Anagrams of great-grandchildren

Word great-grandchildren has 3081 anagrams that can be made by using the letters of great-grandchildren.

16 letter words you can make with great-grandchildren

great-grandchild
noun, a grandchild of one's son or daughter.
grandchildren
noun, a child of one's son or daughter.
clean-handed
adjective, free from wrongdoing; guiltless.
hand-grenade
noun, a grenade or explosive shell that is thrown by hand and exploded either by impact or by means of a fuze.
heartrending
adjective, causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
Netherlandic
noun, Dutch (def 7).
interchange
noun, an act or instance of interchanging; reciprocal exchange:
hang-glider
noun, a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
Heraclitean
noun, a person who believes in or advocates the philosophy of Heraclitus.
reincarnate
adjective, incarnate anew.
Neanderthal
noun, Neanderthal man.
right-angle
noun, the angle formed by two radii of a circle that are drawn to the extremities of an arc equal to one quarter of the circle; the angle formed by two perpendicular lines that intersect; an angle of 90°.
Greenlandic
noun, a dialect of Inuit, spoken in Greenland.
laterigrade
adjective, having a sideways manner of moving, as a crab.
lighterage
noun, the use of lighters in loading and unloading ships and in transporting goods for short distances.
Hildegarde
noun, a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
hinterland
noun, Often, hinterlands. the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country:
chatelaine
noun, the mistress of a castle.
lanthanide
noun, any element of the lanthanide series.
alcheringa
noun, (often initial capital letter) dreamtime.
gangliated
adjective, having ganglia.
anthracene
noun, a colorless, crystalline powder, C 14 H 12 , obtained from coal tar and having a violet fluorescence: used chiefly as a source of anthraquinone and alizarin, and in the process of measuring radioactive materials.
tea-garden
noun, a tea plantation.
genethliac
adjective, of or relating to birthdays or to the position of the stars at one's birth.
grandniece
noun, a daughter of one's nephew or niece.
grandchild
noun, a child of one's son or daughter.
Heraclidae
noun, a drama (429? b.c.) by Euripides.
Argelander
noun, Friedrich Wilhelm August [free-drikh vil-helm ou-goo st] /ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1799–1875, German astronomer.
dilacerate
verb (used with object), to tear apart or to pieces.
enteralgia
noun, pain in the intestine; colic.
adrenaline
noun, epinephrine (def 1).
adrenergic
noun, a drug or other agent having an epinephrinelike effect.
gradienter
noun, an instrument on a transit for measuring angles of inclination in terms of their tangents.
ringleader
noun, a person who leads others, especially in opposition to authority, law, etc.:
gilt-edged
adjective, having the edge or edges gilded:
centigrade
adjective, divided into 100 degrees, as a scale.
changeling
noun, a child surreptitiously or unintentionally substituted for another.
drag-chain
noun, one of a number of chains attached to a hull about to be launched in restricted waters in order to slow its motion by dragging along the bottom.
Anderlecht
noun, a city in central Belgium, near Brussels.
deracinate
verb (used with object), to pull up by the roots; uproot; extirpate; eradicate.
credential
noun, Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form:
chandelier
noun, a decorative, sometimes ornate, light fixture suspended from a ceiling, usually having branched supports for a number of lights.
endarteria
noun, the innermost lining of an artery.
tardigrade
noun, Also called bear animalcule, water bear. any microscopic, chiefly herbivorous invertebrate of the phylum Tardigrada, living in water, on mosses, lichens, etc.
intergrade
noun, an intermediate grade, form, stage, etc.
catarrhine
noun, a catarrhine animal.
tanagrine
adjective, of or relating to the tanagers; belonging to the tanager family.
Nathaniel
noun, Bartholomew (def 1).
carrageen
noun, Irish moss.
engarland
verb (used with object), to encircle with or as with a garland.
interlace
verb (used with object), to unite or arrange (threads, strips, parts, branches, etc.) so as to intercross one another, passing alternately over and under; intertwine.
Argentina
noun, a republic in S South America. 1,084,120 sq. mi. (2,807,870 sq. km). Capital: Buenos Aires.
Geraldine
noun, a female given name: derived from Gerald.
cartilage
noun, a firm, elastic, flexible type of connective tissue of a translucent whitish or yellowish color; gristle.
cartridge
noun, Also called cartouche. a cylindrical case of pasteboard, metal, or the like, for holding a complete charge of powder, and often also the bullet or the shot for a rifle, machine gun, or other small arm.
earthling
noun, an inhabitant of earth; mortal.
celandine
noun, Also called greater celandine, swallowwort. an Old World plant, Chelidonium majus, of the poppy family, having yellow flowers.
heretical
adjective, of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
engrailed
adjective, having an edge of a charge consisting of a number of concave curves.
engrained
adjective, ingrained.
Argentine
noun, a silvery substance, especially one obtained from fish scales, used in making imitation pearls.
dead-heat
noun, a race in which two or more competitors finish in a tie.
glandered
adjective, affected with glanders.
Teagarden
noun, Weldon John [wel-dn] /ˈwɛl dn/ (Show IPA), ("Jack") 1905–64, U.S. jazz trombonist and singer.
deadlight
noun, a strong shutter able to be screwed against the interior of a porthole in heavy weather.
cantilena
noun, a simple, lyric, melodic passage for voice or instrument.
glad-hand
noun, a hearty welcome or enthusiastic reception, especially one that is effusive or hypocritical:
heartland
noun, the part of a region considered essential to the viability and survival of the whole, especially a central land area relatively invulnerable to attack and capable of economic and political self-sufficiency.
andradite
noun, a mineral, calcium-iron garnet, Ca 3 Fe 2 Si 3 O 2 , occurring in brown, green, or black crystals.
interlard
verb (used with object), to diversify by adding or interjecting something unique, striking, or contrasting (usually followed by with):
centering
noun, a temporary framework for supporting a masonry arch during construction until it is able to stand by itself.
deadening
noun, a device or material employed to deaden or render dull.
enlighten
verb (used with object), to give intellectual or spiritual light to; instruct; impart knowledge to:
eradicate
verb (used with object), to remove or destroy utterly; extirpate:
tarriance
noun, delay.
integrand
noun, the expression to be integrated.
rendering
noun, an act or instance of interpretation, rendition, or depiction, as of a dramatic part or a musical composition:
Claretian
noun, a member of the “Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,” founded in Spain in 1849, and devoted chiefly to missionary work.
ecarinate
adjective, having no carina or keel.
clientage
noun, a body of clients; clientele.
gardening
noun, the act of cultivating or tending a garden.
inertance
noun, the effect of inertia in an acoustic system, an impeding of the transmission of sound through the system.
negligent
adjective, guilty of or characterized by neglect, as of duty:
terracing
noun, something formed as a terrace.
Eglantine
noun, the sweetbrier.
lacerated
adjective, mangled; jagged; torn.
incarnate
adjective, embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form:
lancinate
verb (used with object), to stab or pierce.
rancherie
noun, an Indian village or settlement, especially one located on a reserve.
Tangerine
noun, Also called mandarin, mandarin orange. any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, especially in the U.S.
taligrade
adjective, walking on the outer side of the foot.
rancheria
noun, a family household unit or settlement.
inelegant
adjective, not elegant; lacking in refinement, gracefulness, or good taste.
Reinhardt
noun, Jean Baptiste [French zhahn ba-teest] /French ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), ("Django") 1910–53, Belgian gypsy jazz guitarist.
cathedral
noun, the principal church of a diocese, containing the bishop's throne.
aetheling
noun, atheling.
galantine
noun, a dish of boned poultry, wrapped in its skin and poached in gelatin stock, pressed, and served cold with aspic or its own jelly.
carnelian
noun, a red or reddish variety of chalcedony, used in jewelry.
irredenta
noun, a region that is under the political jurisdiction of one nation but is related to another by reason of cultural, historical, and ethnic ties.
heritance
noun, inheritance.
rehearing
noun, a second presentation of the evidence and arguments of a case before the court of original presentation.
reheating
noun, heating again.
end-grain
noun, wood grain, as at the end of a board, resulting from a cut across the grain.
rangeland
noun, range (def 17).
nectarine
noun, a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin.
Catherine
noun, a female given name.
endearing
adjective, tending to make dear or beloved.
Nederland
noun, Dutch name of the Netherlands.
air-lance
noun, a lance using an air blast.
hindrance
noun, an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
enchilada
noun, a tortilla rolled and filled with a seasoned mixture, usually containing meat, and covered with a sauce flavored with chili.
enchanter
noun, a person who enchants or delights.
gathering
noun, an assembly or meeting.
Archangel
noun, Theology. a chief or principal angel; in medieval angelology one of the nine orders of celestial attendants on God. Compare angel (def 1).
gigantean
adjective, gigantic.
Rheinland
noun, Rhineland.
Trenchard
noun, Hugh Montague, 1st Viscount, 1873–1956, British Royal Air Force marshal.
Grandgent
noun, Charles Hall, 1862–1939, U.S. philologist and essayist.
declarant
noun, a person who declares or makes a declaration or statement.
delighted
noun, a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture:
candidate
noun, a person who seeks an office, honor, etc.:
regarding
noun, reference; relation:
regardant
adjective, (of a beast) looking backward:
hardanger
noun, embroidery openwork having elaborate symmetrical designs created by blocks of satin stitches within which threads of the embroidery fabric are removed.
decaliter
noun, dekaliter.
trachelia
noun, (in classical architecture) any member between the hypotrachelium and the capital of a column.
denigrate
verb (used with object), to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame:
Harlingen
noun, a city in S Texas.
red-alder
noun, a tree, Alnus oregona (or A. rubra), of western North America, having smooth, mottled light gray bark and oval serrate leaves.
chatelain
noun, a castellan.
tragedian
noun, an actor especially noted for performing tragic roles.
trailhead
noun, the point where a trail starts.
Adigranth
noun, Granth.
red-light
noun, a red lamp, used as a traffic signal to mean “stop.”.
hard-edge
adjective, of, relating to, or characteristic of a style of abstract painting associated with the 1960s and marked chiefly by sharply outlined geometric or nongeometric forms.
hard-line
noun, an uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
hard-laid
adjective, describing a rope the lay of which is at a relatively great angle to its axis; short-laid.
derringer
noun, an early short-barreled pocket pistol.
Greenland
noun, a self-governing island belonging to Denmark, located NE of North America: the largest island in the world. About 844,000 sq. mi. (2,186,000 sq. km); about 700,000 sq. mi. (1,800,000 sq. km) icecapped. Capital: Godthåb.
greenling
noun, any spiny-finned food fish of the genus Hexagrammos, of North Pacific coasts.
grenadine
noun, a thin fabric of leno weave in silk, nylon, rayon, or wool.
hardening
noun, a material that hardens another, as an alloy added to iron to make steel.
grenadier
noun, (in the British army) a member of the first regiment of household infantry (Grenadier Guards)
cadential
adjective, of, relating to, or constituting a musical cadence.
decennial
noun, a decennial anniversary.
acid-head
noun, a person who habitually takes the drug LSD.
gregarine
noun, a type of sporozoan parasite that inhabits the digestive and other cavities of various invertebrates and produces cysts filled with spores.
traceried
adjective, ornamented or decorated with tracery.
Rhineland
noun, that part of Germany W of the Rhine.
degrading
adjective, that degrades; debasing; humiliating:
hagridden
adjective, worried or tormented, as by a witch.
Leningrad
noun, a former name (1924–91) of St. Petersburg (def 1)
declinate
adjective, having a downward curve or slope; bending away, as from the horizontal:
lich-gate
noun, a roofed gate to a churchyard under which a bier is set down during a burial service to await the coming of the clergyman.
reclinate
adjective, bending or curved downward.
dinergate
noun, a soldier ant.
Adrenalin
trihedral
adjective, having, or formed by, three planes meeting in a point:
Centralia
noun, a city in central Illinois.
lethargic
adjective, of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
headliner
noun, a performer whose name appears most prominently in a program or advertisement or on a marquee; star.
trierarch
noun, the commander of a trireme.
rectangle
noun, a parallelogram having four right angles.
declarer
noun, a person or thing that declares.
dentalia
noun, any tooth shell of the genus Dentalium.
Lacertid
noun, any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Lacertidae.
Annelida
noun, the phylum comprising the annelids.
carriage
noun, a wheeled vehicle for conveying persons, as one drawn by horses and designed for comfort and elegance.
enhancer
noun, a person or thing that enhances.
enlarger
noun, an apparatus used for making projection prints, having a head for holding, illuminating, and projecting a film negative and a bed for holding a sheet of sensitized printing paper.
denticle
noun, a small tooth or toothlike part.
Calender
noun, a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
Dahlgren
noun, John Adelphus Bernard, 1809–70, U.S. naval officer and inventor.
teach-in
noun, a prolonged period of lectures, speeches, etc., conducted without interruption by members of the faculty and invited guests at a college or university as a technique of social protest.
la-di-da
noun, an affected or pretentious person.
teaching
noun, the act or profession of a person who teaches.
Daladier
noun, Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1884–1970, premier of France 1933, 1934, 1938–40.
entangle
verb (used with object), to make tangled; ensnarl; intertwine.
re-tread
verb (used with or without object), to tread again.
retainer
noun, a person or thing that retains.
deranged
adjective, insane.
dedicate
adjective, dedicated.
eldritch
adjective, eerie; weird; spooky.
enargite
noun, a mineral, copper arsenic and sulfide, Cu 3 AsS 4 , occurring in the form of black orthorhombic crystals having perfect cleavage: an important source of copper.
radicand
noun, the quantity under a radical sign.
lacerate
adjective, lacerated.
dendrite
noun, Petrology, Mineralogy. a branching figure or marking, resembling moss or a shrub or tree in form, found on or in certain stones or minerals due to the presence of a foreign material. any arborescent crystalline growth.
declared
adjective, publicly avowed or professed; self-confessed:
Caingang
noun, a member of an Indian people of southern Brazil.
retarder
noun, a person or thing that retards.
litharge
noun, a yellowish or reddish, odorless, heavy, earthy, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, PbO, used chiefly in the manufacture of storage batteries, pottery, lead glass, paints, enamels, and inks.
delicate
noun, Archaic. a choice food; delicacy.
engirdle
verb (used with object), to engird.
Engadine
noun, the valley of the Inn River in E Switzerland: resorts. 60 miles (97 km) long.
retarded
noun, (used with a plural verb) people who are slow or limited in mental development (usually preceded by the):
Anglican
noun, a member of the Church of England or of a church in communion with it.
Calanthe
noun, any of various tropical and subtropical orchids of the genus Calanthe, having racemes of white, reddish, or yellow flowers.
retrench
verb (used with object), to cut down, reduce, or diminish; curtail (expenses).
anhedral
adjective, xenomorphic (def 1).
encaenia
noun, (used with a plural verb) festive ceremonies commemorating the founding of a city or the consecration of a church.
naething
noun, adverb, nothing.
cageling
noun, a bird that is kept in a cage.
Angelina
noun, a female given name, form of Angela.
Carnegie
noun, Andrew, 1835–1919, U.S. steel manufacturer and philanthropist, born in Scotland.
Angelica
noun, Also called archangel. any plant belonging to the genus Angelica, of the parsley family, especially A. archangelica, cultivated in Europe for its aromatic odor and medicinal root and for its stalks, which are candied and eaten.
endanger
verb (used with object), to expose to danger; imperil:
calendar
noun, a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year:
iterance
noun, iteration.
re-trace
verb (used with object), to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.
radiance
noun, radiant brightness or light:
racinage
noun, decorative treatment of leather with colors and acids to produce a branchlike effect.
Eldridge
noun, (David) Roy, 1911–1989, U.S. jazz trumpeter.
dragline
noun, a rope dragging from something; dragrope.
elaterid
noun, any beetle of the family Elateridae, comprising the click beetles.
carangid
noun, any of numerous fishes of the family Carangidae, comprising the jacks, scads, pompanos, and cavallas.
diarrhea
noun, an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.
Cardinal
noun, Roman Catholic Church. a high ecclesiastic appointed by the pope to the College of Cardinals and ranking above every other ecclesiastic but the pope.
earreach
noun, earshot.
Cardigan
noun, a usually collarless knitted sweater or jacket that opens down the front.
Dicentra
noun, any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
dateline
noun, a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
die-hard
noun, a person who vigorously maintains or defends a seemingly hopeless position, outdated attitude, lost cause, or the like.
articled
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.
Nathalie
noun, a female given name.
argental
adjective, of, pertaining to, containing, or resembling silver.
argentic
adjective, of or containing silver and having a valence greater than the corresponding argentous compound.
dihedral
noun, dihedron.
leachate
noun, a solution resulting from leaching, as of soluble constituents from soil, landfill, etc., by downward percolating ground water:
arterial
noun, a main route, channel, or other course of flow or access:
cantling
noun, a layer of burnt brick lying directly over a clamp of bricks being fired.
neatherd
noun, cowherd.
dead-air
noun, the loss or suspension of the video or audio signal during a television or radio transmission.
Rinehart
noun, Mary Roberts, 1876–1958, U.S. novelist and playwright.
learning
noun, knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application.
Richland
noun, a city in SE Washington, on the Columbia River: residential and administrative quarters for the Hanford Works. Compare Hanford (def 2).
directed
adverb, in a direct manner; directly; straight:
riddance
noun, the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
leathern
adjective, made of leather.
decadent
noun, a person who is decadent.
lengthen
verb (used with object), to make longer; make greater in length.
