Anagrams of grossularite
Word grossularite has
1762 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of grossularite.
- gressorial
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adjective,
adapted for walking, as the feet of some birds.
- rose-slug
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noun,
the larva of any of several sawflies, especially Endelomyia aethiops or Cladius isomerus, that skeletonize the foliage of roses.
- seraglios
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noun,
the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; harem.
- trialogue
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noun,
a discussion or conversation in which three persons or groups participate.
- gasoliers
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noun,
a chandelier furnished with gaslights.
- troiluses
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noun,
a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- sartorius
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noun,
a long, flat, narrow muscle extending obliquely from the front of the hip to the inner side of the tibia, assisting in bending the hip or knee joint and in rotating the thigh outward: the longest muscle in humans.
- ligatures
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noun,
the act of binding or tying up:
- Sertorius
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noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), died 72 b.c, Roman general and statesman.
- restorals
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noun,
restoration.
- stegosaur
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noun,
a plant-eating dinosaur of the genus Stegosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a heavy, bony armor and a row of bony plates along its back, and growing to a length of 20 to 40 feet (6–12 meters).
- regulator
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noun,
a person or thing that regulates.
- surrogate
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noun,
a person appointed to act for another; deputy.
- eulogists
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noun,
a person who eulogizes.
- relators
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noun,
a person who relates or tells; narrator.
- girasols
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noun,
an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.
- sautoirs
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noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- tarsiers
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noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- ossature
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noun,
the structure or framework supporting a building or sculpture.
- rousters
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noun,
roustabout (def 1).
- gristles
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noun,
cartilage, especially in meats.
- trousers
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noun,
Sometimes, trouser. Also called pants. a usually loose-fitting outer garment for the lower part of the body, having individual leg portions that reach typically to the ankle but sometimes to any of various other points from the upper leg down.
Compare Bermuda shorts, breeches, knickers (def 1), short (def 29a), slacks.
- ligature
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noun,
the act of binding or tying up:
- eulogist
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noun,
a person who eulogizes.
- seraglio
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noun,
the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; harem.
- eulogias
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noun,
Also called antidoron, holy bread. Eastern Church. blessed bread given to the congregation during vespers or at the end of the liturgy.
- Gossaert
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noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), Mabuse, Jan.
- sea-slug
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noun,
a nudibranch.
- rustlers
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noun,
a cattle thief.
- oralists
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noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- outrages
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noun,
an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.
- saltires
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- resistor
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noun,
a device designed to introduce resistance into an electric circuit.
- estriols
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- saltiers
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noun,
saltire.
- rosulate
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adjective,
forming a rosette or rosettes.
- outsails
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.
- garrotes
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- soilures
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noun,
a stain.
- roisters
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- griseous
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adjective,
gray; pearl-gray.
- rosaries
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church.
a series of prayers, usually consisting of 15 decades of aves, each decade being preceded by a paternoster and followed by a Gloria Patri, one of the mysteries or events in the life of Christ or the Virgin Mary being recalled at each decade.
a string of beads used for counting these prayers during their recitation.
a similar string of beads consisting of five decades.
- isolates
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- Larousse
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noun,
Pierre Athanase [pyer a-ta-nahz] /pyɛr a taˈnɑz/ (Show IPA), 1817–75, French grammarian, lexicographer, and encyclopedist.
- regulars
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noun,
a long-standing or habitual customer or client:
- roasters
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noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- gasolier
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noun,
a chandelier furnished with gaslights.
- rotaries
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noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- strigose
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adjective,
Botany. set with stiff bristles of hairs; hispid.
- legators
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noun,
a person who bequeaths; a testator.
- argosies
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noun,
a large merchant ship, especially one with a rich cargo.
- soilages
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noun,
grass or leafy plants raised as feed for fenced-in livestock.
- restoral
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noun,
restoration.
- glisters
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noun,
glitter; sparkle.
- trailers
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noun,
a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road.
Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
- uralites
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noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- outliers
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noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- ulterior
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adjective,
being beyond what is seen or avowed; intentionally kept concealed:
- realtors
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- arterio-
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- latigoes
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noun,
a leather strap on the saddletree of a Western saddle used to tighten and secure the cinch.
- outsail
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.
- egoists
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noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- goalers
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noun,
goalkeeper in the game of ice hockey.
- listers
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- sutlers
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noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- surreal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism, an artistic and literary style; surrealistic.
- Seagirt
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noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- tailors
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- saurels
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noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- satoris
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noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- grilses
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noun,
a young Atlantic salmon as it returns from the sea to fresh water for the first time.
