Anagrams of great-circle
Word great-circle has
584 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of great-circle.
- re-trace
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verb (used with object),
to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.
- celeriac
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noun,
a variety of celery, Apium graveolens rapaceum, of the parsley family, having a large, edible, turniplike root.
- Terceira
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noun,
an island in the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 153 sq. mi. (395 sq. km). Capital: Angra do Heroismo.
- electric
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noun,
Railroads.
an electric locomotive.
Informal. a railroad operated by electricity.
- Trigere
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noun,
Pauline, 1909–2002, U.S. fashion designer, born in France.
- algetic
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adjective,
pertaining to or causing pain; painful.
- electr-
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- Eleatic
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noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- egalite
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noun,
equality.
- tiercel
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noun,
tercel.
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- terrace
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noun,
a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- Clarice
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noun,
a female given name, form of Clara.
- circlet
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noun,
a small circle.
- regrate
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verb (used with object),
to buy up (grain, provisions, etc.) in order to sell again at a profit in or near the same market.
- cirrate
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adjective,
having cirri.
- Reigate
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noun,
a city in Surrey in SE England, a London suburb.
- reticle
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noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- arteri-
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- article
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noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- retrace
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verb (used with object),
to trace backward; go back over:
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- caterer
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noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- Cartier
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noun,
Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
- 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.
- calcite
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noun,
one of the commonest minerals, calcium carbonate, CaCO 3 , found in a great variety of crystalline forms: a major constituent of limestone, marble, and chalk; calc-spar.
- elegiac
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noun,
an elegiac or distich verse.
- gracile
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adjective,
gracefully slender.
- galerie
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noun,
gallery (def 8).
- treacle
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- 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.
- accrete
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adjective,
Botany. grown together.
- trailer
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noun,
a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road.
Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
- glacier
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noun,
an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
- Greater
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noun,
a person who has achieved importance or distinction in a field:
- erratic
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noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- Eritrea
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noun,
a republic in NE Africa, on the Red Sea: Italian colony 1890–1941; province of Ethiopia 1962–93; independent since 1993. 47,076 sq. mi. (121,927 sq. km). Capital: Asmara.
- Celtic
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noun,
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, and Breton, which survive now in Ireland, the Scottish Highlands, Wales, and Brittany.
- relict
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- relier
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noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- cereal
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noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- irreg.
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- cerate
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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.
- career
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noun,
an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework:
- cerat-
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- retire
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noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- celiac
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adjective,
of, relating to, or located in the cavity of the abdomen.
- glaire
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noun,
the white of an egg.
- irreal
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adjective,
unreal.
- gelati
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noun,
a rich ice cream, made with eggs and usually containing a relatively low percentage of butterfat.
- Carrel
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noun,
Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.
- Carrie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- grater
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noun,
a person or thing that grates.
- cartel
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- retral
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adjective,
at or toward the back; posterior.
- Carter
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noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- Cecile
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noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- ricrac
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noun,
rickrack.
- relate
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- Garter
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noun,
Also called, British, sock suspender, suspender. an article of clothing for holding up a stocking or sock, usually an elastic band around the leg or an elastic strap hanging from a girdle or other undergarment.
- circle
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noun,
a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- rectal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- ergate
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noun,
a worker ant.
- elect.
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- legate
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noun,
an ecclesiastic delegated by the pope as his representative.
- elater
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- ligate
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verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- eclair
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- ecarte
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- Raetic
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noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- eaglet
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noun,
a young eagle.
- Gaelic
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noun,
a Celtic language that includes the speech of ancient Ireland and the dialects that have developed from it, especially those usually known as Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic. Gaelic constitutes the Goidelic subbranch of Celtic.
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- recite
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- gaiter
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noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- lactic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or obtained from milk.
- calci-
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- recti-
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- Crater
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noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- regale
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noun,
a sumptuous feast.
- cleric
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noun,
a member of the clergy.