Nanterre
noun, a city in and the capital of Hauts-de-Seine, in N France: W suburb of Paris.
deadline
noun, the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something:
narghile
noun, a Middle Eastern tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water before reaching the lips; hookah.
narceine
noun, a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
legatine
adjective, of, relating to, or authorized by a legate.
ligeance
noun, Chiefly Law. the territory subject to a sovereign or liege lord.
decalage
noun, the difference between the angles of incidence of the upper and lower wings of a biplane:
antlered
adjective, having antlers.
decating
noun, a finishing process for making fabric more lustrous, for improving the tactile quality of the nap, and for setting the material to reduce shrinkage.
carinate
adjective, Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
Lagrange
noun, Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), Comte, 1736–1813, French mathematician and astronomer.
decennia
noun, a period of ten years; a decade.
arachnid
noun, any wingless, carnivorous arthropod of the class Arachnida, including spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks, and daddy-longlegs, having a body divided into two parts, the cephalothorax and the abdomen, and having eight appendages and no antennae. Compare insect.
laitance
noun, a milky deposit on the surface of new cement or concrete, usually caused by too much water.
Rhaetian
noun, Raetic.
derelict
noun, a person abandoned by society, especially a person without a permanent home and means of support; vagrant; bum.
deringer
noun, derringer.
Danegeld
noun, (in medieval England) an additional tax on land believed to have been levied originally as a tribute to the Danish invaders but later continued for other purposes.
eggcrate
adjective, of or resembling a horizontal construction divided by vertical partitions into cell-like areas, used especially for directing downward rays of overhead light:
drainage
noun, the act or process of draining.
lanceted
adjective, having lancet-headed openings.
nailhead
noun, the enlarged top of a nail, usually flattened but sometimes rounded.
Landrace
noun, one of several widely distributed strains of large, white, lop-eared swine of northern European origin.
tailrace
noun, the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
taiglach
noun, teiglach.
tail-end
noun, the hinder or rear part of anything.
detached
adjective, not attached; separated:
detailed
noun, an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
detailer
noun, a manufacturer's representative who calls on customers to supply information on products and visits stores to monitor sales and replenish stock.
langrage
noun, a kind of shot consisting of bolts, nails, etc., fastened together or enclosed in a case, formerly used for damaging sails and rigging in sea battles.
atherine
noun, an atherine fish.
Athenian
noun, a native or citizen of Athens, Greece.
lanneret
noun, the male lanner, which is smaller than the female.
detainer
noun, a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
decanter
noun, a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like.
larcener
noun, a person who commits larceny.
larrigan
noun, a knee-high boot of oiled leather with a moccasin foot, worn by lumbermen and trappers.
latching
noun, any of the loops by which a bonnet is attached to a sail.
echinate
adjective, bristly; prickly.
atheling
noun, a man of royal blood; a prince.
cradling
noun, framework for supporting a coved or vaulted ceiling.
radicant
adjective, rooting from the stem, as ivy.
headrace
noun, the race, flume, or channel leading to a water wheel or the like.
centiare
noun, a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
glancing
noun, a quick or brief look.
rear-end
noun, the hindmost part of something.
recharge
noun, an act or instance of recharging.
gleaning
noun, the act of a person who gleans.
children
noun, plural of child.
headrail
noun, a railing on a sailing vessel, extending forward from abaft the bow to the back of the figurehead.
headline
noun, a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.
glaciate
verb (used with object), to cover with ice or glaciers.
Headland
noun, a promontory extending into a large body of water.
headgear
noun, any covering for the head, especially a hat, cap, bonnet, etc.
Hartline
noun, Haldan Keffer [hawl-duh n kef-er] /ˈhɔl dən ˈkɛf ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1967.
recliner
noun, a person or thing that reclines.
recreant
noun, a coward.
Adrienne
noun, a female given name: derived from Adrian.
gradient
noun, the degree of inclination, or the rate of ascent or descent, in a highway, railroad, etc.
gladiate
adjective, having the shape of a sword; sword-shaped.
tideland
noun, land alternately exposed and covered by the ordinary ebb and flow of the tide.
Adlerian
adjective, of or relating to Alfred Adler or his doctrines, especially in respect to the belief that behavior is determined by compensation for feelings of inferiority.
geranial
noun, See under citral.
herniate
verb (used without object), to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
genearch
noun, a chief of a family or tribe.
clanging
noun, a pattern of speech observed in some types of mental illness, as manic disorder, in which associations are based on punning or rhyming.
heritage
noun, something that is handed down from the past, as a tradition:
cladding
noun, the act or process of bonding one metal to another, usually to protect the inner metal from corrosion.
gentrice
noun, gentility; high birth.
Reginald
noun, a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “counsel and rule.”.
heraldic
adjective, of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry:
tidehead
noun, the inland limit of the tide.
Heraclid
noun, a person claiming descent from Hercules, especially one of the Dorian aristocracy of Sparta.
Thracian
noun, a native or inhabitant of Thrace.
hendeca-
threaded
noun, a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
Hegelian
noun, a person who accepts the philosophical principles of Hegel.
agential
adjective, pertaining to an agent or agency.
gilthead
noun, any of several marine fishes having gold markings, as a sparid, Sparus auratus, of the Mediterranean Sea.
Chretien
noun, Jean, born 1934, Canadian politician: prime minister 1993–2003.
Grainger
noun, Percy Aldridge [awl-drij] /ˈɔl drɪdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1961, Australian pianist and composer, in the U.S. after 1915.
harridan
noun, a scolding, vicious woman; hag; shrew.
clarinet
noun, a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
Triangle
noun, a closed plane figure having three sides and three angles.
trencher
noun, a person or thing that digs trenches.
trending
noun, the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
Grignard
noun, (François Auguste) Victor [frahn-swa oh-gyst veek-tawr] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst vikˈtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1871–1935, French organic chemist: Nobel Prize 1912.
chainage
noun, a length as measured by a surveyor's chain or tape.
red-lead
noun, an orange to red, heavy, earthy, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, Pb 3 O 4 , obtained by heating litharge in the presence of air: used chiefly as a paint pigment, in the manufacture of glass and glazes, and in storage batteries.
hangnail
noun, a small piece of partly detached skin at the side or base of the fingernail.
redirect
adjective, Law. pertaining to the examination of a witness by the party calling him or her, after cross-examination.
handrail
noun, a rail serving as a support or guard at the side of a stairway, platform, etc.
hardened
adjective, made or become hard or harder.
handling
noun, a touching, grasping, or using with the hands.
Tridacna
noun, a genus of giant clams inhabiting reefs in the South Pacific, attaining a diameter of 4 feet (1.2 meters) or more, and weighing over 500 pounds (227 kg).
hacienda
noun, a large landed estate, especially one used for farming or ranching.
handcart
noun, a small cart drawn or pushed by hand.
Chaldean
noun, one of an ancient Semitic people that formed the dominant element in Babylonia.
Chandler
noun, a person who makes or sells candles and sometimes other items of tallow or wax, as soap.
chantage
noun, blackmail.
Gretchen
noun, a female given name, form of Margaret.
Charente
noun, a department in W France. 2306 sq. mi. (5975 sq. km). Capital: Angoulême.
cheddite
noun, an explosive for blasting, composed of a chlorate or perchlorate mixed with a fatty substance, as castor oil.
hardtail
noun, blue runner.
adherent
noun, a person who follows or upholds a leader, cause, etc.; supporter; follower.
adherend
noun, any substance bonded to another by an adhesive.
tracheal
adjective, Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to or connected with the trachea or tracheae.
tracheid
noun, an elongated, tapering xylem cell having lignified, pitted, intact walls, adapted for conduction and support. Compare vessel (def 5).
Adelaide
noun, a city in and the capital of South Australia, in Australia.
trade-in
noun, goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
Traherne
noun, Thomas, 1637?–74, English writer.
Charline
noun, a female given name, form of Caroline.
treenail
noun, a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
reedling
noun, the bearded tit.
greening
noun, any variety of apple whose skin is green when ripe.
greeting
noun, the act or words of a person who greets.
hardener
noun, a person or thing that hardens.
Charlene
noun, a female given name, form of Caroline.
acierate
verb (used with object), to convert (iron) into steel.
Grenache
noun, a variety of grape used in winemaking, especially for table wines in the Rhône Valley of France and for a type of rosé in California.
Achernar
noun, a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Eridanus.
Clarinda
noun, a female given name, form of Clara.
Heraclea
noun, an ancient city in S Italy, near the Gulf of Taranto: Roman defeat 280 b.c.
Gedaliah
noun, the governor of Judah after its conquest by Babylon. II Kings 25:22–26.
railhead
noun, the farthest point to which the rails of a railroad have been laid.
tendance
noun, attention; care; ministration, as to the sick.
ethnical
adjective, ethnic.
inlander
noun, a person living inland.
Alicante
noun, a seaport in SE Spain, on the Mediterranean.
inherent
adjective, existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute; inhering:
alginate
noun, a salt of alginic acid.
inhalant
noun, a medicine, allergen, or other substance that is inhaled.
ingather
verb (used with object), to gather or bring in, as a harvest.
alienate
verb (used with object), to make indifferent or hostile:
algerita
noun, agarita.
Algerine
noun, Algerian.
Algerian
noun, a native or inhabitant of Algeria.
inerrant
adjective, free from error; infallible.
catenane
noun, any of the class of chemical compounds containing two or more rings that are interlocked without being bonded chemically.
galactin
noun, prolactin.
galatine
noun, galantine.
indecent
adjective, offending against generally accepted standards of propriety or good taste; improper; vulgar:
alienage
noun, the state of being an alien.
decretal
noun, a papal decree authoritatively determining some point of doctrine or church law.
Terceira
noun, an island in the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 153 sq. mi. (395 sq. km). Capital: Angra do Heroismo.
Carthage
noun, an ancient city-state in N Africa, near modern Tunis: founded by the Phoenicians in the middle of the 9th century b.c.; destroyed in 146 b.c. in the last of the Punic Wars.
Carriere
noun, Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), 1849–1906, French painter and lithographer.
Reliance
noun, confident or trustful dependence.
entrance
noun, an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
entrelac
noun, a decorative border of interlaced garlands and leaves.
entrench
verb (used with object), to place in a position of strength; establish firmly or solidly:
intrench
verb (used with or without object), entrench.
eradiate
verb (used with or without object), to radiate.
internal
noun, Usually, internals. entrails; innards.
analcite
noun, a white or slightly colored zeolite mineral, Na(AlSi 2 O 6)⋅H 2 O, generally found in crystalline form.
integral
noun, an integral whole.
teiglach
noun, a confection consisting of small balls of dough boiled in a syrup of honey, sugar, and spices.
creatine
noun, an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
Erlander
noun, Tage (Fritiof) [tah-guh-free-chuh f] /ˈtɑ gəˈfri tʃəf/ (Show IPA), 1901–85, Swedish statesman: prime minister 1946–69.
Erlangen
noun, a city in Bavaria, S Germany.
Erlanger
noun, Joseph, 1874–1965, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1944.
intended
noun, Informal. the person one plans to marry; one's fiancé or fiancée.
crannied
adjective, having or full of crannies.
craniate
noun, a craniate animal.
indagate
verb (used with object), to investigate; research.
canaigre
noun, a plant, Rumex hymenosepalus, of the buckwheat family, found from Oklahoma to California, having clustered, tuberous roots that yield tannin.
Caterina
noun, a female given name, form of Catherine.
Gandhian
adjective, of or relating to Mohandas Gandhi or to Gandhiism.
Gardenia
noun, any evergreen tree or shrub belonging to the genus Gardenia, of the madder family, native to the warmer parts of the Eastern Hemisphere, cultivated for its usually large, fragrant white flowers.
Gardener
noun, a person who is employed to cultivate or care for a garden, lawn, etc.
cathedra
noun, the seat or throne of a bishop in the principal church of a diocese.
Alcandre
noun, the wife of Polybus who received Helen and Menelaus on their way home from Troy.
gantline
noun, a rope rove through a single block hung from a mast, funnel, etc., as a means of hoisting workers, tools, flags, or the like.
clearing
noun, the act of a person or thing that clears; the process of becoming clear.
gangrene
noun, necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.
gate-leg
noun, a leg attached to a hinged frame that can be swung out to support a drop leaf.
Gardiner
noun, Samuel Rawson [raw-suh n] /ˈrɔ sən/ (Show IPA), 1829–1902, English historian.
gangland
noun, the world of organized crime; criminal underworld.
Aldridge
noun, Ira Frederick ("the African Roscius") 1804?–67, U.S. actor, primarily in Europe.
incenter
noun, the center of an inscribed circle; that point where the bisectors of the angles of a triangle or of a regular polygon intersect.
Thailand
noun, Formerly Siam. a kingdom in SE Asia: official name of Siam 1939–45 and since 1949. 198,242 sq. mi. (513,445 sq. km). Capital: Bangkok.
terraria
noun, a vivarium for land animals (distinguished from aquarium).
cleaning
noun, an act or instance of making clean:
Cathleen
noun, a female given name, Irish form of Catherine.
Airedale
noun, one of a breed of large terriers having a wiry, black-and-tan coat and a docked tail.
increate
adjective, not created; uncreated.
radiate
adjective, radiating from a center.
decline
noun, a downward slope; declivity.
neglect
noun, an act or instance of neglecting; disregard; negligence:
radiant
noun, a point or object from which rays proceed.
Channel
noun, the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
charger
noun, a person or thing that charges.
charged
noun, expense or cost:
darning
noun, the act of a person or thing that darns.
cirrate
adjective, having cirri.
citadel
noun, a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
cithara
noun, kithara.
clarain
noun, the coal forming the bright layers in banded bituminous coal.
chanter
noun, a person who chants; singer.
charade
noun, charades, (used with a singular verb) a game in which the players are typically divided into two teams, members of which take turns at acting out in pantomime a word, phrase, title, etc., which the members of their own team must guess.
Chardin
noun, Jean Baptiste Siméon [zhahn ba-teest see-mey-awn] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist si meɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1699–1779, French painter.
radical
noun, a person who holds or follows strong convictions or extreme principles; extremist.
radicel
noun, a minute root; a rootlet.
clanger
noun, a person or thing that clangs.
red-hat
noun, the broad-brimmed official hat of a Roman Catholic cardinal, symbolic of the office or rank of a cardinal.
Darlene
noun, a female given name: from the Old English word meaning “darling.”.
Dantean
noun, a person who is an expert on the writings of Dante.
redhead
noun, a person having red hair.
credent
adjective, Archaic. believing.
declare
verb (used with object), to make known or state clearly, especially in explicit or formal terms:
radicle
noun, Botany. the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root. a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
Darling
noun, a person very dear to another; one dearly loved.
deciare
noun, a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
crenate
adjective, having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
cringle
noun, an eye or grommet formed on the boltrope of a sail to permit the attachment of lines.
decadal
adjective, of or relating to a decade.
niggard
noun, an excessively parsimonious, miserly, or stingy person.
reagent
noun, a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
recline
verb (used with object), to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
Raleigh
noun, Sir Walter. Also, Ralegh, 1552?–1618, English explorer and writer, a favorite of Elizabeth I.
Nicaean
adjective, Nicene.
recital
noun, a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
dandier
chelate
noun, Chemistry. a chelate compound.
realgar
noun, arsenic disulfide, As 2 S 2 , found in nature as an orange-red mineral and also produced artificially: used in pyrotechnics.
dealing
noun, Usually, dealings. relations; business:
chigger
noun, Also called harvest mite, redbug. the six-legged larva of a mite of the family Trombiculidae, parasitic on humans and other vertebrates, sucking blood and causing severe itching and acting as a vector of scrub typhus and other infectious diseases.
dealate
noun, a dealate insect.
rancher
noun, a person who owns or works on a ranch.
danaite
noun, a variety of arsenopyrite having cobalt in place of some of the iron.
cleaner
noun, a person who cleans, especially one whose regular occupation is cleaning offices, buildings, equipment, etc.
narrate
verb (used with object), to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
Charlie
noun, a word used in communications to represent the letter C.
cheater
noun, a person or thing that cheats.
cranial
adjective, of or relating to the cranium or skull.
danaide
plural noun, the 50 daughters of Danaus, 49 of whom were condemned to pour water forever into a leaky vessel for having murdered their husbands.
charnel
noun, a repository for dead bodies.
Redding
noun, a city in N California.
charter
noun, a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
ratline
noun, any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
decanal
adjective, of or relating to a dean or deanery:
Natalie
noun, a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
cienaga
noun, a swamp or marsh, especially one formed and fed by springs.
Decalin
Reading
noun, the action or practice of a person who reads.
Cheddar
noun, a hard, smooth-textured cheese, made usually from the whole milk of cows and varying in color from white to deep yellow and in flavor from mild to sharp as it ages.
railage
noun, an amount charged for transporting goods by rail.
neither
pronoun, not either; not one person or the other; not one thing or the other:
Chenier
noun, a hummock in a marshy region, with stands of evergreen oaks.
electr-
decrial
noun, the act of decrying; noisy censure.
Geraint
noun, one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
general
noun, Military. U.S. Army and Air Force. an officer ranking above a lieutenant general and below a general of the army or general of the air force. U.S. Army. an officer of any of the five highest ranks: a brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, general, or general of the army. U.S. Marine Corps. an officer holding the highest rank in the corps. (in numerous armies) an officer in the highest, second, or third highest rank, as one ranking immediately below a field marshal in the British army.
generic
noun, a generic term.
genetic
adjective, Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
heretic
noun, a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
genital
adjective, of, relating to, or noting reproduction.