- saugers
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noun,
a freshwater, North American pikeperch, Stizostedion canadense.
- ouraris
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noun,
curare.
- graters
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noun,
a person or thing that grates.
- astrol.
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- tegular
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adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a tile.
- ousters
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noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- results
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noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- Taussig
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noun,
Frank William, 1859–1940, U.S. economist.
- sauries
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noun,
a sharp-snouted fish, Scomberesox saurus, inhabiting temperate regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- outrage
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noun,
an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.
- sautoir
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noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- augites
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noun,
a silicate mineral, chiefly of calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminum: a dark-green to black variety of monoclinic pyroxene, characteristic of basic rocks.
- tarsier
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noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- tarries
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noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- serials
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- aurists
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noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- outages
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noun,
an interruption or failure in the supply of power, especially electricity.
- Austro-
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- taluses
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noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- outlier
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noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- goiters
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noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- glutose
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noun,
an ingredient of a syrupy mixture obtained by the action of alkali on levulose or found in the unfermentable reducing portion of cane molasses.
- souters
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- ragouts
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noun,
French Cookery. a highly seasoned stew of meat or fish, with or without vegetables.
- Realtor
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- rasures
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noun,
an erasure.
- girasol
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noun,
an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.
- Silures
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plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- giaours
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noun,
an unbeliever; a non-Muslim, especially a Christian.
- gaiters
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noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- relator
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noun,
a person who relates or tells; narrator.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- sorrels
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noun,
light reddish-brown.
- galiots
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noun,
a small galley propelled by both sails and oars.
- sorites
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noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- legator
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noun,
a person who bequeaths; a testator.
- garotes
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- stagers
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noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- slaters
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- garrets
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noun,
an attic, usually a small, wretched one.
- garrote
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- solutes
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noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- gaseous
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adjective,
existing in the state of a gas; not solid or liquid.
- gasters
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- gastro-
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- legists
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noun,
an expert in law, especially ancient law.
- regular
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noun,
a long-standing or habitual customer or client:
- solates
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verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- soilage
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noun,
grass or leafy plants raised as feed for fenced-in livestock.
- Gautier
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noun,
Théophile [tey-aw-feel] /teɪ ɔˈfil/ (Show IPA), 1811–72, French poet, novelist, and critic.
- resails
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- girl-os
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noun,
a girl or young woman.
- serious
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noun,
that which is of importance, grave, critical, or somber:
- ligates
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verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- glosser
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noun,
a person or thing that puts a gloss or shine on something.
- glories
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noun,
very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown:
- glorias
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noun,
Liturgy.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
Gloria Patri.
the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”.
- Sturgis
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noun,
Russell, 1836–1909, U.S. architect and author.
- Sturges
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noun,
Preston, 1898–1959, U.S. playwright and screenwriter.
- Erastus
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noun,
Thomas [tom-uh s;; German toh-mahs] /ˈtɒm əs;; German ˈtoʊ mɑs/ (Show IPA), 1524–83, Swiss-German theologian.
- glister
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noun,
glitter; sparkle.
- ligures
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noun,
a precious stone, probably the jacinth. Ex. 28:19.
- stories
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- glassie
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noun,
glassy (def 4).
- storage
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noun,
the act of storing; state or fact of being stored:
- stogies
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noun,
a long, slender, roughly made, inexpensive cigar.
- eslisor
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noun,
elisor.
- Laurier
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noun,
Sir Wilfrid [wil-frid;; French weel-freed] /ˈwɪl frɪd;; French wilˈfrid/ (Show IPA), 1841–1919, Canadian statesman: prime minister 1896–1911.
- ligases
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noun,
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the joining of two molecules by formation of a covalent bond accompanied by the hydrolysis of ATP.
- sterols
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noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- latigos
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noun,
a leather strap on the saddletree of a Western saddle used to tighten and secure the cinch.
- glaires
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noun,
the white of an egg.
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- estrous
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adjective,
pertaining to or involving the estrus.
- stearo-
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- sierras
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noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- Etruria
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noun,
an ancient country located between the Arno and Tiber rivers, roughly corresponding to modern Tuscany in W Italy.
- silages
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noun,
fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- rasters
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noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- eulogia
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noun,
Also called antidoron, holy bread. Eastern Church. blessed bread given to the congregation during vespers or at the end of the liturgy.
- gristle
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noun,
cartilage, especially in meats.
- soilure
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noun,
a stain.
- tousles
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noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- gustoes
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noun,
hearty or keen enjoyment, as in eating or drinking, or in action or speech in general:
Synonyms: enthusiasm, delight, relish, zest, spirit, fervor.
