
-
noun,
Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer.
- Olive
-
noun,
an evergreen tree, Olea europaea, of Mediterranean and other warm regions, cultivated chiefly for its fruit.
Compare olive family.
- Truro
-
noun,
a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.
- trull
-
noun,
a prostitute; strumpet.
- Ollie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Oliver.
- trove
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- onto-
-
- Ogden
-
noun,
Charles Kay, 1889–1957, British psychologist and linguist, inventor of Basic English.
- odour
-
noun,
odor.
- troll
-
noun,
a song whose parts are sung in succession; a round.
- North
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- no-go
-
adjective,
inoperative; canceled:
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- ulent
-
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- Udine
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- nullo
-
noun,
(in certain card games) a bid to take no tricks.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noto-
-
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- novel
-
noun,
a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
- nudge
-
noun,
a slight or gentle push or jog, especially with the elbow.
- nudi-
-
- nudie
-
noun,
a film, performance, or magazine featuring nude performers or photographs.
- tungo
-
noun,
rat-kangaroo.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- outdo
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in execution or performance:
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- togue
-
noun,
lake trout.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Orth.
-
- to-do
-
noun,
bustle; fuss:
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Oruro
-
noun,
a city in W Bolivia: a former capital, over 12,000 feet (3660 meters) high.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tondo
-
noun,
a round painting or relief.
- tiled
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- Othin
-
noun,
Odin.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- 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.
- ought
-
noun,
duty or obligation.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- Trill
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- order
-
noun,
an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- trig.
-
- ordn.
-
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- Oreg.
-
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- tono-
-
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- orig.
-
- tough
-
noun,
a ruffian; rowdy.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- Orlon
-
- lingo
-
noun,
the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual:
- liver
-
noun,
Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- ling.
-
- Hoven
-
noun,
bloat (def 5).
- erron
-
- Errol
-
noun,
a male given name.
- erode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- hotel
-
noun,
a commercial establishment offering lodging to travelers and sometimes to permanent residents, and often having restaurants, meeting rooms, stores, etc., that are available to the general public.
- Hound
-
noun,
one of any of several breeds of dogs trained to pursue game either by sight or by scent, especially one with a long face and large drooping ears.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- houri
-
noun,
one of the beautiful virgins provided in paradise for all faithful Muslims.
- hovel
-
noun,
a small, very humble dwelling house; a wretched hut.
- Eridu
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city near the Euphrates in S Iraq: center for the worship of Ea; partially excavated.
- ervil
-
noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- hover
-
noun,
the act or state of hovering.
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- ergo-
-
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- ento-
-
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Enlil
-
noun,
the king of the Sumerian gods and the god of the air.
- engr.
-
- hort.
-
- ErvIn
-
noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- Engle
-
noun,
Paul (Hamilton) 1908–91, U.S. poet and educator.
- Hond.
-
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- gelid
-
adjective,
very cold; icy.
- Hogue
-
noun,
La [la] /la/ (Show IPA), La Hogue.
- evite
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- Evert
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- holo-
-
- event
-
noun,
something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, especially one of some importance.
- Hondo
-
noun,
Honshu.
- Horne
-
noun,
Lena, 1917–2010, U.S. singer and actress.
- Euro-
-
- Euler
-
noun,
Leonhard [German ley-awn-hahrt] /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.
- Honor
-
noun,
honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions:
- etude
-
noun,
a musical composition, usually instrumental, intended mainly for the practice of some point of technique.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- horde
-
noun,
a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd:
- ether
-
noun,
Also called diethyl ether, diethyl oxide, ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, highly volatile, flammable liquid, C 4 H 10 O, having an aromatic odor and sweet, burning taste, derived from ethyl alcohol by the action of sulfuric acid: used as a solvent and, formerly, as an inhalant anesthetic.
- Ethel
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- glint
-
noun,
a tiny, quick flash of light.
- Hugel
-
noun,
Baron Friedrich von, 1852–1925, English theologian and writer.
- hinge
-
noun,
a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
- igloo
-
noun,
an Eskimo house, being a dome-shaped hut usually built of blocks of hard snow.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- egger
-
noun,
tent caterpillar.
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- Edith
-
noun,
a female given name: from Old English words meaning “rich, happy” and “war.”.
- edit.
-
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- edger
-
noun,
a person who puts an edge, especially a finishing edge, on a garment, surface, lens, etc.
