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- calderas
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noun,
a large, basinlike depression resulting from the explosion or collapse of the center of a volcano.
- seladang
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noun,
the gaur.
- calendar
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noun,
a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year:
- glanders
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noun,
a contagious disease chiefly of horses and mules but communicable to humans, caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei and characterized by swellings beneath the jaw and a profuse mucous discharge from the nostrils.
- candelas
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noun,
a basic unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined as the luminous intensity of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10 12 hertz and that has a radiant intensity of 1/683 watt/steradian: adopted in 1979 as the international standard of luminous intensity. Abbreviation: Cd.
- Landrace
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noun,
one of several widely distributed strains of large, white, lop-eared swine of northern European origin.
- adrenals
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noun,
adrenal gland.
- Cardenas
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noun,
Lázaro [lah-sah-raw] /ˈlɑ sɑˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, Mexican general and political reformer: president 1934–40.
- carnages
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noun,
the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery; massacre.
- Alcandre
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noun,
the wife of Polybus who received Helen and Menelaus on their way home from Troy.
- garlands
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noun,
a wreath or festoon of flowers, leaves, or other material, worn for ornament or as an honor or hung on something as a decoration:
- clangers
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noun,
a person or thing that clangs.
- slander
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noun,
defamation; calumny:
- scalare
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noun,
any of three deep-bodied, cichlid fishes, Pterophyllum scalare, P. altum, and P. eimekei, inhabiting northern South American rivers, often kept in aquariums.
- candles
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noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- Garland
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noun,
a wreath or festoon of flowers, leaves, or other material, worn for ornament or as an honor or hung on something as a decoration:
- scandal
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noun,
a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.
- geladas
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noun,
a large baboonlike cliff-dwelling monkey, Theropithecus gelada, native to mountains of Ethiopia, having a brown coat and, in the male, a luxuriant mane: an endangered species.
- candela
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noun,
a basic unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined as the luminous intensity of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10 12 hertz and that has a radiant intensity of 1/683 watt/steradian: adopted in 1979 as the international standard of luminous intensity. Abbreviation: Cd.
- canards
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noun,
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
- dangles
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noun,
the act of dangling.
- raglans
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noun,
a loose overcoat with raglan sleeves.
- Grenada
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noun,
one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- calends
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noun,
the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar, from which the days of the preceding month were counted backward to the ides.
- adrenal
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noun,
adrenal gland.
- scalage
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noun,
an assessed percentage deduction, as in weight or price, granted in dealings with goods that are likely to shrink, leak, or otherwise vary in the amount or weight originally stated.
- Caldera
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noun,
a large, basinlike depression resulting from the explosion or collapse of the center of a volcano.
- scalade
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noun,
escalade.
- alegars
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noun,
vinegar made from ale; sour ale.
- gnarled
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noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- arsenal
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noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- darnels
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noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- ascared
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adjective,
afraid; scared.
- Saracen
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noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- decanal
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adjective,
of or relating to a dean or deanery:
- clanger
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noun,
a person or thing that clangs.
- glances
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noun,
a quick or brief look.
- lancers
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noun,
a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
- galenas
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noun,
a common, heavy mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, occurring in lead-gray crystals, usually cubes, and cleavable masses: the principal ore of lead.
- Gardena
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noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- ganders
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noun,
the male of the goose.
Compare goose (def 2).
- carnage
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noun,
the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery; massacre.
- gardens
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noun,
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
- Andreas
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noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- anglers
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noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- anlaces
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noun,
anelace.
- laagers
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noun,
a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
- cradles
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noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- dancers
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noun,
a person who dances.
- Landers
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noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- anlages
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noun,
Embryology. an embryonic area capable of forming a structure: the primordium, germ, or bud.
- Anlage
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noun,
Embryology. an embryonic area capable of forming a structure: the primordium, germ, or bud.
