Anagrams of glucokinase
Word glucokinase has
1413 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of glucokinase.
- nickelous
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adjective,
containing bivalent nickel.
- lunacies
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noun,
insanity; mental disorder.
- gunlocks
-
noun,
the mechanism of a firearm by which the charge is exploded.
- sea-king
-
noun,
one of the piratical Scandinavian chiefs who ravaged the coasts of medieval Europe.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- Consuela
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “consolation.”.
- congeals
-
verb (used with or without object),
to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state, as by cooling or freezing:
- aesculin
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noun,
esculin.
- ligneous
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adjective,
of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.
- Nicklaus
-
noun,
Jack (William) born 1940, U.S. golfer.
- close-in
-
adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- lockages
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noun,
the construction, use, or operation of locks, as in a canal or stream.
- Alcinous
-
noun,
king of the Phaeacians and father of Nausicaä and Laodamas.
- Angelico
-
noun,
Fra [frah;; Italian frah] /frɑ;; Italian frɑ/ (Show IPA), (Giovanni da Fiesole) 1387–1455, Italian painter.
- Suckling
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noun,
an infant or a young animal that is not yet weaned.
- lacunose
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adjective,
full of or having lacunae.
- uncloaks
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verb (used with object),
to remove the cloak from.
- coinages
-
noun,
the act, process, or right of making coins.
- glucosan
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noun,
any of a number of polysaccharides that yield glucose upon hydrolysis.
- eulogias
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noun,
Also called antidoron, holy bread. Eastern Church. blessed bread given to the congregation during vespers or at the end of the liturgy.
- gasoline
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noun,
a volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, and used as fuel for internal-combustion engines, as a solvent, etc.
- glucosin
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noun,
any of a class of compounds, some of which are highly toxic, derived from reactions of glucose with ammonia.
- Glackens
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noun,
William James, 1870–1938, U.S. painter and illustrator.
- slicken
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become slick.
- Lockean
-
noun,
an adherent of the philosophy of Locke.
- Kiangsu
-
noun,
Jiangsu.
- Calkins
-
noun,
calk2 (def 1).
- eloigns
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verb (used with object),
to remove to a distance, especially to take beyond the jurisdiction of a law court.
- cauline
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adjective,
of or relating to a stem, especially pertaining to or arising from the upper part of a stem.
- kaolins
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noun,
a fine white clay used in the manufacture of porcelain.
- Celosia
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noun,
any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.
Compare cockscomb (def 3).
- slacken
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become less active, vigorous, intense, etc.
- longies
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noun,
long underwear, especially for winter use.
- kalongs
-
noun,
a large flying fox of Southeast Asia.
- lockage
-
noun,
the construction, use, or operation of locks, as in a canal or stream.
- anisole
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- soilage
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noun,
grass or leafy plants raised as feed for fenced-in livestock.
- linkage
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noun,
the act of linking; state or manner of being linked.
- lounges
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noun,
a sofa for reclining, sometimes backless, having a headrest at one end.
- Anglice
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adverb,
in English; as the English would say it; according to the English way: .
- nucleo-
-
- lingoes
-
noun,
the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual:
- Angelus
-
noun,
a devotion in memory of the Annunciation.
- Galenic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or containing galena.
- Oceanus
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noun,
a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
- Angelic
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adjective,
of or belonging to angels:
- linages
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noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- lacings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that laces.
- lacking
-
noun,
deficiency or absence of something needed, desirable, or customary:
- alkines
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noun,
alkyne.
- Kaesong
-
noun,
a city in S North Korea.
- inulase
-
noun,
an enzyme that converts insulin to levulose.
- sinkage
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noun,
the act, process, amount, or degree of sinking.
- glances
-
noun,
a quick or brief look.
- sanicle
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- elusion
-
noun,
the act of eluding; evasion.
- Gunlock
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noun,
the mechanism of a firearm by which the charge is exploded.
- scaling
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noun,
the removal of calculus and other deposits on the teeth by means of instruments.
- glucose
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noun,
a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- sacking
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noun,
stout, coarse woven material of hemp, jute, or the like, chiefly for sacks.
- Seconal
-
- igneous
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adjective,
Geology. produced under conditions involving intense heat, as rocks of volcanic origin or rocks crystallized from molten magma.
- counsel
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noun,
advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
- Gleason
-
noun,
Jackie (Herbert John Gleason"The Great One") 1916–87, U.S. comedian and actor.
- congius
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noun,
(in prescriptions) a gallon (3.7853 liters).
- esculin
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noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble glucoside, C 15 H 16 O 9 , obtained from the bark of the common horse chestnut and used chiefly in skin preparations as a protective against sunburn.
- congeal
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verb (used with or without object),
to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state, as by cooling or freezing:
- eugonic
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adjective,
thriving on artificial media, as certain bacteria (opposed to dysgonic).
- Lugansk
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noun,
a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.
- incages
-
verb (used with object),
encage.
- inclose
-
verb (used with object),
enclose.
- incluse
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noun,
recluse (def 2).
- lagunes
-
noun,
lagoon (def 2).
- coinage
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noun,
the act, process, or right of making coins.
- coignes
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noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- in-goal
-
noun,
the area at either end of the field between the goal line and the dead-ball line.
- Lugones
-
noun,
Leopoldo [le-aw-pawl-daw] /ˌlɛ ɔˈpɔl dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1938, Argentine poet and diplomat.
- closing
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noun,
the end or conclusion, as of a speech.
- eulogia
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noun,
Also called antidoron, holy bread. Eastern Church. blessed bread given to the congregation during vespers or at the end of the liturgy.
- inlaces
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- clokies
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noun,
cloque.
- guineas
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noun,
a coastal region in W Africa, extending from the Gambia River to the Gabon estuary.
- Nogales
-
noun,
a town in S Arizona.