- airless
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adjective,
lacking air.
- rialtos
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noun,
an exchange or mart.
- lotuses
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noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- routers
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noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- rostral
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adjective,
of or relating to a rostrum.
- trouser
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noun,
a leg of a pair of trousers.
- ulsters
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noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- rutiles
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- rosters
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noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- aristo-
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- aristos
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noun,
aristocrat.
- oralist
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noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- salutes
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noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- gutless
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adjective,
lacking courage, fortitude, or determination.
- uralite
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noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- arguses
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant with 100 eyes, set to guard the heifer Io: his eyes were transferred after his death to the peacock's tail.
- oestrus
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noun,
estrus.
- Roussel
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noun,
Albert (Charles Paul Mari) [al-ber sharl pawl ma-ree] /alˈbɛr ʃarl pɔl maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, French composer.
- sailers
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Roulers
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noun,
a city in NW Belgium: battles 1914, 1918.
- sailors
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noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- aorists
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noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Ortegal
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noun,
Cape, a cape in NW Spain, on the Bay of Biscay.
- gurries
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noun,
the offal of fish or whales; the waste parts left over after cleaning fish.
- rigolet
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noun,
a small stream; rivulet.
- rouster
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noun,
roustabout (def 1).
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- turgors
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noun,
Plant Physiology. the normal distention or rigidity of plant cells, resulting from the pressure exerted by the cell contents on the cell walls.
- torulas
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noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- Argolis
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noun,
an ancient district in SE Greece.
- agoutis
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noun,
any of several short-haired, short-eared, rabbitlike rodents of the genus Dasyprocta, of South and Central America and the West Indies, destructive to sugar cane.
- rituals
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noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- Salters
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- trailer
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noun,
a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road.
Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
- rissole
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noun,
a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.
- Aetolus
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noun,
son of Endymion and founder of Aetolia.
- arteri-
-
- Grotius
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noun,
Hugo (Huig de Groot) 1583–1645, Dutch jurist and statesman.
- tigress
-
noun,
a female tiger.
- Rosalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- Algiers
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Algeria, in the N part.
- trioses
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- lustres
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- artless
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adjective,
free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous:
- larries
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noun,
a hoe with a perforated blade for mixing mortar or plaster.
- grosser
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noun,
a commercial production, as a motion picture or record, that generates a large amount of income.
- largess
-
noun,
generous bestowal of gifts.
- ostlers
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noun,
hostler.
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- orgeats
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noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- rigours
-
noun,
rigor.
- roister
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- Ossetia
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noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- arouses
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verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- loiters
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- arrests
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noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- triages
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noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- grouses
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noun,
any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae.
Compare black grouse, capercaillie, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse.
- rustles
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noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- aerugos
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noun,
verdigris.
- roaster
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noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Troilus
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noun,
a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- lusters
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- rustler
-
noun,
a cattle thief.
- Grolier
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adjective,
pertaining to a decorative design (Grolier design) in bookbinding, consisting of bands interlaced in geometric forms.
- Sierra
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noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- rugose
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adjective,
having wrinkles; wrinkled; ridged.
- routes
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noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- girl-o
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- rugate
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adjective,
wrinkle; rugose.
- rousts
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- risers
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- router
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noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- siglos
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noun,
a silver coin of ancient Persia, the 20th part of a daric.
- silage
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noun,
fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- Laurie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- grists
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noun,
grain to be ground.
- leasts
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noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- rouses
-
noun,
a rousing.
- legist
-
noun,
an expert in law, especially ancient law.
- gerous
-
- slates
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noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- Rosita
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noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- sliest
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adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- roasts
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Israel
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noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- Rosser
-
noun,
a logger who peels the bark from, and often smooths one side of, a log so that it may be dragged easily.
- gelati
-
noun,
a rich ice cream, made with eggs and usually containing a relatively low percentage of butterfat.
- legits
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- regula
-
noun,
(in a Doric entablature) a fillet, continuing a triglyph beneath the taenia, from which guttae are suspended.
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Iseult
-
noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- silure
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- rouges
-
noun,
any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- ritual
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- giaour
-
noun,
an unbeliever; a non-Muslim, especially a Christian.
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- lagers
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- situla
-
noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- irreal
-
adjective,
unreal.
- irreg.
-
- legato
-
adjective, adverb,
smooth and connected; without breaks between the successive tones.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- serous
-
adjective,
resembling serum; of a watery nature.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- larges
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- grouse
-
noun,
any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae.
