Anagrams of graveclothes
Word graveclothes has
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that can be made by using the letters of graveclothes.
- coverages
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noun,
Insurance. protection provided against risks or a risk, often as specified:
- tracheole
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noun,
any of the smallest branches of an insect trachea.
- chlorates
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noun,
a salt of chloric acid.
- trochleas
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noun,
a pulleylike structure or arrangement of parts.
- cervelats
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noun,
a type of smoked sausage made of beef or pork, fat, and seasonings: originally made of brains.
- corelates
-
verb (used with object),
to correlate.
- relocates
-
verb (used with object),
to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location:
- trehalose
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noun,
a white, crystalline disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , occurring in yeast, certain fungi, etc., and used to identify certain bacteria.
- chevalets
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noun,
the bridge on a stringed musical instrument, as a violin.
- overheats
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noun,
the state or condition of being overheated; excessive heat, agitation, or vehemence.
- escheator
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noun,
an officer in charge of escheats.
- chlorate
-
noun,
a salt of chloric acid.
- electro-
-
- corteges
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noun,
a procession, especially a ceremonial one:
- Heracles
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noun,
Hercules (def 1).
- cholates
-
noun,
the salt form of cholic acid.
- shoveler
-
noun,
a person or thing that shovels.
- treacles
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- corselet
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noun,
Also, corselette. a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece.
- cheaters
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noun,
a person or thing that cheats.
- ratholes
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noun,
a hole made by a rat, as into a room, barn, etc.:
- electros
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noun,
electrotype.
- coverlet
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noun,
Also, coverlid [kuhv-er-lid] /ˈkʌv ər lɪd/ (Show IPA). a bed quilt that does not cover the pillow, used chiefly for warmth; bedspread.
- chelates
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noun,
Chemistry. a chelate compound.
- shortage
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noun,
a deficiency in quantity:
- leathers
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noun,
the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry.
- elevator
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noun,
a person or thing that elevates or raises.
- relocate
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verb (used with object),
to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location:
- Cosgrave
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noun,
William Thomas, 1880–1965, Irish political leader: president of the executive council of the Irish Free State 1922–32.
- eschalot
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noun,
shallot.
- chevalet
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noun,
the bridge on a stringed musical instrument, as a violin.
- tracheo-
-
- cleavers
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noun,
a North American plant, Galium aparine, of the madder family, having short, hooked bristles on the stems and leaves and bearing very small white flowers.
- escarole
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noun,
a broad-leaved form of Cichorium endivia, used in salads.
Compare endive (def 1).
- trachles
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noun,
an exhausting effort, especially walking or working.
- coverage
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noun,
Insurance. protection provided against risks or a risk, often as specified:
- escargot
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noun,
an edible snail.
- oleaster
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noun,
an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- Goethals
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noun,
George Washington, 1858–1928, U.S. major general and engineer: chief engineer of the Panama Canal 1907–14; governor of the Canal Zone 1914–16.
- overheat
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noun,
the state or condition of being overheated; excessive heat, agitation, or vehemence.
- chortles
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noun,
a gleeful chuckle.
- shoelace
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noun,
a string or lace for fastening a shoe.
- cervelat
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noun,
a type of smoked sausage made of beef or pork, fat, and seasonings: originally made of brains.
- chorales
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noun,
a hymn, especially one with strong harmonization:
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- corelate
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verb (used with object),
to correlate.
- voltages
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noun,
electromotive force or potential difference expressed in volts.
- overeats
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verb (used with object),
to eat more than is good for (oneself):
- hectares
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noun,
a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. Abbreviation: ha.
- legators
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noun,
a person who bequeaths; a testator.
- overcast
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noun,
Meteorology. the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
- hosteler
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noun,
a person who operates a hostel.
- trochlea
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noun,
a pulleylike structure or arrangement of parts.
- trochees
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noun,
a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter. Symbol: .
- choleras
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noun,
Also called Asiatic cholera. Pathology. an acute, infectious disease, endemic in India and China and occasionally epidemic elsewhere, characterized by profuse diarrhea, vomiting, cramps, etc.
- overacts
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verb (used with or without object),
to act in an exaggerated manner.
- aerogels
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noun,
a gel formed by the dispersion of air in a solidified matrix; a solid foam, as Styrofoam.
- overages
-
noun,
an excess supply of merchandise.
- cargoes
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noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- hectors
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- storage
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noun,
the act of storing; state or fact of being stored:
- retches
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noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- chorals
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noun,
chorale.
- astrol.
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- creoles
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noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- stearo-
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- hectare
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noun,
a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. Abbreviation: ha.
- ethrogs
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noun,
etrog.
- Calvert
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noun,
Charles (3rd Baron Baltimore) 1637–1715, English colonial administrator in America: governor (1661–75) and proprietor (1675–89) of Maryland (grandson of George Calvert).
- trochee
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noun,
a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter. Symbol: .
- telegas
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noun,
a Russian cart of rude construction, having four wheels and no springs.
- travels
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noun,
the act of traveling; journeying, especially to distant places:
- cholera
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noun,
Also called Asiatic cholera. Pathology. an acute, infectious disease, endemic in India and China and occasionally epidemic elsewhere, characterized by profuse diarrhea, vomiting, cramps, etc.
- avocets
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noun,
any of several long-legged, web-footed shorebirds constituting the genus Recurvirostra, having a long, slender, upward-curving bill.
- satchel
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noun,
a small bag, sometimes with a shoulder strap.
- stereo-
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- trochal
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adjective,
resembling a wheel.
- treacle
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- cholate
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noun,
the salt form of cholic acid.
- chorale
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noun,
a hymn, especially one with strong harmonization:
- escolar
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noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- cholers
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noun,
irascibility; anger; wrath; irritability.
- escheat
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noun,
the reverting of property to the state or some agency of the state, or, as in England, to the lord of the fee or to the crown, when there is a failure of persons legally qualified to inherit or to claim.
- resolve
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noun,
a resolution or determination made, as to follow some course of action.
- larches
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noun,
any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
- rescale
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verb (used with object),
to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
- coevals
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noun,
a contemporary:
- Lacoste
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noun,
René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- trachle
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noun,
an exhausting effort, especially walking or working.
- charvet
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noun,
a soft, lusterless silk or rayon tie fabric, often made with a faint stripe effect.
- eaglets
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noun,
a young eagle.
- hostage
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noun,
a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- cerates
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cerato-
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- locates
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verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- earshot
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noun,
the range or distance within which a sound, voice, etc., can be heard.
- hostler
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noun,
a person who takes care of horses, especially at an inn.