- oilcans
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noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- lanugos
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noun,
a coat of delicate, downy hairs, especially that with which the human fetus or a newborn infant is covered.
- launces
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noun,
sand lance.
- aglucon
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noun,
an aglycon, especially one combined with glucose to form a glycoside.
- agonies
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noun,
extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- Unkelos
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noun,
Onkelos.
- leasing
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noun,
lying; falsehood.
- uncloak
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verb (used with object),
to remove the cloak from.
- langues
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noun,
the linguistic system shared by the members of a community (contrasted with parole).
- unlocks
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verb (used with object),
to undo the lock of (a door, chest, etc.), especially with a key.
- unclogs
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verb (used with object),
to free of an obstruction or impediment:
- unclose
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verb (used with or without object),
to bring or come out of a closed state; open.
- uncages
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verb (used with object),
to set free from or as if from a cage; free from confinement or restraint.
- Lecuona
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noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1963, Cuban composer.
- Legnica
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noun,
a city in SW Poland: formerly in Germany.
- sucking
-
noun,
an act or instance of sucking.
- uncials
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noun,
an uncial letter.
- acinous
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adjective,
consisting of acini.
- unlaces
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verb (used with object),
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- uncoils
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verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- salugi
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noun,
a gamelike prank in which a youth grabs something belonging to another and throws it to a third, preventing the owner from retrieving it as it is tossed back and forth.
- gluons
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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.
- Lucias
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- nogaku
-
noun,
Nō.
- clings
-
noun,
the act of clinging; adherence; attachment.
- luckie
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noun,
lucky2 .
- kaolin
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noun,
a fine white clay used in the manufacture of porcelain.
- clinks
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noun,
a clinking sound.
- clino-
-
- Saigon
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noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- agonic
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adjective,
not forming an angle.
- insula
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noun,
a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- goalie
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noun,
a goalkeeper.
- insoul
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verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- insole
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- liangs
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noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- clones
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noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- guiles
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noun,
insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
- uncial
-
noun,
an uncial letter.
- clonks
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noun,
a low, dull sound of impact, as of a heavy object striking against another.
- clonus
-
noun,
a rapid succession of flexions and extensions of a group of muscles, usually signifying an affection of the brain or spinal cord.
- clines
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noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Lucian
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noun,
a.d. 117–c180, Greek rhetorician and satirist.
- lasing
-
noun,
the generation of coherent light by a laser.
- clangs
-
noun,
a clanging sound.
- eloign
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verb (used with object),
to remove to a distance, especially to take beyond the jurisdiction of a law court.
- oilcan
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noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- louies
-
noun,
looie.
- losing
-
noun,
losings, losses.
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- guacos
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noun,
a climbing composite plant, Mikania guaco, of tropical America.
- Louise
-
noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- Lounge
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noun,
a sofa for reclining, sometimes backless, having a headrest at one end.
- unlike
-
noun,
a person or thing differing from another or others.
- kalong
-
noun,
a large flying fox of Southeast Asia.
- Skagen
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noun,
Skaw, The.
- uncage
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verb (used with object),
to set free from or as if from a cage; free from confinement or restraint.
- Launce
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noun,
sand lance.
- lignes
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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.
- clause
-
noun,
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- uncase
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verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- saline
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- longi-
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- cleans
-
- single
-
noun,
one person or thing; a single one.
- guanos
-
noun,
a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.
- clanks
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noun,
a sharp, hard, nonresonant sound, like that produced by two pieces of metal striking, one against the other:
- inlace
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- silken
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adjective,
made of silk.
- Aeolus
-
noun,
the ruler of the winds.
- conges
-
noun,
leave-taking; farewell.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- nickel
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noun,
Chemistry. a hard, silvery-white, ductile and malleable metallic element, allied to iron and cobalt, not readily oxidized: used chiefly in alloys, in electroplating, and as a catalyst in organic synthesis. Symbol: Ni; atomic weight: 58.71; atomic number: 28; specific gravity: 8.9 at 20°C.
- leuco-
-
- consul
-
noun,
an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- lunges
-
noun,
a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
- UNESCO
-
noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- cosign
-
verb (used with or without object),
to sign as a cosigner.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- coulis
-
noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- Cousin
-
noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- congas
-
noun,
a Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
- Seguin
-
noun,
a city in SE Texas.
- lungis
-
noun,
a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- lunies
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- gunsel
-
noun,
a criminal armed with a gun.
- Culion
-
noun,
an island of the Philippines, in the W part of the group, N of Palawan. 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km).
- legion
-
noun,
a division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 soldiers.
- Ealing
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- cuneal
-
adjective,
wedgelike; wedge-shaped.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- uncoil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- Leucas
-
noun,
Levkas.
- unclog
-
verb (used with object),
to free of an obstruction or impediment:
- inkles
-
noun,
a linen tape used for trimmings.
- coigns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- leuko-
-
- clunks
-
noun,
a hard hit, especially on the head.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- caulks
-
noun,
Also, caulking [kaw-king] /ˈkɔ kɪŋ/ (Show IPA). a material or substance used for caulking.
- Leukas
-
noun,
Levkas.
- Sikang
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xikang.
- Ingles
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- Saluki
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of a breed of black and tan, white, gold, or tricolor dogs resembling the greyhound and having fringes of long hair on the ears, legs, and thighs, raised originally in Egypt and southwestern Asia.
- Guinea
-
noun,
a coastal region in W Africa, extending from the Gambia River to the Gabon estuary.
- signal
-
noun,
anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.:
- incuse
-
noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- coigne
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- Signac
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1863–1935, French painter.
- sicken
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become sick.
- unlace
-
verb (used with object),
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- incogs
-
adjective, adverb, noun,
incognita or incognito.
- eikons
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- Leucon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having a thick body wall with a highly branched canal system leading into the spongocoel.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- Nicole
-
noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- incage
-
verb (used with object),
encage.