- reglet
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noun,
Architecture.
a groove for guiding or holding a panel, window sash, etc.
a narrow, flat molding; fillet.
- garlic
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noun,
a hardy plant, Allium sativum, of the amaryllis family whose strongly, pungent bulb is used in cookery and medicine.
- claret
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- Claire
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- Garret
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noun,
an attic, usually a small, wretched one.
- regret
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noun,
a sense of loss, disappointment, dissatisfaction, etc.
- elegit
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noun,
a writ of execution against a judgment debtor's goods, property, or land, held by the judgment creditor until payment of the debt, as from rents on the land.
- create
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- citral
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noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- Gliere
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noun,
Reinhold Moritzovich [rahyn-hawlt maw-ryi-tsuh-vyich] /ˈraɪn hɔlt ˈmɔ ryɪ tsə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, Russian composer.
- tercel
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- acetic
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adjective,
pertaining to, derived from, or producing vinegar or acetic acid.
- tracer
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noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- accel.
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- triage
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noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- Tralee
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noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- tirage
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noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- teleg.
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- agric.
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- alerce
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noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- telega
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noun,
a Russian cart of rude construction, having four wheels and no springs.
- tierce
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Ariege
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noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- tergal
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adjective,
of or relating to the tergum.
- tragic
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noun,
the tragic, the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.:
- Arctic
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
- Trace
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noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- liger
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noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- aerie
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noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aeri-
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- Elgar
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noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- Tiler
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Liege
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noun,
a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
- agile
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adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- licet
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- elite
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- elate
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adjective,
elated.
- litre
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noun,
liter.
- Eilat
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noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Eagle
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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.
- rect.
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- tical
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noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Recit
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- recce
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noun,
(especially in British military use) reconnaissance:
- react
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- rater
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noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- ratel
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- eager
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noun,
eagre.
- tiger
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noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- EGRET
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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.
- agree
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verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- eccl.
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- racer
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- Tigre
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noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- eclat
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noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- ectal
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adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- liter
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- aglet
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noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- erect
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adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Aegir
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noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- legit
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noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- Trier
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noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Gerar
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noun,
an ancient city in Palestine, near the Mediterranean: now an archaeological site in Israel.
- trial
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noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- grice
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noun,
a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
- Greta
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noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- greet
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verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- Greer
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noun,
Germaine, born 1939, Australian feminist and writer.
- trice
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- grate
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noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- ileac
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adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- Glace
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noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- trig.
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- glair
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noun,
the white of an egg.
- triga
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noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- glare
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noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- Grail
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- gleet
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noun,
Pathology.
a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound.
persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
- 30-30
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- Icel.
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- irate
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adjective,
angry; enraged:
- ERICA
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noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- large
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noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- Leger
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noun,
ledger (def 4).
- crit.
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- trail
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noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- lect.
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- Lecce
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noun,
a city in SE Italy: ancient Greek and Roman city; noted for its baroque architecture.
- later
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Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- actg.
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- laree
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noun,
lari.
- triac
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noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- galet
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noun,
spall (def 1).
- acet-
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- Lager
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noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- gater
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noun,
gator.
- acct.
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- lact-
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- g-cal
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- Ital.
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- recta
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noun,
a plural of rectum.
- cager
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noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- Crile
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noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- telic
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adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- ceria
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noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- ceric
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adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- crier
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noun,
a person who cries.
- telia
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noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- relig
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- Arete
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noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- relic
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noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- Ariel
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noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- cigar
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noun,
a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf.
- CIRCA
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preposition, adverb,
about: (used especially in) approximate dates:
Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.
- Circe
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noun,
Also, Kirke. Also called Aeaea. Classical Mythology. the enchantress represented by Homer as turning the companions of Odysseus into swine by means of a magic drink.
- tera-
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- alti-
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- Regt.
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- alter
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noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- argil
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noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- arrgt
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- terce
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noun,
tierce (def 3).