- arsen-
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- Reagan
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noun,
Nancy Davis (Anne Francis Robbins Davis) born 1921, U.S. First Lady 1981–89 (wife of Ronald Reagan).
- ascend
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verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- redans
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noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- lascar
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noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- anlace
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noun,
anelace.
- Asgard
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noun,
the home of the Aesir and location of Valhalla and the palaces of the individual gods: connected with the earth by the rainbow bridge, Bifrost.
- larges
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noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- angled
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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.
- sacral
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adjective,
of or relating to sacred rites or observances.
- clares
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noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- argals
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noun,
argol.
- arcane
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adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- lancer
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noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- Angles
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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.
- Langer
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noun,
Susanne (Knauth) [knout] /knaʊt/ (Show IPA), 1895–1985, U.S. philosopher.
- arecas
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noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- lances
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noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Lander
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noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- regnal
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adjective,
of or relating to a sovereign, sovereignty, or reign:
- arcade
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noun,
Architecture.
a series of arches supported on piers or columns.
an arched, roofed-in gallery. Compare colonnade.
- angler
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noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- Landes
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noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- gelada
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noun,
a large baboonlike cliff-dwelling monkey, Theropithecus gelada, native to mountains of Ethiopia, having a brown coat and, in the male, a luxuriant mane: an endangered species.
- decals
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noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- Nergal
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noun,
(in Akkadian mythology) the god ruling, with Ereshkigal, the world of the dead.
- dancer
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noun,
a person who dances.
- Lenard
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noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- Lencas
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noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- carnal
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adjective,
pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
- nacred
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adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- nacres
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noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- casern
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noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- naleds
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noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- caners
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noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- cedarn
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adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- Cedars
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noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- cradle
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noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- craals
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noun,
kraal.
- clears
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noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cleans
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- clangs
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noun,
a clanging sound.
- dances
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noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- danger
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noun,
liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril.
- Rascal
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noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- cagers
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noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- ranges
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noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- ranged
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noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- cadges
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noun,
a frame on which hawks are carried to the field.
- learns
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verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- cadres
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noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- Caesar
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noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- darnel
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noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- Darlan
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noun,
Jean Louis Xavier François [zhahn lwee gza-vyey frahn-swa] /ʒɑ̃ lwi gzaˈvyeɪ frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1881–1942, French naval officer and politician.
- dangle
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noun,
the act of dangling.
- Calder
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noun,
Alexander, 1898–1976, U.S. sculptor; originator of mobiles.
- Angers
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noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- calesa
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noun,
(in the Philippines) a small, two-wheeled calash.
- Canad.
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- canard
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noun,
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
- candle
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noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- Raglan
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noun,
a loose overcoat with raglan sleeves.
- lagers
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noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- NASCAR
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noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- gnarls
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noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- adages
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noun,
a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb.
- Gardas
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noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy: the largest lake in Italy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 143 sq. mi. (370 sq. km).
- Garand
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noun,
John C(antius) [French kahn-tsyys] /French ˈkɑ̃ tsyüs/ (Show IPA), 1888–1974, U.S. inventor of M-1 semiautomatic rifle, born in Canada.
- Gander
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noun,
the male of the goose.
Compare goose (def 2).
- alegar
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noun,
vinegar made from ale; sour ale.
- Sandra
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noun,
a female given name, form of Alexandra.
- grands
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noun,
grand piano.
- alders
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- Grande
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noun,
Rio. Rio Grande.
- grand-
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- glades
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noun,
an open space in a forest.
- Sanger
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noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- grades
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noun,
a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity:
- Galena
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noun,
a common, heavy mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, occurring in lead-gray crystals, usually cubes, and cleavable masses: the principal ore of lead.
- Graces
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noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- sendal
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noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- sclera
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noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- Angela
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noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “messenger.”.
- glance
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noun,
a quick or brief look.
- adren-
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- Glenda
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noun,
a female given name.