- duvet
-
noun,
a usually down-filled quilt, often with a removable cover; comforter.
- ideo-
-
- ileo-
-
- Durer
-
noun,
Albrecht [ahl-brekht] /ˈɑl brɛxt/ (Show IPA), 1471–1528, German painter and engraver.
- Indo-
-
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- indue
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- Duero
-
noun,
Spanish name of Douro.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Ingle
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- eight
-
noun,
a cardinal number, seven plus one.
- Elder
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- Engel
-
noun,
Lehman [ley-muh n] /ˈleɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1910–1982, U.S. conductor and composer.
- hullo
-
interjection, noun,
hallo.
- Hugin
-
noun,
one of the two ravens of Odin that brought him news from the whole world.
- endue
-
verb (used with object),
to invest or endow with some gift, quality, or faculty.
- endo-
-
- Hugli
-
noun,
a river in NE India, in W Bengal: the westernmost channel by which the Ganges enters the Bay of Bengal. 160 miles (258 km) long.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- elver
-
noun,
a young eel, especially one that is migrating up a stream from the ocean.
- elute
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ellen
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in S Utah. 11,522 feet (3514 meters).
- Elgin
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois.
- Hung.
-
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Huron
-
noun,
a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron.
- Hurri
-
noun,
Hurrian.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Elihu
-
noun,
a young man who entered into discourse with Job. Job. 32–37.
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- Elgon
-
noun,
an extinct volcano in E Africa, on the boundary between Uganda and Kenya. 14,176 feet (4321 meters).
- Genl.
-
- Hindu
-
noun,
a person, especially of northern India, who adheres to Hinduism.
- drung
-
noun,
drang.
- grout
-
noun,
a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- Gogol
-
noun,
Nikolai Vasilievich [nik-uh-lahy vuh-seel-yuh-vich;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ vəˈsil yə vɪtʃ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1809–52, Russian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- grith
-
noun,
protection or asylum for a limited period of time, as under church or crown.
- go-go
-
adverb,
as much as you like; to your heart's content; galore:
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- godet
-
noun,
a triangular piece of fabric, often rounded at the top, inserted in a garment to give fullness.
Compare gore3 (def 1), gusset (def 1).
- Groot
-
noun,
Huig [Dutch hoikh] /Dutch hɔɪx/ (Show IPA), de [duh] /də/ (Show IPA), or van [vahn] /vɑn/ (Show IPA), Hugo Grotius.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- Grove
-
noun,
a small wood or forested area, usually with no undergrowth:
- Going
-
noun,
the act of leaving or departing; departure:
- Godel
-
noun,
Kurt [kurt] /kɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1906–78, U.S. mathematician and logician, born in Austria-Hungary.
- gruel
-
noun,
a light, usually thin, cooked cereal made by boiling meal, especially oatmeal, in water or milk.
- grunt
-
noun,
a sound of grunting.
- gluon
-
noun,
an unobserved massless particle with spin 1 that is believed to transmit the strong force between quarks, binding them together into baryons and mesons.
- GUIDE
-
noun,
a person who guides, especially one hired to guide travelers, tourists, hunters, etc.
- Guido
-
noun,
a male given name.
- guige
-
noun,
a shoulder strap attached to the inner side of a shield.
- Guild
-
noun,
an organization of persons with related interests, goals, etc., especially one formed for mutual aid or protection.
- grind
-
noun,
the act of grinding.
- grill
-
noun,
a grated utensil for broiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc., over a fire; gridiron.
- guilt
-
noun,
the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability:
- Govt.
-
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- gorge
-
noun,
a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
- gono-
-
- Goth.
-
- gouge
-
noun,
a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
- Gould
-
noun,
Chester, 1900–85, U.S. cartoonist: creator of the comic strip “Dick Tracy.”.
- gourd
-
noun,
the hard-shelled fruit of any of various plants, especially those of Lagenaria siceraria (white-flowered gourd or bottle gourd) whose dried shell is used for bowls and other utensils, and Cucurbita pepo (yellow-flowered gourd) used ornamentally.
Compare gourd family.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- Gondi
-
noun,
a Dravidian language, the language of the Gonds.
- Grieg
-
noun,
Edvard [ed-vahrd;; Norwegian ed-vahrt] /ˈɛd vɑrd;; Norwegian ˈɛd vɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1843–1907, Norwegian composer.
- greed
-
noun,
excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions.