- rochets
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noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- letches
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noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- loathes
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verb (used with object),
to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor:
- sclero-
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- roaches
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noun,
a cockroach.
- loaches
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noun,
any of several slender European and Asian fishes of the family Cobitidae and related families, having several barbels around the mouth.
- ecartes
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- teaches
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noun,
Informal. teacher.
- teacher
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noun,
a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- scholar
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noun,
a learned or erudite person, especially one who has profound knowledge of a particular subject.
- Chagres
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noun,
a river in Panama, flowing through Gatun Lake into the Caribbean Sea.
- tochers
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noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- Charlot
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noun,
Jean [jeen;; French zhahn] /dʒin;; French ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1898–1979, U.S. painter, lithographer, and illustrator; born in France and active in Mexico.
- chalets
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noun,
a herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps.
- levator
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that raises a part of the body.
Compare depressor.
- cheater
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noun,
a person or thing that cheats.
- talcose
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adjective,
containing or composed largely of talc.
- reveals
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noun,
an act or instance of revealing; revelation; disclosure.
- revolts
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noun,
the act of revolting; an insurrection or rebellion.
- hetero-
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- heteros
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noun,
Informal. a heterosexual person.
- cartels
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- ergates
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noun,
a worker ant.
- chevres
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noun,
any cheese made from goat's milk.
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- carvels
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noun,
caravel.
- lactose
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noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- Chester
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noun,
a city in Cheshire, in NW England: only English city with the Roman walls still intact.
- Chelsea
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noun,
a former borough in Greater London, England: now part of Kensington and Chelsea; many residences of artists and writers.
- holster
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noun,
a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle.
- roseate
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adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- lovages
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noun,
a European plant, Levisticum officinale, of the parsley family, having coarsely toothed compound leaves, cultivated in gardens.
- Electra
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noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- electr-
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- elector
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noun,
a person who elects or may elect, especially a qualified voter.
- chelate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chelate compound.
- cavorts
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verb (used without object),
to prance or caper about.
- Scarlet
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noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- torches
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noun,
a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- cheeros
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interjection, noun,
cheerio.
- Celesta
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noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- choreas
-
noun,
any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- chortle
-
noun,
a gleeful chuckle.
- ocreate
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adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- Alceste
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noun,
an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- corslet
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noun,
corselet (def 2).
- goalers
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noun,
goalkeeper in the game of ice hockey.
- coalers
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noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- glovers
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells gloves.
- cortege
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noun,
a procession, especially a ceremonial one:
- leather
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noun,
the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry.
- verglas
-
noun,
glaze (def 17).
- reaches
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noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- clovers
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense flower heads, many species of which, as T. pratense, are cultivated as forage plants.
- corvees
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noun,
unpaid labor for one day, as on the repair of roads, exacted by a feudal lord.
- shelter
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noun,
something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
- clothes
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plural noun,
garments for the body; articles of dress; wearing apparel.
- several
-
noun,
several persons or things; a few; some.
- latches
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noun,
a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- slather
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noun,
Often, slathers. a generous amount:
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- halters
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noun,
a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle.
- Ortegal
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in NW Spain, on the Bay of Biscay.
- Alghero
-
noun,
a seaport in W Sardinia.
- lechers
-
noun,
a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.
- Theresa
-
noun,
Saint. Also, Teresa. Also called Theresa of Avila [ah-vee-lah] /ˈɑ viˌlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1515–82, Spanish Carmelite nun, mystic, and writer.
- go-cart
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noun,
a small carriage for young children to ride in; stroller.
- corsage
-
noun,
a small bouquet worn at the waist, on the shoulder, on the wrist, etc., by a woman.
- vegetal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or of the nature of plants or vegetables.
- thalers
-
noun,
any of various former large coins of various German states; dollar.
- lathers
-
noun,
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- greaves
-
noun,
crackling (def 3).
- gravels
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noun,
small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand.
- coheres
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verb (used without object),
to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass:
- colters
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noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- Vorlage
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noun,
a position in which a skier leans forward but keeps the heels in contact with the skis.
- ratches
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- voltage
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noun,
electromotive force or potential difference expressed in volts.
- acerose
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adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- Graeco-
-
- overset
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noun,
the act or fact of oversetting; upset; overturn.
- rathole
-
noun,
a hole made by a rat, as into a room, barn, etc.:
- oversea
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) countries or territories across the sea or ocean.
- leaches
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noun,
the act or process of leaching.
- overeat
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verb (used with object),
to eat more than is good for (oneself):
- overate
-
verb,
simple past tense of overeat.
- overage
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noun,
an excess supply of merchandise.
- overact
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verb (used with or without object),
to act in an exaggerated manner.
- aerogel
-
noun,
a gel formed by the dispersion of air in a solidified matrix; a solid foam, as Styrofoam.
- grovels
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verb (used without object),
to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- vetches
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noun,
any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- coatees
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noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- aethers
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noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- orgeats
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- Charles
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noun,
(Prince of Edinburgh and of Wales) born 1948, heir apparent to the throne of Great Britain (son of Elizabeth II).
- halvers
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plural noun,
halves:
- regales
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noun,
a sumptuous feast.
- areoles
-
noun,
an areola.
- Gathers
-
noun,
a drawing together; contraction.
- coverts
-
noun,
a covering; cover.
- oraches
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- gastro-
-
- solvate
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noun,
a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- oleates
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noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- garotes
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- legates
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noun,
an ecclesiastic delegated by the pope as his representative.
- clarets
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- archsee
-
noun,
archbishopric.
- varlets
-
noun,
a knavish person; rascal.
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- healers
-
noun,
a person or thing that heals.
- reglets
-
noun,
Architecture.
a groove for guiding or holding a panel, window sash, etc.
a narrow, flat molding; fillet.
- legator
-
noun,
a person who bequeaths; a testator.
- Thraces
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noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- selvage
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noun,
the edge of woven fabric finished so as to prevent raveling, often in a narrow tape effect, different from the body of the fabric.
- Heaters
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noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- charges
-
noun,
expense or cost:
- lectors
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- clavers
-
noun,
idle talk; gossip.
- gearset
-
noun,
a combination of gears that mesh to provide a particular gear ratio.
- costrel
-
noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- harslet
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noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. haslet.
- Harvest
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noun,
Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- tercels
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- cleaver
-
noun,
a heavy, broad-bladed knife or long-bladed hatchet, especially one used by butchers for cutting meat into joints or pieces.
- socager
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noun,
a tenant holding land by socage; sokeman.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- costal
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adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- larges
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noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- crease
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noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- laevo-
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- create
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- earths
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- lather
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noun,
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- scato-
-
- Thales
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noun,
c640–546? b.c, Greek philosopher, born in Miletus.