- aglare
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adjective, adverb,
glaring; blazing:
- gleans
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verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- agenda
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noun,
a list, plan, outline, or the like, of things to be done, matters to be acted or voted upon, etc.:
- scler-
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- scalar
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noun,
Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude.
Compare vector (def 1a).
- Glaser
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noun,
Donald A. 1926–2013, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1960.
- glares
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noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- scaled
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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.
- sandal
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noun,
a shoe consisting of a sole of leather or other material fastened to the foot by thongs or straps.
- Sander
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noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- scaler
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noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- lagans
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noun,
anything sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy or the like so that it may be recovered.
- salade
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noun,
sallet.
- Andrea
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noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Laager
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noun,
a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
- ladens
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adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- Alsace
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noun,
a region and former province of France between the Vosges and the Rhine.
- elands
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noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- Serang
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noun,
Ceram.
- glaces
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noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- sacred
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adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- Algren
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noun,
Nelson, 1909–81, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- lagena
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noun,
an outpocketing of the saccule of birds, reptiles, and bony fishes corresponding to the cochlear duct of mammals.
- Senlac
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noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- Garden
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noun,
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
- Gerald
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noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “spear” and “rule.”.
- Genl.
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- gaels
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noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Nasca
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adjective,
Nazca.
- dance
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noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- gelds
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noun,
a payment; tax.
- gland
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noun,
Anatomy.
a cell, group of cells, or organ producing a secretion.
any of various organs or structures resembling the shape but not the function of true glands.
- galas
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noun,
a festive occasion; celebration; special entertainment:
- nasal
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noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- galea
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noun,
Botany. a part of the calyx or corolla having the form of a helmet, as the upper lip of the corolla of the monkshood.
- danes
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- gears
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noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- g-cal
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- clear
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noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Galen
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noun,
Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- clase
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- narcs
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noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nares
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plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Ganda
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noun,
Luganda.
- Nader
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noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- Garda
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noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy: the largest lake in Italy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 143 sq. mi. (370 sq. km).
- Crane
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noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- nacre
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noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- daces
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noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- nards
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noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Lerna
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noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- glans
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noun,
the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- Dagan
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noun,
the Mesopotamian god of agriculture and the earth: a counterpart of the Phoenician and Philistine Dagon.
- glade
-
noun,
an open space in a forest.
- Danas
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noun,
Danu.
- Glace
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noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- lends
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Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- dalan
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noun,
(in Persian and Indian architecture) a veranda or open hall for reception of visitors.
- Dalen
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noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- glads
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noun,
gladiolus (def 1).
- Lenca
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noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- Danae
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noun,
a daughter of the king of Argos and mother, by Zeus disguised as a shower of gold, of Perseus.
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- gales
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- Lager
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noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- dregs
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noun,
dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
- desc.
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- Lares
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- lards
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noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- lansa
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noun,
langsat.
- Elara
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noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- Lange
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noun,
Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- elans
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noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- lang.
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- drags
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noun,
Nautical.
a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel.
resistance to the movement of a hull through the water.
any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed.
any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor.
any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.
- drang
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noun,
a narrow lane or alleyway.
- lands
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noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Eland
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noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- grans
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noun,
grandmother.
- egads
-
interjection,
(used as an expletive or mild oath):
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- EDGAR
-
noun,
an award given annually in various categories of mystery writing.
- Laden
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adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- lagan
-
noun,
anything sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy or the like so that it may be recovered.
- lagen
-
noun,
laggin.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Eagan
-
noun,
a town in SE Minnesota.
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- 2,4-d
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noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- leans
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noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- dangs
-
verb (used with object), adjective, noun,
damn (used euphemistically).
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- glean
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- gnarl
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Grace
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- grade
-
noun,
a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity:
- engr.
-
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- grads
-
noun,
a graduate.
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- deca-
-
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- encl.
-
- Grana
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) plural of granum.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- decl.