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- Greer
-
noun,
Germaine, born 1939, Australian feminist and writer.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- grego
-
noun,
a short, hooded coat of thick, coarse fabric, originally worn in the eastern Mediterranean countries.
- Golgi
-
noun,
Camillo [kah-meel-law] /kɑˈmil lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1843?–1926, Italian physician and histologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1906.
- gride
-
noun,
a griding or grating sound.
- Goldi
-
noun,
Nanay.
- guile
-
noun,
insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
- Guin.
-
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- Heron
-
noun,
any of numerous long-legged, long-necked, usually long-billed birds of the family Ardeidae, including the true herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns.
- Henie
-
noun,
Sonja, 1912–69, U.S. figure-skater and film actress, born in Norway.
- gigue
-
noun,
Dance. jig2 (def 1).
- Henri
-
noun,
Robert, 1865–1929, U.S. painter.
- gigot
-
noun,
a leg-of-mutton sleeve.
- ghoul
-
noun,
an evil demon, originally of Muslim legend, supposed to feed on human beings, and especially to rob graves, prey on corpses, etc.
- Ghent
-
noun,
a port in NW Belgium, at the confluence of the Scheldt and Lys rivers: treaty 1814.
- Herne
-
noun,
James A(hern) [uh-hurn] /əˈhɜrn/ (Show IPA), 1839–1901, U.S. actor and playwright.
- Herod
-
noun,
("the Great") 73?–4 b.c, king of Judea 37–4.
- geol.
-
- Helve
-
noun,
the handle of an ax, hatchet, hammer, or the like.
- geoid
-
noun,
an imaginary surface that coincides with mean sea level in the ocean and its extension through the continents.
- geog.
-
- hier-
-
- geode
-
noun,
a hollow concretionary or nodular stone often lined with crystals.
- geod.
-
- hillo
-
interjection, noun,
hallo.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- Hind.
-
- henge
-
noun,
a Neolithic monument of the British Isles, consisting of a circular area enclosed by a bank and ditch and often containing additional features including one or more circles of upright stone or wood pillars: probably used for ritual purposes or for marking astronomical events, as solstices and equinoxes.
- Helot
-
noun,
a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state.
Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- glove
-
noun,
a covering for the hand made with a separate sheath for each finger and for the thumb.
- gleed
-
noun,
a glowing coal.
- glout
-
verb (used without object),
to scowl or frown.
- guiro
-
noun,
a South American musical instrument consisting of a hollow gourd with serrated surface that is scraped with a stick.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- glide
-
noun,
a gliding movement, as in dancing.
- gundi
-
noun,
either of two small desert rodents, Ctenodactylus gundi or C. vali, of northern Africa, living in dry, rocky areas and characterized by comblike bristles on the hind feet.
- gunge
-
noun,
soft, sticky matter; goo.
- gleet
-
noun,
Pathology.
a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound.
persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
- gurge
-
noun,
a whirlpool.
- Given
-
noun,
an established fact, condition, factor, etc.
- hello
-
noun,
the call “hello” (used as an expression of greeting):
- girth
-
noun,
the measure around anything; circumference.
- Giono
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, French novelist.
- heder
-
noun,
(especially in Europe) a private Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
- hedge
-
noun,
a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow:
- Hedin
-
noun,
Sven Anders [sven ahn-duh rs] /svɛn ˈɑn dərs/ (Show IPA), 1865–1952, Swedish geographer and explorer.
- Hegel
-
noun,
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich [gey-awrk vil-helm free-drikh] /ˈgeɪ ɔrk ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1770–1831, German philosopher.
- Heine
-
noun,
Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1797–1856, German lyric and satiric poet, journalist, and critic.
- Helen
-
noun,
Also called Helen of Troy. Classical Mythology. the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus whose abduction by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War.
- heli-
-
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- elude
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade:
Synonyms: shun, dodge.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- delve
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to dig; excavate.
- Deut.
-
- doven
-
verb (used with or without object),
daven.
- Lethe
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- Dover
-
noun,
a seaport in E Kent, in SE England: point nearest the coast of France.
- Leith
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Scotland, on the Firth of Forth: now part of Edinburgh.
- Leigh
-
noun,
Vivien (Vivian Mary Hartley) 1913–67, English actress.
- dight
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to dress; adorn.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- dent.
-
- donut
-
noun,
doughnut.
- iodo-
-
- Delhi
-
noun,
a union territory in N India. 574 sq. mi. (1487 sq. km).