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- cresol
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- teleg.
-
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- telega
-
noun,
a Russian cart of rude construction, having four wheels and no springs.
- Creole
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- salvor
-
noun,
a person who salvages or helps to salvage a ship, cargo, etc.
- eagres
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- scathe
-
noun,
hurt, harm, or injury.
- thaler
-
noun,
any of various former large coins of various German states; dollar.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- corvee
-
noun,
unpaid labor for one day, as on the repair of roads, exacted by a feudal lord.
- covers
-
noun,
something that covers, as the lid of a container or the binding of a book.
- covert
-
noun,
a covering; cover.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- laches
-
noun,
failure to do something at the proper time, especially such delay as will bar a party from bringing a legal proceeding.
- teleo-
-
- lacto-
-
- Sarthe
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2411 sq. mi. (6245 sq. km). Capital: Le Mans.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- sarco-
-
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- eagers
-
noun,
eagre.
- lagers
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- covets
-
verb (used with object),
to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others:
- eaglet
-
noun,
a young eagle.
- Lahore
-
noun,
a city in NE Pakistan: the capital of Punjab province.
- cosher
-
verb (used with object),
to treat with special fondness; pamper.
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- largos
-
noun,
a largo movement.
- corves
-
noun,
plural of corf.
- tergal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the tergum.
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- schorl
-
noun,
Mineralogy. a black tourmaline.
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- halter
-
noun,
a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle.
- slaver
-
noun,
a dealer in or an owner of slaves.
- slavo-
-
- sleave
-
noun,
anything matted or raveled.
- gerahs
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew weight and coin, equal to 1/20 (0.05) of a shekel.
- halver
-
plural noun,
halves:
- halves
-
noun,
plural of half.
- servo-
-
- haoles
-
noun,
(among Polynesian Hawaiians) a term used to refer to a non-Polynesian, especially a white person.
- harlot
-
noun,
a prostitute; whore.
- 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.
- serval
-
noun,
a long-limbed, nocturnal African cat, Felis serval, about the size of a bobcat, having a tawny coat spotted with black: now rare in many former habitats.
- soever
-
adverb,
at all; in any case; of any kind; in any way (used with generalizing force after who, what, when, where, how, any, all, etc., sometimes separated by intervening words):
- Haslet
-
noun,
the heart, liver, etc., of a hog or other animal used for food.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- gavels
-
noun,
a small mallet used by the presiding officer of a meeting, a judge, etc., usually to signal for attention or order.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- gators
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- gather
-
noun,
a drawing together; contraction.
- haters
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- gastr-
-
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- garths
-
noun,
Also called cloister garth. an open courtyard enclosed by a cloister.
- havers
-
interjection,
nonsense; poppycock.
- garote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- Gareth
-
noun,
Arthurian Romance. nephew of King Arthur and a knight of the Round Table.
- havocs
-
noun,
great destruction or devastation; ruinous damage.
- Sereth
-
noun,
German name of Siret.
- healer
-
noun,
a person or thing that heals.
- haloes
-
noun,
Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- slatch
-
noun,
a relatively smooth interval between heavy seas.
- galore
-
adverb,
in abundance; in plentiful amounts:
- Shelta
-
noun,
a private language, based in part on Irish, used among Travelers in the British Isles.
- grease
-
noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- Graves
-
noun,
a wine-growing district in Gironde department, in SW France.
- gravel
-
noun,
small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand.
- Greco-
-
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- Graces
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- greets
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- Shevat
-
noun,
the fifth month of the Jewish calendar.
- groats
-
noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- shelve
-
verb (used with object),
to place (something) on a shelf or shelves.
- grovel
-
verb (used without object),
to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- gorals
-
noun,
a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.
- Goethe
-
noun,
Johann Wolfgang von [yoh-hahn vawlf-gahng fuh n] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈvɔlf gɑŋ fən/ (Show IPA), 1749–1832, German poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher.
- Groves
-
noun,
Leslie Richard, 1896–1970, U.S. general.
- goaves
-
noun,
plural of goaf.
- halers
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- goatee
-
noun,
a man's beard trimmed to a tuft or point on the chin.
- shovel
-
noun,
an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
- goaler
-
noun,
goalkeeper in the game of ice hockey.
- gloves
-
noun,
a covering for the hand made with a separate sheath for each finger and for the thumb.
- Glover
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells gloves.
- sheave
-
noun,
a pulley for hoisting or hauling, having a grooved rim for retaining a wire rope.
- gloats
-
noun,
an act or feeling of gloating.
- gleets
-
noun,
Pathology.
a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound.
persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
- Shaver
-
noun,
a person or thing that shaves.
- Shrove
-
verb,
a simple past tense of shrive.
- Glaser
-
noun,
Donald A. 1926–2013, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1960.
- glares
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- haeres
-
noun,
heres.
- glaces
-
noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- galosh
-
noun,
a waterproof overshoe, especially a high one.
- hearse
-
noun,
a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- svelte
-
adjective,
slender, especially gracefully slender in figure; lithe.
- hoarse
-
adjective,
having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky:
- elvers
-
noun,
a young eel, especially one that is migrating up a stream from the ocean.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- search
-
noun,
the act of searching; careful examination or investigation:
an instance of this:
- tacho-
-
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- elect.
-
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Horace
-
noun,
(Quintus Horatius Flaccus) 65–8 b.c, Roman poet and satirist.
- egrets
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- strove
-
verb,
simple past tense of strive.
- Egesta
-
noun,
matter egested from the body, as excrement or other waste.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- hostel
-
noun,
Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- ecoles
-
noun,
school1 .
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- echoes
-
noun,
a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- tarso-
-
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- scler-
-
- Seaver
-
noun,
(George) Thomas ("Tom"; "Tom Terrific") born 1944, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- Hearst
-
noun,
William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.
- etches
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- hearts
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- starch
-
noun,
a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- Heater
-
noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- everts
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- starve
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
- Hecate
-
noun,
a goddess of the earth and Hades, associated with sorcery, hounds, and crossroads.
- Evarts
-
noun,
William Maxwell, 1818–1901, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- etrogs
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- hecto-
-
- Hector
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- ethrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- select
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- stego-
-
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- helots
-
noun,
a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state.
Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- Esther
-
noun,
the wife of Ahasuerus.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- hereat
-
adverb,
at this time; when this happened.
- hereto
-
adverb,
to this matter, document, subject, etc.; regarding this point:
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- eschar
-
noun,
a hard crust or scab, as from a burn.
- heroes
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- Hester
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Esther.