-
- Degas
-
noun,
Hilaire Germain Edgar [ee-ler zher-man ed-gar] /iˈlɛr ʒɛrˈmɛ̃ ɛdˈgar/ (Show IPA), 1834–1917, French impressionist painter.
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- agars
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- agnel
-
noun,
a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- Agena
-
noun,
a U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with various booster stages to launch satellites into orbit around the earth and send probes to the moon and planets: also used as a docking target in the Gemini program.
- scald
-
noun,
a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam.
- argal
-
noun,
argol.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- Arnel
-
- 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.
- Agade
-
noun,
Akkad (def 2).
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- Scand
-
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- ASEAN
-
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- aden-
-
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- adage
-
noun,
a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb.
- scrag
-
noun,
a lean or scrawny person or animal.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- sagan
-
noun,
Carl (Edward) 1934–96, U.S. astronomer and writer.
- algae
-
plural noun,
any of numerous groups of chlorophyll-containing, mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms ranging from microscopic single-celled forms to multicellular forms 100 feet (30 meters) or more long, distinguished from plants by the absence of true roots, stems, and leaves and by a lack of nonreproductive cells in the reproductive structures: classified into the six phyla Euglenophyta, Crysophyta, Pyrrophyta, Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta, and Rhodophyta.
- Algar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- anal.
-
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- Aldas
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- salad
-
noun,
a usually cold dish consisting of vegetables, as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, covered with a dressing and sometimes containing seafood, meat, or eggs.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Aldan
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from the Yabloni Mountains to the Lena. about 1500 miles (2415 km) long.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- andr-
-
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Alas.
-
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- angas
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- Angel
-
noun,
one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- Angl.
-
- sarc-
-
- 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.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- cadge
-
noun,
a frame on which hawks are carried to the field.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- 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.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- ragas
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nears
-
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- 30-30
-
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- clads
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- 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:
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- 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.
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- Segal
-
noun,
George, 1924–2000, U.S. sculptor.
- cages
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- cager
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Card.
-
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- sec.
-
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- geld
-
noun,
a payment; tax.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- Gen.
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- 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.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- sgd.
-
- slag
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- scag
-
noun,
heroin.
- sld.
-
- grad
-
noun,
a graduate.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- Gerd
-
noun,
the daughter of a giant and the consort of Frey, who wooed her through his servant Skirnir.
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- 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.
- Glad
-
noun,
gladiolus (def 1).
- Ger.
-
- scr.
-
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- gras
-
- leg.
-
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- raga
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- 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.
- 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.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- 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.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- NACA
-
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- NASD
-
- NCAA
-
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- NDAC
-
- NDSL
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- rad.
-
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Naga
-
noun,
a member of any of the disparate tribal peoples of Nagaland and bordering areas of Burma.
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Nada
-
noun,
nothing; zero; none:
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- lea.
-
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- RNAS
-
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- lags
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- SAGA
-
noun,
a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- 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).
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- gres
-
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- rel.
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- rcd.
-
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- RdAc
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Reg.
-
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- regd
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- 1080
-
- Sra.
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- DCNL
-
- Dec.
-
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- ance
-
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- ands
-
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Del.
-
- darg
-
noun,
Scot. and North England. a day's work.
- anga
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Danl
-
- Dang
-
verb (used with object), adjective, noun,
damn (used euphemistically).
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dana
-
noun,
Danu.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- deg.
-
- Anas
-
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- drag
-
noun,
Nautical.
a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel.
resistance to the movement of a hull through the water.
any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed.
any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor.
any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- Agra
-
noun,
a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in N India: site of the Taj Mahal.
- Ala.
-
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- dreg
-
noun,
dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
- Ald.
-
- Alda
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alg.
-
- dlr.
-
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Den.
-
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- 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:
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- geds
-
noun,
any fish of the pike family.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cen.
-
- Cels
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Cdr.
-
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- Cal.
-
- asgd
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Can.
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- CERN
-
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- dags
-
noun,
one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
- Arg.
-
- Arad
-
noun,
a city in W Romania, on the Mures River.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- DEng
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- asc-
-
- Cres
-
- Crag
-
noun,
a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- clar
-
- agr.
-
- der.
-
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- ACLS
-
- Adar
-
noun,
the sixth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Gal.
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Gala
-
noun,
a festive occasion; celebration; special entertainment:
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- gals
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- Gand
-
noun,
French name of Ghent.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- Gard
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2271 sq. mi. (5882 sq. km). Capital: Nîmes.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- ergs
-
- Ens.
-
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- acr-
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- enc.
-
- end-
-
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Eng.
-
- enl.
-
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- gaea
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the earth, mother of the Titans.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- acad
-
- ACDA
-
- aged
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old people collectively (usually preceded by the):
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- agas
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- gds.
-
- Agar
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- agal
-
noun,
(among Arabs) a cord wound around a kaffiyeh to hold it in place.
- Esd.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- aer-
-
- egad
-
interjection,
(used as an expletive or mild oath):
- gads
-
noun,
the act of gadding.
- acea
-
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- 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).
- ase
-
- Aar
-
- ASR
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- ASN
-
- AAE
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RDC
-
- REA
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- Sr.
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ac-
-
- SLR
-
- ad-
-
- SLE
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ADC
-
- ag-
-
- al.
-
- an.
-
- CAA
-
- RDS
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- cl.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- SLA
-
- RDA
-
- ca.
-
- Ar.
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- RNA
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- se-
-
- SDR
-
- ANC
-
- SDA
-
- ADA
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ae.
-
- AEA
-
- ScD
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- AEC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- aga
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- SAR
-
- ALC
-
- AGC
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- sc.
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ARS
-
- Rs.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ard
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RLD
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- rnd
-
- RSA
-
- ACS
-
- RSE
-
- sd.
-
- SAA
-
- SED
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ANG
-
- SAE
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- ne-
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- DSR
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ed.
-
- ECG
-
- ECA
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- ec-
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
-
- ead
-
- EAA
-
- ea.
-
- Eg.
-
- DSA
-
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- DRG
-
- DRE
-
- Dr.
-
- DNR
-
- DNA
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- DLS
-
- DLC
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LCA
-
- LCD
-
- Ld.
-
- LDC
-
- EDC
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- DEA
-
- ESR
-
- Ged
-
noun,
any fish of the pike family.
- GDR
-
- Gde
-
- GCR
-
- GCE
-
- GCD
-
- GCA
-
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- Ges
-
- gl.
-
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- Gad
-
noun,
the act of gadding.
- Ga.
-
- Gld
-
- ESL
-
- 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).
- gre
-
- LSD
-
- LDS
-
- La.
-
- GSR
-
- GSC
-
- GSA
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- Esc
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- en-
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Gr.
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ESA
-
- Ldg
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- de-
-
- CSA
-
- DAE
-
- DSC
-
- NAD
-
- DCL
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- DCS
-
- CSR
-
- NGC
-
- NSA
-
- CRS
-
- CNS
-
- CLR
-
- cle
-
- CGS
-
- NDE
-
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- CED
-
- NES
-
- NAA
-
- NSC
-
- Les
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- DAR
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Dag
-
noun,
one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
- Rd.
-
- CEA
-
- RCS
-
- lg.
-
- Re.
-
- LNG
-
- LSC
-
- NL
-
- GC
-
- R.
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- GD
-
- G.
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- CE
-
- 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.
- RN
-
- SN
-
- L1
-
- GN
-
- N.
-
- le
-
- SL
-
- SG
-
- DN
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- ln
-
- LR
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- rg
-
- L.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NC
-
- ND
-
- NG
-
- dl
-
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- D.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- L2
-
- LC
-
- DG
-