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- dirge
-
noun,
a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- Liege
-
noun,
a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
- lgth.
-
- Diver
-
noun,
a person or thing that dives.
- invt.
-
- dogie
-
noun,
a motherless calf in a cattle herd.
- Leven
-
noun,
Loch, a lake in E Scotland: ruins of a castle in which Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned.
- Lever
-
noun,
Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
Compare machine (def 4b).
- Devon
-
noun,
Devonshire.
- doeth
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Devil
-
noun,
Theology.
(sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan.
a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- dhole
-
noun,
a wild Asian dog, Cuon alpinus, that hunts in packs: an endangered species.
- doggo
-
Idioms,
lie doggo, British Slang. to keep out of sight; hide:
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- levo-
-
- Levin
-
noun,
lightning.
- dhoti
-
noun,
a long loincloth worn by many Hindu men in India.
- divot
-
noun,
Golf. a piece of turf gouged out with a club in making a stroke.
- dough
-
noun,
flour or meal combined with water, milk, etc., in a mass for baking into bread, cake, etc.; paste of bread.
- doing
-
noun,
action; performance; execution:
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- Douro
-
noun,
a river in SW Europe, flowing W from N Spain through N Portugal to the Atlantic. About 475 miles (765 km) long.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Irgun
-
noun,
a militant Zionist underground group, active chiefly during the period (1917–48) of British control by mandate of Palestine.
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- Dolon
-
noun,
a son of Eumedes who was killed by Diomedes and Odysseus even though he had given them valuable information about the Trojans.
- dolor
-
noun,
sorrow; grief.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- legit
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- 30-30
-
- droll
-
noun,
a droll person; jester; wag.
- devel
-
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Dioon
-
noun,
any of several Mexican and Central American palmlike plants belonging to the genus Dioon, of the cycad family, having a crown of stiff, pinnate leaves.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- drool
-
noun,
saliva running down from one's mouth; drivel.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- Leger
-
noun,
ledger (def 4).
- drove
-
noun,
a number of oxen, sheep, or swine driven in a group; herd; flock.
- dinge
-
noun,
the condition of being dingy.
- dingo
-
noun,
a wolflike, wild dog, Canis familiaris dingo, of Australia, having a reddish- or yellowish-brown coat.
- level
-
noun,
a device used for determining or adjusting something to a horizontal surface.
- lieve
-
adverb,
lief.
- ligne
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- donor
-
noun,
a person who gives or donates.
- lign-
-
- drill
-
noun,
Machinery, Building Trades.
a shaftlike tool with two or more cutting edges for making holes in firm materials, especially by rotation.
a tool, especially a hand tool, for holding and operating such a tool.
- deign
-
verb (used with object),
to condescend to give or grant:
- drier
-
noun,
a person or thing that dries.
- Light
-
noun,
something that makes things visible or affords illumination:
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- ledge
-
noun,
a relatively narrow, projecting part, as a horizontal, shelflike projection on a wall or a raised edge on a tray.
- intr.
-
- liger
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Devi
-
noun,
a mother goddess of which Durga, Kali, etc., are particular forms.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- gilt
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- vet.
-
- Gill
-
noun,
the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- veto
-
noun,
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- dig.
-
- vert
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- Rude
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1784–1855, French sculptor.
- rung
-
noun,
one of the crosspieces, usually rounded, forming the steps of a ladder.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Dino
-
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- genu
-
noun,
the knee.
- geo-
-
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- ding
-
noun,
a ringing sound.
- Ruhr
-
noun,
a river in W Germany, flowing NW and W into the Rhine. 144 miles (232 km) long.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Din.
-
- Ger.
-
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- Gerd
-
noun,
the daughter of a giant and the consort of Frey, who wooed her through his servant Skirnir.
- rove
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Dill
-
noun,
a plant, Anethum graveolens, of the parsley family, having aromatic seeds and finely divided leaves, both of which are used for flavoring food.
- ghee
-
noun,
a kind of liquid butter, used especially in the cooking of India, made from the milk of cows or buffaloes and clarified by boiling.
- rood
-
noun,
a crucifix, especially a large one at the entrance to the choir or chancel of a medieval church, often supported on a rood beam or rood screen.
- Gide
-
noun,
André (Paul Guillaume) [ahn-drey pawl gee-yohm] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pɔl giˈyoʊm/ (Show IPA), 1869–1951, French novelist, essayist, poet, and critic: Nobel Prize 1947.