- targe
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noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- calc-
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- cacti
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noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- caret
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noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- taler
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noun,
thaler.
- Rigel
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noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- Carte
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noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- cater
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verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Celt.
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abbreviation,
Celtic.
- Tegea
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noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- ricer
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noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- Cecil
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noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- Artie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- artel
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noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Celia
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noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- tele-
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- Terai
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- cert.
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- Grace
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noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- regal
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noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- regle
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noun,
a groove or channel for guiding a sliding door.
- clear
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noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cleat
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noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Clerc
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noun,
Laurent [loh-rahn] /loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1785–1869, French educator of the deaf, in the U.S. after 1816.
- Reger
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noun,
Max [mahks] /mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1873–1916, German composer and pianist.
- Clite
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Craig
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noun,
Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
- Alger
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noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- crate
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- terr.
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- Terra
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noun,
earth; land.
- Terri
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noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Creel
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noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- Crete
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noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- alert
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- eagre
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noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- Clare
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noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Alice
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noun,
a city in S Texas.
- Algie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Leta
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noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Riga
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Tare
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noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- lite
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noun,
light2 (def 36).
- teal
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noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- ile-
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- Reel
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noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Riel
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- ical
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- Ire.
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- Irra
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noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- teel
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noun,
til.
- tire
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noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Reg.
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- Ice.
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- real
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noun,
real number.
- Grit
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noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- iter
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noun,
a canal or passage.
- lit.
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- tale
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noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- rile
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verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rit.
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- tier
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noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Lira
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noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- talc
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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.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- lea.
-
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- leg.
-
- Lat.
-
- ter.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- rel.
-
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- tri-
-
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- 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.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- regr
-
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- 1080
-
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Crag
-
noun,
a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Cal.
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- cac-
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- atic
-
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Gal.
-
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- art.
-
- arr.
-
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- 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.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- clar
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- ctr.
-
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- cit.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- cir.
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- ect-
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- Arg.
-
- crat
-
- 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.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- acr-
-
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- agit
-
- agr.
-
- 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:
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- aet.
-
- aer-
-
- gelt
-
noun,
money.
- acc.
-
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- gilt
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- Ger.
-
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- 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.
- alt.
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- Alg.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Aire
-
- Glee
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- CCR
-
- CEA
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- CEC
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- CIA
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- 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.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- CGI
-
- CIC
-
- CIE
-
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- Ar.
-
- al.
-
- ag-
-
- cle
-
- CLI
-
- ac-
-
- CLR
-
- CCA
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- AIC
-
- 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.
- cc.
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Agt
-
- ATC
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ALC
-
- at.
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- TCA
-
- cr.
-
- tra
-
- rte
-
- tr.
-
- tlr
-
- TLC
-
- AGC
-
- 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.
- rt.
-
- 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:
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- CAI
-
- 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:
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAL
-
- cl.
-
- ct.
-
- ca.
-
- Gr.
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- GCI
-
- GCE
-
- 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).
- GCC
-
- GCA
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ITC
-
- gi.
-
- 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.
- LCA
-
- LCI
-
- LCT
-
- Ga.
-
- CRC
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- ERT
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ite
-
- GCR
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- gl.
-
- gre
-
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- gt.
-
- GTC
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ICC
-
- ITA
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- ier
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- IRL
-
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- GCT
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ETR
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- ea.
-
- Re.
-
- ECG
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ECA
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- ec-
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- 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.
- 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.
- ltr
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- RCA
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- Eg.
-
- ctg
-
- cte
-
- CTC
-
- CTA
-
- CRT
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- LTA
-
- EEC
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- eir
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EEG
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lg.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- TC
-
- IG
-
- CE
-
- ic
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- G.
-
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- i.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- le
-
- RC
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- R.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- L.
-
- GC
-
- TL
-
- RI
-
- rg
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- t.
-
- TG
-
- T1
-
- LR
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.