Heredia
noun, José María de [Spanish haw-se mah-ree-ah th e] /Spanish hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1905, French poet, born in Cuba.
gentian
noun, any of several plants of the genera Gentiana, Gentianella, and Gentianopsis, having usually blue, or sometimes yellow, white, or red, flowers, as the fringed gentian of North America, or Gentiana lutea, of Europe. Compare gentian family.
2,4,5-t
noun, a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
gharial
noun, gavial.
Herrera
noun, Francisco de [frahn-thees-kaw th e] /frɑnˈθis kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), ("el Viejo") 1576–1656, Spanish painter and etcher.
heliced
adjective, decorated with spirals.
Gigante
plural noun, huge monsters, the children of Gaea, who fought the Olympians but were defeated by them.
Girdler
noun, a person or thing that girdles.
hectare
noun, a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. Abbreviation: ha.
glacier
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.
gladden
verb (used with object), to make glad.
hearten
verb (used with object), to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
hearted
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.
geneal.
gelding
noun, a castrated male animal, especially a horse.
hearing
noun, the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived.
Gardner
noun, Erle Stanley [url] /ɜrl/ (Show IPA), 1889–1970, U.S. writer of detective stories.
gahnite
noun, a dark-green to black mineral of the spinel group, zinc aluminate, ZnAl 2 O 4 .
galact-
galeate
adjective, having a galea.
Galenic
adjective, of, relating to, or containing galena.
galerie
noun, gallery (def 8).
gangrel
noun, a lanky, loose-jointed person.
gardant
adjective, guardant.
Gardena
noun, a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
Garland
noun, a wreath or festoon of flowers, leaves, or other material, worn for ornament or as an honor or hung on something as a decoration:
gelatin
noun, a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
Iceland
noun, a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
Gatling
noun, Richard Jordan, 1818–1903, U.S. inventor.
higgler
noun, a peddler or huckster.
gearing
noun, an assembly of parts, especially a train of gears, for transmitting and modifying motion and torque in a machine.
hetaira
noun, hetaera.
hetaera
noun, a highly cultured courtesan or concubine, especially in ancient Greece.
Gehenna
noun, the valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where propitiatory sacrifices were made to Moloch. II Kings 23:10.
Herring
noun, an important food fish, Clupea harengus harengus, found in enormous shoals in the North Atlantic.
glaring
noun, a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
healing
noun, the act or process of regaining health:
ingrate
noun, an ungrateful person.
Grindle
noun, bowfin.
gregale
noun, a strong northeast wind that blows in the central and western Mediterranean area.
Grenada
noun, one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
grenade
noun, a small shell containing an explosive and thrown by hand or fired from a rifle or launching device.
Grendel
noun, the monster killed by Beowulf.
gridder
noun, a football player.
griddle
noun, a frying pan with a handle and a slightly raised edge, for cooking pancakes, bacon, etc., over direct heat.
hangtag
noun, a tag attached to a garment or other piece of merchandise that includes information about the manufacturer or designer, the fabric or material used, the model number, care instructions, and sometimes the price.
grinder
noun, a person or thing that grinds.
hanging
noun, the act, an instance, or the form of capital punishment carried out by suspending one by the neck from a gallows, gibbet, or the like, until dead.
Harding
noun, Chester, 1792–1866, U.S. portrait painter.
Handler
noun, a person or thing that handles.
handled
noun, a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
Hadrian
noun, (Publius Aelius Hadrianus) a.d. 76–138, Roman emperor 117–138.
handcar
noun, a small railroad car or platform on four wheels propelled by a mechanism worked by hand, used on some railroads for inspecting tracks and transporting workers.
halting
noun, a temporary or permanent stop.
Haggard
adjective, having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn:
hagride
verb (used with object), to afflict with worry, dread, need, or the like; torment.
Haldane
noun, John Burdon Sanderson [bur-dn san-der-suh n] /ˈbɜr dn ˈsæn dər sən/ (Show IPA), 1892–1964, English biochemist, geneticist, and writer.
greenth
noun, green growth; verdure.
Grecian
noun, a Greek.
headrig
noun, (in a sawmill) the carriage and saw used in cutting a log into slabs.
grained
noun, a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
Glidden
noun, Charles Jasper, 1857–1927, U.S. businessman: a pioneer in the telephone industry.
heading
noun, something that serves as a head, top, or front.
gnarled
noun, a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
gnathic
adjective, of or relating to the jaw.
gracile
adjective, gracefully slender.
gradate
verb (used with object), to cause to gradate.
Harriet
noun, a female given name, form of Harry.
harrier
noun, a person who or thing that harries.
grandee
noun, a man of high social position or eminence, especially a Spanish or Portuguese nobleman.
Greater
noun, a person who has achieved importance or distinction in a field:
Granger
noun, Northwestern U.S. a farmer.
granita
noun, frozen flavored ice.
granite
noun, a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
grantee
noun, the receiver of a grant.
Gratiae
plural noun, grace (def 12).
Gratian
noun, (Flavius Gratianus) a.d. 359–383, Roman emperor 375–383.
gratine
verb (used with object), to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
grating
noun, a fixed frame of bars or the like covering an opening to exclude persons, animals, coarse material, or objects while admitting light, air, or fine material.
greaten
verb (used with object), to make greater; enlarge; increase.
Gagarin
noun, Yuri Alekseyevich [yoo r-ee al-ik-sey-uh-vich;; Russian yoo-ryi uh-lyi-ksye-yi-vyich] /ˈyʊər i ˌæl ɪkˈseɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈyu ryɪ ʌ lyɪˈksyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1934–68, Russian astronaut: first human being to make an orbital space flight (1961).
inhaler
noun, an apparatus or device used in inhaling medicinal vapors, anesthetics, etc.
degrade
verb (used with object), to lower in dignity or estimation; bring into contempt:
lead-in
noun, something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
dreidel
noun, a four-sided top bearing the Hebrew letters nun, gimel, he, and shin, one on each side, used chiefly in a children's game traditionally played on the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.
Drenthe
noun, a province in E Netherlands. 1011 sq. mi. (2620 sq. km).
leather
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.
learner
noun, a person who is learning; student; pupil; apprentice; trainee.
Learned
adjective, having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite:
leaning
noun, inclination; tendency:
Leander
noun, a Greek youth, the lover of Hero, who swam the Hellespont every night to visit her until he was drowned in a storm.
leading
noun, the act of a person or thing that leads.
latrine
noun, a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
dredger
noun, dredge1 (def 1).
eanling
noun, a young lamb; kid.
lathing
noun, the act or process of applying lath.
earache
noun, pain in the ear; otalgia.
Earhart
noun, Amelia (Mary) 1897–1937, U.S. aviator: vanished in flight over Pacific Ocean.
earring
noun, an ornament worn on or hanging from the lobe of the ear.
earthen
adjective, composed of earth.
Lateran
noun, the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
laterad
adverb, toward the side.
lectern
noun, a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
dragnet
noun, a net to be drawn along the bottom of a river, pond, etc., or along the ground, to catch fish, small game, etc.
Lardner
noun, Ring(gold Wilmer) [ring-gohld wil-mer] /ˈrɪŋˌgoʊld ˈwɪl mər/ (Show IPA), 1885–1933, U.S. short-story writer and journalist.
Derleth
noun, August (William) 1909–71, U.S. novelist, poet, and short-story writer.
Na-Dene
noun, a group of North American Indian languages, comprising the Athabaskan family, Eyak, Tlingit, and Haida, hypothetically considered to be descendants of a single protolanguage: the genetic relationship of either Tlingit or Haida to Athabaskan and Eyak is now disputed.
Deirdre
noun, Irish Legend. the wife of Naoise, who killed herself after her husband had been murdered by his uncle, King Conchobar.
Delaine
noun, (initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
Delight
noun, a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture:
deltaic
adjective, pertaining to or like a delta.
lineate
adjective, marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
derange
verb (used with object), to throw into disorder; disarrange.
lineage
noun, lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction:
lindane
noun, a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 6 H 6 Cl 6 , the gamma isomer of benzene hexachloride: used chiefly as an insecticide, delouser, and weed-killer.
draggle
verb (used with object), to soil by dragging over damp ground or in mud.
detrain
verb (used without object), to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
Linacre
noun, Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
lighter
noun, a person or thing that lights or ignites.
lighten
verb (used with object), to give light to; illuminate:
dialect
noun, Linguistics. a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.
lenient
adjective, agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent:
ditcher
noun, a person who digs ditches.
Legnica
noun, a city in SW Poland: formerly in Germany.
dragger
noun, any of various small motor trawlers operating off the North Atlantic coast of the U.S.
Echidna
noun, Also called spiny anteater. any of several insectivorous monotremes of the genera Tachyglossus, of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, and Zaglossus, of New Guinea, that have claws and a slender snout and are covered with coarse hair and long spines.
lantern
noun, a transparent or translucent, usually portable, case for enclosing a light and protecting it from the wind, rain, etc.
ethical
adjective, pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
Erhardt
noun, a male given name.
enhance
verb (used with object), to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify:
enlarge
verb (used with object), to make larger; increase in extent, bulk, or quantity; add to:
enteral
adjective, enteric.
enteric
noun, enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
enthral
verb (used with object), enthrall.
entrail
plural noun, the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
entrain
verb (used with object), to put aboard a train.
inthral
verb (used with object), enthrall.
interne
noun, verb (used without object), intern2 .
engrail
verb (used with object), to ornament the edge of with curved indentations.
Erigena
noun, Johannes Scotus [joh-han-eez skoh-tuh s,, -han-is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz ˈskoʊ təs,, -ˈhæn ɪs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c810–c877, Irish philosopher and theologian.
Eritrea
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.
erratic
noun, an erratic or eccentric person.
errhine
noun, a medicine to be snuffed up the nostrils to promote sneezing and increased discharges.
etching
noun, the act or process of making designs or pictures on a metal plate, glass, etc., by the corrosive action of an acid instead of by a burin.
eternal
noun, something that is eternal.
integer
noun, Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero. Compare whole number.
ethanal
noun, acetaldehyde.
engrain
verb (used with object), adjective, ingrain (defs 1, 2).
England
noun, the largest division of the United Kingdom, constituting, with Scotland and Wales, the island of Great Britain. 50,327 sq. mi. (130,347 sq. km) Capital: London.
laniard
noun, lanyard.
Eleatic
noun, a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
Landtag
noun, the legislature of certain states in Germany.
Landing
noun, the act of a person or thing that lands:
egalite
noun, equality.
egghead
noun, an intellectual.
Lagting
noun, See under Storting.
elaenia
noun, any of numerous tropical American flycatchers of the genus Elaenia, having short crests and small bills.
laggard
noun, a person or thing that lags; lingerer; loiterer.
Laennec
noun, René Théophile Hyacinthe [ruh-ney tey-aw-feel ya-sant] /rəˈneɪ teɪ ɔˈfil yaˈsɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1781–1826, French physician who invented the stethoscope.
Electra
noun, Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
engaged
adjective, busy or occupied; involved:
elegant
adjective, tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.:
elegiac
noun, an elegiac or distich verse.
Lachine
noun, a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Quebec, on the St. Lawrence.
Lacerta
noun, the Lizard, a northern constellation between Cepheus and Pegasus.
enchain
verb (used with object), to bind in or as in chain or chains; fetter; restrain:
enchant
verb (used with object), to subject to magical influence; bewitch:
endarch
adjective, (of a primary xylem or root) developing from the periphery; having the oldest cells closest to the core.
endgate
noun, tailboard.
endhand
noun, the dealer in a game with three players. Compare forehand (def 7), middlehand.
changer
noun, a person or thing that changes something.
Ireland
noun, John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
terrine
noun, a casserole dish made of pottery.
Alethia
noun, the ancient Greek personification of truth.
cantina
noun, a saloon; bar.
canteen
noun, a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
terrain
noun, a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
alcaide
noun, a commander of a fortress.
terrace
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.
Aldrich
noun, Thomas Bailey, 1836–1907, U.S. short-story writer, poet, and novelist.
Aleardi
noun, Count Aleardo [ah-le-ahr-daw] /ˌɑ lɛˈɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1812–78, Italian poet and patriot.
rentier
noun, a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
Alethea
noun, a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “truth.”.
candier
candied
noun, any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
Candide
noun, a philosophical novel (1759) by Voltaire.
alanine
noun, any of several isomers of a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, CH 3 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and produced synthetically: used chiefly in biochemical research. Symbol: A. Abbreviation: Ala;
Candida
noun, any of the yeastlike fungi constituting the genus Candida, members of which may cause athlete's foot, vaginitis, thrush, or other infections.
Tenniel
noun, Sir John, 1820–1914, English caricaturist and illustrator.
candent
adjective, glowing with heat; being at a white heat.
candela
noun, a basic unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined as the luminous intensity of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10 12 hertz and that has a radiant intensity of 1/683 watt/steradian: adopted in 1979 as the international standard of luminous intensity. Abbreviation: Cd.
Algeria
noun, a republic in NW Africa: formerly comprised 13 departments of France; gained independence 1962. 919,352 sq. mi. (2,381,122 sq. km). Capital: Algiers.
algetic
adjective, pertaining to or causing pain; painful.
Caldera
noun, a large, basinlike depression resulting from the explosion or collapse of the center of a volcano.
tendril
noun, a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
Cairene
noun, a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
alidade
noun, (in plane-tabling) a straightedge having a telescopic sight or other means of sighting parallel to the straightedge.
Aligarh
noun, a city in W Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
reticle
noun, a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
terrane
noun, any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
Terrier
noun, any of several breeds of usually small dogs, used originally to pursue game and drive it out of its hole or burrow.
Teleran
noun, a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
aginner
noun, a person who opposes a plan, proposed legislation, or any drastic change:
related
adjective, associated; connected.
Cartier
noun, Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
cartage
noun, the act or cost of carting.
Carrier
noun, a person or thing that carries.
agalite
noun, a fibrous variety of talc.
tiercel
noun, tercel.
carreta
noun, a simple two-wheeled oxcart.
Carrere
noun, John Merven, 1858–1911, U.S. architect.
tierced
adjective, (of an escutcheon) divided vertically or horizontally into three equal parts.
reliant
adjective, having or showing dependence:
carnage
noun, the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery; massacre.
aggrade
verb (used with object), to raise the grade or level of (a river valley, a stream bed, etc.) by depositing detritus, sediment, or the like.
Carlita
noun, a female given name.
Aladdin
noun, (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) the son of a poor widow in China. He becomes the possessor of a magic lamp and ring with which he can command a jinn to do his bidding.
Carling
noun, a short fore-and-aft beam running beside a hatchway, mast hole, or other deck opening.
Carline
noun, an old woman.
thinner
noun, a volatile liquid, as turpentine, used to dilute paint, varnish, rubber cement, etc., to the desired or proper consistency.
Carleen
noun, a female given name, form of Caroline.
therian
noun, a therian animal.
theriac
noun, molasses; treacle.
therein
adverb, in or into that place or thing.
Theiler
noun, Max, 1899–1972, South African medical scientist, in the U.S. after 1922: Nobel Prize in medicine 1951.
airdate
noun, the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
thanage
noun, the tenure by which lands were held by a thane.
airhead
noun, an area in enemy territory or in threatened friendly territory, seized by airborne troops for bringing in supplies and additional troops by airdrop or landing.
carding
noun, the process in which fibers, as cotton, worsted, or wool, are manipulated into sliver form prior to spinning.
alright
adverb, all right.
retinal
noun, an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
catarrh
noun, Pathology. inflammation of a mucous membrane, especially of the respiratory tract, accompanied by excessive secretions.
araneid
noun, a member of the order Araneae (Araneida), comprising the spiders.
annelid
noun, any segmented worm of the phylum Annelida, including the earthworms, leeches, and various marine forms.
Tangier
noun, a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
Richter
noun, Burton, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
antacid
noun, an antacid agent.
Tancred
noun, 1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
Antheil
noun, George, 1900–59, U.S. composer.
arrange
verb (used with object), to place in proper, desired, or convenient order; adjust properly:
tanager
noun, any of numerous songbirds of the New World family Thraupidae, the males of which are usually brightly colored.
antigen
noun, Immunology. any substance that can stimulate the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them.
arraign
verb (used with object), to call or bring before a court to answer to an indictment.
ridered
adjective, braced or reinforced with riders, as a snake fence.
Arachne
noun, a Lydian woman who challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was changed into a spider for her presumption.
arcaded
noun, Architecture. a series of arches supported on piers or columns. an arched, roofed-in gallery. Compare colonnade.
tannage
noun, the act or process of tanning leather.
Archean
adjective, noting or pertaining to rocks of the Archeozoic portion of the Precambrian Era.
Changan
noun, former name of Xian.
righter
noun, a person who rights or redresses:
archine
noun, arshin.
Ariadne
noun, Classical Mythology. a daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë who gave Theseus the thread by which he escaped from the labyrinth: deserted by Theseus on Naxos, she became the bride of Dionysus.
ringent
adjective, gaping.
arching
noun, arched work or formation.
ringlet
noun, a curled lock of hair.
archit.
Ardeche
noun, a department in SE France. 2145 sq. mi. (5555 sq. km). Capital: Privas.
rrhagia
Taggard
noun, Genevieve, 1894–1948, U.S. poet.