- GIGO
-
noun,
a rule of thumb stating that when faulty data are fed into a computer, the information that emerges will also be faulty.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- gild
-
noun,
guild.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- Vigo
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jean Almereyda) 1905–34, French film director.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Gogh
-
noun,
Vincent van [vin-suh nt van;; Dutch vin-sent vahn] /ˈvɪn sənt væn;; Dutch vɪnˈsɛnt vɑn/ (Show IPA), van Gogh, Vincent.
- Vito
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Del.
-
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- Gogo
-
noun,
à gogo.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Gold
-
noun,
a precious yellow metallic element, highly malleable and ductile, and not subject to oxidation or corrosion. Symbol: Au; atomic weight: 196.967; atomic number: 79; specific gravity: 19.3 at 20°C.
- virl
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Virg
-
- Den.
-
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- degu
-
noun,
a rat-sized New World burrowing rodent, Octodon degus, having long, smooth fur and a black-tipped, tufted tail.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- gong
-
noun,
a large bronze disk, of Asian origin, having an upturned rim, that produces a vibrant, hollow tone when struck, usually with a stick or hammer that has a padded head.
- Good
-
noun,
profit or advantage; worth; benefit:
- Vul.
-
- VTOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane capable of taking off and landing vertically, having forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Vote
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- DEng
-
- volt
-
noun,
the standard unit of potential difference and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the difference of electric potential between two points of a conductor carrying a constant current of one ampere, when the power dissipated between these points is equal to one watt. Abbreviation: V.
- vole
-
noun,
any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
- deg.
-
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- void
-
noun,
an empty space; emptiness:
- Gond
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal people of Dravidian stock, in central India and the Deccan.
- gon-
-
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- Glee
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- roll
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- give
-
noun,
the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- VILE
-
adjective,
wretchedly bad:
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- 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.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- gird
-
noun,
a gibe.
- vide
-
verb,
see (used especially to refer a reader to parts of a text).
- vil.
-
- gleg
-
adjective,
quick; keen.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- der.
-
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rit.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- glug
-
noun,
such a sound.
- riv.
-
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- viol
-
noun,
a bowed musical instrument, differing from the violin in having deeper ribs, sloping shoulders, a greater number of strings, usually six, and frets: common in the 16th and 17th centuries in various sizes from the treble viol to the bass viol.
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- VINE
-
noun,
any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
- vin-
-
- 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.
- vill
-
noun,
a territorial division under the feudal system; township.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Vent
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- Toll
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- ungt
-
- dour
-
adjective,
sullen; gloomy:
- undo
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- elhi
-
adjective,
elementary and high-school:
- Dove
-
noun,
any bird of the family Columbidae, especially the smaller species with pointed tails.
Compare pigeon1 (def 1).
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- elev
-
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- uni-
-
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- ulto
-
- Dorr
-
noun,
dor1 .
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- tion
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Elul
-
noun,
the twelfth month of the Jewish calendar.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- goon
-
noun,
Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Doug
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Douglas.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- ELLE
-
- Togo
-
noun,
Heihachiro [hey-hah-chee-raw] /ˈheɪ hɑˈtʃi rɔ/ (Show IPA), Marquis, 1847–1934, Japanese admiral.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- doth
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- dull
-
adjective,
not sharp; blunt:
- durn
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- dure
-
adjective,
hard; severe.
- duo-
-
- dunt
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- dung
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals; manure.
- dune
-
noun,
a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
- trug
-
noun,
a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood.
- duro
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- Duit
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- duet
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- tude
-
noun,
an arrogant attitude.
- duel
-
noun,
a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- turd
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- tron
-
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- dreg
-
noun,
dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
- Uhde
-
noun,
Fritz Karl Hermann von [frits kahrl her-mahn fuh n] /frɪts kɑrl ˈhɛr mɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1848–1911, German painter.
- ugli
-
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- tri-
-
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- trid
-
- Uele
-
noun,
a river in central Africa flowing W from the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Ubangi River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- Edge
-
noun,
a line or border at which a surface terminates:
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- elve
-
noun,
an extremely dim, flattened, expanding, reddish glow briefly seen over a thunderstorm, due to electromagnetic pulses from intense lightning.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Ruth
-
noun,
pity or compassion.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Vend
-
verb (used with object),
to sell as one's business or occupation, especially by peddling:
- Ven.
-
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- Eur.
-
- div.