- Coleus
-
noun,
any of several tropical Asian or African plants belonging to the genus Coleus, of the mint family, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy, colored foliage and blue flowers.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- Lukacs
-
noun,
George, 1885–1971, Hungarian literary critic.
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- sickle
-
noun,
an implement for cutting grain, grass, etc., consisting of a curved, hooklike blade mounted in a short handle.
- silage
-
noun,
fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- longes
-
noun,
a long rope used to guide a horse during training or exercise.
- Eakins
-
noun,
Thomas, 1844–1916, U.S. painter.
- lingua
-
noun,
the tongue or a part like a tongue.
- genous
-
- angio-
-
- 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.
- Angles
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- Anglic
-
noun,
the English language in a simplified spelling devised by R. E. Zachrisson (1880–1937), a Swedish philologist, to make English easier to use as an auxiliary language. About 40 of the most frequent words are kept in their usual spellings; the rest of the vocabulary is spelled phonetically with letters of the traditional 26-letter alphabet.
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Anglo-
-
- Anglos
-
noun,
a white American of non-Hispanic descent, as distinguished especially from an American of Mexican or Spanish descent.
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- kugels
-
noun,
a baked casserole resembling a soufflé or pudding.
- Galion
-
noun,
a city in N central Ohio.
- Kosice
-
noun,
a city in SE Slovakia.
- Alcuin
-
noun,
(Ealhwine Flaccus) a.d. 735–804, English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
- aniso-
-
- ligase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the joining of two molecules by formation of a covalent bond accompanied by the hydrolysis of ATP.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- Gilson
-
noun,
Étienne Henry [ey-tyen ahn-ree] /eɪˈtyɛn ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1884–1978, French historian.
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- soigne
-
adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- Gaelic
-
noun,
a Celtic language that includes the speech of ancient Ireland and the dialects that have developed from it, especially those usually known as Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic. Gaelic constitutes the Goidelic subbranch of Celtic.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- socage
-
noun,
a tenure of land held by the tenant in performance of specified services or by payment of rent, and not requiring military service.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- oleins
-
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.
- Angelo
-
noun,
a male given name.
- suckle
-
verb (used with object),
to nurse at the breast or udder.
- K-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (K-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (K-radiation) produced by the transition of an electron to the K-shell.
- genial
-
adjective,
warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial:
- ligno-
-
- algins
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- lagune
-
noun,
lagoon (def 2).
- aligns
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- geckos
-
noun,
any of numerous small, mostly nocturnal tropical lizards of the family Gekkonidae, usually having toe pads that can cling to smooth surfaces: the largest species, Gekko gecko, is sometimes kept as a pet.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- likens
-
verb (used with object),
to represent as similar or like; compare:
- alkies
-
noun,
an alcoholic.
- alkine
-
noun,
alkyne.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- genoas
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- Aloeus
-
noun,
a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.
- genius
-
noun,
an exceptional natural capacity of intellect, especially as shown in creative and original work in science, art, music, etc.:
Synonyms: intelligence, ingenuity, wit; brains.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Gaskin
-
noun,
the part of the hind leg of a horse, or other hoofed mammal, between the stifle and the hock.
- lacing
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that laces.
- Songka
-
noun,
a river in SE Asia, flowing SE from SW China through Indochina to the Gulf of Tonkin. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- Gascon
-
noun,
a native of Gascony, France, the inhabitants of which were reputedly very boastful.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- soling
-
noun,
pitching.
- linage
-
noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- klongs
-
noun,
(in Thailand) a canal.
- koines
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
- nuclei
-
noun,
plural of nucleus.
- logans
-
noun,
pokelogan.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- ligans
-
noun,
lagan.
- slogan
-
noun,
a distinctive cry, phrase, or motto of any party, group, manufacturer, or person; catchword or catch phrase.
- aceous
-
- kiangs
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus kiang, of Tibet and Mongolia.
- Glinka
-
noun,
Mikhail Ivanovich [mi-kah-eel i-vah-nuh-vich;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /mɪ kɑˈil ɪˈvɑ nə vɪtʃ;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1803–57, Russian composer.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- calgon
-
- calkin
-
noun,
calk2 (def 1).
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- sluice
-
noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- lanugo
-
noun,
a coat of delicate, downy hairs, especially that with which the human fetus or a newborn infant is covered.
- Kelson
-
noun,
keelson.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- ensoul
-
verb (used with object),
to endow with a soul.
- acious
-
- unlock
-
verb (used with object),
to undo the lock of (a door, chest, etc.), especially with a key.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- casing
-
noun,
a case or covering; housing.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- logins
-
noun,
the act of logging in to a database, mobile device, or computer, especially a multiuser computer or a remote or networked computer system.
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- gleans
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- ounces
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- kinase
-
noun,
a transferase that catalyzes the phosphorylation of a substrate by ATP.
- glacis
-
noun,
a gentle slope.
- usance
-
noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- Leguia
-
noun,
Augusto Bernardino [ou-goos-taw ber-nahr-th ee-naw] /aʊˈgus tɔ ˌbɛr nɑrˈði nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1863–1932, president of Peru 1908–12, 1919–30.
- langue
-
noun,
the linguistic system shared by the members of a community (contrasted with parole).
- glance
-
noun,
a quick or brief look.
- glaces
-
noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- unseal
-
verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- guans
-
noun,
a large game bird of the curassow family, common in dense woodlands of Central and South America, somewhat resembling a turkey.
- genic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.
- nugae
-
plural noun,
trifles.
- Guin.
-
- nocks
-
noun,
a metal or plastic piece at the end of an arrow, having a notch for the bowstring.
- guaco
-
noun,
a climbing composite plant, Mikania guaco, of tropical America.