- Stover
-
noun,
coarse roughage used as feed for livestock.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Strega
-
- ergots
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- salver
-
noun,
a tray, especially one used for serving food or beverages.
- lathes
-
noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- hovers
-
noun,
the act or state of hovering.
- Greats
-
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- veloce
-
adjective,
played at a fast tempo (used as a musical direction).
- argols
-
noun,
a crude tartar, produced as a by-product in casks by the fermentation of wine grapes, used as a mordant in dyeing, in the manufacture of tartaric acid, and in fertilizers.
- loathe
-
verb (used with object),
to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor:
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- loaves
-
noun,
plural of loaf1 .
- rochet
-
noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- troche
-
noun,
a small tablet or lozenge, usually a circular one, made of medicinal substance worked into a paste with sugar and mucilage or the like, and dried.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cerat-
-
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- Velcro
-
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- travel
-
noun,
the act of traveling; journeying, especially to distant places:
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- alcove
-
noun,
a recess or small room adjacent to or opening out of a room:
- avocet
-
noun,
any of several long-legged, web-footed shorebirds constituting the genus Recurvirostra, having a long, slender, upward-curving bill.
- velate
-
adjective,
Biology. having a velum.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- verset
-
noun,
Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
- lesche
-
noun,
an arcade or other public place in ancient Greece.
- ravels
-
noun,
a tangle or complication.
- revels
-
noun,
Hiram Rhoades [rohdz] /roʊdz/ (Show IPA), 1822–1901, U.S. clergyman, educator, and politician: first black senator 1870–71.
- cheero
-
interjection, noun,
cheerio.
- versal
-
adjective,
universal or whole.
- cheats
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- argots
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- chalet
-
noun,
a herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps.
- chaste
-
adjective,
refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
- ahorse
-
adjective, adverb,
on horseback:
- chaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that chases or pursues.
- verges
-
noun,
the edge, rim, or margin of something:
- tocher
-
noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- charts
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- averts
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- charge
-
noun,
expense or cost:
- lethes
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- Arches
-
noun,
Architecture.
a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening, consisting of a number of wedgelike stones, bricks, or the like, set with the narrower side toward the opening in such a way that forces on the arch are transmitted as vertical or oblique stresses on either side of the opening.
an upwardly curved construction, as of steel or timber functioning in the manner of a masonry arch.
a doorway, gateway, etc., having a curved head; an archway.
the curved head of an opening, as a doorway.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- cargos
-
noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- lovers
-
noun,
a person who is in love with another.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- archt.
-
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- revolt
-
noun,
the act of revolting; an insurrection or rebellion.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- carvel
-
noun,
caravel.
- reecho
-
noun,
a repeated echo.
- revets
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- vector
-
noun,
Mathematics.
a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction, represented by an arrow the direction of which indicates the direction of the quantity and the length of which is proportional to the magnitude. Compare scalar (def 4).
such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities obey the parallelogram law of addition.
such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities are to transform in a particular way under changes of the coordinate system.
any generalization of the above quantities.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- lovats
-
noun,
a grayish blend of colors, especially of green, used in textiles, as for plaids.
- velars
-
noun,
Phonetics. a velar sound.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- celto-
-
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- cagers
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- resole
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- torahs
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- calves
-
noun,
plural of calf1 .
- rectos
-
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- cavort
-
verb (used without object),
to prance or caper about.
- cavers
-
noun,
a person who studies or explores caves.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- reveal
-
noun,
an act or instance of revealing; revelation; disclosure.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- lovage
-
noun,
a European plant, Levisticum officinale, of the parsley family, having coarsely toothed compound leaves, cultivated in gardens.
- Cather
-
noun,
Willa (Sibert) [wil-uh see-bert] /ˈwɪl ə ˈsi bərt/ (Show IPA), 1876–1947, U.S. novelist.
- throve
-
verb,
a simple past tense of thrive.
- cheers
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- averse
-
adjective,
having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc.; opposed:
- astro-
-
- clothe
-
verb (used with object),
to dress; attire.
- varlet
-
noun,
a knavish person; rascal.
- leaves
-
noun,
plural of leaf.
- sachet
-
noun,
a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- lecher
-
noun,
a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.
- Cloete
-
noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- leches
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- Cleves
-
noun,
a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
- cloths
-
noun,
a fabric formed by weaving, felting, etc., from wool, hair, silk, flax, cotton, or other fiber, used for garments, upholstery, and many other items.
- clever
-
adjective,
mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.
- reglet
-
noun,
Architecture.
a groove for guiding or holding a panel, window sash, etc.
a narrow, flat molding; fillet.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- tholes
-
noun,
a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.
- Cleave
-
verb (used with object),
to split or divide by or as if by a cutting blow, especially along a natural line of division, as the grain of wood.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- cherts
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Vachel
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “little cow.”.
- Varese
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Milan.
- aceto-
-
- vocals
-
noun,
a vocal sound.
- sacro-
-
- valors
-
noun,
boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle; heroic courage; bravery:
- Rachel
-
noun,
Jacob's favorite wife, the mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Gen. 29–35.
- lavers
-
noun,
Old Testament. a large basin upon a foot or pedestal in the court of the Hebrew tabernacle and subsequently in the temple, containing water for the ablutions of the priests and for the washing of the sacrifices in the temple service.
- cohere
-
verb (used without object),
to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass:
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- voters
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- greave
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the leg between the knee and the ankle, usually composed of front and back pieces.
- coeval
-
noun,
a contemporary:
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- Clover
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense flower heads, many species of which, as T. pratense, are cultivated as forage plants.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- ashore
-
adverb,
to the shore; onto the shore:
- theol.
-
- Octave
-
noun,
Music.
a tone on the eighth degree from a given tone.
the interval encompassed by such tones.
the harmonic combination of such tones.
a series of tones, or of keys of an instrument, extending through this interval.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- cloves
-
noun,
the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, Syzygium aromaticum, of the myrtle family, used whole or ground as a spice.
- V/STOL
-
- revest
-
verb (used with object),
to vest (a person) again, as with ownership or office; reinvest; reinstate.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- Choate
-
noun,
Joseph Hodges, 1832–1917, U.S. lawyer and diplomat.
- aether
-
noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- claver
-
noun,
idle talk; gossip.
- choral
-
noun,
chorale.
- others
-
noun,
the other one:
- choler
-
noun,
irascibility; anger; wrath; irritability.
- cholee
-
noun,
choli.
- ochers
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- chole-
-
- legers
-
noun,
ledger (def 4).
- chlor-
-
- chores
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- aglets
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- regale
-
noun,
a sumptuous feast.