Tangled
noun, a tangled condition or situation.
arteri-
retired
noun, a place of withdrawal; retreat:
atingle
adjective, tingling; stimulated.
Althing
noun, the parliament of Iceland, consisting of an upper and a lower house.
retrace
verb (used with object), to trace backward; go back over:
Caelian
noun, the southeastern hill of the seven hills of ancient Rome.
retrain
verb (used with object), to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
Teheran
noun, a city in and the capital of Iran, in the N part: wartime conference of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin 1943.
anatine
adjective, of or relating to the family Anatidae, comprising the swans, geese, and ducks.
retread
noun, a tire that has been retreaded.
ancient
noun, a person who lived in ancient times.
andante
noun, an andante movement or piece.
Rhaetia
noun, an ancient Roman province in central Europe, comprising what is now E Switzerland and a part of the Tyrol: later extended to the Danube.
tearing
noun, a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
Rhetian
noun, Raetic.
anelace
noun, a short sword having a double-edged blade tapering sharply to a point: worn by civilians from the 13th to the 16th centuries.
anhinga
noun, any of various totipalmate swimming birds of the family Anhingidae, having a very long and flexible neck.
Athenai
noun, Greek name of Athens.
Gentile
noun, a person who is not Jewish, especially a Christian.
teacher
noun, a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
Angelic
adjective, of or belonging to angels:
Aterian
adjective, of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
anginal
adjective, of, noting, or pertaining to angina, especially angina pectoris.
atelier
noun, a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
Anglian
noun, an Angle.
Richard
noun, Maurice [maw-rees;; French moh-rees] /mɔˈris;; French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), ("Rocket") 1921–2000, Canadian hockey player.
Anglice
adverb, in English; as the English would say it; according to the English way: .
angling
noun, the act or art of fishing with a hook and line, usually attached to a rod.
article
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.
Catalin
canting
noun, insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
arenite
noun, psammite.
cerated
adjective, covered with wax.
trachea
noun, Anatomy, Zoology. the tube in humans and other air-breathing vertebrates extending from the larynx to the bronchi, serving as the principal passage for conveying air to and from the lungs; the windpipe.
centri-
acerate
adjective, acerose1 .
regnant
adjective, reigning; ruling (usually used following the noun it modifies):
regrate
verb (used with object), to buy up (grain, provisions, etc.) in order to sell again at a profit in or near the same market.
acarine
noun, any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
adrenal
noun, adrenal gland.
central
noun, a main telephone exchange. a telephone operator at such an exchange.
Trianda
noun, a town on the Greek island of Rhodes, in the Aegean Sea: built on the site of ancient Ialysus.
certain
Idioms, for certain, without a doubt; surely:
Reigate
noun, a city in Surrey in SE England, a London suburb.
triclad
noun, a planarian.
regalia
plural noun, the ensigns or emblems of royalty, as the crown or scepter.
Trigere
noun, Pauline, 1909–2002, U.S. fashion designer, born in France.
trenail
noun, treenail.
trehala
noun, an edible, sugary substance secreted by certain Asiatic beetles of the genus Larinus, forming their pupal covering.
trigger
noun, a small projecting tongue in a firearm that, when pressed by the finger, actuates the mechanism that discharges the weapon.
centile
noun, (not in technical use) a percentile.
trainee
noun, a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
actinal
adjective, having tentacles or rays.
re-laid
verb, simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
Trainer
noun, a person or thing that trains.
trailer
noun, a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road. Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
Acrilan
acreage
noun, extent or area in acres; acres collectively.
treadle
noun, a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
tranche
noun, Finance. one part or division of a larger unit, as of an asset pool or investment: a group of securities that share a certain characteristic and form part of a larger offering:
tracing
noun, the act of a person or thing that traces.
treacle
noun, contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
trachle
noun, an exhausting effort, especially walking or working.
Adeline
noun, a female given name, form of Adele.
adenine
noun, Biochemistry. a purine base, C 5 H 5 N 5 , one of the fundamental components of nucleic acids, as DNA, in which it forms a base pair with thymine, and RNA, in which it pairs with uracil. Symbol: A.
centner
noun, (in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
reeding
noun, a set of moldings, as on a column, resembling small convex fluting.
centare
noun, centiare.
redline
noun, Automotive. the maximum rotational speed, or angular velocity, of the engine crankshaft that is considered safe: often measured in rpm. a red line or boundary of a red area that delineates such a value, as on a tachometer.
cateran
noun, (formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
chagrin
noun, a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
cathead
noun, a projecting timber or metal beam to which an anchor is hoisted and secured.
caterer
noun, one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
trindle
noun, British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
Chaldea
noun, an ancient region in the lower Tigris and Euphrates valley, in S Babylonia.
tringle
noun, a narrow, straight molding, as a fillet.
tenace
noun, a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
enrich
verb (used with object), to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.:
lariat
noun, a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
entail
noun, the act of entailing.
acetin
noun, a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
Larine
adjective, characteristic of or resembling a gull.
enter-
Andric
noun, Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
trinal
adjective, threefold; triple; trine.
hagged
adjective, haglike.
Andria
noun, a city in Apulia, S Italy.
Andrea
noun, a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
achene
noun, any small, dry, hard, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit.
entice
verb (used with object), to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
entire
noun, Archaic. the whole; entirety.
teched
adjective, tetched.
enrage
verb (used with object), to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
tagrag
noun, riffraff; rabble.
techie
noun, a student, enthusiast, or specialist in a particular technical field or subject, especially electronics.
larder
noun, a room or place where food is kept; pantry.
engine
noun, a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
engird
verb (used with object), to encircle; encompass:
angled
noun, Geometry. the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line. the figure so formed. the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
alight
adverb, adjective, provided with light; lighted up.
dangle
noun, the act of dangling.
Eartha
noun, a female given name.
Harden
noun, Sir Arthur, 1865–1940, English biochemist: Nobel Prize 1929.
ennead
noun, a group of nine persons or things.
angina
noun, any attack of painful spasms characterized by sensations of choking or suffocating.
Gretna
noun, a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
Tarlac
noun, a city on N central Luzon, in the N Philippines.
trench
noun, Fortification. a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
Angela
noun, a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “messenger.”.
enlace
verb (used with object), to interlace; intertwine:
acetal
noun, Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes.
Andean
adjective, of or like the Andes.
greige
noun, Textiles. gray goods.
aching
noun, a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
errand
noun, a short and quick trip to accomplish a specific purpose, as to buy something, deliver a package, or convey a message, often for someone else.
altern
adjective, alternate; following one another.
Tralee
noun, a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
teleg.
Altair
noun, a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
Altaic
noun, the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese and Korean sometimes also included, or a group of languages with shared typologies and histories, but not genetically akin.
inter.
errant
adjective, deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
anarch
noun, anarchist.
errata
noun, plural of erratum.
lateen
adjective, pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
eating
noun, the act of a person or thing that eats.
telega
noun, a Russian cart of rude construction, having four wheels and no springs.
tra-la
noun, nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
erring
adjective, going astray; in error; wrong.
intend
verb (used with object), to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
Althea
noun, the rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus.
trance
noun, a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
ardent
adjective, having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
ergate
noun, a worker ant.
Tedder
noun, a person who teds.
ancile
noun, a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
engild
verb (used with object), to brighten with or as with golden light:
eclair
noun, a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
archt.
intra-
tailed
noun, the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
A-line
noun, (especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
Erhard
noun, Ludwig, 1897–1977, West German economist and government official: chancellor 1963–66.
haggle
noun, the act of haggling; wrangle or dispute over terms.
echard
noun, the water in soil that is not available for absorption by plants.
ecarte
noun, a card game for two players.
ardeid
adjective, belonging or pertaining to the family Ardeidae, comprising the herons and bitterns.
Hardin
noun, John Wesley, 1853–95, U.S. outlaw in the West.
intern
noun, a person who is or has been interned; internee.
engin.
Haggai
noun, a Minor Prophet of the 6th century b.c.
irreal
adjective, unreal.
triene
noun, any compound containing three double bonds.
laggen
noun, laggin.
antler
noun, one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
elated
adjective, very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:
elater
noun, Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
Handel
noun, George Frideric [free-der-ik,, -drik] /ˈfri dər ɪk,, -drɪk/ (Show IPA), (Georg Friedrich Händel) 1685–1759, German composer in England after 1712.
anting
noun, the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
lagena
noun, an outpocketing of the saccule of birds, reptiles, and bony fishes corresponding to the cochlear duct of mammals.
Eldred
noun, a male given name: from Old English words meaning “old” and “counsel.”.
lagger
noun, a laggard.
Tanach
noun, the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, comprising the Law or Torah, the Prophets or Neviim, and the Hagiographa or Ketuvim, taken as a whole.
antiar
noun, the upas tree.
lading
noun, the act of lading.
handle
noun, a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
elect.
edging
noun, something that forms or is placed along an edge or border.
anther
noun, the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
elance
noun, a quick darting movement.
Elaine
noun, any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
lanner
noun, a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
lancer
noun, a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
halter
noun, a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle.
Tainan
noun, a city in SW Taiwan.
Lander
noun, a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
landed
noun, any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
arcane
adjective, known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
arched
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.
lancet
noun, a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
arcade
noun, Architecture. a series of arches supported on piers or columns. an arched, roofed-in gallery. Compare colonnade.
handed
noun, the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
lanate
adjective, woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
Archer
noun, a person who shoots with a bow and arrow; bowman.
Lanier
noun, Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
Talien
noun, Wade-Giles. Dalian.
either
adverb, also; too; as well; to the same degree (used after negative clauses coordinated by and, or, or nor, or after negative subordinate clauses):
laggin
noun, Usually, laggins. the staves at the bottom of a barrel, cask, or other hooped vessel.
Antlia
noun, Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
halite
noun, a soft white or colorless mineral, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring in cubic crystals with perfect cleavage; rock salt.
Anthea
noun, a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “flowery.”.
Edirne
noun, a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
halide
noun, a chemical compound in which one of the elements is a halogen.
ethane
noun, a colorless, odorless, flammable gas, C 2 H 6 , of the methane series, present in natural gas, illuminating gas, and crude petroleum: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a fuel gas.
endear
verb (used with object), to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
archil
noun, orchil.
acarid
noun, an acarine, especially a mite of the family Acaridae.
griege
noun, gray goods.
Anhalt
noun, a former state in central Germany, now part of Saxony-Anhalt.
Harare
noun, a city in and the capital of Zimbabwe, in the NE part.
ending
noun, a bringing or coming to an end; termination; close:
Ithaca
noun, one of the Ionian Islands, off the W coast of Greece: legendary home of Ulysses. 37 sq. mi. (96 sq. km). Greek Itháki.
endrin
noun, a highly toxic, chlorinated hydrocarbon, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , formerly used as an insecticide.
irreg.
Anglic
noun, the English language in a simplified spelling devised by R. E. Zachrisson (1880–1937), a Swedish philologist, to make English easier to use as an auxiliary language. About 40 of the most frequent words are kept in their usual spellings; the rest of the vocabulary is spelled phonetically with letters of the traditional 26-letter alphabet.
acedia
noun, sloth (def 1). Compare deadly sins.
engage
adjective, choosing to involve oneself in or commit oneself to something:
Anglia
noun, Latin name of England.
angler
noun, a person who fishes with a hook and line.
tannic
adjective, Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
Encina
noun, the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
trich-
Aachen
noun, a city in W Germany: coronation city of German kings 936–1531.
elegit
noun, a writ of execution against a judgment debtor's goods, property, or land, held by the judgment creditor until payment of the debt, as from rents on the land.
hangar
noun, a shed or shelter.
Laddie
noun, a young lad; boy.
ladder
noun, a structure of wood, metal, or rope, commonly consisting of two sidepieces between which a series of bars or rungs are set at suitable distances, forming a means of climbing up or down.
hanger
noun, a shoulder-shaped frame with a hook at the top, usually of wire, wood, or plastic, for draping and hanging a garment when not in use.
lacing
noun, the act of a person or thing that laces.
archi-
anneal
noun, an act, instance, or product of annealing.
Tanner
noun, a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
tangle
noun, a tangled condition or situation.
Archie
noun, a male given name, form of Archibald.
Laager
noun, a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
encage
verb (used with object), to confine in or as in a cage; coop up.
triage
noun, the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
Anlage
noun, Embryology. an embryonic area capable of forming a structure: the primordium, germ, or bud.
anlace
noun, anelace.
grinch
noun, a person or thing that spoils or dampens the pleasure of others.
tanrec
noun, tenrec.
Gliere
noun, Reinhold Moritzovich [rahyn-hawlt maw-ryi-tsuh-vyich] /ˈraɪn hɔlt ˈmɔ ryɪ tsə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, Russian composer.
innate
adjective, existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
Gerard
noun, Also, Gé·rard·. a male given name, form of Gerald.
Herder
noun, a person in charge of a herd, especially of cattle or sheep.
Gerald
noun, a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “spear” and “rule.”.
Adrian
noun, Edgar Douglas, 1889–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1932.
agnate
noun, a relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
grader
noun, a person or thing that grades.
agnail
noun, hangnail.
aglint
adjective, displaying bright points of light, as by reflection; glittering:
hartal
noun, (in India) a closing of shops and stopping of work, especially as a form of passive resistance.
Herald
noun, (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
gentle
adjective, kindly; amiable:
gerent
noun, a ruler or manager.
aglare
adjective, adverb, glaring; blazing:
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.
tirade
noun, a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
Thrale
noun, Hester Lynch (Hester Lynch Piozzi) 1741–1821, Welsh writer and friend of Samuel Johnson.
thread
noun, a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
tinner
noun, a tinsmith.
helic-
Helena
noun, Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.
herdic
noun, a low-hung carriage with two or four wheels, having the entrance at the back and the seats at the sides.
tirage
noun, the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
giglet
noun, a giddy, playful girl.
genera
noun, a plural of genus.
Herrin
noun, a town in S Illinois.
Graiae
plural noun, Graeae.
theine
noun, caffeine, especially in tea.
hernia
noun, the protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening in its surrounding walls, especially in the abdominal region.
gender
noun, either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated by social and cultural roles and behavior: Compare sex (def 1).
theirn
pronoun, theirs.
thenar
noun, the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
thence
adverb, from that place:
grager
noun, a noise-making device, typically a small container filled with pellets and fitted with a handle, used by children each time Haman's name is said during the traditional reading of the Book of Esther on Purim.
hereat
adverb, at this time; when this happened.
Graeae
plural noun, three old sea goddesses who had but one eye and one tooth among them and were the protectors of their sisters the Gorgons.
gradin
noun, one of a series of steps or seats raised one above another.
genial
adjective, warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial:
Hering
noun, Ewald [ey-vahlt] /ˈeɪ vɑlt/ (Show IPA), 1834–1918, German physiologist and psychologist.
agric.
agrege
noun, a degree awarded by a French university, based on a competitive examination given by the state and qualifying the recipient for the highest teaching positions in a lycée or for the rank of professor in a school of law or medicine.
genit.
agreed
adjective, arranged or set by common consent:
herein
adverb, in or into this place.
thrice
adverb, three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.
tinned
noun, Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
gelada
noun, a large baboonlike cliff-dwelling monkey, Theropithecus gelada, native to mountains of Ethiopia, having a brown coat and, in the male, a luxuriant mane: an endangered species.
glitch
noun, a defect or malfunction in a machine or plan.
tiered
noun, one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
header
noun, a person or thing that removes or puts a head on something.
Aegean
noun, the. Aegean Sea.
glaire
noun, the white of an egg.
glance
noun, a quick or brief look.
Agadir
noun, a seaport in SW Morocco: destroyed by earthquake in 1960; new town rebuilt S of original site.
Tilden
noun, Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
aether
noun, ether (defs 3–5).
tincal
noun, a former name for crude native borax.
headed
noun, the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
healer
noun, a person or thing that heals.
aerial
noun, a radio or television antenna.
Tindal
noun, Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
tinder
noun, a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
Aegina
noun, Classical Mythology. a daughter of Asopus and Metope who was abducted by Zeus and bore him a son, Aeacus.
Glenda
noun, a female given name.
aerate
verb (used with object), to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
Aeneid
noun, a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
glider
noun, a motorless, heavier-than-air aircraft for gliding from a higher to a lower level by the action of gravity or from a lower to a higher level by the action of air currents.
agaric
noun, any fungus of the family Agaricaceae, including several common edible mushrooms.
aedile
noun, one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
Hegira
noun, Islam. Hijra.
Girard
noun, Stephen, 1750–1831, U.S. merchant, banker, and philanthropist, born in France.
gilded
Idioms, gild the lily, to add unnecessary ornamentation, a special feature, etc., in an attempt to improve something that is already complete, satisfactory, or ideal:
Gilder
noun, a person or thing that gilds.
Gilead
noun, a district of ancient Palestine, E of the Jordan River, in present N Jordan.
hegari
noun, a grain sorghum having chalky white seeds.
agenda
noun, a list, plan, outline, or the like, of things to be done, matters to be acted or voted upon, etc.:
hedral
gingal
noun, jingal.
Ginger
noun, a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to the East Indies but now cultivated in most tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cookery and medicine. Compare ginger family.
ginned
noun, cotton gin.
hedger
noun, a person who makes or repairs hedges.
hatred
noun, the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
girder
noun, a large beam, as of steel, reinforced concrete, or timber, for supporting masonry, joists, purlins, etc.
girdle
noun, a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
heddle
noun, one of the sets of vertical cords or wires in a loom, forming the principal part of the harness that guides the warp threads.
ageing
noun, aging.
Hecate
noun, a goddess of the earth and Hades, associated with sorcery, hounds, and crossroads.
Heater
noun, any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
heated
noun, the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
tierce
noun, an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
tingle
noun, a tingling sensation.
gelati
noun, a rich ice cream, made with eggs and usually containing a relatively low percentage of butterfat.
thecia
noun, hymenium.
innage
noun, the quantity of goods remaining in a container when received after shipment. Compare outage (def 4).
indecl
gaiter
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).
Granth
noun, the sacred scripture of the Sikhs, original text compiled 1604.
indent
noun, a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
indene
noun, a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C 9 H 8 , obtained from coal tar by fractional distillation: used in synthesizing resins.
Granta
noun, Cam.
indeed
adverb, in fact; in reality; in truth; truly (used for emphasis, to confirm and amplify a previous statement, to indicate a concession or admission, or, interrogatively, to obtain confirmation):
Galati
noun, a port in E Romania, on the Danube River. 252,884.
Galcha
noun, a member of an Iranian people inhabiting the Pamirs.
alerce
noun, the wood of the sandarac tree.
Gainer
noun, a person or thing that gains.
alegar
noun, vinegar made from ale; sour ale.
Galena
noun, a common, heavy mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, occurring in lead-gray crystals, usually cubes, and cleavable masses: the principal ore of lead.
tercel
noun, the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
grani-
tergal
adjective, of or relating to the tergum.
incher
noun, something that has or is associated with a height or length of an inch or a specified number of inches (often used in combination):
Gander
noun, the male of the goose. Compare goose (def 2).
Gandhi
noun, Indira [in-deer-uh] /ɪnˈdɪər ə/ (Show IPA), 1917–84, Indian political leader: prime minister 1966–77 and 1980–84 (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru).
Aldrin
noun, a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
gaited
noun, a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
Harlan
noun, John Marshall, 1833–1911, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1877–1911.
adhere
verb (used with object), to cause to adhere; make stick:
inhale
verb (used with object), to breathe in; draw in by breathing:
ethine
noun, acetylene.
ethnic
noun, a member of an ethnic group.
actin-
tender
noun, the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
inlace
verb (used with object), enlace.
Algren
noun, Nelson, 1909–81, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
inhere
verb (used without object), to exist permanently and inseparably in, as a quality, attribute, or element; belong intrinsically; be inherent:
acting
noun, the art, profession, or activity of those who perform in stage plays, motion pictures, etc.
gadget
noun, a mechanical contrivance or device; any ingenious article.
tenrec
noun, any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
Gadite
noun, a member of the tribe of Gad.
Tenner
noun, a 10-dollar bill.
ingate
noun, gate1 (def 15).
Gaelic
noun, a Celtic language that includes the speech of ancient Ireland and the dialects that have developed from it, especially those usually known as Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic. Gaelic constitutes the Goidelic subbranch of Celtic.
tragic
noun, the tragic, the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.:
trader
noun, a person who trades; a merchant or businessperson.
gratin
noun, au gratin.
addict
noun, a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance:
grater
noun, a person or thing that grates.
ganger
noun, a foreman of a gang of laborers.
Aldine
noun, an Aldine or other early edition.
Herter
noun, Christian Archibald, 1895–1966, U.S. politician: secretary of state 1959–61.
Hitler
noun, Adolf [ad-olf,, ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈæd ɒlf,, ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), (Adolf Schicklgruber"der Führer") 1889–1945, Nazi dictator of Germany, born in Austria: Chancellor 1933–45; dictator 1934–45.
ideata
noun, (in epistemology) the object of knowledge as known by the mind. Compare datum (def 3).
Idaean
adjective, of, pertaining to, associated with, or inhabiting Mount Ida in Asia Minor or Crete.
Ichang
noun, Wade-Giles. Yichang.
haired
adjective, having hair of a specified kind (usually used in combination):
gather
noun, a drawing together; contraction.
Gathic
noun, an ancient Iranian language of the Indo-European family; the language in which the Gathas were written. Compare Avestan.
gating
noun, the process by which a channel in a cell membrane opens or closes.
thaler
noun, any of various former large coins of various German states; dollar.
Harrar
noun, Harar.
Garter
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.
Thalia
noun, the Muse of comedy and idyllic poetry.
hinder
noun, Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S. the buttocks.
adnate
adjective, grown fast to something; congenitally attached.
adren-
higgle
verb (used without object), to bargain, especially in a petty way; haggle.
hidden
noun, British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
Aileen
noun, a female given name, form of Helen.
Gehrig
noun, Henry Louis ("Lou") 1903–41, U.S. baseball player.
Geiger
noun, Hans [hahns] /hɑns/ (Show IPA), 1882–1947, German physicist.
ideate
noun, ideatum.
Garret
noun, an attic, usually a small, wretched one.
gannet
noun, any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish.
Alaric
noun, a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
garage
noun, a building or indoor area for parking or storing motor vehicles.
Garand
noun, John C(antius) [French kahn-tsyys] /French ˈkɑ̃ tsyüs/ (Show IPA), 1888–1974, U.S. inventor of M-1 semiautomatic rifle, born in Canada.
Garcia
noun, Jerome John ("Jerry") 1942–95, U.S. rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
incage
verb (used with object), encage.
Grange
noun, Chiefly British. a country house or large farmhouse with its various farm buildings (usually in house names):
Garden
noun, a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
alcaid
plural noun, the descendants of Alcaeus.
adient
adjective, tending to move toward a stimulus.
Adighe
noun, Adygei.
Grande
noun, Rio. Rio Grande.
Garnet
noun, any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
taenia
noun, Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
tracer
noun, a person or thing that traces.
grand-
inarch
verb (used with object), to graft by uniting a growing branch to a stock without separating the branch from its parent stock.
Gareth
noun, Arthurian Romance. nephew of King Arthur and a knight of the Round Table.
garget
noun, Veterinary Pathology. inflammation of the udder of a cow; bovine mastitis.
gargle
noun, any liquid used for gargling.
garlic
noun, a hardy plant, Allium sativum, of the amaryllis family whose strongly, pungent bulb is used in cookery and medicine.
Garner
noun, a granary or grain bin.
inland
noun, the interior part of a country.
Langer
noun, Susanne (Knauth) [knout] /knaʊt/ (Show IPA), 1895–1985, U.S. philosopher.
Arendt
noun, Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
Darien
noun, Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
Danite
noun, a member of the tribe of Dan.
Carian
noun, a native or inhabitant of Caria.
Renard
noun, Reynard.
negate
verb (used with object), to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
Neenah
noun, a city in E Wisconsin.
Dardan
adjective, noun, Trojan.
Renata
noun, a female given name.
render
noun, Building Trades. a first coat of plaster for a masonry surface.
nectar
noun, the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
daring
noun, adventurous courage; boldness.
Hainan
noun, Pinyin, Wade-Giles. an island in the South China Sea, separated from the mainland by the Hainan Strait: a part of Guangdong province. 13,200 sq. mi. (34,200 sq. km).
Darlan
noun, Jean Louis Xavier François [zhahn lwee gza-vyey frahn-swa] /ʒɑ̃ lwi gzaˈvyeɪ frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1881–1942, French naval officer and politician.
career
noun, an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework:
careen
noun, a careening.
darned
noun, a darned place, as in a garment:
darnel
noun, any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
darner
noun, a person or thing that darns.
Cardin
noun, Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
Darren
noun, a male given name.
darter
noun, a person or thing that darts or moves swiftly.
dartle
verb (used with or without object), to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
Daniel
noun, Bible. a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity. the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
danger
noun, liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril.
datcha
noun, dacha.
daleth
noun, the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
nidana
noun, any of 12 aspects of Samsara, or the cycle of birth and death, often compared to 12 spokes of a wheel.
dagger
noun, a short, swordlike weapon with a pointed blade and a handle, used for stabbing.
daggle
verb (used with or without object), to drag or trail through mud, water, etc.; draggle; bemire.
Daghda
noun, Dagda.
Nicene
adjective, of or relating to Nicaea.
relict
noun, Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
Dahlia
noun, any composite plant of the genus Dahlia, native to Mexico and Central America and widely cultivated for its showy, variously colored flower heads.
Dairen
noun, former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
Nicaea
noun, an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
nether
adjective, lying or believed to lie beneath the earth's surface; infernal:
Nerine
noun, any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
danged
adjective, adverb, damned (used euphemistically).
Nergal
noun, (in Akkadian mythology) the god ruling, with Ereshkigal, the world of the dead.
Nereid
noun, any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
relier
noun, a person or thing that relies.
Danang
noun, a seaport in central Vietnam.
dancer
noun, a person who dances.
dander
Dandie
dandle
verb (used with object), to move (a baby, child, etc.) lightly up and down, as on one's knee or in one's arms.
Carina
noun, Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
Neilah
noun, the Jewish religious service marking the conclusion of Yom Kippur.
neaten
verb (used with object), to make neat:
cardia
noun, an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.
nigger
noun, Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person. a contemptuous term used to refer to a member of any dark-skinned people.
retail
noun, the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
candle
noun, a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
deceit
noun, the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
decent
adjective, conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
decern
verb (used with object), Archaic. to discern.
nailer
noun, a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
decide
verb (used with object), to solve or conclude (a question, controversy, or struggle) by giving victory to one side:
decile
noun, one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
candid
noun, an unposed photograph.
Candia
noun, former name of Iráklion.
canard
noun, a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
Canad.
decare
noun, a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
nagger
noun, nag1 (def 5).
retain
verb (used with object), to keep possession of.
Nagari
noun, a group of related scripts, including Devanagari, derived from Brahmi and used for the writing of many of the languages of India.
Nadine
noun, a female given name.
degage
adjective, unconstrained; easy, as in manner or style.
Calder
noun, Alexander, 1898–1976, U.S. sculptor; originator of mobiles.
retard
noun, a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.
nacred
adjective, lined with or resembling nacre.
deicer
noun, a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
Deland
noun, Margaret (Margaretta Wade Campbell Deland) 1857–1945, U.S. novelist.
reread
noun, the act of reading something again.
decant
verb (used with object), to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
cardi-
canned
noun, a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
Nathan
noun, a prophet during the reigns of David and Solomon. II Sam. 12; I Kings 1:34.
narial
adjective, of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
cantle
noun, the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
deaden
verb (used with object), to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken:
Canter
noun, an easy gallop.
cantar
noun, a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
Cantal
noun, a department in S central France. 2231 sq. mi. (5780 sq. km). Capital: Aurillac.
dealer
noun, a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
Rennie
noun, John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
canner
noun, a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
Deanna
noun, a female given name, form of Diana.
decani
adjective, of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
Nanhai
noun, former name of Foshan.
dearth
noun, an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack:
Cannae
noun, an ancient town in SE Italy: Hannibal defeated the Romans here 216 b.c.
decade
noun, a period of ten years:
rental
noun, an amount received or paid as rent.
change
noun, the act or fact of changing; fact of being changed:
caning
noun, the act of providing chairs or the like with seats made of woven cane.
canine
noun, a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
renter
noun, a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
decane
noun, a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
Daedal
adjective, skillful; ingenious.
niggle
verb (used without object), to criticize, especially constantly or repeatedly, in a peevish or petty way; carp:
delead
verb (used with object), to remove lead adhering to (a metal object) after cold-drawing through a die in which the lead served as a lubricant.
chiral
adjective, (of a molecule) not superimposable on its mirror image.
Centre
noun, Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
recite
verb (used with object), to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
chield
noun, a young man; fellow.
centra
noun, a plural of centrum.
Childe
noun, a youth of noble birth.
centr-
Recent
noun, Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
recant
verb (used with object), to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
Chinan
noun, Jinan.
realia
plural noun, Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
cerat-
centi-
chital
noun, axis deer.
reagin
noun, Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
Center
noun, Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
Reagan
noun, Nancy Davis (Anne Francis Robbins Davis) born 1921, U.S. First Lady 1981–89 (wife of Ronald Reagan).
cental
noun, hundredweight (def 1).
Reader
noun, a person who reads.
re-act
verb (used with object), to act or perform again.
cinder
noun, a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
Regina
noun, queen.
reggae
noun, a style of Jamaican popular music blending blues, calypso, and rock-'n'-roll, characterized by a strong syncopated rhythm and lyrics of social protest.
Cherie
noun, dear; sweetheart: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
ratine
noun, a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
regale
noun, a sumptuous feast.
Chanel
noun, Gabrielle [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), ("Coco") 1882–1971, French fashion designer.
chalet
noun, a herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps.
redial
noun, automatic redial.
chaine
noun, a series of short, usually rapid, turns performed in a straight line across the stage.
Redleg
noun, a member of a secret organization, formed in Kansas in 1862, that engaged in guerrilla activities during the Civil War.
charge
noun, expense or cost:
chagal
noun, chagul.
reddle
noun, verb (used with object), ruddle.
chaeta
noun, a bristle or seta, especially of a chaetopod.
Regain
noun, (in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
redden
verb (used with object), to make or cause to become red.
rectal
adjective, of, relating to, or for the rectum.
Charta
noun, a strip of paper that is impregnated with a medicinal substance, for external application.
cetane
noun, a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
regard
noun, reference; relation:
regent
noun, a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
cereal
noun, any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
cheder
noun, heder.
redact
verb (used with object), to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
recti-
Chelan
noun, Lake, a lake in N central Washington, in the Cascade Range: one of the deepest freshwater lakes in the U.S. 55 miles (89 km) long.
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.
rating
noun, classification according to grade or rank.
Rather
Idioms, had / would rather, to prefer that or to: Compare soon (def 8).
Rachel
noun, Jacob's favorite wife, the mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Gen. 29–35.
Cretan
noun, a native or inhabitant of Crete.
raggle
noun, a groove cut in masonry to receive flashing.
ragged
noun, British. an act of ragging.
Crater
noun, the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
create
adjective, Archaic. created.
Carter
noun, Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
cartel
noun, an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
credit
noun, commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
Raetic
noun, an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
relent
verb (used with object), Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
crenel
noun, any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
Carrie
noun, a female given name, form of Caroline.
Crania
noun, the skull of a vertebrate.
cretin
noun, a person suffering from cretinism.
Carrel
noun, Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.
cringe
noun, servile or fawning deference.
carnet
noun, a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
radian
noun, the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
radial
noun, a radial section or construction.
raddle
noun, ruddle.
Racine
noun, Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
carnal
adjective, pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
racial
adjective, of or relating to the social construct of race:
relate
verb (used with object), to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
Raglan
noun, a loose overcoat with raglan sleeves.
Celine
noun, Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
Catlin
noun, George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
reglet
noun, Architecture. a groove for guiding or holding a panel, window sash, etc. a narrow, flat molding; fillet.
citral
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.
regnal
adjective, of or relating to a sovereign, sovereignty, or reign:
Claire
noun, Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
raring
adjective, very eager or anxious; enthusiastic:
regret
noun, a sense of loss, disappointment, dissatisfaction, etc.
Ranger
noun, forest ranger.
claret
noun, the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
cedarn
adjective, resembling or made of cedar.
ranged
noun, the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
Cathie
noun, a female given name, form of Catherine.
ragtag
adjective, ragged or shabby; disheveled.
Cather
noun, Willa (Sibert) [wil-uh see-bert] /ˈwɪl ə ˈsi bərt/ (Show IPA), 1876–1947, U.S. novelist.
randan
noun, a rowboat designed for three people, one person in the middle using two oars and the other two using one oar each.
client
noun, a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
rancid
adjective, having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
Ranchi
noun, a city in and capital of Jharkhand state, in E India.
Cathar
noun, (in medieval Europe) a member of any of several rigorously ascetic Christian sects maintaining a dualistic theology.
Reiner
noun, Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
catena
noun, a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
cradle
noun, a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
raider
noun, a person or thing that raids.
delate
verb (used with object), Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
rennet
noun, the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
arride
verb (used with object), to be agreeable or pleasing to.
detach
verb (used with object), to unfasten and separate; disengage; disunite.
linage
noun, the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
aright
adverb, rightly; correctly; properly:
learnt
verb, a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
Ariege
noun, a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
Lerner
noun, Alan Jay, 1918–86, U.S. lyricist and librettist.
Ariane
noun, Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
Riddle
noun, a question or statement so framed as to exercise one's ingenuity in answering it or discovering its meaning; conundrum.
Athena
noun, Also, Athene [uh-thee-nee] /əˈθi ni/ (Show IPA). Also called Pallas, Pallas Athena. the virgin deity of the ancient Greeks worshiped as the goddess of wisdom, fertility, the useful arts, and prudent warfare. At her birth she sprang forth fully armed from the head of her father, Zeus. Compare Minerva.
dinger
noun, humdinger.
detain
verb (used with object), to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
detail
noun, an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
dragee
noun, a sugarcoated nut or candy.
driegh
adjective, verb (used with object), dree.
rhenic
adjective, of or containing rhenium.
ringed
noun, a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
Linden
noun, any tree of the genus Tilia, as T. americana (American linden) or T. europaea (European linden) having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and heart-shaped leaves, grown as an ornamental or shade tree. Compare linden family.
leaner
noun, a person or thing that leans.
Rheita
noun, a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
lichen
noun, any complex organism of the group Lichenes, composed of a fungus in symbiotic union with an alga and having a greenish, gray, yellow, brown, or blackish thallus that grows in leaflike, crustlike, or branching forms on rocks, trees, etc.
ridden
noun, a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
leader
noun, a person or thing that leads.
Dingle
noun, a deep, narrow cleft between hills; shady dell.
deride
verb (used with object), to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
Leiden
noun, a city in W Netherlands.
leaden
adjective, inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move:
rident
adjective, laughing; smiling; cheerful.
Richet
noun, Charles Robert [sharl raw-ber] /ʃarl rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1850–1935, French physician: Nobel prize 1913.
cadent
adjective, having cadence.
dialer
noun, a person or thing that dials.
digged
noun, thrust; poke:
didact
noun, a didactic person; one overinclined to instruct others.
Digger
noun, a person or an animal that digs.
lierne
noun, an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
ligand
noun, Biochemistry. a molecule, as an antibody, hormone, or drug, that binds to a receptor.
ligate
verb (used with object), to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
arthr-
Ledger
noun, Bookkeeping. an account book of final entry, in which business transactions are recorded.
dredge
noun, Also called dredging machine. any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as from the bottom of a river, by means of a scoop, a series of buckets, a suction pipe, or the like.
Arlene
noun, a female given name.
lectin
noun, any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
dilate
verb (used with object), to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
lecher
noun, a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.
Arleen
noun, a female given name.
legate
noun, an ecclesiastic delegated by the pope as his representative.
legend
noun, a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.
dreigh
adjective, verb (used with object), dree.
rhinal
adjective, of or relating to the nose; nasal.
legged
noun, either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
drench
noun, the act of drenching.
rigger
noun, a person who rigs.
dharna
noun, (in India) the practice of exacting justice or compliance with a just demand by sitting and fasting at the doorstep of an offender until death or until the demand is granted.
Dinard
noun, a city in W France: seaside resort.
driech
adjective, verb (used with object), dree.
arnica
noun, any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
Caddie
noun, Golf. a person hired to carry a player's clubs, find the ball, etc.
ringer
noun, a person or thing that encircles, rings, etc.
Derain
noun, André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
dirndl
noun, a woman's dress with a close-fitting bodice and full skirt, commonly of colorful and strikingly patterned material, fashioned after Tyrolean peasant wear.
Latina
noun, a woman of Latin-American descent.
Ealing
noun, a borough of Greater London, England.
dendra
noun, a plural of dendron.
Lerida
noun, a city in NE Spain.
dendr-
linger
verb (used with object), to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
Linnet
noun, a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
Linnhe
noun, Loch, Loch Linnhe.
length
noun, the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end:
arrant
adjective, downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious:
cahier
noun, Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
eaglet
noun, a young eagle.
argali
noun, a wild sheep, Ovis ammon, of Asia, having long, curved horns that typically form an open, outwardly extended spiral: rare or endangered.
delict
noun, Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
retina
noun, the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
Delian
noun, a native or inhabitant of Delos.
arrear
Idioms, in arrears, behind or late, especially in payment: Also, Chiefly Law, in arrear.
linter
noun, linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
lentic
adjective, pertaining to or living in still water.
Lenten
adjective, of, relating to, or suitable for Lent.
earing
noun, a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
lather
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.
direct
adverb, in a direct manner; directly; straight:
Lenard
noun, Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
retire
noun, a place of withdrawal; retreat:
dither
noun, a trembling; vibration.
denti-
leaded
adjective, (of gasoline) containing tetraethyllead.
derail
noun, a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
dinner
noun, the main meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday.
linear
adjective, of, consisting of, or using lines:
Lenaea
noun, a festival in ancient Athens in honor of Dionysus, celebrated at the beginning of February and comprising a public banquet followed by the performance of comedies.
dentin
noun, the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
dentil
noun, any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
retral
adjective, at or toward the back; posterior.
richen
verb (used with or without object), to make or become rich or richer.
dental
noun, Phonetics. a dental sound.
Argent
noun, Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
latria
noun, the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
denial
noun, an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
denier
noun, a person who denies.
Lahti
noun, a city in S Finland, NNE of Helsinki.
Lehar
noun, Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1870–1948, Hungarian composer of operettas.
relic
noun, a surviving memorial of something past.
lahar
noun, a landslide of wet volcanic debris on the side of a volcano.
Tigre
noun, a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
reign
noun, the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
Leigh
noun, Vivien (Vivian Mary Hartley) 1913–67, English actress.
Reich
noun, (with reference to Germany) empire; realm; nation.
Laden
adjective, burdened; loaded down.
Harte
noun, (Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
laigh
noun, a small valley or hollow.
tinge
noun, a slight degree of coloration.
hect-
Regt.
Laing
noun, R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
Laird
noun, a landed proprietor.
taler
noun, thaler.
Range
noun, the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
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.
Lenin
noun, V(ladimir) I(lyich) [vlad-uh-meer il-yich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir ee-lyeech] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov"N. Lenin") 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary leader: Soviet premier 1918–24.
Leger
noun, ledger (def 4).
Tiler
noun, a person who lays tiles.
ranch
noun, an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
Rider
noun, a person who rides a horse or other animal, a bicycle, etc.
Lenca
noun, a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
tilde
noun, a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
Leith
noun, a seaport in SE Scotland, on the Firth of Forth: now part of Edinburgh.
tinea
noun, any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
Lager
noun, Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
legit
noun, the legitimate theater or stage.
Ladin
noun, a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
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.
ridge
noun, a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
tiled
noun, a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
hater
noun, a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
lagen
noun, laggin.
lagan
noun, anything sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy or the like so that it may be recovered.
Ranee
noun, the wife of a rajah.
tiger
noun, a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
Hearn
noun, Lafcadio [laf-kad-ee-oh] /læfˈkæd iˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Koizumi Yakumo") 1850–1904, U.S. journalist, novelist, and essayist, born in Greece; Japanese citizen after 1894.
Lith.
ranid
noun, frog1 (def 2).
Leach
noun, the act or process of leaching.
Regan
noun, (in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters. Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
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.
trial
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.
Latah
noun, a pattern of neurotic behavior, usually induced by a startle, first discovered in Malaya, and characterized by the compulsive imitation of the actions and words of others.
Triad
noun, a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
triac
noun, a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
Hanna
noun, Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837–1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897–1904.
Redan
noun, a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
Harar
noun, a city in E Ethiopia.
Reger
noun, Max [mahks] /mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1873–1916, German composer and pianist.
large
noun, Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
trend
noun, the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
laree
noun, lari.
recta
noun, a plural of rectum.
trice
noun, a very short time; an instant:
tried
noun, an attempt or effort:
larch
noun, any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
lathi
noun, a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
redia
noun, a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
trine
noun, a set or group of three; triad.
haler
noun, heller2 (def 1).
taiga
noun, the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
tache
noun, a buckle; clasp.
later
Idioms, of late, lately; recently:
laten
verb (used with or without object), to make or become late.
Trier
noun, a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
rrhea
Latin
noun, an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
triga
noun, a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
trig.
regal
noun, a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
lated
adjective, belated.
rect.
leant
noun, the act or state of leaning; inclination:
Tiran
noun, Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
ratel
noun, a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
regle
noun, a groove or channel for guiding a sliding door.
rathe
adjective, Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
Lanai
noun, a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
Taira
noun, a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
rater
noun, a person who makes rates or ratings.
Laith
adjective, loath.
ratch
noun, a ratchet.
Rigel
noun, a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
Talca
noun, a city in central Chile.
ratan
noun, rattan.
Trace
noun, a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
ratal
noun, the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
ledge
noun, a relatively narrow, projecting part, as a horizontal, shelflike projection on a wall or a raised edge on a tray.
tired
noun, British Dialect. fatigue.
LANCE
noun, a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
trade
noun, the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
treen
noun, treenware.
Lange
noun, Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
learn
verb (used with object), to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
Recit
treed
noun, a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
tread
noun, the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
right
noun, a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral:
reata
noun, riata.
lang.
reach
noun, an act or instance of reaching:
lect.
train
noun, Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
Taine
noun, Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
Reade
noun, Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
Radha
noun, the milkmaid who became the consort of Krishna.
Regin
noun, a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
react
verb (used with object), to act or perform again.
trail
noun, a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
Helga
noun, a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “holy.”.
heder
noun, (especially in Europe) a private Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
rhet.
Terri
noun, a female given name, form of Theresa.
renin
noun, a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
Natal
noun, a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
inane
noun, something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
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.
Linda
noun, a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
rhin-
irade
noun, a decree of a Muslim ruler.
reni-
Terra
noun, earth; land.
tech.
Rhein
noun, the Rhine.
terr.
Nandi
noun, a member of an agricultural people of southwestern Kenya.
Terni
noun, a city in central Italy.
terne
noun, terne metal.
natch
adverb, of course; naturally.
ileac
adjective, of or relating to the ileum.
naled
noun, a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
Iran.
hinge
noun, a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
Light
noun, something that makes things visible or affords illumination:
rhine
noun, Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
Icel.
Tarne
noun, (in the Iliad) Sardis.
lign-
irate
adjective, angry; enraged:
neath
preposition, beneath.
renga
noun, linked verse.
Tchad
noun, Chad.
Teach
noun, Informal. teacher.
ideal
noun, a conception of something in its perfection.
ligne
noun, (in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
natl.
idler
noun, a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
linac
noun, linear accelerator.
Nance
noun, Offensive. an effeminate male.
rheda
noun, (in ancient Rome) a four-wheeled traveling carriage.
liger
noun, the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
litre
noun, liter.
Ingle
noun, a fire burning in a hearth.
Tenn.
tenia
noun, taenia.
nadir
noun, Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
Nader
noun, Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
telia
noun, the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
nacre
noun, mother-of-pearl.
retch
noun, the act or an instance of retching.
inert
adjective, having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
inlet
noun, an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
lithe
adjective, bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible:
retd.
intel
noun, intelligence (defs 4, 6).
liter
noun, a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
Inner
adjective, situated within or farther within; interior:
Tench
noun, a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.
naiad
noun, (sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
tele-
terna
noun, a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
Terai
noun, a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
incl.
incr.
rente
noun, revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
naira
noun, a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
intr.
terce
noun, tierce (def 3).
Teena
noun, a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
Tegea
noun, an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
liner
noun, a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
Terah
noun, the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
Teide
noun, Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
linen
noun, fabric woven from flax yarns.
Indra
noun, Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
Naida
noun, a female given name.
Indre
noun, a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
tera-
thana
noun, a police station in India.
Hind.
hedge
noun, a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow:
henge
noun, a Neolithic monument of the British Isles, consisting of a circular area enclosed by a bank and ditch and often containing additional features including one or more circles of upright stone or wood pillars: probably used for ritual purposes or for marking astronomical events, as solstices and equinoxes.
Helen
noun, Also called Helen of Troy. Classical Mythology. the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus whose abduction by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War.
telic
adjective, Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
heli-
niece
noun, a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
nidge
verb (used with object), to dress (a stone) with a pick or kevel.
hence
adverb, as an inference from this fact; for this reason; therefore:
niche
noun, an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
Henie
noun, Sonja, 1912–69, U.S. figure-skater and film actress, born in Norway.
THREE
noun, a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
henna
noun, an Asian shrub or small tree, Lawsonia inermis, of the loosestrife family, having elliptic leaves and fragrant flowers.
Henri
noun, Robert, 1865–1929, U.S. painter.
tanna
noun, one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah.
thirl
verb (used with object), to pierce.
ither
adjective, pronoun, adverb, other.
Letch
noun, a lecherous desire or craving.
Letha
noun, a female given name.
Heine
noun, Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1797–1856, German lyric and satiric poet, journalist, and critic.
Nigel
noun, a male given name, form of Neil.
Lethe
noun, Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
nitr-
tidal
adjective, of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
RADAR
noun, Electronics. a device for determining the presence and location of an object by measuring the time for the echo of a radio wave to return from it and the direction from which it returns.
lact-
Tanga
noun, either of two former coins of India, one gold and one silver, issued by various Muslim rulers.
racer
noun, a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
Hedin
noun, Sven Anders [sven ahn-duh rs] /svɛn ˈɑn dərs/ (Show IPA), 1865–1952, Swedish geographer and explorer.
nitre
noun, niter.
tical
noun, a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
Niger
noun, a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
Niter
noun, potassium nitrate.
ninth
noun, a ninth part, especially of one (1/9).
night
noun, the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
Hegel
noun, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich [gey-awrk vil-helm free-drikh] /ˈgeɪ ɔrk ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1770–1831, German philosopher.
tiara
noun, a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
Lerna
noun, a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
Heian
adjective, of or relating to the period in Japan, a.d. 794–1185, characterized by the modification and naturalization of ideas and institutions that were earlier introduced from China.
nicad
noun, nickel-cadmium battery.
third
noun, a third part, especially of one (1/3).
Hilda
noun, a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “maid of battle.”.
Nedda
noun, a female given name.
their
noun, any male person or animal; a man:
LIDAR
noun, a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
Renan
noun, Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
thegn
noun, thane.
Liege
noun, a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
ligan
noun, lagan.
ricer
noun, an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
theca
noun, a case or receptacle.
Herne
noun, James A(hern) [uh-hurn] /əˈhɜrn/ (Show IPA), 1839–1901, U.S. actor and playwright.
Thare
noun, Terah.
Thane
noun, Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
riata
noun, a lariat.
riant
adjective, laughing; smiling; cheerful.
hier-
targe
noun, a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
Irene
noun, Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
neigh
noun, the cry of a horse; whinny.
Licht
noun, adjective, verb (used with or without object), adverb, light1 .
Herat
noun, a city in NW Afghanistan.
neral
noun, citral b. See under citral.
lgth.
Neth.
Thira
noun, Thera.
Liana
noun, any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
thing
noun, a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
Tarai
noun, Terai.
thine
pronoun, the possessive case of thou1. used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.
Tarde
noun, Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
licet
Nelda
noun, a female given name.
liang
noun, a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
Ital.
Liard
noun, a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
relig
there
noun, that state or condition:
Thera
noun, a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
renal
adjective, of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
Nairn
noun, a historic county in N Scotland.
ling.
arrah
interjection, (used as an expression of surprise or excitement.)
argal
noun, argol.
Arica
noun, a seaport in N Chile.
Ender
noun, Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
arian
noun, an adherent of Arianism.
cine-
Arhat
noun, a Buddhist who has attained Nirvana through rigorous discipline and ascetic practices. Compare Bodhisattva.
argil
noun, clay, especially potter's clay.
Engel
noun, Lehman [ley-muh n] /ˈleɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1910–1982, U.S. conductor and composer.
Engle
noun, Paul (Hamilton) 1908–91, U.S. poet and educator.
engr.
dicta
noun, a plural of dictum.
dict.
diene
noun, any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
entia
noun, plural of ens.
dich-
Diana
noun, (Princess of Wales; Lady Diana Spencer) 1961–97, former wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.
Erech
noun, Biblical name of Uruk.
dial.
erect
adjective, upright in position or posture:
Arete
noun, the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
ERICA
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.
diag.
ARENA
noun, the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
cigar
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.
encl.
Ernie
noun, a male given name, form of Ernest.
elint
noun, the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
chirr
noun, the sound of chirring.
Artie
noun, a male given name, form of Arthur.
Elena
noun, a female given name, form of Helen.
Elgar
noun, Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
Elgin
noun, a city in NE Illinois.
artel
noun, (in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
artal
noun, plural of rotl.
Chita
noun, a city in the SE Russian Federation in Asia.
arrgt
elide
verb (used with object), to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
elite
noun, (often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
Ariel
noun, a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
Arran
noun, an island in SW Scotland, in the Firth of Clyde. 166 sq. mi. (430 sq. km).
enact
verb (used with object), to make into an act or statute:
enate
noun, a person related on one's mother's side. Compare agnate, cognate.
daric
noun, a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
dight
verb (used with object), Archaic. to dress; adorn.
Arnel
Arndt
noun, Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
cidal
Arlen
noun, Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
arith
cider
noun, the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
Areca
noun, any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
clade
noun, a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
chine
noun, a ravine formed in rock by the action of running water.
Angl.
galah
noun, an Australian cockatoo, Kakatoe roseicapilla, having rose-colored underparts.
anile
adjective, of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
galea
noun, Botany. a part of the calyx or corolla having the form of a helmet, as the upper lip of the corolla of the monkshood.
Galen
noun, Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
galet
noun, spall (def 1).
cline
noun, Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
anigh
adverb, nearby; close by.
Ganda
noun, Luganda.
cetin
noun, a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
cling
noun, the act of clinging; adherence; attachment.
Garda
noun, Lake, a lake in N Italy: the largest lake in Italy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 143 sq. mi. (370 sq. km).
dent.
Angie
noun, a male or female given name, form of Angel.
denar
noun, the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
angi-
anger
noun, a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
Angel
noun, one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
Clint
noun, a male given name, form of Clinton.
garni
adjective, garnished.
anent
preposition, in regard to; about; concerning.
anele
verb (used with object), to administer extreme unction to.
anear
adverb, preposition, near.
Anita
noun, a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
cleat
noun, a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
Arden
noun, Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
Clara
noun, a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
arche
Archd
Clair
noun, René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
ethal
noun, cetyl alcohol.
Arch.
Ethan
noun, a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “strength.”.