Compare black grouse, capercaillie, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse.
- grouts
-
noun,
a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.
- sargos
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- gruels
-
noun,
a light, usually thin, cooked cereal made by boiling meal, especially oatmeal, in water or milk.
- sarges
-
noun,
sergeant.
- gorses
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- gorals
-
noun,
a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- Lassie
-
noun,
a young girl; lass.
- salute
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- G-suit
-
noun,
anti-G suit.
- goiter
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- salugi
-
noun,
a gamelike prank in which a youth grabs something belonging to another and throws it to a third, preventing the owner from retrieving it as it is tossed back and forth.
- saltus
-
noun,
oscillation (def 5b).
- sautes
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- largos
-
noun,
a largo movement.
- Segura
-
noun,
Francisco [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), (Pancho Segura"Segoo") born 1921, Ecuadorian tennis player.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- griots
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- grilse
-
noun,
a young Atlantic salmon as it returns from the sea to fresh water for the first time.
- sauger
-
noun,
a freshwater, North American pikeperch, Stizostedion canadense.
- groats
-
noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- Greats
-
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- grails
-
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.
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- retral
-
adjective,
at or toward the back; posterior.
- retro-
-
- Grasse
-
noun,
François Joseph Paul [frahn-swa zhaw-zef pawl] /frɑ̃ˈswa ʒɔˈzɛf pɔl/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Grasse-Tilly) 1722–1788, French admiral.
- saults
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- rulers
-
noun,
a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
- gutser
-
noun,
a person who eats too much and greedily.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- rutile
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- rigour
-
noun,
rigor.
- Glaser
-
noun,
Donald A. 1926–2013, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1960.
- Glarus
-
noun,
a canton in E central Switzerland. 264 sq. mi. (684 sq. km).
- rustle
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- gusset
-
noun,
a small, triangular piece of material inserted into a shirt, shoe, etc., to improve the fit or for reinforcement.
Compare godet (def 1), gore3 (def 1).
- glares
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- Russo-
-
- glairs
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- Russia
-
noun,
Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
- glaire
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- russet
-
noun,
yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
- iatro-
-
- Gussie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Augusta.
- gloats
-
noun,
an act or feeling of gloating.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- latigo
-
noun,
a leather strap on the saddletree of a Western saddle used to tighten and secure the cinch.
- guiles
-
noun,
insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
- guilts
-
noun,
the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability:
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- goalie
-
noun,
a goalkeeper.
- goaler
-
noun,
goalkeeper in the game of ice hockey.
- guitar
-
noun,
a stringed musical instrument with a long, fretted neck, a flat, somewhat violinlike body, and typically six strings, which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Gloria
-
noun,
Liturgy.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
Gloria Patri.
the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”.
- glouts
-
verb (used without object),
to scowl or frown.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- Glossa
-
noun,
Anatomy. the tongue.
- gloss.
-
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Gursel
-
noun,
Cemal [je-mahl] /dʒɛˈmɑl/ (Show IPA), 1895–1966, Turkish army officer and statesman: president 1961–66.
- rigors
-
noun,
strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- grater
-
noun,
a person or thing that grates.
- setula
-
noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- assoil
-
verb (used with object),
to absolve; acquit; pardon.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- Leguia
-
noun,
Augusto Bernardino [ou-goos-taw ber-nahr-th ee-naw] /aʊˈgus tɔ ˌbɛr nɑrˈði nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1863–1932, president of Peru 1908–12, 1919–30.
- Assiut
-
noun,
Asyut.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- tussal
-
adjective,
pertaining to tussis.
- Lorrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- agouti
-
noun,
any of several short-haired, short-eared, rabbitlike rodents of the genus Dasyprocta, of South and Central America and the West Indies, destructive to sugar cane.
- losers
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- tissue
-
noun,
Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- ourari
-
noun,
curare.
- turgor
-
noun,
Plant Physiology. the normal distention or rigidity of plant cells, resulting from the pressure exerted by the cell contents on the cell walls.
- outage
-
noun,
an interruption or failure in the supply of power, especially electricity.
- Aussie
-
noun,
an Australian.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Auriol
-
noun,
Vincent [vin-suh nt;; French van-sahn] /ˈvɪn sənt;; French vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1884–1966, French statesman: president 1947–54.
- augite
-
noun,
a silicate mineral, chiefly of calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminum: a dark-green to black variety of monoclinic pyroxene, characteristic of basic rocks.
- Augier
-
noun,
Guillaume Victor Émile [gee-yohm veek-tawr ey-meel] /giˈyoʊm vikˈtɔr eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1820–89, French dramatist.