- gucks
-
noun,
slime or oozy dirt:
- Legis
-
- ogles
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Negus
-
noun,
a title of Ethiopian royalty.
- neuks
-
noun,
nook.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- OIcel
-
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- Glace
-
noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- nuci-
-
- ginks
-
noun,
a person; fellow.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- gunks
-
noun,
any sticky or greasy residue or accumulation:
- Gunas
-
noun,
(in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or nature, which are passion (rajas) dullness or inertia (tamas) and goodness or purity (sattva)
- leuc-
-
- guile
-
noun,
insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
- Guise
-
noun,
general external appearance; aspect; semblance:
- glean
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- geol.
-
- Nigel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neil.
- guano
-
noun,
a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.
- genus
-
noun,
Biology. the usual major subdivision of a family or subfamily in the classification of organisms, usually consisting of more than one species.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ocul-
-
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- 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.
- gulas
-
noun,
Zoology.
the upper part of the throat or gullet.
the front or forward part of the neck.
- gules
-
noun,
the tincture red.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Nicks
-
noun,
a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
- glias
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- oaken
-
adjective,
made of oak:
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- Giles
-
noun,
Saint, 8th century a.d., Athenian hermit in France.
- Gluck
-
noun,
Alma (Reba Fiersohn; Mme. Efrem Zimbalist) 1884–1938, U.S. operatic soprano, born in Romania.
- nukes
-
noun,
a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.
- Genl.
-
- glans
-
noun,
the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- glues
-
noun,
a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- necks
-
noun,
the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- Kings
-
noun,
either of two books of the Bible, I Kings or II Kings, which contain the history of the kings of Israel and Judah. Abbreviation: Ki.
- koans
-
noun,
a nonsensical or paradoxical question to a student for which an answer is demanded, the stress of meditation on the question often being illuminating.
- Knies
-
noun,
Karl Gustav Adolf [kahrl goo s-tahf ah-dawlf] /kɑrl ˈgʊs tɑf ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1821–98, German statistician and historical economist.
- klong
-
noun,
(in Thailand) a canal.
- Kline
-
noun,
Franz (Josef) [joh-zuh f,, -suh f] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf,, -səf/ (Show IPA), 1910–62, U.S. painter.
- Klein
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), 1849–1925, German mathematician.
- klans
-
noun,
Ku Klux Klan.
- kisan
-
noun,
(in India) a peasant.
- Kioga
-
noun,
Lake. Kyoga, Lake.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- kinos
-
noun,
(in Europe) a motion-picture theater; cinema.
- Kingu
-
noun,
(in Akkadian myth) a son of Apsu and Tiamat whose blood Ea and Marduk used in creating the human race.
- kines
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- koels
-
noun,
any of several cuckoos of the genus Eudynamys, of India, the Malay Archipelago, and Australia.
- kinas
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, equal to 100 toea.
- kilos
-
noun,
kilogram.
- kilo-
-
- kilns
-
noun,
a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, especially one for firing pottery, calcining limestone, or baking bricks.
- 30-30
-
- Locke
-
noun,
Alain LeRoy [al-in luh-roi,, lee-roi] /ˈæl ɪn ləˈrɔɪ,, ˈli rɔɪ/ (Show IPA), 1886–1954, U.S. educator and author.
- locks
-
noun,
a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- ligan
-
noun,
lagan.
- kiang
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus kiang, of Tibet and Mongolia.
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- Kesia
-
noun,
a female given name: from an African word meaning “favorite.”.
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- Koine
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
- kenos
-
noun,
a game of chance, adapted from lotto for gambling purposes.
- ling.
-
- Lagos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Nigeria: former capital.
- lagen
-
noun,
laggin.
- liken
-
verb (used with object),
to represent as similar or like; compare:
- Laing
-
noun,
R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
- 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.
- likes
-
noun,
a similar or comparable person or thing, or like persons or things; counterpart, match, or equal (usually preceded by a possessive adjective or the):
- lacks
-
noun,
deficiency or absence of something needed, desirable, or customary:
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- lign-
-
- Lakin
-
noun,
Obsolete. ladykin.
- Lange
-
noun,
Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- lingo
-
noun,
the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual:
- Kungs
-
noun,
a member of a San people of the Kalahari desert basin of southern Africa.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- lings
-
noun,
an elongated, marine, gadid food fish, Molva molva, of Greenland and northern Europe.
- kugel
-
noun,
a baked casserole resembling a soufflé or pudding.
- Konia
-
noun,
Konya.
- lang.
-
- links
-
noun,
golf course.
- Kolis
-
noun,
a people of low caste in northern India.
- kolas
-
noun,
kola nut.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Logan
-
noun,
pokelogan.
- loges
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- naso-
-
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- Ingle
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- Luing
-
noun,
one of a breed of beef cattle developed on Luing Island off Scotland by interbreeding Shorthorn bulls and purebred West Highland cows.
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- leaks
-
noun,
an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- incog
-
adjective, adverb, noun,
incognita or incognito.
- incl.
-
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Lukan
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Evangelist Luke or to the Gospel of Luke.
- Lukas
-
noun,
Paul, 1895–1971, U.S. actor, born in Hungary.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- liang
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- ileo-
-
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- lunge
-
noun,
a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
- lungi
-
noun,
a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
- ikons
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- lungs
-
noun,
either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and the higher vertebrates.
- Iglau
-
noun,
Jihlava.
- icons
-
- Ickes
-
noun,
Harold (Le Claire) [luh klair] /lə klɛər/ (Show IPA), 1874–1952, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Icel.
-
- inkle
-
noun,
a linen tape used for trimmings.
- luges
-
noun,
a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used especially in Europe.
- Kelso
-
noun,
a town in SW Washington.
- kanes
-
noun,
cain.
- logia
-
noun,
a plural of logion.
- logic
-
noun,
the science that investigates the principles governing correct or reliable inference.