-
- ever
-
Idioms,
ever and again, now and then; from time to time.
Also, Literary, ever and anon.
- the-
-
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- dive
-
noun,
an act or instance of diving.
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- vel.
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dlr.
-
- Gen.
-
- Veno
-
- thi-
-
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- gelt
-
noun,
money.
- ter.
-
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- geld
-
noun,
a payment; tax.
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- ten.
-
- Drug
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being.
- dir.
-
- evil
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- Eth.
-
- door
-
noun,
a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- Thun
-
noun,
a city in central Switzerland, on the Aar River, near the Lake of Thun.
- enl.
-
- Thur
-
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- 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.
- thud
-
noun,
a dull sound, as of a heavy blow or fall.
- Dong
-
noun,
a deep sound like that of a large bell.
- Eng.
-
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- 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.
- Doon
-
noun,
a river in SW Scotland, flowing NW from Ayr County to the Firth of Clyde. About 30 miles (48 km) long.
- end-
-
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- thug
-
noun,
a cruel or vicious ruffian, robber, or murderer.
- thru
-
preposition, adverb, adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of through.
- veil
-
noun,
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- veer
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- Thin
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- Doge
-
noun,
the chief magistrate in the former republics of Venice and Genoa.
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- uro-
-
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- uret
-
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- dol.
-
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- urge
-
noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- thou
-
noun,
one thousand dollars, pounds, etc.
- Doll
-
noun,
a small figure representing a baby or other human being, especially for use as a child's toy.
- goog
-
noun,
an egg.
- 1080
-
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- not-
-
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nor.
-
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Ind.
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nogg
-
noun,
a shave for shaping dowels and handles.
- hurt
-
noun,
a blow that inflicts a wound; bodily injury or the cause of such injury.
- hurl
-
noun,
a forcible or violent throw; fling.
- Hurd
-
plural noun,
hards.
- Nov.
-
- Hunt
-
noun,
an act or practice of hunting game or other wild animals.
- Novi
-
noun,
a town in SE Michigan.
- nude
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Hull
-
noun,
the husk, shell, or outer covering of a seed or fruit.
- Ill.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- Nev.
-
- Neve
-
noun,
granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- IndE
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- ile-
-
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- nigh
-
adverb,
near in space, time, or relation:
- ign.
-
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- nill
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- Idun
-
noun,
a goddess, keeper of the apples of youth and wife of Bragi; abducted by the giant Thjazi, from whom she was rescued.
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- hund
-
- null
-
noun,
Electronics. a point of minimum signal reception, as on a radio direction finder or other electronic meter.
- intl
-
- org.
-
- hor.
-
- hoot
-
noun,
the cry of an owl.
- ordo
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a booklet containing short and abbreviated directions for the contents of the office and Mass of each day in the year.
- hood
-
noun,
a soft or flexible covering for the head and neck, either separate or attached to a cloak, coat, or the like.
- Hong
-
noun,
(in China) a group of rooms or buildings forming a warehouse, factory, etc.
- hone
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Holt
-
noun,
a wood or grove.
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- Holi
-
noun,
the Hindu spring festival.
- Hole
-
noun,
an opening through something; gap; aperture:
- hold
-
noun,
an act of holding fast by a grasp of the hand or by some other physical means; grasp; grip:
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- hol-
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ord.
-
- Ont.
-
- Hugo
-
noun,
Victor (Marie, Viscount) [vik-ter muh-ree;; French veek-tawr ma-ree] /ˈvɪk tər məˈri;; French vikˈtɔr maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1802–85, French poet, novelist, and dramatist.
- ogle
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- nurd
-
noun,
nerd.
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- odor
-
noun,
the property of a substance that activates the sense of smell:
- Hugi
-
noun,
a young man, a personification of thought, who defeated Thialfi in a race.
- ogee
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- hour
-
noun,
a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes:
- Ohio
-
noun,
a state in the NE central United States: a part of the Midwest. 41,222 sq. mi. (106,765 sq. km). Capital: Columbus.
Abbreviation: OH (for use with zip code), O.
- HUGE
-
adjective,
extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent:
- hued
-
adjective,
having the hue or color as specified (usually used in combination):
- ole-
-
- Hove
-
noun,
an act or effort of heaving.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- oro-
-
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- loge
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- Levi
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:34.
- Logi
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- Lev.
-
- leud
-
noun,
a vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lolo
-
noun,
Also called Yi. a member of a people inhabiting the mountainous regions of southwestern China near the eastern borders of Tibet and Burma.