- chevre
-
noun,
any cheese made from goat's milk.
- chevet
-
noun,
an apse, as of a Gothic cathedral.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- Olathe
-
noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- agrees
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- chorea
-
noun,
any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- vestal
-
noun,
vestal virgin.
- Thrale
-
noun,
Hester Lynch (Hester Lynch Piozzi) 1741–1821, Welsh writer and friend of Samuel Johnson.
- legate
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic delegated by the pope as his representative.
- Thrace
-
noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- troves
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- vetoes
-
noun,
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- ochrea
-
noun,
ocrea.
- ochres
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- legato
-
adjective, adverb,
smooth and connected; without breaks between the successive tones.
- Serov
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ural Mountains.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- orach
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- Serge
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- havoc
-
noun,
great destruction or devastation; ruinous damage.
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- regle
-
noun,
a groove or channel for guiding a sliding door.
- heals
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- haver
-
noun,
friend; comrade; companion.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Havre
-
noun,
a city in N Montana.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- sero-
-
- Havel
-
noun,
Václav [vahts-lahf] /ˈvɑts lɑf/ (Show IPA), 1936–2011, Czech writer and political leader: president of Czechoslovakia 1989–92; president of the Czech Republic 1993–2003.
- hates
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- haler
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- haste
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- sheer
-
noun,
a thin, diaphanous material, as chiffon or voile.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- oste-
-
- sheet
-
noun,
a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
- Ravel
-
noun,
a tangle or complication.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- ovate
-
adjective,
egg-shaped.
- over-
-
- Grove
-
noun,
a small wood or forested area, usually with no undergrowth:
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Sheol
-
noun,
the abode of the dead or of departed spirits.
- reach
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- overs
-
noun,
an amount in excess or addition; extra.
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- overt
-
adjective,
open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret:
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- Oveta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- grees
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- shoal
-
noun,
a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ratch
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Rasht
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- OSlav
-
- Shear
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- Harve
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Harvey.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Harts
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orch.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- serve
-
noun,
the act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis.
- rect.
-
- haole
-
noun,
(among Polynesian Hawaiians) a term used to refer to a non-Polynesian, especially a white person.
- Oreg.
-
- halve
-
Idioms,
halve together, to join (two pieces of wood) by cutting from one, at the place of joining, a portion fitting to that left solid in the other.
- Reave
-
verb (used with object),
to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
- halts
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- shave
-
noun,
the act, process, or an instance of shaving or being shaved.
- halos
-
noun,
Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- Orth.
-
- halo-
-
- hales
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- ogles
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- sever
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- haets
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- shale
-
noun,
a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of clay or argillaceous material.
- shalt
-
verb,
2nd person singular of shall.
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- share
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- hears
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- salve
-
noun,
a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.
- ogees
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- schav
-
noun,
a cold soup of sorrel to which chopped egg, sour cream, lemon juice, and chopped scallions are sometimes added.
- savor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- Lehar
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1870–1948, Hungarian composer of operettas.
- lehrs
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- lact-
-
- 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.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scat-
-
- Letch
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- Letha
-
noun,
a female given name.
- leges
-
noun,
plural of lex.
- Lethe
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- Lever
-
noun,
Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
Compare machine (def 4b).
- levo-
-
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- hover
-
noun,
the act or state of hovering.
- hovel
-
noun,
a small, very humble dwelling house; a wretched hut.
- lgth.
-
- loach
-
noun,
any of several slender European and Asian fishes of the family Cobitidae and related families, having several barbels around the mouth.
- loath
-
adjective,
unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse:
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- hotel
-
noun,
a commercial establishment offering lodging to travelers and sometimes to permanent residents, and often having restaurants, meeting rooms, stores, etc., that are available to the general public.
- Scot.
-
- loche
-
noun,
the North American burbot.
- lochs
-
noun,
a lake.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- hosel
-
noun,
the socket in the club head of an iron that receives the shaft.
- lect.
-
- laths
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- Laver
-
noun,
Old Testament. a large basin upon a foot or pedestal in the court of the Hebrew tabernacle and subsequently in the temple, containing water for the ablutions of the priests and for the washing of the sacrifices in the temple service.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- Leach
-
noun,
the act or process of leaching.
- Lathe
-
noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- leash
-
noun,
a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- leave
-
noun,
permission to do something:
- sarc-
-
- latch
-
noun,
a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- Lagos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Nigeria: former capital.
- 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.
- roves
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- leech
-
noun,
any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Largo
-
noun,
a largo movement.
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Leger
-
noun,
ledger (def 4).
- larch
-
noun,
any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
- Hosta
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Regt.
-
- Helga
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “holy.”.
- herls
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- Reval
-
noun,
former German name of Tallinn.
- retch
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Segre
-
noun,
Emilio [uh-mee-lee-oh,, uh-meel-yoh;; Italian e-mee-lyaw] /əˈmi liˌoʊ,, əˈmil yoʊ;; Italian ɛˈmi lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1989, U.S. physicist, born in Italy: Nobel prize 1959.
- oaths
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- Selah
-
noun,
an expression occurring frequently in the Psalms, thought to be a liturgical or musical direction, probably a direction by the leader to raise the voice or perhaps an indication of a pause.
- Helve
-
noun,
the handle of an ax, hatchet, hammer, or the like.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Helot
-
noun,
a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state.
Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- helas
-
interjection,
alas!
- Heros
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- Hegel
-
noun,
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich [gey-awrk vil-helm free-drikh] /ˈgeɪ ɔrk ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1770–1831, German philosopher.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- heels
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- ocher
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- selva
-
noun,
a tropical rain forest, as that in the Amazon basin of South America.
- ochre
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- hect-
-
- octa-
-
- heave
-
noun,
an act or effort of heaving.
- heats
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- Segal
-
noun,
George, 1924–2000, U.S. sculptor.
- Salvo
-
noun,
a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc.
- Hosea
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- rhoea
-
- scrag
-
noun,
a lean or scrawny person or animal.
- Horta
-
noun,
Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- Roach
-
noun,
a cockroach.
- hort.
-
- Horst
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- horse
-
noun,
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- Horsa
-
noun,
died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).
- horas
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- loges
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- horal
-
adjective,
of or relating to an hour or hours; hourly.
- Horae
-
plural noun,
goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace).
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- sect.
-
- Lover
-
noun,
a person who is in love with another.
- revet
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- Hevea
-
noun,
Pará rubber.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- loves
-
noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- Hoare
-
noun,
Sir Samuel John Gurney [gur-nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ (Show IPA), 1st Viscount Templewood [tem-puh l-woo d] /ˈtɛm pəlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1959, British statesman.