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.
ethic
noun, the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group:
clang
noun, a clanging sound.
antre
noun, a cavern; cave.
annal
noun, a record of events of a particular year:
antic
noun, Usually, antics. a playful trick or prank; caper. a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
anti-
Gaddi
noun, Taddeo [tahd-de-aw] /tɑdˈdɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1300–66, Italian painter and architect.
gadid
noun, a gadid fish.
anth-
ante-
deter
verb (used with object), to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
Clare
noun, a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
Gaeta
noun, a seaport in W central Italy, on the Gulf of Gaeta off the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Annie
noun, a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
clear
noun, a clear or unobstructed space.
Elder
noun, a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
Dinah
noun, Also, Douay Bible, Dina. the daughter of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 30:21.
Andre
noun, John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
Carla
noun, a female given name, form of Caroline.
cata-
chart
noun, a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
eager
noun, eagre.
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.
Carte
noun, (italics) French. menu; bill of fare. Compare à la carte.
eared
noun, the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
carne
noun, Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
cheat
noun, a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
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.
eaten
noun, eats, Informal. food.
Chari
noun, Shari.
cheer
noun, a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
ditch
noun, a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
Carin
noun, a female given name.
Carie
noun, a female given name, form of Caroline.
Caria
noun, an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
caret
noun, a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
eclat
noun, brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
chela
noun, the pincerlike organ or claw terminating certain limbs of crustaceans and arachnids.
Caren
noun, a female given name.
ectad
adverb, outward.
charr
noun, char2 .
cater
verb (used with object), to provide food and service for:
Card.
chair
noun, a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
drear
adjective, dreary.
dried
noun, a prohibitionist.
dread
noun, terror or apprehension as to something in the future; great fear.
drier
noun, a person or thing that dries.
cert.
Drina
noun, a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
ceria
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.
Chaga
noun, a member of a Bantu people of northern Tanzania.
cent.
Chain
noun, a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
Celt.
abbreviation, Celtic.
Cath.
Celia
noun, a female given name, form of Cecilia.
drang
noun, a narrow lane or alleyway.
Drain
noun, something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
drail
noun, a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
Chald
Cedar
noun, any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches. Compare cedar of Lebanon.
Ceara
noun, Fortaleza.
chant
noun, a short, simple melody, especially one characterized by single notes to which an indefinite number of syllables are intoned, used in singing psalms, canticles, etc., in church services.
Eagan
noun, a town in SE Minnesota.
char-
Chard
noun, a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, having leaves and leafstalks that are used as a vegetable.
ectal
adjective, external; outer; on the surface of.
carat
noun, a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
Elche
noun, a city in E Spain.
diner
noun, a person who dines.
dinge
noun, the condition of being dingy.
cadge
noun, a frame on which hawks are carried to the field.
egger
noun, tent caterpillar.
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.
Cadet
noun, a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
chide
verb (used with object), to express disapproval of; scold; reproach:
Child
noun, a person between birth and full growth; a boy or girl:
Chile
noun, chili.
eider
noun, eider duck.
atria
noun, Architecture. Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water. a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church. a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
Chin.
Chian
noun, a native or inhabitant of Chios.
eight
noun, a cardinal number, seven plus one.
Eilat
noun, a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
Athel
noun, a male given name.
athar
noun, attar (def 1).
dinar
noun, any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
China
noun, a translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature.
Eland
noun, either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
Elara
noun, Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
elate
adjective, elated.
Elath
noun, Eilat.
cadre
noun, Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
Egadi
noun, a group of islands in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of W Sicily. 15 sq. mi. (39 sq. km).
Cant.
chert
noun, a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
Chere
adjective, dear; beloved: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
Canna
noun, any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
canid
noun, any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
caner
noun, a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
Canea
noun, a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
dirge
noun, a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead.
EDGAR
noun, an award given annually in various categories of mystery writing.
canal
noun, an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
edged
noun, a line or border at which a surface terminates:
edger
noun, a person who puts an edge, especially a finishing edge, on a garment, surface, lens, etc.
edict
noun, a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
cager
noun, Informal. a basketball player.
Calah
noun, Biblical name of Kalakh.
edile
noun, aedile.
Edina
noun, a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
edit.
Dirae
plural noun, the Furies. See fury (def 3).
Edith
noun, a female given name: from Old English words meaning “rich, happy” and “war.”.
cairn
noun, a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
Caird
noun, a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
caine
noun, (Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
Dirac
noun, Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
Cahan
noun, Abraham ("Abe") 1860–1951, U.S. novelist and journalist, born in Russia.
Delta
noun, the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
Angle
noun, Geometry. the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line. the figure so formed. the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
andr-
glair
noun, the white of an egg.
Aetna
noun, Mount. Etna, Mount.
dagga
noun, marijuana.
girth
noun, the measure around anything; circumference.
aerie
noun, the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
Aeria
noun, an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
aeri-
Glace
noun, ice placed in a drink to cool it.
Dahna
noun, an area in the NE Rubʿ al Khali desert, comprising a region of E central Saudi Arabia.
dalan
noun, (in Persian and Indian architecture) a veranda or open hall for reception of visitors.
glade
noun, an open space in a forest.
gland
noun, Anatomy. a cell, group of cells, or organ producing a secretion. any of various organs or structures resembling the shape but not the function of true glands.
Agade
noun, Akkad (def 2).
glare
noun, a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
glean
verb (used with object), to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
Aegir
noun, a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
aecia
noun, the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
gleed
noun, a glowing coal.
adret
noun, a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
gleet
noun, Pathology. a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound. persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
Adnah
noun, a Manassite deserter from Saul's to David's army. I Chron. 12:20.
dealt
noun, a business transaction:
Glenn
noun, John (Herschel, Jr.) born 1921, U.S. astronaut and politician: first U.S. orbital space flight 1962; U.S. senator 1975–99.
Death
noun, the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Compare brain death.
Dagda
noun, a god, the chief of the Tuatha De Danann, the father of Angus Og and Brigit, and the leader of the battle against the Fomorians.
glide
noun, a gliding movement, as in dancing.
deci-
Dache
noun, Lilly, 1914?–1989, U.S. hat designer, born in France.
Dacia
noun, an ancient kingdom and later a Roman province in S Europe between the Carpathian Mountains and the Danube, corresponding generally to modern Romania and adjacent regions.
agnel
noun, a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
aglet
noun, a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
ghain
noun, the nineteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
Ghana
noun, a republic in West Africa comprising the former colonies of the Gold Coast and Ashanti, the protectorate of the Northern Territories, and the U.N. trusteeship of British Togoland: member of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1957. 91,843 sq. mi. (237,873 sq. km). Capital: Accra.
decl.
agile
adjective, quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
Ghent
noun, a port in NW Belgium, at the confluence of the Scheldt and Lys rivers: treaty 1814.
giant
noun, (in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
Garth
noun, Also called cloister garth. an open courtyard enclosed by a cloister.
Agate
noun, a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings.
agger
noun, Also called double tide. Oceanography. a high tide in which the water rises to a certain level, recedes, then rises again. a low tide in which the water recedes to a certain level, rises slightly, then recedes again.
decd.
agent
noun, a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
Agena
noun, a U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with various booster stages to launch satellites into orbit around the earth and send probes to the moon and planets: also used as a docking target in the Gemini program.
giga-
Dagan
noun, the Mesopotamian god of agriculture and the earth: a counterpart of the Phoenician and Philistine Dagon.
decan
noun, any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
decal
noun, a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
Gilda
noun, a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “golden.”.
deca-
Adler
noun, Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
glint
noun, a tiny, quick flash of light.
agree
verb (used with object), to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
acet-
dance
noun, a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
Grieg
noun, Edvard [ed-vahrd;; Norwegian ed-vahrt] /ˈɛd vɑrd;; Norwegian ˈɛd vɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1843–1907, Norwegian composer.
acrid
adjective, sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
acred
adjective, owning many acres of land; landed.
grind
noun, the act of grinding.
grith
noun, protection or asylum for a limited period of time, as under church or crown.
dated
noun, a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
Dania
noun, a town in S Florida.
Achan
noun, a member of the tribe of Judah who, with his family, was stoned to death for stealing forbidden spoils. Josh. 7:19–26.
Achad
noun, Akkad.
hadal
adjective, of or relating to the greatest ocean depths, below approximately 20,000 feet (6500 meters).
actg.
Hadar
noun, a first magnitude star in the constellation Centaurus.
aceae
Dante
noun, (Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
acari
noun, plural of acarus.
Hagar
noun, the mother of Ishmael. Gen. 16.
Hagen
noun, Walter, 1892–1969, U.S. golfer.
hagia
plural noun, the Eucharistic elements before or after the consecration.
Haida
noun, a member of an Indian people inhabiting the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia and Prince of Wales Island in Alaska.
30-30
2,4-d
noun, a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
gride
noun, a griding or grating sound.
grice
noun, a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
Dalen
noun, Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
grade
noun, a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity:
Adlai
noun, a male given name.
gnarl
noun, a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
Adige
noun, a river in N Italy, flowing SE to the Adriatic Sea. 220 miles (354 km) long.
aden-
Adele
noun, a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
addnl
addle
adjective, mentally confused; muddled.
Addie
noun, a female given name, form of Adeline.
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.
adder
noun, the common European viper, Vipera berus.
Grail
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.
Greta
noun, a female given name, form of Margaret.
grain
noun, a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
Danae
noun, a daughter of the king of Argos and mother, by Zeus disguised as a shower of gold, of Perseus.
Grana
noun, (in prescriptions) plural of granum.
Grant
noun, something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
grate
noun, a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
adage
noun, a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb.
Danai
plural noun, the Argives.
greed
noun, excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions.
Green
noun, a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
Greer
noun, Germaine, born 1939, Australian feminist and writer.
greet
verb (used with object), to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
dedal
adjective, daedal.
Aggie
noun, agate (def 2).
Alice
noun, a city in S Texas.
alani
plural noun, a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
Aldan
noun, a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from the Yabloni Mountains to the Lena. about 1500 miles (2415 km) long.
alter
noun, David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
creed
noun, any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
alcid
noun, a bird of the family Alcidae.
alate
noun, the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
Creel
noun, a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
Crete
noun, Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
altar
noun, an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
craal
noun, kraal.
cried
noun, the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
algin
noun, any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
Crile
noun, George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
crine
noun, hair; head of hair.
crit.
aitch
noun, the letter H, h.
Alden
noun, John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
Altai
noun, a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
gelid
adjective, very cold; icy.
g-cal
alien
noun, Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen). See also resident alien, illegal alien.
Algie
noun, a male given name, form of Algernon.
algid
adjective, cold; chilly.
algia
Alger
noun, Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
Algar
noun, a male given name.
Craig
noun, Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
align
verb (used with object), to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
crate
noun, a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
Crane
noun, any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
algae
plural noun, any of numerous groups of chlorophyll-containing, mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms ranging from microscopic single-celled forms to multicellular forms 100 feet (30 meters) or more long, distinguished from plants by the absence of true roots, stems, and leaves and by a lack of nonreproductive cells in the reproductive structures: classified into the six phyla Euglenophyta, Crysophyta, Pyrrophyta, Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta, and Rhodophyta.
Aline
noun, a female given name, form of Adeline.
alert
noun, an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
Alene
noun, a female given name, form of Helen.
Delhi
noun, a union territory in N India. 574 sq. mi. (1487 sq. km).
Alta.
deign
verb (used with object), to condescend to give or grant:
crier
noun, a person who cries.
deice
verb (used with object), to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
Genet
noun, any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
Delia
noun, a female given name, form of Cordelia.
genre
noun, a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
Genl.
genin
noun, aglycon.
Genie
noun, Islamic Mythology. jinn.
gerah
noun, an ancient Hebrew weight and coin, equal to 1/20 (0.05) of a shekel.
Gerar
noun, an ancient city in Palestine, near the Mediterranean: now an archaeological site in Israel.
genic
adjective, of, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.
Ahira
noun, a Naphtalite who assisted Moses with the census in the wilderness. Num. 1:15; 2:29.
ancre
adjective, having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
GATED
noun, a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
dacha
noun, a Russian country house or villa.
Clite
noun, Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
anat.
anal.
gater
noun, gator.
alti-
Gatha
noun, one of several groups of hymns (the Gathas) forming the oldest part of the Avesta.
ahead
Idioms, ahead of, in front of; before: superior to; beyond: in advance of; at an earlier time than:
Andie
noun, a male or female given name.
cnida
noun, a nematocyst.
Chad
noun, a small paper disk or square formed when a hole is punched in a punch card or paper tape.
Reed
noun, the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
Raia
noun, rayah.
rang
noun, a boomerang.
nene
noun, a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
darg
noun, Scot. and North England. a day's work.
chat
noun, informal conversation:
clit
noun, clitoris.
need
noun, a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
RAID
noun, a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
Dard
noun, Also, Dardic. a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir, northern Pakistan, and eastern Afghanistan, and including Kashmiri.
Danl
rain
noun, water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
Chal
Neil
noun, a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
hair
noun, any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
rail
noun, a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
rede
noun, counsel; advice.
Neel
noun, Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
Redd
noun, the spawning area or nest of trout or salmon.
Dane
noun, a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
rale
noun, an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
Neh.
chai
noun, a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
Crag
noun, a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
RAND
noun, (in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
Dare
noun, an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
nigh
adverb, near in space, time, or relation:
Dan.
abbreviation, Bible. Daniel (def 1).
nerd
noun, a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
Dace
noun, a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
RACE
noun, a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
Nida
noun, a female given name, form of Nydia.
NTIA
nide
noun, a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
DEng
cit.
cire
noun, a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
cir.
NIRA
rcd.
rad.
Nine
noun, a cardinal number, eight plus one.
RdAc
chit
noun, a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
Nina
noun, girl; child.
Nier
noun, Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
Read
noun, an act or instance of reading:
Nile
noun, a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
Dada
noun, the style and techniques of a group of artists, writers, etc., of the early 20th century who exploited accidental and incongruous effects in their work and who programmatically challenged established canons of art, thought, morality, etc.
real
noun, real number.
cide
ctr.
cite
noun, citation (defs 7, 8).
Clea
noun, a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
clar
Chen
noun, a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 557–89.
Dana
noun, Danu.
Cher
noun, a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
ragi
noun, a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
Rani
noun, ranee.
Neri
noun, Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
rant
noun, ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
Chr.
RARE
adjective, coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
Dali
noun, Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
crat
NICE
noun, a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
Chet
noun, a male given name, form of Chester.
clan
noun, a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
rage
noun, angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
raga
noun, one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
Cree
noun, a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
chg.
chia
noun, a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
rate
noun, the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
Dale
noun, a valley, especially a broad valley.
clad
verb, a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
Reel
noun, a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
hail
noun, a shout or call to attract attention:
Reg.
airt
noun, a direction.
Alar
adjective, pertaining to or having wings; alary.
Alan
noun, a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
Alai
noun, a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
alae
noun, plural of ala.
thae
pronoun, adjective, those.
Thai
noun, Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
Ala.
than
conjunction, (used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison):
Aire
Alda
noun, Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
Thar
noun, tahr.
AInd
the-
Thea
noun, a female given name.
thee
pronoun, the objective case of thou1 :
Aiea
noun, a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
aide
noun, nurse's aide.
Aida
noun, (italics) an opera (1871) by Giuseppe Verdi.
then
noun, that time:
Ald.
tern
noun, any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
Thin
adverb, in a thin manner.
tel-
tchr
anga
noun, any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
teal
noun, any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
Ande
plural noun, a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
teel
noun, til.
teen
noun, Archaic. suffering; grief.
ance
teil
noun, Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
tela
noun, a seaport in N Honduras.
Alea
noun, Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
alt.
ALIT
verb, a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
ten.
Tena
noun, Koyukon.
tend
Verb phrases, tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
ter.
Alg.
alee
adverb, adjective, upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
Alec
noun, a herring.
Ahir
noun, a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
Agra
noun, a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in N India: site of the Taj Mahal.
Tare
noun, any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
acne
noun, an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
adat
noun, the native law traditional in Indonesia.
Adar
noun, the sixth month of the Jewish calendar.
Adah
noun, one of the two wives of Lamech. Gen. 4:19.
Adad
noun, Babylonian god of storms and wind.
ACTH
Acta
plural noun, official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
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.
acr-
acle
noun, the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
Adie
noun, a female given name.
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.
acid
noun, Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
ache
noun, a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
acea
ACDA
tri-
acad
AAEE
trid
addn
adit
noun, an entrance or a passage.
agr.
tier
noun, one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
thir
pronoun, these.
Agni
noun, Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
agit
agin
preposition, against; opposed to.
agha
noun, aga.
ager
noun, (often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
tide
noun, the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
Agee
noun, James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
aged
noun, (used with a plural verb) old people collectively (usually preceded by the):
Agar
noun, Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
tirl
noun, a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
agal
noun, (among Arabs) a cord wound around a kaffiyeh to hold it in place.
Agag
noun, an Amalekite king who was captured and spared by Saul but later killed by Samuel. I Sam. 15.
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.
aet.
TINA
noun, a female given name.
Tine
noun, a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
aer-
Ting
noun, a tinging sound.
tire
noun, British Dialect. fatigue.
Tarn
noun, a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
Tara
noun, a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
Cete
noun, a number of badgers together.
Cal.
Rena
noun, a female given name, form of Marina.
rend
verb (used with object), to separate into parts with force or violence:
CARE
noun, a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
Cara
noun, a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
rent
noun, a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
cane
noun, a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
Cana
noun, an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
Can.
rete
noun, a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
Carn
noun, cairn.
Cain
noun, Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
caid
noun, (in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
Cage
noun, a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
cadi
noun, qadi.
cade
noun, a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
Rhea
noun, the ramie plant or fiber.