- 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.
- logis
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- logue
-
- kaons
-
noun,
a meson with strangeness +1 and either positive or zero electric charge, or its antiparticle, with strangeness −1 and either negative or zero electric charge. Symbol: K.
- longa
-
noun,
the second longest note in medieval mensural notation.
- licks
-
noun,
a stroke of the tongue over something.
- Kansu
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Gansu.
- Kans.
-
- longe
-
noun,
a long rope used to guide a horse during training or exercise.
- Laski
-
noun,
Harold Joseph, 1893–1950, English political scientist and writer.
- insol
-
- kalis
-
noun,
the wife of Shiva and the malevolent form of the Mother Goddess.
- Longs
-
- kales
-
- kains
-
noun,
cain.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- Lucan
-
noun,
(Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- lucks
-
noun,
the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities:
- kagos
-
noun,
(in Japan) a small basketwork palanquin strung from a pole each end of which rests on the shoulder of a bearer.
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- gecko
-
noun,
any of numerous small, mostly nocturnal tropical lizards of the family Gekkonidae, usually having toe pads that can cling to smooth surfaces: the largest species, Gekko gecko, is sometimes kept as a pet.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- slake
-
verb (used with object),
to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying.
- slang
-
noun,
very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- caus.
-
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- caulk
-
noun,
Also, caulking [kaw-king] /ˈkɔ kɪŋ/ (Show IPA). a material or substance used for caulking.
- slank
-
noun,
a prematurely born calf or other animal.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- slick
-
noun,
a smooth or slippery place or spot or the substance causing it:
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Sligo
-
noun,
a county in Connaught province, in the NW Republic of Ireland. 694 sq. mi. (1795 sq. km).
- Slack
-
noun,
a slack condition or part.
- slink
-
noun,
a prematurely born calf or other animal.
- calks
-
noun,
Also, calkin. a projection on a horseshoe to prevent slipping on ice, pavement, etc.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- cakes
-
noun,
a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cages
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- sloka
-
noun,
a couplet or distich of Sanskrit verse, especially one with each line containing 16 syllables.
- sloke
-
noun,
algae or seaweed.
- slung
-
noun,
a device for hurling stones or other missiles that consists, typically, of a short strap with a long string at each end and that is operated by placing the missile in the strap, and, holding the ends of the strings in one hand, whirling the instrument around in a circle and releasing one of the strings to discharge the missile.
- slunk
-
noun,
a prematurely born calf or other animal.
- snack
-
noun,
a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals.
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- skoal
-
noun,
a toast.
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- cloak
-
noun,
a loose outer garment, as a cape or coat.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- cokes
-
noun,
the solid product resulting from the destructive distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon: used chiefly as a fuel in metallurgy to reduce metallic oxides to metals.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coign
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- coel-
-
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- clunk
-
noun,
a hard hit, especially on the head.
- clung
-
noun,
the act of clinging; adherence; attachment.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- clonk
-
noun,
a low, dull sound of impact, as of a heavy object striking against another.
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- clank
-
noun,
a sharp, hard, nonresonant sound, like that produced by two pieces of metal striking, one against the other:
- skein
-
noun,
a length of yarn or thread wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing.
- skean
-
noun,
a knife or dagger formerly used in Ireland and in the Scottish Highlands.
- cine-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- clang
-
noun,
a clanging sound.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- sing.
-
- clase
-
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- cling
-
noun,
the act of clinging; adherence; attachment.
- clink
-
noun,
a clinking sound.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- sicko
-
noun,
sickie (def 1).
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Alick
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alexander.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- algo-
-
- algin
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- Akins
-
noun,
Zoë [zoh-ee] /ˈzoʊ i/ (Show IPA), 1886–1958, U.S. playwright.
- uglis
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- ukase
-
noun,
(in czarist Russia) an edict or order of the czar having the force of law.
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- Aiken
-
noun,
Conrad (Potter) 1889–1973, U.S. poet.
- align
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- usage
-
noun,
a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice:
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- UNCLE
-
noun,
a brother of one's father or mother.
- agues
-
noun,
Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- UNCIO
-
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- agnel
-
noun,
a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- alike
-
adverb,
in the same manner or form; similarly:
- snake
-
noun,
any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- sneck
-
noun,
a door latch or its lever.
- snick
-
noun,
a small cut; nick.
- snoek
-
noun,
a long, slender marine food fish, Thyrsites atun, of the family Gempylidae, of the southern oceans.
- snuck
-
noun,
a sneaking, underhand, or contemptible person.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- asco-
-
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- soken
-
noun,
a district held by socage.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- ankus
-
noun,
an elephant goad of India with a spike and a hook at one end.
- ankle
-
noun,
(in humans) the joint between the foot and the leg, in which movement occurs in two planes.
- anis-
-
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Alogi
-
noun,
a group of Christians in the 2nd century a.d. who rejected the doctrine of the Logos.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- along
-
Idioms,
all along, all the time; throughout:
- Angel
-
noun,
one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- angi-
-
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- Angl.
-
- Angle
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- Angus
-
noun,
Formerly Forfar. a historic county in E Scotland.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Sino-
-
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Elgin
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- encl.
-
- Sakel
-
noun,
Manfred (Joshua) 1906–57, U.S. psychiatrist, born in Austria.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Elkin
-
noun,
Stanley, 1930–1995, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Elgon
-
noun,
an extinct volcano in E Africa, on the boundary between Uganda and Kenya. 14,176 feet (4321 meters).
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- eikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- Ecua.
-
- econ.
-
- ecol.
-
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Gaius
-
noun,
a.d. c110–c180, Roman jurist and writer, especially on civil law.
- g-cal
-
- oinks
-
noun,
the squealing or grunting sound made by a pig.
- gauls
-
noun,
an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps (Cisalpine Gaul) and another part N of the Alps (Transalpine Gaul)
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- gaols
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- Okla.
-
- gales
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- Galen
-
noun,
Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- gains
-
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- 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.
- gaels
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- olig-
-
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- lenos
-
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.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- scoke
-
noun,
pokeweed.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- sculk
-
noun,
a person who skulks.
- cukes
-
noun,
cucumber.
- conge
-
noun,
leave-taking; farewell.
- Cong.
-
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- conga
-
noun,
a Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- Segal
-
noun,
George, 1924–2000, U.S. sculptor.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- Cons.
-
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- conks
-
noun,
the head.
- sike
-
noun,
a small stream.
- Olga
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 968? regent of Kiev until 955: saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- nuke
-
noun,
a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.
- sugi
-
noun,
Japan cedar.
- sulk
-
noun,
a state or fit of sulking.
- lugs
-
noun,
an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- souk
-
noun,
suk.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- SACK
-
noun,
a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- nos-
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- soln
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Soni
-
- like
-
noun,
a similar or comparable person or thing, or like persons or things; counterpart, match, or equal (usually preceded by a possessive adjective or the):
- lin.
-
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Lugo
-
noun,
a city in NW Spain.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- silk
-
noun,
the soft, lustrous fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of the silkworm.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- lung
-
noun,
either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and the higher vertebrates.
- Sung
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, a.d. 960–1279, characterized by a high level of achievement in painting, ceramics, and philosophy: overthrown by the Mongols.
- Luik
-
noun,
Flemish name of Liège.
- sunk
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- sick
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) sick persons collectively (usually preceded by the).
- okas
-
noun,
Also called old oka. a former measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, equal to about 2.75 pounds (1.25 kilograms).
Also called new oka. a modern measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, standarized as equal to the kilogram.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Sig.
-
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- ogle
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- oink
-
noun,
the squealing or grunting sound made by a pig.
- uni-
-
- USCA
-
- leuk
-
- USCG
-
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- USGA
-
- USIA
-
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- USNA
-
- oiks
-
noun,
oaf; lout.
- Luke
-
noun,
an early Christian disciple and companion of Paul, a physician and probably a gentile: traditionally believed to be the author of the third Gospel and the Acts.
- Oken
-
noun,
Lorenz (Lorenz Ockenfuss) 1779–1851, German naturalist and philosopher.
- ugli
-
- Lick
-
noun,
a stroke of the tongue over something.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Sika
-
noun,
a small, reddish deer, Cervus nippon, native to eastern Asia: most populations are endangered.
- Oaks
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Quercus, of the beech family, bearing the acorn as fruit.
- ukes
-
noun,
ukulele.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- 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.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- ole-
-
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Luks
-
noun,
George Benjamin, 1867–1933, U.S. painter.
- Okie
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a migrant farm worker from Oklahoma or nearby states, especially one who moved westward during the Great Depression.
- okes
-
noun,
oka1 .
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Link
-
noun,
one of the rings or separate pieces of which a chain is composed.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- loge
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- SLIC
-
- oils
-
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.
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- Logi
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Sauk
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of Wisconsin and Iowa, now living mostly in Oklahoma.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sank
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- Sink
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- log-
-
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- slog
-
noun,
a long, tiring walk or march.
- scag
-
noun,
heroin.
- 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.
- sec.
-
- slag
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neck
-
noun,
the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- skin
-
noun,
the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- skua
-
noun,
Also called bonxie. any of several large brown gull-like predatory birds of the genus Catharacta, related to jaegers, especially C. skua (great skua) of colder waters of both northern and southern seas.
- skag
-
noun,
scag.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- scil
-
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- neo-
-
- neuk
-
noun,
nook.
- sci.
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nick
-
noun,
a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Loki
-
noun,
a trickster god, born of Jotun ancestry but accepted among the Aesir as Odin's adopted brother: father of the monsters Fenrir, Hel, and the Midgard serpent, and the instigator of Balder's death.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Nike
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of victory.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- sock
-
noun,
a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle.
- 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.
- luge
-
noun,
a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used especially in Europe.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- soke
-
noun,
the privilege of holding court, usually connected with the feudal rights of lordship.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Sol.
-
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- skeg
-
noun,
a projection supporting a rudder at its lower end, located abaft a sternpost or rudderpost.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- sake
-
noun,
cause, account, interest, or benefit:
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- slug
-
noun,
any of various snaillike terrestrial gastropods having no shell or only a rudimentary one, feeding on plants and a pest of leafy garden crops.
- 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.
- Salk
-
noun,
Jonas E(dward) 1914–95, U.S. bacteriologist: developed Salk vaccine.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- lock
-
noun,
a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- Luck
-
noun,
the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities:
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- soak
-
noun,
the act or state of soaking or the state of being soaked.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- 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).
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- Saki
-
noun,
any of several monkeys of the genus Pithecia, of tropical South America, having a golden-brown to black, thick, shaggy coat and a long, bushy, nonprehensile tail.
- snug
-
noun,
British. a small, secluded room in a tavern, as for private parties.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- nock
-
noun,
a metal or plastic piece at the end of an arrow, having a notch for the bowstring.
- Kiln
-
noun,
a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, especially one for firing pottery, calcining limestone, or baking bricks.
- 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.
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- ELAS
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- enc.
-
- Eng.
-
- Enki
-
noun,
a Sumerian water god and god of wisdom: the counterpart of the Akkadian Ea.
- Eisk
-
noun,
Yeisk.
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- eous
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- egos
-
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.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Con.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- conk
-
noun,
the head.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- cuke
-
noun,
cucumber.
- cule
-
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- cusk
-
noun,
an edible marine fish, Brosme brosme, of North Atlantic coastal waters.
- 1080
-
- eco-
-
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- eso-
-
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Col.
-
- guan
-
noun,
a large game bird of the curassow family, common in dense woodlands of Central and South America, somewhat resembling a turkey.
- 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.
- goal
-
noun,
the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- gon-
-
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- guck
-
noun,
slime or oozy dirt:
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- Gula
-
noun,
Zoology.
the upper part of the throat or gullet.
the front or forward part of the neck.
- guls
-
noun,
a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
- guna
-
noun,
(in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or nature, which are passion (rajas) dullness or inertia (tamas) and goodness or purity (sattva)
- gunk
-
noun,
any sticky or greasy residue or accumulation:
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- ical
-
- ICAO
-
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Gal.
-
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- gals
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- gaol
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- Gaul
-
noun,
an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps (Cisalpine Gaul) and another part N of the Alps (Transalpine Gaul)
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- Gen.
-
- gink
-
noun,
a person; fellow.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- genu
-
noun,
the knee.
- geo-
-
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- gils
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Coke
-
noun,
the solid product resulting from the destructive distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon: used chiefly as a fuel in metallurgy to reduce metallic oxides to metals.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ance
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alg.
-
- Alis
-
- alk.
-
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Alco
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ano-
-
- ANSI
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- A-OK
-
adjective, adverb,
Informal. OK; perfect:
- Aoki
-
noun,
Shuzo [shoo-zaw] /ˈʃu zɔ/ (Show IPA), 1844–1914, first Japanese ambassador to U.S., 1905–09.
- asc-
-
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Akin
-
adjective,
of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively):
- Aug.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ACLS
-
- ACLU
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- ague
-
noun,
Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Auge
-
noun,
a daughter of King Aleus who became a priestess of Athena. After being raped by Hercules she bore a son, Telephus.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- clog
-
noun,
anything that impedes motion or action; an encumbrance; a hindrance.
- cis-
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- CIGS
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- coak
-
noun,
(in a scarf joint) a tenon in one member fitting into a corresponding recess of the other.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- cog.
-
- cogs
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a gear tooth, formerly especially one of hardwood or metal, fitted into a slot in a gearwheel of less durable material.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- auks
-
noun,
any of several usually black-and-white diving birds of the family Alcidae, of northern seas, having webbed feet and small wings.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- Aus.
-
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- cake
-
noun,
a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.
- Cal.
-
- calk
-
noun,
Also, calkin. a projection on a horseshoe to prevent slipping on ice, pavement, etc.
- Can.
-
- cen.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cask
-
noun,
a container made and shaped like a barrel, especially one larger and stronger, for holding liquids.
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Cels
-
- Ice.
-
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- ign.
-
- kcal
-
- kins
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- kino
-
noun,
(in Europe) a motion-picture theater; cinema.
- King
-
noun,
a male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by life tenure, and usually by hereditary right, the chief authority over a country and people.
- kine
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- kina
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, equal to 100 toea.
- Kiel
-
noun,
the capital of Schleswig-Holstein in N Germany, at the Baltic end of the Kiel Canal.
- KIAS
-
- Keos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Aegean, off the SE coast of the Greek mainland. 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- kens
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- keno
-
noun,
a game of chance, adapted from lotto for gambling purposes.
- kegs
-
noun,
a small cask or barrel, usually holding from 5 to 10 gallons (19 to 38 liters).
- keas
-
noun,
a large, greenish New Zealand parrot, Nestor notabilis.
- Kean
-
noun,
Edmund, 1787–1833, English actor, especially known for performance of Shakespearean roles.
- kc/s
-
- koan
-
noun,
a nonsensical or paradoxical question to a student for which an answer is demanded, the stress of meditation on the question often being illuminating.
- kaon
-
noun,
a meson with strangeness +1 and either positive or zero electric charge, or its antiparticle, with strangeness −1 and either negative or zero electric charge. Symbol: K.
- Kano
-
noun,
a city in N Nigeria.
- kang
-
noun,
(especially in northern Chinese houses) a masonry or earthen platform at one end of a room, heated in winter by fires underneath and spread with mats for sleeping.
- Kane
-
noun,
cain.
- Kali
-
noun,
the wife of Shiva and the malevolent form of the Mother Goddess.
- Kain
-
noun,
cain.
- kagu
-
noun,
a raillike bird, Rhinochetus jubatus, of the island of New Caledonia, having a gray body, black-and-white wings, and a long, shaggy crest: an endangered species.
- kago
-
noun,
(in Japan) a small basketwork palanquin strung from a pole each end of which rests on the shoulder of a bearer.
- iso-
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- ious
-
- ions
-
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 = .
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ins.
-
- Klan
-
noun,
Ku Klux Klan.
- koas
-
noun,
a Hawaiian acacia, Acacia koa, of the legume family, characterized by spreading branches and gray bark.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- Lani
-
- leks
-
noun,
a traditional place where males assemble during the mating season and engage in competitive displays that attract females.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- legs
-
noun,
either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- LEGO
-
noun,
one of these blocks, usually as part of a set.
- leg.
-
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leak
-
noun,
an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes:
- lea.
-
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- lank
-
adjective,
(of plants) unduly long and slender:
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- koel
-
noun,
any of several cuckoos of the genus Eudynamys, of India, the Malay Archipelago, and Australia.
- Lake
-
noun,
a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lags
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- lack
-
noun,
deficiency or absence of something needed, desirable, or customary:
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Kung
-
noun,
a member of a San people of the Kalahari desert basin of southern Africa.
- Kuna
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Croatia, equal to 100 lipa.
- Kona
-
noun,
a southwesterly winter wind in Hawaii, often strong and bringing rain.
- Koln
-
noun,
German name of Cologne.
- Koli
-
noun,
a people of low caste in northern India.
- Kola
-
noun,
kola nut.
- inks
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- KCSI
-
- inae
-
- ilks
-
noun,
family, class, or kind:
- ikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Inc.
-
- Ilka
-
adjective,
every; each.
- ile-
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- SLE
-
- NES
-
- Kun
-
noun,
Béla [bey-lo] /ˈbeɪ lɒ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1937, Hungarian Communist leader.
- io-
-
- CEA
-
- La.
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- CAI
-
- Ia.
-
- cl.
-
- cs.
-
- Co.
-
- ksi
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ing
-
- ca.
-
- ASN
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- ASK
-
noun,
the first man, made by the gods from an ash tree.
- SNU
-
- ics
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASU
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Auk
-
noun,
any of several usually black-and-white diving birds of the family Alcidae, of northern seas, having webbed feet and small wings.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- ial
-
- Kos
-
noun,
a unit of land distance of various lengths from 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km).
- CGI
-
- CEO
-
- ine
-
- kn.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- LNG
-
- CLU
-
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- LOC
-
- clk
-
- ilk
-
noun,
family, class, or kind:
- 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.
- kin
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- kil
-
- ILO
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- KIA
-
- Clo
-
- Koa
-
noun,
a Hawaiian acacia, Acacia koa, of the legume family, characterized by spreading branches and gray bark.
- SLA
-
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- IAS
-
- SKU
-
- CGS
-
- CIA
-
- ski
-
noun,
one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
- NGC
-
- CIE
-
- NGk
-
- CLI
-
- koi
-
noun,
any of various colorful cultivated forms of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, apparently originating in Japan and other parts of eastern temperate Asia.
- ska
-
noun,
a modern style of vocalized Jamaican popular music, which emerged in the 1950s as a blend of African-Jamaican folk music, calypso, and American rhythm and blues, notable for its shuffling, scratchlike tempo and jazzlike horn riffs on the offbeat.
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NIA
-
- cle
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- AOU
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- NEC
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- AGC
-
- NCO
-
- Une
-
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- AIC
-
- unc
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- Les
-
- ACS
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- USC
-
- ac-
-
- USN
-
- Usk
-
noun,
a river flowing S and SE from SE Wales through SW England into the Severn estuary. 60 miles (97 km) long.
- ag-
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- al.
-
- an.
-
- AUC
-
- ung
-
- uns
-
- UNO
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- ACK
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Lek
-
noun,
a traditional place where males assemble during the mating season and engage in competitive displays that attract females.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- gul
-
noun,
a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ALU
-
- ANC
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- il-
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Ike
-
noun,
Eisenhower, Dwight David.
- ANG
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ne-
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- NEA
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- ick
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of distaste or repugnance.)
- lg.
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- LGk
-
- Uke
-
noun,
ukulele.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AKC
-
- UAE
-
- USA
-
- ake
-
verb (used without object),
ache.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- LCA
-
- ALC
-
- Suk
-
noun,
(especially in the Arab countries) the market, especially the traditional bazaar.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- SUG
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- LCI
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- GUS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Augustus or Gustave.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- Ola
-
- Ga.
-
- gi.
-
- OLG
-
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- IUS
-
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- oke
-
noun,
oka1 .
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- Oka
-
noun,
Also called old oka. a former measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, equal to about 2.75 pounds (1.25 kilograms).
Also called new oka. a modern measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, standarized as equal to the kilogram.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- eu-
-
- GCA
-
- kg.
-
- ka-
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- So.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ESA
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ose
-
- Esc
-
- nik
-
- ESL
-
- ons
-
- ONI
-
- ESU
-
- ISA
-
- GCE
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- IOC
-
- 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 = .
- OAK
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Quercus, of the beech family, bearing the acorn as fruit.
- OSA
-
- Oc.
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- NUL
-
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- OAS
-
- 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.
- ink
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- NSU
-
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- gl.
-
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- OAU
-
- GCI
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- 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.
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- oik
-
noun,
oaf; lout.
- oic
-
- IOU
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- USO
-
- OCS
-
- ock
-
- LUG
-
noun,
an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
- Ges
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- SAE
-
- Esk
-
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- ECG
-
- eo-
-
- ea.
-
- ean
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- kCi
-
- se-
-
- sc.
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- GSC
-
- GSA
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- 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.
- Eg.
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- LON
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- GUI
-
noun,
graphical user interface.
- Ken
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- CSA
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- csk
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- CSO
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- Keg
-
noun,
a small cask or barrel, usually holding from 5 to 10 gallons (19 to 38 liters).
- ILS
-
- Kea
-
noun,
a large, greenish New Zealand parrot, Nestor notabilis.
- EIS
-
- Eck
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), (Johann Mayer) 1486–1543, German Roman Catholic theologian: opponent of Martin Luther.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- en-
-
- Kan
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- elk
-
noun,
Also called European elk. the moose, Alces alces.
- NOC
-
- Kal
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- in.
-
- Kas
-
noun,
(in the Netherlands and in Dutch colonies) a large cabinet of the 17th and 18th centuries, having two doors and often a number of drawers at the bottom, and usually having an elaborately painted or carved decoration with a heavy cornice.
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- EKG
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- i.
-
- KO
-
noun,
a knockout in boxing.
- OA
-
- KI
-
noun,
the Sumerian goddess personifying earth: the counterpart of the Akkadian Aruru.
- OG
-
- Gk
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- CU
-
- N.
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- O.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- S.
-
- SA
-
- SG
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AO
-
- GN
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- CE
-
- K2
-
noun,
Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- SL
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- NC
-
- NL
-
- G.
-
- GC
-
- UK
-
- UC
-
- U.
-
- OK
-
noun,
an approval, agreement, or endorsement:
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- AK
-
- le
-
- GU
-
- KC
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ol
-
- SU
-
- SN
-
- UI
-
- ln
-
- EI
-
- NG
-
- NI
-
- ic
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- K.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- LC
-
- IG
-
- L.
-
- ck
-
- UL
-
- sk
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.