- hoars
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- holes
-
noun,
an opening through something; gap; aperture:
- scrog
-
noun,
any naturally short or stunted tree or bush, as a crab apple tree or blackthorn bush.
- Holst
-
noun,
Gustav Theodore [goo s-tahv] /ˈgʊs tɑv/ (Show IPA), 1874–1934, English composer.
- lovat
-
noun,
a grayish blend of colors, especially of green, used in textiles, as for plaids.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- rheas
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- rhet.
-
- holts
-
noun,
a wood or grove.
- revel
-
noun,
boisterous merrymaking or festivity; revelry.
- stech
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or gorge (one's stomach) with food.
- shoat
-
noun,
Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
- chose
-
noun,
a thing; an article of personal property.
- Chere
-
adjective,
dear; beloved: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- chert
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- chest
-
noun,
Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- THREE
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- Chloe
-
noun,
the lover of Daphnis in a Greek pastoral romance.
- chol-
-
- Chola
-
noun,
a teenage girl who associates closely with a gang of cholos or is the girlfriend of a cholo.
- chore
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- cheer
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- clase
-
- clash
-
noun,
a loud, harsh noise, as of a collision:
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- clave
-
noun,
one of a pair of wooden sticks or blocks that are held one in each hand and are struck together to accompany music and dancing.
- those
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Cleve
-
noun,
Per Teodor [par tey-aw-dawr] /pær ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1840–1905, Swedish chemist.
- chela
-
noun,
the pincerlike organ or claw terminating certain limbs of crustaceans and arachnids.
- cheat
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- these
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- torch
-
noun,
a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Torah
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- cero-
-
- cert.
-
- chats
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- chaos
-
noun,
a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.
- char-
-
- chars
-
noun,
a charred material or surface.
- chart
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- Chase
-
noun,
the act of chasing; pursuit:
- thole
-
noun,
a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.
- there
-
noun,
that state or condition:
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- cover
-
noun,
something that covers, as the lid of a container or the binding of a book.
- coves
-
noun,
a small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea, lake, or river.
- covet
-
verb (used with object),
to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others:
- crash
-
noun,
a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck:
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- crave
-
verb (used with object),
to long for; want greatly; desire eagerly:
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- tera-
-
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- telo-
-
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- tele-
-
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- coel-
-
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- cloth
-
noun,
a fabric formed by weaving, felting, etc., from wool, hair, silk, flax, cotton, or other fiber, used for garments, upholstery, and many other items.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- clove
-
noun,
the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, Syzygium aromaticum, of the myrtle family, used whole or ground as a spice.
- Theos
-
- theor
-
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coele
-
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- theo-
-
- theca
-
noun,
a case or receptacle.
- grave
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body.
- colat
-
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- cores
-
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- caver
-
noun,
a person who studies or explores caves.
- tech.
-
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- verso
-
noun,
a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- agro-
-
- verse
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a stanza.
- aholt
-
noun,
ahold.
- Verge
-
noun,
the edge, rim, or margin of something:
- Alcor
-
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- algo-
-
- aglet
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- velar
-
noun,
Phonetics. a velar sound.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- altho
-
conjunction,
although.
- alto-
-
- vegas
-
noun,
Astronomy. a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Lyra.
- veers
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- 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.
- Arch.
-
- arche
-
- verst
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- verts
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- veals
-
noun,
Also, vealer [vee-ler] /ˈvi lər/ (Show IPA). a calf raised for its meat, usually a milk-fed animal less than three months old.
- Vogel
-
noun,
Sir Julius, 1835–99, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister 1873–75, 1876.
- 30-30
-
- votes
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- voter
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- volts
-
noun,
the standard unit of potential difference and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the difference of electric potential between two points of a conductor carrying a constant current of one ampere, when the power dissipated between these points is equal to one watt. Abbreviation: V.
- acet-
-
- vols.
-
- Volga
-
noun,
a river flowing from the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation E and then S to the Caspian Sea: the longest river in Europe. 2325 miles (3745 km).
- voles
-
noun,
any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
- volar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.
- acro-
-
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- vocat
-
- actg.
-
- vocal
-
noun,
a vocal sound.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- actos
-
- Vlach
-
noun,
a member of a people living in scattered communities in the Balkans.
- aero-
-
- veter
-
- vetch
-
noun,
any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- Vesta
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
- areo-
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- trave
-
noun,
a crossbeam.
- cager
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- cages
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- trash
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- Calve
-
verb (used with object),
to give birth to (a calf).
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cargo
-
noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- troch
-
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- carve
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (a solid material) so as to form something:
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cath.
-
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- treas
-
- avert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- argol
-
noun,
a crude tartar, produced as a by-product in casks by the fermentation of wine grapes, used as a mordant in dyeing, in the manufacture of tartaric acid, and in fertilizers.
- valse
-
noun,
waltz.
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- vaso-
-
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- arvos
-
noun,
afternoon.
- asco-
-
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- valor
-
noun,
boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle; heroic courage; bravery:
- avers
-
- Asher
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:12–13.
- valet
-
noun,
a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his male employer, as by taking care of clothing or the like; manservant.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astr.
-
- Athel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Athol
-
noun,
a city in central Massachusetts.
- Athos
-
noun,
Mount, the easternmost of three prongs of the peninsula of Chalcidice, in NE Greece: site of an autonomous theocracy constituted of 20 monasteries. 131 sq. mi. (340 sq. km); about 35 miles (56 km) long.
- trove
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Srta.
-
- Evers
-
noun,
(James) Charles, born 1922, U.S. civil-rights leader.
- Evert
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Evora
-
noun,
a city in central Portugal: Roman ruins; cathedral.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Stahl
-
noun,
Georg Ernst [gey-ork ernst] /geɪˈɒrk ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1660–1734, German chemist and physician.
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- gaels
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- gales
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- evase
-
adjective,
widened at the top, as a vase or chimney flue.
- galet
-
noun,
spall (def 1).
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- gaols
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- Garth
-
noun,
Also called cloister garth. an open courtyard enclosed by a cloister.
- solve
-
verb (used with object),
to find the answer or explanation for; clear up; explain:
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- stave
-
noun,
one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- stge.
-
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- Steve
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Steven or Stephen.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Esth.
-
- ster.
-
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- ethal
-
noun,
cetyl alcohol.
- Ethel
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- ether
-
noun,
Also called diethyl ether, diethyl oxide, ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, highly volatile, flammable liquid, C 4 H 10 O, having an aromatic odor and sweet, burning taste, derived from ethyl alcohol by the action of sulfuric acid: used as a solvent and, formerly, as an inhalant anesthetic.