Rhee
noun, Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
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.
atic
Carl
noun, Scot. a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer. a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
Carr
noun, John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
rial
noun, a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
Ceil
verb (used with object), to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
Ceta
noun, Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
cet-
CERN
regd
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.
cene
cen.
Cela
noun, Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
regr
CART
noun, a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
cedi
noun, a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
cede
verb (used with object), to yield or formally surrender to another:
Reid
noun, Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
Rein
noun, Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
Cdr.
reit
noun, real-estate investment trust.
rel.
Cate
noun, a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
cat.
Aten
noun, Aton.
atar
noun, attar (def 1).
Anil
noun, a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
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.
tael
noun, liang.
area
noun, any particular extent of space or surface; part:
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.
tail
noun, the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
tain
noun, a thin tin plate.
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.
arca
noun, a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
Tala
noun, a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
tale
noun, a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
Tace
noun, tasset.
Arad
noun, a city in W Romania, on the Mures River.
Tana
noun, thana.
Tane
noun, a Polynesian god of fertility.
ANTA
noun, a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
ant.
Anne
noun, 1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
tanh
Anna
noun, a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
ann.
tach
noun, tachometer.
Taal
noun, Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
Rice
noun, the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
arid
adjective, being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
Rich
noun, (used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
art.
Rida
ride
noun, a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
arr.
Arne
noun, Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
Riel
noun, a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
tRNA
aril
noun, a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
rile
verb (used with object), to irritate or vex.
thi-
Rina
noun, a female given name.
Rind
noun, a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
Ring
noun, a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
Aria
noun, an air or melody.
argh
interjection, (used as an exclamation of frustration, annoyance, etc.)
rit.
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:
Arg.
Dari
noun, a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
Riga
noun, a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
lace
noun, a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
gelt
noun, money.
each
adverb, to, from, or for each; apiece:
Leah
noun, the first wife of Jacob. Gen. 29:23–26.
Lean
noun, the act or state of leaning; inclination:
Gela
noun, a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
geld
noun, a payment; tax.
Lear
noun, learning; instruction; lesson.
Herr
noun, the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or in direct address to sir.
Gen.
hgt.
Drin
noun, a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
Lech
noun, a lecherous desire or craving.
Gena
noun, the cheek or side region of the head.
dreg
noun, dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
dree
adjective, tedious; dreary.
herl
noun, a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
gene
noun, the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
Lead
noun, the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
lea.
Gent
noun, Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
echt
adjective, real; authentic; genuine.
lard
noun, the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
Edda
noun, a female given name.
hire
noun, the act of hiring.
hint
noun, an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
Lari
noun, an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
Lat.
ect-
late
Idioms, of late, lately; recently:
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:
eath
adjective, adverb, easy.
hilt
noun, the handle of a sword or dagger.
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.
EARN
verb (used with object), to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
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.
Gean
noun, heart cherry.
hide
noun, British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
Leda
noun, Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
Here
noun, this place:
LARC
noun, long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
hent
verb (used with object), to seize.
dint
noun, force; power:
Leta
noun, a female given name, form of Latona.
ding
noun, a ringing sound.
Dine
noun, Scot. dinner.
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.
HERA
noun, the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
her.
Din.
lent
noun, (in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
liar
noun, a person who tells lies.
lice
noun, plural of louse.
ghat
noun, a wide set of steps descending to a river, especially a river used for bathing.
dig.
lich
noun, the body; the trunk.
Diet
noun, food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
diel
adjective, of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
dir.
DIRE
adjective, causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
leer
noun, a lascivious or sly look.
Lehr
noun, an oven used to anneal glass.
Leet
noun, a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
leg.
drch
drat
interjection, (used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
drag
noun, Nautical. a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel. resistance to the movement of a hull through the water. any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed. any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor. any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.
Ger.
Gera
noun, a city in E central Germany.
Etna
noun, Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
dirl
verb (used without object), to vibrate; shake.
dlr.
Gerd
noun, the daughter of a giant and the consort of Frey, who wooed her through his servant Skirnir.
Lena
noun, a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
Gert
noun, a female given name, form of Gertrude.
dite
noun, a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
lend
Idioms, lend a hand, to give help; aid:
DIRT
noun, any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
Eden
noun, the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
Edge
noun, a line or border at which a surface terminates:
Gide
noun, André (Paul Guillaume) [ahn-drey pawl gee-yohm] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pɔl giˈyoʊm/ (Show IPA), 1869–1951, French novelist, essayist, poet, and critic: Nobel Prize 1947.
Eng.
enl.
Enid
noun, a city in N Oklahoma.
Gale
noun, a very strong wind.
IndE
Gand
noun, French name of Ghent.
Ire.
Irra
noun, the Akkadian god of pestilence.
inch
noun, a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
Gal.
gang
noun, a group or band:
Gard
noun, a department in S France. 2271 sq. mi. (5882 sq. km). Capital: Nîmes.
Inca
noun, a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
Itch
noun, the sensation of itching.
Inc.
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.
Gare
noun, low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
Gala
noun, a festive occasion; celebration; special entertainment:
gait
noun, a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
end-
Erin
noun, Literary. Ireland.
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.
int.
Eth.
etch
noun, Printing. an acid used for etching.
etc.
Erne
noun, sea eagle.
Erna
noun, a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
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).
Gail
noun, a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
Inge
noun, William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
gaea
noun, the ancient Greek goddess of the earth, mother of the Titans.
Eric
noun, Eric the Red.
intl
Gael
noun, a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
gaga
adjective, excessively and foolishly enthusiastic:
Gage
noun, something, as a glove, thrown down by a medieval knight in token of challenge to combat.
iter
noun, a canal or passage.
ence
Lani
egal
adjective, equal.
Ice.
ical
IATA
lair
noun, a den or resting place of a wild animal:
iana
Lana
noun, a female given name, form of Helen.
Eger
noun, German name of Ohře.
egad
interjection, (used as an expletive or mild oath):
lain
noun, a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification. Antonyms: truth.
IAEA
Land
noun, any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
EDTA
Ind.
Edna
noun, a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
Lane
noun, a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
Edie
noun, a female given name, form of Edith.
iced
noun, the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
idae
garg
elhi
adjective, elementary and high-school:
inae
ile-
enc.
Darn
noun, a darned place, as in a garment:
Elia
noun, the pen name of Charles Lamb.
ign.
Dang
verb (used with object), adjective, noun, damn (used euphemistically).
lade
verb (used with object), to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
laid
noun, the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
Elea
noun, an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
idle
noun, the state or quality of being idle.
gata
noun, the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum.
elan
noun, dash; impetuous ardor:
gate
noun, a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
Eire
noun, the Irish name of Ireland.
IDEA
noun, any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
laic
noun, one of the laity.
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.
herd
noun, a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock:
Dec.
heat
noun, the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
haar
noun, a thick, wet fog along the seacoast.
Glee
noun, open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
Haag
noun, Den [den] /dɛn/ (Show IPA) a Dutch name of The Hague.
hear
verb (used with object), to perceive by the ear:
dead
noun, the period of greatest darkness, coldness, etc.:
gree
noun, superiority, mastery, or victory.
Naga
noun, a member of any of the disparate tribal peoples of Nagaland and bordering areas of Burma.
Hale
noun, (in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
Greg
noun, a male given name, form of Gregory.
Glad
noun, gladiolus (def 1).
DCNL
DChE
deal
noun, a business transaction:
Ltd.
gite
noun, a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
grid
noun, a grating of crossed bars; gridiron.
NCAA
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.
NADH
deil
noun, devil.
girn
noun, verb (used with object), grin2 .
girl
noun, a female child, from birth to full growth.
Del.
gnat
noun, any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
halt
noun, a temporary or permanent stop.
nail
noun, a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
deli
noun, a delicatessen.
Nara
noun, a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
nane
pronoun, adverb, adjective, none1 .
Nana
noun, Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
head
noun, the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
gnar
verb (used without object), to snarl; growl.
hate
noun, intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
hade
noun, Geology. the angle between a fault plane and the vertical, measured perpendicular to the strike of the fault; complement of the dip.
Nada
noun, nothing; zero; none:
Nair
noun, a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
DEAR
noun, a person who is good, kind, or generous:
Dean
noun, Education. the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college: an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline: the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
grad
noun, a graduate.
Hart
noun, a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
nard
noun, an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
Hand
noun, the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
glia
noun, neuroglia.
Glen
noun, a small, narrow, secluded valley.
NACA
deg.
Gran
noun, grandmother.
haet
noun, a little bit; a whit.
Hag.
gleg
adjective, quick; keen.
heal
verb (used with object), to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
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.
narc
noun, a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
dele
noun, a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
hard
noun, Nautical. a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
lite
noun, light2 (def 36).
DIAD
noun, adjective, dyad.
gtd.
deed
noun, something that is done, performed, or accomplished; an act:
gilt
noun, the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
grin
noun, a broad smile.
Lina
noun, a female given name.
gild
noun, guild.
lin.
dhal
noun, dal.
Gila
noun, a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
Naha
noun, a port on SW Okinawa, in S Japan.
dia-
Dice
noun, Machinery. any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine. a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like. one of the separate pieces of such a device. a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
Neal
noun, a male given name.
lier
noun, a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
Nah.
lien
noun, Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
heir
noun, a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
lied
noun, a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
neat
noun, an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
hal-
DATA
noun, a plural of datum.
dat.
Held
noun, John, Jr. 1889–1958, U.S. cartoonist, illustrator, and writer.
Grit
noun, abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
Haig
noun, Douglas, 1st Earl, 1861–1928, British field marshal: commander in chief of the British forces in France 1915–18.
NCTE
date
noun, a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
Lind
noun, Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
lit.
Gina
noun, a female given name.
gird
noun, a gibe.
lint
noun, minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
Den.
Linn
noun, a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
1080
Heer
noun, an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
deet
plural noun, details:
Deer
noun, any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
Dene
noun, a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
Deni
noun, a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
heed
noun, careful attention; notice; observation (usually with give or take).
der.
dere
adjective, dear2 .
LitD
Line
noun, a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
grig
noun, a cricket or grasshopper.
dern
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), darn2 .
NDAC
heel
noun, the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
Lira
noun, a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
il-
Had
noun, Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
ane
adjective, noun, pronoun, one.
ier
hr.
Gat
noun, a pistol or revolver.
tee
noun, the letter T or t.
TEC
noun, detective.
ACH
interjection, alas; oh.
Ted
noun, British Slang. Teddy boy.
TIA
Ar.
ILA
noun, a town in SW Nigeria.
ac-
Gag
noun, something put into a person's mouth to prevent speech, shouting, etc.
ing
AIA
ag-
ADC
ad-
INH
ine
Gad
noun, the act of gadding.
gi.
Tan
noun, the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
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.
ARA
noun, the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
Ga.
ARC
noun, Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
AID
noun, help or support; assistance.
al.
ANG
ACE
noun, a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
in.
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.
TDD
ina
noun, a female given name.
TCA
hae
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb, have.
TRH
an.
Han
noun, a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion. Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
Aar
aah
noun, the exclamation “aah.”.
ANI
noun, any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
GAN
noun, cotton gin.
TAR
noun, any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
AAE
GTC
HRE
ide
Gld
THC
tin
noun, Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
AIR
noun, a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
git
noun, British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
gl.
ait
noun, a small island, especially in a river.
Gel
noun, Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
het
noun, a heterosexual person.
ail
verb (used with object), to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
Gee
noun, a sum of one thousand dollars:
tha
noun, the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
ThD
th-
TGN
Ged
noun, any fish of the pike family.
AEC
HIC
interjection, (an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
Ain
noun, a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
aga
noun, a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
hid
noun, British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
Gil
noun, a male given name, form of Gilbert.
gie
noun, gi.
Agh
TIC
noun, Pathology. a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face. tic douloureux.
Hen
noun, the female of the domestic fowl.
Hel
noun, the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
TID
GHA
ggr
Agt
GIN
noun, an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
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:
AHA
interjection, (used as an exclamation of triumphant discovery, mockery, contempt, irony, surprise, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
AHE
AGC
get
noun, an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
ahi
noun, yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
AHL
AIC
AEA
ae.
gt.
ial
ht.
Gr.
id.
HAT
noun, a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
IRA
noun, a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
Ia.
gre
ADA
noun, a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
ade
noun, George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
ian
noun, a male given name, Scottish form of John.
ACT
noun, anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
ICA
noun, Portuguese name of Putumayo.
ich
noun, a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
IDA
noun, Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters). Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
Teh
noun, Te.
ANC
teg
noun, Animal Husbandry. a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn. the wool shorn from such a sheep.
gig
noun, a light, two-wheeled one-horse carriage.
GCA
ALC
GCR
hie
verb (used with object), to hasten (oneself):
GDR
Gde
ale
noun, a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
GCT
TLC
tlr
hin
noun, an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
GCI
HCR
Tng
tr.
tra
GCE
GCD
HDL
hit
noun, an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
hd.
ETR
NEC
TAL
di.
cig
noun, a cigarette.
lid
noun, a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
REA
RDC
Die
noun, Machinery. any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine. a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like. one of the separate pieces of such a device. a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
RDA
RCT
RCN
Lie
noun, a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification. Antonyms: truth.
RCA
DID
noun, Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
DHL
CID
noun, The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
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.
dha
dh-
DET
cle
CLI
CLR
RAN
noun, a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
Lir
noun, Ler.
CNN
Rai
noun, a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
rah
interjection, (used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
CIE
CIA
LTA
lei
noun, (in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
dtd
DRG
CGI
ChE
noun, Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
LED
noun, light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
CHA
noun, tea.
Lee
noun, protective shelter:
DRE
Ree
noun, reeve3 .
Dr.
DNR
DNA
DIL
INN
noun, a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
Len
noun, a male given name, form of Leonard.
DLC
red
noun, any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
dit
noun, an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
Ler
noun, the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
CHI
noun, the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
let
noun, British. a lease.
lg.
REC
noun, recreation.
LHD
Lia
noun, Leah (def 1).
LNG
LTh
Eg.
NET
noun, a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
Dag
noun, one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
Nan
noun, naan.
dah
noun, an echoic word, the referent of which is a tone interval approximately three times the length of the dot, used to designate the dash of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
Dal
noun, a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
NIC
noun, a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
NIA
NHL
NHI
NHG
NHA
NGC
DEA
DAE
Nat
noun, a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
de-
DDT
DDR
d-c
noun, a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
NDE
ne-
NEA
DAR
NEG
noun, a photographic negative.
Nee
adjective, born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
NED
noun, a male given name, form of Edward.
NIG
verb (used with object), nidge.
DEd
rag
noun, a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
Re.
ltr
Rae
noun, John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
NAA
CRT
CTA
cte
ctg
ctn
plural, carton.
NAD
DCL
DEI
adverb, by the grace of God.
Rd.
DAD
noun, father.
Nth
Idioms, the nth degree / power, a high degree or power. the utmost degree or extent:
NRC
NRA
nr.
NNE
dd.
nit
noun, the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
nae
adverb, no1 ; not.
NAG
noun, Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
Nil
noun, nothing; naught; zero.
NIH
Dee
noun, a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
DTh
Eli
noun, a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
CAA
cl.
ca.
ERA
noun, a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
ch.
cr.
ct.
Ehr
ERE
preposition, conjunction, before.
rhe
noun, a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
Tad
noun, a small child, especially a boy.
Lai
noun, (in medieval French literature)
ITC
TAE
preposition, to.
CAD
noun, an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
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:
egg
noun, the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
EEL
noun, any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
CAI
EEG
ITA
eir
IRL
Lae
noun, a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
RLD
Lad
noun, a boy or youth.
RID
noun, a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
RNA
rnd
at.
RNR
rt.
ATA
Ria
noun, a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
lag
noun, a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
rte
ene
en-
Ir.
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).
eld
noun, age.
ATC
EEC
EDT
edh
noun, eth.
ead
LCI
LCT
Ld.
LDC
Ldg
Lt.
CDT
CEA
CED
err
verb (used without object), to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
EAA
ea.
ard
cee
noun, the letter C.
ETD
La.
rig
noun, the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
ETA
noun, the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
LCD
IRC
LCA
EDC
ite
rin
noun, a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
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.
LAR
noun, (initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
Tai
noun, any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
Ede
noun, a city in SW Nigeria.
EDD
CAR
noun, an automobile.
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.
EDA
noun, a female given name.
ean
ed.
ECG
ERT
ECA
ec-
eat
noun, eats, Informal. food.
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.
TC
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.
HI
adjective, an informal, simplified spelling of high:
L.
h.
er
interjection, (used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
t.
TG
NH
TD
T1
TA
noun, the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
AA
noun, basaltic lava having a rough surface.
LC
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.
AH
interjection, (used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
et
verb, a simple past tense of eat.
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.
3D
noun, a three-dimensional form or appearance:
2D
noun, a two-dimensional form or appearance:
G.
dl
NI
NL
ic
el
noun, Informal. elevated railroad.
LR
ln
CE
GC
DG
rg
eh
interjection, (an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
TI
noun, the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
i.
NA
adverb, no1 .
HL
GH
GG
GD
le
HG
DT
noun, a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
E.
noun, Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
ee
N.
NC
LH
RN
TE
noun, ti1 .
LI
noun, the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
L1
R.
RA
noun, the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
RC
L2
RH
RI
HE
noun, any male person or animal; a man:
ND
DC
noun, a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
DA
noun, a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
D.
TN
IG
TL
GN
EI
NG
DN
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