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- lond
-
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Lord
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- log-
-
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lit.
-
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- lin.
-
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- LitD
-
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- live
-
Idioms,
live high off / on the hog. hog (def 16).
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Ire.
-
- itol
-
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Neh.
-
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- iod-
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Nell
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- inv.
-
- neo-
-
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- lung
-
noun,
either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and the higher vertebrates.
- Ivor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Lehr
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- loth
-
adjective,
loath.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- LEGO
-
noun,
one of these blocks, usually as part of a set.
- loud
-
Idioms,
out loud, aloud; audibly:
- leg.
-
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- Lugo
-
noun,
a city in NW Spain.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- Love
-
noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- Ltd.
-
- lude
-
noun,
Quaalude.
- luge
-
noun,
a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used especially in Europe.
- Hogg
-
noun,
hog (def 5).
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- gull
-
noun,
any of numerous long-winged, web-toed, aquatic birds of the family Laridae, having usually white plumage with a gray back and wings.
- rel.
-
- OTOH
-
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- grue
-
verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- oto-
-
- Hilo
-
noun,
a seaport on E Hawaii island, in SE Hawaii.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- hilt
-
noun,
the handle of a sword or dagger.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- grog
-
noun,
a mixture of rum and water, often flavored with lemon, sugar, and spices and sometimes served hot.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- gro.
-
- Held
-
noun,
John, Jr. 1889–1958, U.S. cartoonist, illustrator, and writer.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- oven
-
noun,
a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
- gtd.
-
- grig
-
noun,
a cricket or grasshopper.
- herd
-
noun,
a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock:
- hgt.
-
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Herr
-
noun,
the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or in direct address to sir.
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- herl
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- hide
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- out-
-
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Reg.
-
- regd
-
- her.
-
- regr
-
- Gude
-
noun,
God.
- Oudh
-
noun,
a former part of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in N India: now part of Uttar Pradesh.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Hill
-
noun,
a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Rev.
-
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- heed
-
noun,
careful attention; notice; observation (usually with give or take).
- gout
-
noun,
an acute, recurrent disease characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, chiefly those in the feet and hands, and especially in the great toe, and by an excess of uric acid in the blood.
- Gov.
-
- ovo-
-
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- HDTV
-
- hive
-
noun,
a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.
- Ovid
-
noun,
(Publius Ovidius Naso) 43 b.c.–a.d. 17? Roman poet.
- Greg
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gregory.
- grid
-
noun,
a grating of crossed bars; gridiron.
- heel
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- hint
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- ovi-
-
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Gun
-
noun,
a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- ite
-
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- Gld
-
- Doi
-
- Du.
-
- doh
-
interjection,
(used to express dismay when one has said or done something stupid or when something has gone wrong.)
Compare duh.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- IRO
-
- DTh
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- ur-
-
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- ure
-
- guv
-
noun,
term of address used to a man, especially by a younger man, boy, employee, or social inferior.
- ROG
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- ine
-
- tue
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- tug
-
noun,
an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
- 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.
- IUD
-
- 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.
- Gut
-
noun,
the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it.
Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- ITV
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- hd.
-
- Dr.
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- DRG
-
- Une
-
- Ir.
-
- IOU
-
- udo
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- IOT
-
- ugh
-
noun,
the sound of a cough, grunt, or the like.
- Re.
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- UIT
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- DRE
-
- ior
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ult
-
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- ung
-
- IRL
-
- NDE
-
- luv
-
noun,
love.
- INH
-
- lv.
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- UNO
-
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- Dou
-
noun,
Gerard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- hr.
-
- ne-
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- gl.
-
- ROI
-
- Rd.
-
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- Ld.
-
- dog
-
noun,
a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- 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.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- ll.
-
- LLD
-
- LHD
-
- LNG
-
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- lg.
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- vo.
-
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- DET
-
- Gog
-
noun,
a chief prince of Meshech and Tubal who came from Magog. Ezek. 38–39.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- LON
-
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- Dev
-
noun,
a software developer:
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- VOR
-
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- vug
-
noun,
a small cavity in a rock or vein, often lined with crystals.
- VTR
-
noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- VTO
-
- Vte
-
- Vt.
-
- goo
-
noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Von
-
preposition,
from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility):
- vog
-
noun,
air pollution containing gases and particles from a volcanic eruption combined with moisture from fog to create an unpleasant atmospheric cloud.
- do.
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- vol
-
- de-
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- Gr.
-
- gre
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- DNR
-
- RNR
-
- Tu.
-
- DIU
-
noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- Lt.
-
- LTh
-
- DLO
-
- LTL
-
- ltr
-
- veg
-
noun,
a vegetable.
- Ldg
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- Vee
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- VDU
-
- VDT
-
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- LUG
-
noun,
an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
- uti
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- LDL
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- DIL
-
- dh-
-
- DHL
-
- God
-
noun,
the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.
- di.
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- GNU
-
noun,
either of two stocky, oxlike antelopes of the genus Connochaetes, the silver-gray, white-bearded C. taurinus of the eastern African plain and the black, white-tailed C. gnou of central South Africa: recently near extinction, the South African gnu is now protected.
- gt.
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Ver
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- GTO
-
- GUI
-
noun,
graphical user interface.
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- gul
-
noun,
a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- RLD
-
- rnd
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- ing
-
- dug
-
noun,
the mamma or the nipple of a female mammal.
- hug
-
noun,
a tight clasp with the arms; embrace.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- OGO
-
- TID
-
- OHG
-
- oud
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- oho
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to express surprise, taunting, exultation, etc.)
- oid
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Hue
-
noun,
a gradation or variety of a color; tint:
- ene
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- env
-
- EOE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- HUD
-
noun,
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- ht.
-
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- OEO
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- tlo
-
- nr.
-
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- Hun
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic and warlike Asian people who devastated or controlled large parts of eastern and central Europe and who exercised their greatest power under Attila in the 5th century a.d.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- hid
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- Tng
-
- tlr
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- ODT
-
- NUL
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- OED
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- en-
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- 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.
- HRE
-
- OLG
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Gde
-
- TGN
-
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- Eve
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- HIV
-
noun,
a variable retrovirus that invades and inactivates helper T cells of the immune system and is a cause of AIDS and AIDS-related complex: variants were identified in several laboratories and independently named lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV) human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3 (HTLV-3) and AIDS-related virus (ARV) the name human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) being subsequently proposed by an international taxonomy committee.
- evg
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- gi.
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- GDR
-
- th-
-
- Ged
-
noun,
any fish of the pike family.
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- hog
-
noun,
a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- hod
-
noun,
a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- TGV
-
- ThD
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ERT
-
- ERV
-
- oo-
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- ooh
-
noun,
the exclamation “ooh.”.
- oon
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ETO
-
- OOT
-
- ETR
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Orv
-
- ETV
-
- eu-
-
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- Tiv
-
noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- GeV
-
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- egg
-
noun,
the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- Tro
-
- Ehr
-
- ov-
-
- EEO
-
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- eir
-
- eo-
-
- NIH
-
- ide
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- tr.
-
- il-
-
- Hel
-
noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- ETD
-
- ed.
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- edh
-
noun,
eth.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ier
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- Eg.
-
- TRH
-
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- EDT
-
- EEG
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- gig
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled one-horse carriage.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- in.
-
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- ILO
-
- id.
-
- ITU
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- HDL
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- Dun
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- NHL
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- NHI
-
- HUT
-
noun,
a small or humble dwelling of simple construction, especially one made of natural materials, as of logs or grass.
- NHG
-
- DUI
-
- ggr
-
- io-
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- VU
-
- R.
-
- UV
-
- U.
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- RH
-
- TV
-
noun,
television.
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- rg
-
- EI
-
- ln
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- ee
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- GD
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- GU
-
- T1
-
- TD
-
- gv
-
- dl
-
- DV
-
- TG
-
- G.
-
- HL
-
- HV
-
- VN
-
- VL
-
- D.
-
- t.
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- RV
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- Ud
-
- h.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- i.
-
- L2
-
- RU
-
- L1
-
- LR
-
- RO
-
- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- NH
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- DN
-
- TL
-
- TN
-
- VR
-
- O.
-
- VI
-
- VG
-
- VD
-
- V.
-
- HG
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- GH
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LH
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- L.
-
- NV
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- RI
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RN
-
- UH
-
interjection,
(used to indicate hesitation, doubt, or a pause).
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- EV
-
- UI
-
- UL
-
- IG
-
- GG
-
- DG
-
- NL
-
- ol
-
- GN
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NI
-
- NG
-
- ND
-
- N.
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- OG
-
- le
-
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.