- ethos
-
noun,
Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period:
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- gavel
-
noun,
a small mallet used by the presiding officer of a meeting, a judge, etc., usually to signal for attention or order.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- gleet
-
noun,
Pathology.
a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound.
persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
- gloat
-
noun,
an act or feeling of gloating.
- glove
-
noun,
a covering for the hand made with a separate sheath for each finger and for the thumb.
- shove
-
noun,
an act or instance of shoving.
- shote
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- goral
-
noun,
a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.
- Short
-
noun,
something that is short.
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- glave
-
noun,
glaive.
- Shore
-
noun,
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- Goth.
-
- Gotha
-
noun,
a city in S Thuringia, in central Germany.
- goths
-
noun,
one of a Teutonic people who in the 3rd to 5th centuries invaded and settled in parts of the Roman Empire.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- shoer
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- Govt.
-
- 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.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- glees
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- Gavle
-
noun,
a seaport in E Sweden.
- gerah
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew weight and coin, equal to 1/20 (0.05) of a shekel.
- g-cal
-
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- Soche
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Shache.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- soave
-
noun,
a dry, white wine from Verona, Italy.
- sloth
-
noun,
habitual disinclination to exertion; indolence; laziness.
- gelts
-
noun,
money.
- geol.
-
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Glace
-
noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- geste
-
noun,
gest.
- Slave
-
noun,
a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- ghast
-
adjective,
ghastly.
- Ghats
-
noun,
Eastern Ghats.
- ghees
-
noun,
a kind of liquid butter, used especially in the cooking of India, made from the milk of cows or buffaloes and clarified by boiling.
- ghost
-
noun,
the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- shtg.
-
- stove
-
noun,
a portable or fixed apparatus that furnishes heat for warmth, cooking, etc., commonly using coal, oil, gas, wood, or electricity as a source of power.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tache
-
noun,
a buckle; clasp.
- tachs
-
noun,
tachometer.
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- ecto-
-
- Elche
-
noun,
a city in E Spain.
- Elath
-
noun,
Eilat.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Tahoe
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in E California and W Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: resort. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km); 6225 feet (1897 meters) above sea level.
- Teach
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- tahrs
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- elves
-
noun,
plural of elf.
- Tavel
-
noun,
a dry rosé wine from the Rhone region of France.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- egest
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- ecol.
-
- egers
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- elver
-
noun,
a young eel, especially one that is migrating up a stream from the ocean.
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Erech
-
noun,
Biblical name of Uruk.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- tears
-
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Eagle
-
noun,
any of several large, soaring birds of prey belonging to the hawk family Accipitridae, noted for their size, strength, and powers of flight and vision: formerly widespread in North America, eagles are mostly confined to Alaska and a few isolated populations.
Compare bald eagle, golden eagle.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- ergo-
-
- Reg.
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- vel.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Slav
-
noun,
one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
- Vega
-
noun,
Astronomy. a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Lyra.
- vees
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Vote
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- vase
-
noun,
a vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration.
- veer
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- shoe
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- VTOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane capable of taking off and landing vertically, having forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- Veal
-
noun,
Also, vealer [vee-ler] /ˈvi lər/ (Show IPA). a calf raised for its meat, usually a milk-fed animal less than three months old.
- Vat.
-
- VAST
-
noun,
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- slog
-
noun,
a long, tiring walk or march.
- Vela
-
noun,
plural of velum.
- volt
-
noun,
the standard unit of potential difference and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the difference of electric potential between two points of a conductor carrying a constant current of one ampere, when the power dissipated between these points is equal to one watt. Abbreviation: V.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- shr.
-
- vert
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- Sat.
-
- shee
-
noun,
sídh.
- vest
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Save
-
noun,
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- vet.
-
- ter.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- veto
-
noun,
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- vets
-
noun,
veterinarian.
- voc.
-
- ctr.
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Seve
-
noun,
the characteristic flavor and body of a wine.
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- slag
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- shot
-
noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Shoa
-
noun,
the Holocaust.
- shag
-
noun,
rough, matted hair, wool, or the like.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- tavs
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- sch.
-
- tchr
-
- scag
-
noun,
heroin.
- tel-
-
- vers
-
- vole
-
noun,
any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- shog
-
noun,
a shake; jolt.
- vas-
-
- val.
-
- vars
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- rove
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- tach
-
noun,
tachometer.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Ste.
-
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- sech
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- toch
-
noun,
Ernst [ernst] /ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1887–1964, Austrian composer.
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- stlg
-
- sec.
-
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- stg.
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- scr.
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- the-
-
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- vacs
-
noun,
vacuum cleaner.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- str.
-
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- Vale
-
noun,
a valley.
- serv
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- rel.
-
- Sol.
-
- var.
-
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- tosh
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- Sra.
-
- Rev.
-
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- trav
-
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 1080
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- gro.
-
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- cet-
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Cels
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Cave
-
noun,
a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
- gres
-
- Cav.
-
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- Hag.
-
- CATV
-
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- hags
-
noun,
an ugly old woman, especially a vicious or malicious one.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- Hale
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- Glee
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- chat
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- Chas
-
noun,
tea.
- ghat
-
noun,
a wide set of steps descending to a river, especially a river used for bathing.
- ghee
-
noun,
a kind of liquid butter, used especially in the cooking of India, made from the milk of cows or buffaloes and clarified by boiling.
- Chal
-
- goal
-
noun,
the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- gosh
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation or mild oath):
- Gov.
-
- Ceto
-
- gras
-
- hal-
-
- Hals
-
noun,
Frans [frahns] /frɑ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1581?–1666, Dutch portrait and genre painter.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Hola
-
interjection,
hi; hello:
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Cal.
-
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- hol-
-
- HOLC
-
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- Hole
-
noun,
an opening through something; gap; aperture:
- hols
-
plural noun,
Sometimes, hol. British Informal. holiday (def 5).
- Holt
-
noun,
a wood or grove.
- hor.
-
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- Hos.
-
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- Host
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- hots
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- halt
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- heal
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- cat.
-
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- have
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- Cash
-
noun,
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- HEAO
-
- herl
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- heel
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- her.
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- Cher
-
noun,
a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- HVAC
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- elve
-
noun,
an extremely dim, flattened, expanding, reddish glow briefly seen over a thunderstorm, due to electromagnetic pulses from intense lightning.
- Cres
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- crat
-
- Crag
-
noun,
a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
- ergs
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- cove
-
noun,
a small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea, lake, or river.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cosh
-
noun,
a blackjack; bludgeon.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- Elva
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “elf.”.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Eth.