- tarso-
-
- Tarsus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of the proximal segment of the foot; the bones between the tibia and the metatarsus, contributing to the construction of the ankle joint.
- tassel
-
noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- tergal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the tergum.
- tauro-
-
- tussle
-
noun,
a rough physical contest or struggle; scuffle.
- tegula
-
noun,
(in certain insects) a scalelike lobe at the base of the forewing.
- astro-
-
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- ousels
-
noun,
ouzel.
- aglets
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- assure
-
verb (used with object),
to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to:
- Agrius
-
noun,
one of the Gigantes.
- togues
-
noun,
lake trout.
- Ugarit
-
noun,
an ancient city in Syria, N of Latakia, on the site of modern Ras Shamra: destroyed by an earthquake early in the 13th century b.c.; excavations have yielded tablets written in cuneiform and hieroglyphic script that reveal important information on Canaanite mythology.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- touses
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- tousle
-
noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- tragus
-
noun,
a fleshy prominence at the front of the external opening of the ear.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- louses
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- treasr
-
- 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.
- Louise
-
noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- Aloeus
-
noun,
a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- trigos
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- tsuris
-
noun,
trouble; woe.
- argils
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- ogress
-
noun,
a female monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Osages
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- louies
-
noun,
looie.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- argues
-
verb (used with object),
to state the reasons for or against:
- torses
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- argots
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- Ortler
-
noun,
a range of the Alps in N Italy.
- torula
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- argols
-
noun,
a crude tartar, produced as a by-product in casks by the fermentation of wine grapes, used as a mordant in dyeing, in the manufacture of tartaric acid, and in fertilizers.
- Tuareg
-
noun,
a Berber or Hamitic-speaking member of the Muslim nomads of the Sahara.
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- agists
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- urgers
-
noun,
a person or thing that urges.
- lustre
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- Rogers
-
noun,
Bernard, 1893–1968, U.S. composer.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- Rasure
-
noun,
an erasure.
- stages
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- 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).
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- stales
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- rassle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- etrogs
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- Aeolus
-
noun,
the ruler of the winds.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- stego-
-
- urials
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- luteo-
-
- estrus
-
noun,
Also, estrum [es-truh m] /ˈɛs trəm/ (Show IPA), oestrus. the period of heat or rut; the period of maximum sexual receptivity of the female.
- solute
-
noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- gators
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- regius
-
adjective,
of or belonging to a king.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- soleus
-
noun,
a muscle in the calf of the leg, behind the gastrocnemius muscle, that helps extend the foot forward.
- utero-
-
- gastr-
-
- Gasser
-
noun,
Slang. something that is extraordinarily pleasing or successful, especially a very funny joke.
- gaslit
-
noun,
light produced by the combustion of illuminating gas.
- 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.
- lessor
-
noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- Garret
-
noun,
an attic, usually a small, wretched one.
- garote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- sorels
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- usages
-
noun,
a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice:
- galore
-
adverb,
in abundance; in plentiful amounts:
- galiot
-
noun,
a small galley propelled by both sails and oars.
- sorrel
-
noun,
light reddish-brown.
- lutose
-
adjective,
covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Lieut.
-
- steals
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- egoist
-
noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- ligase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the joining of two molecules by formation of a covalent bond accompanied by the hydrolysis of ATP.
- ragout
-
noun,
French Cookery. a highly seasoned stew of meat or fish, with or without vegetables.
- urases
-
noun,
urease.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- ultras
-
noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- surges
-
noun,
a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep:
- ultra-
-
- surras
-
noun,
an often fatal infectious disease of horses, camels, elephants, and dogs caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma evansi, transmitted by the bite of horseflies, characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
- sutler
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- suites
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- sutras
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- liters
-
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.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- outgas
-
verb (used with object),
to remove (adsorbed or occluded gases), usually by heat or reduced pressure.
- austr-
-
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- ergots
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- esrogs
-
noun,
etrog.
- ligate
-
verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- luster
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- stolas
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- ligers
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- ligure
-
noun,
a precious stone, probably the jacinth. Ex. 28:19.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stours
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- Storrs
-
noun,
a town in NE Connecticut.
- Straus
-
noun,
Isidor, 1845–1912, U.S. retail merchant and politician, born in Bavaria: congressman 1894–95 (brother of Nathan and Oscar Solomon Straus).
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- sugars
-
noun,
a sweet, crystalline substance, C 12 H 22 O 11 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose.
Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- aerugo
-
noun,
verdigris.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- Strega
-
- ogles
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- olig-
-
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Regt.
-
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- restr
-
- relig
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- rears
-
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- ORuss
-
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Oreg.
-
- orial
-
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- orig.
-
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- rigor
-
noun,
strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- ousts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- oste-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- Roger
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “fame” and “spear.”.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tears
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- telo-
-
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- tera-
-
- terr.
-
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- tiers
-
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.
- 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.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tiles
-
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.
- tious
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- suets
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Sugar
-
noun,
a sweet, crystalline substance, C 12 H 22 O 11 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose.
Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- sugis
-
noun,
Japan cedar.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- suras
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- surg.
-
- surge
-
noun,
a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep:
- surra
-
noun,
an often fatal infectious disease of horses, camels, elephants, and dogs caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma evansi, transmitted by the bite of horseflies, characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
- Susie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Taegu
-
noun,
a city in SE South Korea: commercial center.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Tagus
-
noun,
a river in SW Europe, flowing W through central Spain and Portugal to the Atlantic at Lisbon. 566 miles (910 km) long.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- uglis
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- trugs
-
noun,
a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood.
- Truro
-
noun,
a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.
- truss
-
noun,
Civil Engineering, Building Trades.
any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c).
any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Urgel
-
noun,
a town in NE Spain, SSW of Andorra: cathedral.
- urger
-
noun,
a person or thing that urges.
- urges
-
noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- usage
-
noun,
a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice:
- USLTA
-
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- togue
-
noun,
lake trout.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- treas
-
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- 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.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trig.
-
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- rogue
-
noun,
a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel.
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sauls
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- Salus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of health and prosperity: identified with the Greek goddess Hygeia.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Segal
-
noun,
George, 1924–2000, U.S. sculptor.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- segos
-
noun,
sego lily.
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- salts
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- seti-
-
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- rouge
-
noun,
any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- ruler
-
noun,
a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- rural
-
noun,
a person who lives in a rural area.
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- rusts
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- sages
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- sagos
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- sails
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- sero-
-
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- souse
-
noun,
an act of sousing.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sorus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the clusters of sporangia on the back of the fronds of ferns.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- sours
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Sousa
-
noun,
John Philip, 1854–1932, U.S. band conductor and composer.
- Srta.
-
- solus
-
adjective,
(referring to a man) alone; by oneself (used formerly in stage directions).
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- ster.
-
- stge.
-
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- slags
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sito-
-
- situs
-
noun,
position; situation.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Sligo
-
noun,
a county in Connaught province, in the NW Republic of Ireland. 694 sq. mi. (1795 sq. km).
- slogs
-
noun,
a long, tiring walk or march.
- slugs
-
noun,
any of various snaillike terrestrial gastropods having no shell or only a rudimentary one, feeding on plants and a pest of leafy garden crops.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- sluts
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- slues
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- Errol
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- argol
-
noun,
a crude tartar, produced as a by-product in casks by the fermentation of wine grapes, used as a mordant in dyeing, in the manufacture of tartaric acid, and in fertilizers.
- argil
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- gusto
-
noun,
hearty or keen enjoyment, as in eating or drinking, or in action or speech in general:
Synonyms: enthusiasm, delight, relish, zest, spirit, fervor.
- areo-
-
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- gulas
-
noun,
Zoology.
the upper part of the throat or gullet.
the front or forward part of the neck.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- IATSE
-
- alto-
-
- Iglau
-
noun,
Jihlava.
- alti-
-
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- gules
-
noun,
the tincture red.
- argue
-
verb (used with object),
to state the reasons for or against:
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- guars
-
noun,
a plant, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, of the legume family, grown as a forage crop and for its seeds, which produce a gum (guar gum) used as a thickening agent and stabilizer in foods and pharmaceuticals and as sizing for paper and cloth.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- grout
-
noun,
a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.
- gruel
-
noun,
a light, usually thin, cooked cereal made by boiling meal, especially oatmeal, in water or milk.
- Grues
-
verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- guar.
-
- Guat.
-
- Guise
-
noun,
general external appearance; aspect; semblance:
- guess
-
noun,
an opinion that one reaches or to which one commits oneself on the basis of probability alone or in the absence of any evidence whatever.
- Guest
-
noun,
a person who spends some time at another person's home in some social activity, as a visit, dinner, or party.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- guile
-
noun,
insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
- guilt
-
noun,
the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability:
- guiro
-
noun,
a South American musical instrument consisting of a hollow gourd with serrated surface that is scraped with a stick.
- Argus
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant with 100 eyes, set to guard the heifer Io: his eyes were transferred after his death to the peacock's tail.
- Alogi
-
noun,
a group of Christians in the 2nd century a.d. who rejected the doctrine of the Logos.
- ileo-
-
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Lagos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Nigeria: former capital.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- Largo
-
noun,
a largo movement.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- lasso
-
noun,
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- agro-
-
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Legis
-
- legit
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- agues
-
noun,
Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- algo-
-
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- issue
-
noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Ital.
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Gross
-
noun,
a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things. Abbreviation: gro.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- Gaius
-
noun,
a.d. c110–c180, Roman jurist and writer, especially on civil law.
- gales
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- galet
-
noun,
spall (def 1).
- Artur
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gaols
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- gasts
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- gaels
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- gauls
-
noun,
an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps (Cisalpine Gaul) and another part N of the Alps (Transalpine Gaul)
- gaurs
-
noun,
a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 meters) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.
- Gauss
-
noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic induction, equal to the magnetic induction of a magnetic field in which one abcoulomb of charge, moving with a component of velocity perpendicular to the field and equal to one centimeter per second, is acted on by a force of one dyne; 1 maxwell per square centimeter or 10− 4 weber per square meter. Symbol: G.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- gelts
-
noun,
money.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Gerar
-
noun,
an ancient city in Palestine, near the Mediterranean: now an archaeological site in Israel.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- astr.
-
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- Assur
-
noun,
the god of war and supreme national god of Assyria.
- ergo-
-
- Euro-
-
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- asst.
-
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- geol.
-
- gesso
-
noun,
gypsum or plaster of Paris prepared with glue for use as a surface for painting.
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- Gosse
-
noun,
Sir Edmund William, 1849–1928, English poet, biographer, and critic.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- goral
-
noun,
a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- arrgt
-
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- gouts
-
noun,
an acute, recurrent disease characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, chiefly those in the feet and hands, and especially in the great toe, and by an excess of uric acid in the blood.
- 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.
- GRASS
-
noun,
any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains.
Compare grass family.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- gluts
-
noun,
a full supply.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- gists
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- gests
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- Giles
-
noun,
Saint, 8th century a.d., Athenian hermit in France.
- gilts
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girts
-
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.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- glues
-
noun,
a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- glair
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- Glass
-
noun,
a hard, brittle, noncrystalline, more or less transparent substance produced by fusion, usually consisting of mutually dissolved silica and silicates that also contain soda and lime, as in the ordinary variety used for windows and bottles.
- glias
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- gloat
-
noun,
an act or feeling of gloating.
- glout
-
verb (used without object),
to scowl or frown.
- aglet
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- luges
-
noun,
a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used especially in Europe.
- aero-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- logue
-
- logis
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- auto.
-
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- logia
-
noun,
a plural of logion.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- loges
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- liger
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- Aust.
-
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- 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.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Luger
-
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- Lugar
-
noun,
Richard G(reen) born 1932, U.S. politician: senator 1977–2013.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- auger
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a bit, as for a brace.
a boring tool, similar to but larger than a gimlet, consisting of a bit rotated by a transverse handle.
- aeri-
-
- lusts
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- 30-30
-
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- ates
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- ARIS
-
- gils
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- gilt
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- osis
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Urga
-
noun,
former name of Ulan Bator.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- slag
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- uro-
-
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- 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.
- gout
-
noun,
an acute, recurrent disease characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, chiefly those in the feet and hands, and especially in the great toe, and by an excess of uric acid in the blood.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- 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.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Sig.
-
- org.
-
- goal
-
noun,
the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- glue
-
noun,
a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- aer-
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- 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.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- arr.
-
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- uria
-
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- urge
-
noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- USAR
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- art.
-
- str.
-
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- Eur.
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- ASSR
-
- ogle
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- ergs
-
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- 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.
- lugs
-
noun,
an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- asis
-
- Sra.
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- 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.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- tel-
-
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- stlg
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- ESIS
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- eso-
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- stg.
-
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- est.
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- ter.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Ste.
-
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Sol.
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- gaur
-
noun,
a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 meters) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.
- Olga
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 968? regent of Kiev until 955: saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- 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:
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- aut-
-
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- gelt
-
noun,
money.
- luge
-
noun,
a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used especially in Europe.
- slug
-
noun,
any of various snaillike terrestrial gastropods having no shell or only a rudimentary one, feeding on plants and a pest of leafy garden crops.
- 1080
-
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- saur
-
- geo-
-
- slog
-
noun,
a long, tiring walk or march.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Ger.
-
- Gaul
-
noun,
an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps (Cisalpine Gaul) and another part N of the Alps (Transalpine Gaul)
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- gaol
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Lugo
-
noun,
a city in NW Spain.
- eous
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Gal.
-
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- USIS
-
- gals
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- USIA
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- USGA
-
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- ole-
-
- gras
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- rit.
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- itol
-
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- ELAS
-
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Aug.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Tues
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- tugs
-
noun,
an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- lags
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- 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.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- iso-
-
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- sur-
-
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- isls
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Aire
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- trug
-
noun,
a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- lea.
-
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- leg.
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- LEGO
-
noun,
one of these blocks, usually as part of a set.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- legs
-
noun,
either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- regr
-
- agr.
-
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Susa
-
noun,
a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
- Reg.
-
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- ague
-
noun,
Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- agit
-
- agst
-
- Auge
-
noun,
a daughter of King Aleus who became a priestess of Athena. After being raped by Hercules she bore a son, Telephus.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- ugli
-
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- uret
-
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Aus.
-
- aet.
-
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Logi
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- Gula
-
noun,
Zoology.
the upper part of the throat or gullet.
the front or forward part of the neck.
- guls
-
noun,
a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sags
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- loge
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- log-
-
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- out-
-
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- gres
-
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- 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.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- gro.
-
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Sat.
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- SASE
-
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- grue
-
verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Grus
-
noun,
the Crane, a southern constellation between Indus and Piscis Austrinus.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Arg.
-
- gust
-
noun,
a sudden, strong blast of wind.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Alis
-
- ile-
-
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- ulto
-
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Alg.
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- lit.
-
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- ious
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Ire.
-
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- aur-
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- ator
-
- guts
-
noun,
the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it.
Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- sugi
-
noun,
Japan cedar.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- taur
-
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Rus.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- ruga
-
noun,
Usually, rugae. Biology, Anatomy. a wrinkle, fold, or ridge.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- alt.
-
- tri-
-
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- 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.
- at.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- ur-
-
- Tu.
-
- tue
-
- tug
-
noun,
an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Agt
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- UAR
-
- USA
-
- USS
-
- UAE
-
- UIT
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- ult
-
- 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:
- TSS
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ure
-
- ae.
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Ar.
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- al.
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- ag-
-
- USO
-
- USR
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- uti
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- ASU
-
- ARS
-
- ast
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASR
-
- TIA
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- ARU
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- tlo
-
- tlr
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TSI
-
- Eg.
-
- 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.
- AOU
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- aor
-
- ALU
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Tro
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- TSE
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ier
-
- IOU
-
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
-
- ILS
-
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- Ir.
-
- rte
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- rt.
-
- RTS
-
- ITA
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- gul
-
noun,
a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
- Gur
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, including Mossi and other languages spoken in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
- GUS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Augustus or Gustave.
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SAE
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- OLG
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- LUG
-
noun,
an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
- Gut
-
noun,
the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it.
Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ITU
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- IAS
-
- eo-
-
- ltr
-
- il-
-
- rug
-
noun,
a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design.
Compare carpet.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- LTA
-
- ROI
-
- GUI
-
noun,
graphical user interface.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- lg.
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- 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.
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ose
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Les
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- OSS
-
- Re.
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- REA
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ite
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- ROG
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IUS
-
- LST
-
- La.
-
- ROA
-
- Lt.
-
- LSS
-
- LSI
-
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- OTS
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- GTS
-
- ETO
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- STL
-
- ESL
-
- STI
-
- ESR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESU
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ETR
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ETS
-
- eu-
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSR
-
- SSI
-
- GTO
-
- SSA
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
-
- OSA
-
- TAL
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- 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.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- 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:
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Sus
-
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SUG
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- OAU
-
- ss.
-
- SSE
-
- Ga.
-
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- 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.
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- Ola
-
- Sgt
-
- gl.
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Gr.
-
- gre
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- SAR
-
- GSA
-
- GSR
-
- gt.
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- SRS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- gi.
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- ote
-
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- SLA
-
- Ges
-
- SLE
-
- SLR
-
- OG
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- 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.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- O.
-
- 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.
- LR
-
- AO
-
- ol
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- EI
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- SU
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TL
-
- GU
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- G.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SG
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- t.
-
- TG
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- SL
-
- SA
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- rg
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RI
-
- UL
-
- UI
-
- U.
-
- le
-
- L2
-
- S.
-
- L1
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- RO
-
- L.
-
- 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.
- RU
-
- IG
-
- i.
-
- OA
-