-
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- eave
-
noun,
Usually, eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Echo
-
noun,
a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- eco-
-
- elev
-
- ect-
-
- each
-
adverb,
to, from, or for each; apiece:
- EEOC
-
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- 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.
- ELAS
-
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- cts.
-
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- eths
-
noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- clar
-
- gash
-
noun,
a long, deep wound or cut; slash.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- gave
-
noun,
the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- 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:
- 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.
- chs.
-
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- Chr.
-
- chg.
-
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- gelt
-
noun,
money.
- geo-
-
- Ger.
-
- clog
-
noun,
anything that impedes motion or action; an encumbrance; a hindrance.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- Cort
-
- 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.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- ever
-
Idioms,
ever and again, now and then; from time to time.
Also, Literary, ever and anon.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Col.
-
- cog.
-
- gaol
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Gal.
-
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- gals
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- galv
-
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- Hove
-
noun,
an act or effort of heaving.
- hgt.
-
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- alt.
-
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- loge
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- log-
-
- org.
-
- ACTH
-
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Loch
-
noun,
a lake.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- 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.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- argh
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of frustration, annoyance, etc.)
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- leg.
-
- LEGO
-
noun,
one of these blocks, usually as part of a set.
- Lehr
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Arg.
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Lev.
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- ogle
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- ogee
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- aer-
-
- OEEC
-
- Oct.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aet.
-
- Ochs
-
noun,
Adolph Simon, 1858–1935, U.S. newspaper publisher.
- ole-
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oath
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- avos
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Alg.
-
- loth
-
adjective,
loath.
- Love
-
noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- 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:
- Alco
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- agst
-
- agr.
-
- Olga
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 968? regent of Kiev until 955: saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- 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.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lea.
-
- lavs
-
noun,
lavatory.
- lave
-
noun,
the remainder; the rest.
- ates
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lash
-
noun,
the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Oval
-
noun,
an object of oval shape.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- lags
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- ator
-
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Ave.
-
- Aves
-
noun,
a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
- avg.
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Leah
-
noun,
the first wife of Jacob. Gen. 29:23–26.
- lath
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- ache
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- Lech
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- art.
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Arvo
-
noun,
afternoon.
- asc-
-
- Asch
-
noun,
Sholom [shaw-luh m] /ˈʃɔ ləm/ (Show IPA), or Sholem [shaw-luh m,, -lem] /ˈʃɔ ləm,, -lɛm/ (Show IPA), 1880–1957, U.S. author, born in Poland.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- acr-
-
- OSHA
-
noun,
the division of the Department of Labor that sets and enforces occupational health and safety rules.
- ACLS
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- 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.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- CRS
-
- CVT
-
- 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.
- VOR
-
- Ar.
-
- al.
-
- CSO
-
- CSR
-
- ag-
-
- VLA
-
- ac-
-
- CVA
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Vt.
-
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- CST
-
- VTC
-
- Vte
-
- CTA
-
- VHS
-
- VTO
-
- ACV
-
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- cte
-
- av.
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Eg.
-
- ctg
-
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- CSA
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- eo-
-
- vol
-
- CRT
-
- vog
-
noun,
air pollution containing gases and particles from a volcanic eruption combined with moisture from fog to create an unpleasant atmospheric cloud.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ACS
-
- VOA
-
- TGV
-
- vo.
-
- th-
-
- ea.
-
- VGA
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ca.
-
- ae.
-
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- TVA
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- Va.
-
- vs.
-
- ATC
-
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- tra
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- VAC
-
noun,
vacuum cleaner.
- tr.
-
- at.
-
- ASV
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TCS
-
- ase
-
- cs.
-
- Tro
-
- TRH
-
- ch.
-
- Co.
-
- cr.
-
- Avo
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- AVC
-
- TSH
-
- a-v
-
- ct.
-
- CVO
-
- ATV
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- TSE
-
- cl.
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- ARV
-
noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- AEC
-
- Agt
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- cle
-
- ALC
-
- AHL
-
- Clo
-
- AHE
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- Agh
-
- CLR
-
- 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:
- AGC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- THC
-
- Ver
-
- TLC
-
- ARS
-
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- CEA
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CEO
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- VCR
-
- CGS
-
- 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.
- Vee
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- tlo
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- veg
-
noun,
a vegetable.
- aor
-
- tlr
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- VTR
-
noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- rt.
-
- LCA
-
- LCT
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SAE
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- RSV
-
- SAR
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- lg.
-
- lav
-
noun,
lavatory.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- se-
-
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- HCR
-
- 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).
- Hel
-
noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- hog
-
noun,
a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- HRE
-
- HST
-
- ht.
-
- Hts
-
- La.
-
- Lt.
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- sc.
-
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- ROG
-
- LOC
-
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- RCA
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orv
-
- ose
-
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- ot-
-
- Ola
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- ov-
-
- Ova
-
noun,
plural of ovum.
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OLG
-
- OHG
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- lv.
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- ROA
-
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- LSC
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- LTh
-
- ltr
-
- Oc.
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OSA
-
- OTC
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- och
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of surprise, disapproval, regret, etc.)
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hrs
-
- Sgt
-
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- Ga.
-
- 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.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- Sr.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- Eve
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- Ehr
-
- GCA
-
- TAL
-
- 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.
- GCE
-
- GCR
-
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- evg
-
- EVA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- EEO
-
- ESA
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- SVC
-
- STV
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERT
-
- EOE
-
- ERV
-
- Esc
-
- ETV
-
- ese
-
- ESL
-
- STL
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ESR
-
- ETO
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- GCT
-
- SLR
-
- gt.
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Gr.
-
- gre
-
- ECA
-
- sho
-
- GSA
-
- GSC
-
- GSR
-
- GTC
-
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- ec-
-
- Tav
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- GTO
-
- GTS
-
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- hr.
-
- TCA
-
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- SHA
-
- ECG
-
- SVR
-
- Ges
-
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- EEC
-
- EEG
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- sht
-
- gl.
-
- SLA
-
- GHA
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- GeV
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- SLE
-
- EV
-
- TC
-
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TG
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- 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.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- RH
-
- RC
-
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- ol
-
- VL
-
- AO
-
- R.
-
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- CV
-
- G.
-
- t.
-
- LC
-
- V.
-
- TL
-
- TV
-
noun,
television.
- GH
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- LH
-
- L.
-
- VG
-
- CE
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- HL
-
- HG
-
- h.
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- HV
-
- VC
-
- VR
-
- SV
-
- RO
-
- OA
-
- OG
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- LR
-
- rg
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- le
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- gv
-
- GC
-
- RV
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- SG
-
- SL
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going: