Anagrams of half-timbered
Word half-timbered has
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- half-breed
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noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to the offspring of parents of different racial origin, especially the offspring of an American Indian and a white person of European descent.
- timberhead
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noun,
the top end of a timber, rising above the deck and serving for belaying ropes.
- Harlemite
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Harlem.
- real-time
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noun,
Computers. the actual time elapsed in the performance of a computation by a computer, the result of the computation being required for the continuation of a physical process.
- bedlamite
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noun,
an insane person; lunatic.
- half-tide
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noun,
the state or time of the tide when halfway between high water and low water.
- half-dime
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noun,
a silver coin of the U.S., equal to five cents, issued 1794–1805 and 1829–73.
- heritable
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adjective,
capable of being inherited; inheritable; hereditary.
- Meredith
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noun,
George, 1828–1909, English novelist and poet.
- materiel
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noun,
the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- timbered
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noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- afebrile
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adjective,
without fever; feverless.
- Malherbe
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noun,
François de [frahn-swa duh] /frɑ̃ˈswa də/ (Show IPA), 1555–1628, French poet and critic.
- halftime
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noun,
the period indicating completion of half the time allowed for an activity, as for a football or basketball game or an examination.
- breathed
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Idioms,
breathe down someone's neck,
to be close to someone in pursuit; menace; threaten:
to watch someone closely so as to supervise or control:
- bedframe
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noun,
the frame of a bed, including the bedrails, headboard, and footboard.
- Mathilde
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noun,
a female given name, French or German form of Matilda.
- atremble
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adverb,
in a trembling state.
- fleabite
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noun,
the bite of a flea.
- liberate
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verb (used with object),
to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- Lemaitre
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noun,
Francois Élie Jules [frahn-swa ey-lee zhyl] /frɑ̃ˈswa eɪˈli ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1835–1915, French critic and dramatist.
- remedial
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adjective,
affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
- balefire
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noun,
a large fire in the open air; bonfire.
- leafbird
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noun,
any of several greenish, passerine birds of the genus Chloropsis, of Asia, related to the bulbuls, and often kept as pets.
- Beltrami
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noun,
Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1900, Italian mathematician.
- rideable
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adjective,
ridable.
- fee-tail
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noun,
See under fee (def 4a).
- bedlamer
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noun,
a harp seal, beyond the beater stage but not yet mature.
- lie-abed
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noun,
a person who remains in bed until a relatively late hour; late riser.
- elaterid
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noun,
any beetle of the family Elateridae, comprising the click beetles.
- Hatfield
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noun,
a town in central Hertfordshire, in SE England: incorporated into (Welwyn Hatfield) 1974.
- diameter
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noun,
Geometry.
a straight line passing through the center of a circle or sphere and meeting the circumference or surface at each end.
a straight line passing from side to side of any figure or body, through its center.
- detailer
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noun,
a manufacturer's representative who calls on customers to supply information on products and visits stores to monitor sales and replenish stock.
- diatreme
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noun,
a volcanic vent produced in a solid rock structure by the explosive energy of gases in magmas.
- breathe
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Idioms,
breathe down someone's neck,
to be close to someone in pursuit; menace; threaten:
to watch someone closely so as to supervise or control:
- 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.
- red-hat
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noun,
the broad-brimmed official hat of a Roman Catholic cardinal, symbolic of the office or rank of a cardinal.
- terefah
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noun,
tref.
- triable
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- redbait
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verb (used without object),
to denounce or deprecate as a political radical, especially to accuse of being communist.
- emirate
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- blather
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noun,
foolish, voluble talk:
- rebated
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noun,
a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- Emerita
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noun,
a woman with such status.
- Emerald
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noun,
a rare variety of beryl that is colored green by chromium and valued as a gem.
- blether
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noun, verb (used with or without object),
blather.
- limbate
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adjective,
bordered, as a flower in which one color is surrounded by an edging of another.
- habited
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noun,
an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary:
- breadth
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noun,
the measure of the second largest dimension of a plane or solid figure; width.
- blither
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adjective,
joyous, merry, or happy in disposition; glad; cheerful:
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- Derleth
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noun,
August (William) 1909–71, U.S. novelist, poet, and short-story writer.
- Delbert
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noun,
a male given name, form of Albert.
- Thebaid
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noun,
the ancient region surrounding Thebes, in Egypt.
- friable
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adjective,
easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbly:
- Theiler
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noun,
Max, 1899–1972, South African medical scientist, in the U.S. after 1922: Nobel Prize in medicine 1951.
- hirable
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adjective,
able to be hired; fit for hiring.
- limeade
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noun,
a beverage consisting of lime juice, a sweetener, and plain or carbonated water.
- Elberta
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noun,
a freestone peach having reddish-yellow skin.
- Hilbert
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; German dah-vit] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; German ˈdɑ vɪt/ (Show IPA), 1862–1943, German mathematician.
- Hermite
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noun,
Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1822–1901, French mathematician.
- librate
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- hearted
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noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- dermat-
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- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- mediate
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adjective,
acting through, dependent on, or involving an intermediate agency; not direct or immediate.
- bedmate
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noun,
bedfellow (def 1).
- bedrail
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noun,
a board at the side of a bed connecting the footboard and headboard.
- bedtime
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noun,
the time at which a person usually goes to bed:
- Lambeth
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noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- ridable
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- Lambert
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noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of luminance or brightness, equivalent to 0.32 candles per square centimeter, and equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface emitting or reflecting one lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: L.
- Federal
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noun,
an advocate of federation or federalism.
- febrile
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adjective,
pertaining to or marked by fever; feverish.
- fertile
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adjective,
bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly; prolific:
- feather
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noun,
one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
- belated
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adjective,
coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time:
- fibered
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adjective,
(of plaster) having an admixture of hair or fiber.
- Alfheim
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noun,
the domain of elves.
- Fiedler
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noun,
Arthur, 1894–1979, U.S. symphony conductor.
- leather
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noun,
the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry.
- fielder
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noun,
Baseball, Cricket. a player who fields the ball.
- retable
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noun,
a decorative structure raised above an altar at the back, often forming a frame for a picture, bas-relief, or the like, and sometimes including a shelf or shelves, as for ornaments.
- Filbert
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noun,
the thick-shelled, edible nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, especially of Corylus avellana, of Europe.
- related
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adjective,
associated; connected.
- re-laid
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- tribade
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noun,
lesbian (def 5).
- reflate
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verb (used with object),
to increase (money and credit) again.
- flatbed
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noun,
Also called flatbed trailer, flatbed truck. a truck or trailer having an open body in the form of a platform without sides or stakes.
Compare stake truck.
- bimetal
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noun,
a material made by the bonding of two sheets or strips of different metals, each metal having a different coefficient of thermal expansion.
- medalet
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noun,
a small medal, usually no larger than 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter.
- Elamite
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Elam.
- Trimble
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noun,
David, born 1944, Northern Ireland politician: Nobel prize 1998.
- thermae
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noun,
hot springs; hot baths.
- timbale
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noun,
Also, timbale case. a small shell made of batter, fried usually in a timbale iron.
- draftee
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noun,
a person who is drafted into military service.
Compare enlistee (def 1).
- timbrel
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noun,
a tambourine or similar instrument.
- demerit
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noun,
a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency:
- Mirabel
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noun,
a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- halberd
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noun,
a shafted weapon with an axlike cutting blade, beak, and apical spike, used especially in the 15th and 16th centuries.
- Daimler
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noun,
Gottlieb (Wilhelm) [got-leeb-wil-helm;; German gawt-leep-vil-helm] /ˈgɒt libˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈgɔt lipˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1834–1900, German automotive engineer, inventor, and manufacturer.
- debrief
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verb (used with object),
to interrogate (a soldier, astronaut, diplomat, etc.) on return from a mission in order to assess the conduct and results of the mission.
- martele
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adjective,
martellato.
- defiber
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verb (used with object),
defibrate.
- driblet
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noun,
a small portion or part.
- mitered
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noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Alberti
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noun,
Leon Battista [le-awn baht-tee-stah] /lɛˈɔn bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1404–72, Italian architect, artist, musician, and poet.
- dimeter
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noun,
a verse or line of two measures or feet, as He is gone on the mountain,/He is lost to the forest.
- Heredia
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noun,
José María de [Spanish haw-se mah-ree-ah th e] /Spanish hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1905, French poet, born in Cuba.
- treadle
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noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- thermal
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noun,
Meteorology. a rising air current caused by heating from the underlying surface, especially such a current when not producing a cloud.
- thimble
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noun,
a small cap, usually of metal, worn over the fingertip to protect it when pushing a needle through cloth in sewing.
- deflate
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verb (used with object),
to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon):
- thermel
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noun,
thermocouple.
- tremble
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noun,
the act of trembling.
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Bethel
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noun,
a sacred area or sanctuary. Gen. 28:19.
- falter
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noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- berate
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verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- detail
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noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- Father
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noun,
a male parent.
- bereft
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bereave.
- berime
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verb (used with object),
berhyme.
- leafed
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noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- debate
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noun,
a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints:
- dirham
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noun,
a money of account of Iraq, the 20th part of a dinar, equal to 50 fils.
- Martel
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noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- Berith
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noun,
Brith.
- Bertie
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noun,
a male or female given name.
- Bertha
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noun,
a collar or trimming, as of lace, worn about the shoulders by women, as over a low-necked waist or dress.
- fardel
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noun,
a bundle; burden.
- bemire
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verb (used with object),
to soil with mire; dirty or muddy:
- beldam
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noun,
an old woman, especially an ugly one; hag.
- leader
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noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- behalf
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Idioms,
in / on behalf of, as a representative of or a proxy for:
- delate
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verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- Medit.
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- melter
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noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- Meliae
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plural noun,
the nymphs born from the blood of Uranus at the time of his mutilation by Cronus; the nymphs of ash trees.
- Mather
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noun,
Cotton, 1663–1728, American clergyman and author.
- defile
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noun,
any narrow passage, especially between mountains.
- medlar
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noun,
a small tree, Mespilus germanica, of the rose family, the fruit of which resembles a crab apple and is not edible until the early stages of decay.
- Rheita
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noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- dither
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noun,
a trembling; vibration.
- dialer
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noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- defier
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noun,
a person who defies.
- diable
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adjective,
highly spiced; prepared with hot or piquant seasoning; deviled.
- dirhem
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noun,
any of various fractional silver coins issued in Islamic countries at different periods.
- beheld
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of behold.
- febri-
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- defeat
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noun,
the act of overcoming in a contest:
- defame
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verb (used with object),
to attack the good name or reputation of, as by uttering or publishing maliciously or falsely anything injurious; slander or libel; calumniate:
- matri-
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- lather
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noun,
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- relief
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noun,
alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- feared
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noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- belief
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noun,
something believed; an opinion or conviction:
- Merida
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noun,
suntan (def 2).
- belted
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noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- betide
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verb (used with object),
to happen to; come to; befall:
- dreamt
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noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- metal.
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- Brahmi
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noun,
a script of India that was probably adapted from the Aramaic alphabet about the 7th century b.c., and from which most of the later Indian scripts developed.
- Emelia
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noun,
a female given name.
- daleth
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noun,
the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Blithe
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noun,
a female given name.
- mailed
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noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Elmira
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noun,
a city in S central New York.
- Mahler
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noun,
Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1860–1911, Austrian composer and conductor, born in Bohemia.
- limbed
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noun,
a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing:
- edible
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noun,
Usually, edibles. edible substances; food.
- ramtil
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noun,
Niger seed.
- Limber
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noun,
a two-wheeled vehicle, originally pulled by four or six horses, behind which is towed a field gun or caisson.
- mither
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noun,
mother1 .
- milter
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- Elbert
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noun,
Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch range: second highest peak of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. 14,431 feet (4399 meters).
- ramble
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noun,
a walk without a definite route, taken merely for pleasure.
- bedlam
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noun,
a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion.
- elater
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Mithra
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noun,
the god of light and truth, later of the sun.
- elated
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adjective,
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:
- breath
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noun,
the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
- maftir
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noun,
the concluding section of the portion of the Torah chanted or read in a Jewish service on the Sabbath and festivals.
- either
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adverb,
also; too; as well; to the same degree (used after negative clauses coordinated by and, or, or nor, or after negative subordinate clauses):
- bridal
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noun,
a wedding.
- bridle
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noun,
part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
- dilate
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verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- derail
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noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- relate
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- dealer
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noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- dearth
-
noun,
an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack:
- failed
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noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- faerie
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noun,
the imaginary land of the fairies; fairyland.
- Melder
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noun,
the quantity of meal ground at one time; the yield of meal from a crop or specific amount of grain.
- reflet
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noun,
an effect of brilliance or luster due to the reflection of light on a surface, especially of pottery; iridescence.
- mitral
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adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- Lerida
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noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- fabled
-
noun,
a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue:
- marled
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noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Libera
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noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- metier
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- rebate
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noun,
a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- bireme
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noun,
a galley having two banks or tiers of oars.
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- Mariel
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noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- Marble
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noun,
metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- mihrab
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noun,
(in a mosque) a niche or decorative panel designating the kiblah.
- malted
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noun,
malted milk.
- dartle
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verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- blamed
-
noun,
an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof:
- Mailer
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- lifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- mealie
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noun,
Sometimes, mealies. corn; maize.
- dermal
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adjective,
of or relating to the skin.
- behead
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verb (used with object),
to cut off the head of; kill or execute by decapitation.
- medial
-
noun,
Phonetics.
a medial sound or letter.
media2 (def 1).
- therme
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noun,
therm.
- halter
-
noun,
a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle.
- herbal
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noun,
a book about herbs or plants, usually describing their medicinal values.
- herbed
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adjective,
cooked or seasoned with herbs; flavored with herbs.
- tiered
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noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- halite
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noun,
a soft white or colorless mineral, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring in cubic crystals with perfect cleavage; rock salt.
- halide
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noun,
a chemical compound in which one of the elements is a halogen.
- thread
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noun,
a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- Thrale
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noun,
Hester Lynch (Hester Lynch Piozzi) 1741–1821, Welsh writer and friend of Samuel Johnson.
- thiram
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noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 12 N 2 S 4 , insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol, soluble in benzene and acetone, used as a vulcanizer and accelerator for rubber and as a fungicide, bacteriostat, and seed disinfectant.
- haired
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adjective,
having hair of a specified kind (usually used in combination):
- hereat
-
adverb,
at this time; when this happened.
- albeit
-
conjunction,
although; even if:
- Albert
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noun,
Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- albite
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noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- Alfred
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noun,
a male given name: from the Old English words meaning “elf” and “counsel.”.
- timbal
-
noun,
a kettledrum.
- Frieda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- terbia
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noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- thaler
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noun,
any of various former large coins of various German states; dollar.
- I-beam
-
noun,
a rolled or extruded metal beam having a cross section resembling an I.
Compare H-beam.
- Hitler
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noun,
Adolf [ad-olf,, ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈæd ɒlf,, ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), (Adolf Schicklgruber"der Führer") 1889–1945, Nazi dictator of Germany, born in Austria: Chancellor 1933–45; dictator 1934–45.
- Thelma
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noun,
a female given name.
- Therma
-
noun,
ancient name of Salonika.
- ribald
-
noun,
a ribald person.
- hiemal
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adjective,
of or relating to winter; wintry.
- ambeer
-
noun,
tobacco juice.
- Hermit
-
noun,
a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- habile
-
adjective,
skillful; dexterous; adroit.
- therm-
-
- afreet
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- Hamite
-
noun,
a descendant of Ham. Gen. 10:1, 6–20.
- Telfer
-
noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- H-beam
-
noun,
an I-beam having flanges the same width as its web, or connecting vertical section.
- hedral
-
- heifer
-
noun,
a young cow over one year old that has not produced a calf.
- trifle
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- Hebert
-
noun,
Jacques René [zhahk ruh-ney] /ʒɑk rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), ("Père Duchesne") 1755–94, French journalist and revolutionary leader.
- Heater
-
noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- tribal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe:
- heated
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- trefle
-
adjective,
botonée.
- healer
-
noun,
a person or thing that heals.
- header
-
noun,
a person or thing that removes or puts a head on something.
- helmet
-
noun,
any of various forms of protective head covering worn by soldiers, firefighters, divers, cyclists, etc.
- treble
-
noun,
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
- hemat-
-
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- afield
-
adverb,
abroad; away from home.
- adrift
-
adjective, adverb,
floating without control; drifting; not anchored or moored:
- timber
-
noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- aether
-
noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- Hamlet
-
noun,
a small village.
- Herald
-
noun,
(formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- timbre
-
noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- aedile
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- hareem
-
noun,
harem.
- hatred
-
noun,
the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- admire
-
Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- Admete
-
noun,
a daughter of Eurystheus for whom Hercules took the golden girdle of Ares from Hippolyte.
- ad-lib
-
noun,
something improvised in speech, music, etc.:
- Harlem
-
noun,
a section of New York City, in the NE part of Manhattan.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- adhere
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to adhere; make stick:
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Ambler
-
noun,
Eric, 1909–1998, English suspense novelist.
- flambe
-
adjective,
Also, flambéed [flahm-beyd] /flɑmˈbeɪd/ (Show IPA). (of food) served in flaming liquor, especially brandy:
- fetial
-
adjective,
concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
- bather
-
noun,
a person or thing that bathes.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- Fermat
-
noun,
Pierre de [pyer duh] /pyɛr də/ (Show IPA), 1601–65, French mathematician.
- labret
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- barit.
-
- bardee
-
noun,
bardy2 .
- ferbam
-
noun,
an iron carbamate, C 9 H 18 FeN 3 S 6 , used chiefly as a fungicide for protecting certain farm crops.
- Baldie
-
noun,
a bald person (sometimes used as a facetious term of address).
- Balder
-
noun,
a god, a son of Odin and Frigg and the twin brother of Hod, by whom he was killed.
- beader
-
noun,
a tool for forming beads on lumber.
- labrid
-
noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Labridae, including the wrasses, the tautog, and the cunner, and characterized chiefly by well-developed teeth and, often, brilliant colors.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- riblet
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- female
-
noun,
a person bearing two X chromosomes in the cell nuclei and normally having a vagina, a uterus and ovaries, and developing at puberty a relatively rounded body and enlarged breasts, and retaining a beardless face; a girl or woman.
- Beadle
-
noun,
a parish officer having various subordinate duties, as keeping order during services, waiting on the rector, etc.
- beater
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- bailee
-
noun,
a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.
- filate
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- fimble
-
noun,
the male or staminate plant of hemp, which is harvested before the female or pistillate plant.
- filter
-
noun,
any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- fibr-
-
- Fiber
-
noun,
a fine, threadlike piece, as of cotton, jute, or asbestos.
- FHLBA
-
- draft
-
noun,
a drawing, sketch, or design.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- fetid
-
adjective,
having an offensive odor; stinking.
- Lahti
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, NNE of Helsinki.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Dream
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- fibre
-
noun,
fiber.
- fated
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Fidel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Hamer
-
noun,
Fannie Lou, 1917–77, U.S. civil rights activist.
- drift
-
noun,
a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Field
-
noun,
an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
- filar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a thread or threads.
- male-
-
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- Ebert
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- famed
-
noun,
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence:
- haler
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- math.
-
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- dimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- feral
-
adjective,
existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Meath
-
noun,
a county in Leinster, in the E Republic of Ireland. 902 sq. mi. (2335 sq. km). County seat: Trim.
- medal
-
noun,
a flat piece of metal, often a disk but sometimes a cross, star, or other form, usually bearing an inscription or design, issued to commemorate a person, action, or event, or given as a reward for bravery, merit, or the like:
- heli-
-
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- hema-
-
- felid
-
noun,
any animal of the family Felidae, comprising the cats.
- Medea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a sorceress, daughter of Aeëtes and wife of Jason, whom she assisted in obtaining the Golden Fleece: when Jason deserted her, she killed their children.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- Heber
-
noun,
Reginald, 1783–1826, British bishop and hymn writer.
- diam.
-
- lamed
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- heder
-
noun,
(especially in Europe) a private Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- harem
-
noun,
the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women.
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- lathi
-
noun,
a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
- Harim
-
noun,
harem.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- feti-
-
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- fetal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- hemia
-
- hemi-
-
- hemal
-
adjective,
Also, hematal. of or relating to the blood or blood vessels.
- matr-
-
- Hemet
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- Laith
-
adjective,
loath.
- Lathe
-
noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- mbira
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- Fermi
-
noun,
a unit of length, 10− 15 m, used in measuring nuclear distances. Symbol: F.
- Lehar
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1870–1948, Hungarian composer of operettas.
- edema
-
noun,
effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Embla
-
noun,
the first woman, made by the gods from a tree.
- fable
-
noun,
a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue:
- limba
-
noun,
an African tree, Terminalia superba, having yellowish-brown wood.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- imbed
-
verb (used with object),
embed.
- frail
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- Frame
-
noun,
a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- Fabre
-
noun,
Jean Henri [zhahn ahn-ree] /ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1823–1915, French entomologist and popular writer on insect life.
- flirt
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- Freda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- flare
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- ember
-
noun,
a small live piece of coal, wood, etc., as in a dying fire.
- embed
-
noun,
a journalist who is embedded with a military unit or a political campaign.
- embar
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- Hiram
-
noun,
a king of Tyre in the 10th century b.c. I Kings 5.
- Elmer
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “famous.”.
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- flier
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- fleer
-
noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- ihram
-
noun,
the dress worn by male Muslims on their pilgrimage to Mecca, consisting of two white cotton cloths, one worn round the waist, the other over the left shoulder.
- fleam
-
noun,
Surgery. a kind of lancet, as for opening veins.
- ether
-
noun,
Also called diethyl ether, diethyl oxide, ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, highly volatile, flammable liquid, C 4 H 10 O, having an aromatic odor and sweet, burning taste, derived from ethyl alcohol by the action of sulfuric acid: used as a solvent and, formerly, as an inhalant anesthetic.
- Ethel
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- ethal
-
noun,
cetyl alcohol.
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- Libra
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- Lethe
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- Emile
-
noun,
a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- Fleet
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- Flem.
-
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- Lifar
-
noun,
Serge [syir-gyey;; French serzh] /syɪrˈgyeɪ;; French sɛrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in Paris after 1923.
- lifer
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- flied
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- Letha
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Fried
-
noun,
Alfred Hermann [al-frid hur-muh n;; German ahl-freyt her-mahn] /ˈæl frɪd ˈhɜr mən;; German ˈɑl freɪt ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1921, Austrian writer and journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- madre
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Firth
-
noun,
a long, narrow indentation of the seacoast.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Eifel
-
noun,
a hilly region in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate states in W Germany.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- lm-hr
-
- Mabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Edith
-
noun,
a female given name: from Old English words meaning “rich, happy” and “war.”.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- edit.
-
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- haem-
-
- Ital.
-
- herem
-
noun,
the most severe form of excommunication, formerly used by rabbis in sentencing wrongdoers, usually for an indefinite period of time.
- filth
-
noun,
offensive or disgusting dirt or refuse; foul matter:
- Mahdi
-
noun,
the Muslim messiah, an expected spiritual and temporal ruler destined to establish a reign of righteousness throughout the world.
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- lithe
-
adjective,
bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible:
- Faith
-
noun,
confidence or trust in a person or thing:
- flame
-
noun,
burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- hier-
-
- Friml
-
noun,
Rudolf, 1881–1972, U.S. composer and pianist, born in Austria-Hungary.
- frith
-
noun,
firth.
- elemi
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- Hilda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “maid of battle.”.
- elem.
-
- Elder
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- fader
-
noun,
a person or thing that fades.
- Elath
-
noun,
Eilat.
- ft-lb
-
- Lith.
-
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- flair
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- Leith
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Scotland, on the Firth of Forth: now part of Edinburgh.
- Haber
-
noun,
Fritz, 1868–1934, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1918.
- habit
-
noun,
an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary:
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- Herma
-
noun,
herm.
- 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.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- merde
-
noun,
excrement.
- dial.
-
- Balt.
-
- befit
-
verb (used with object),
to be proper or appropriate for; suit; fit:
- rheme
-
noun,
comment (def 7).
- rhet.
-
- beedi
-
noun,
bidi.
- bedim
-
verb (used with object),
to make dim; darken; obscure.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- Beard
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- rifle
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- bathe
-
noun,
British.
the act of bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river.
a swimming bath.
- Barth
-
noun,
John (Simmons) [sim-uh nz] /ˈsɪm ənz/ (Show IPA), born 1930, U.S. novelist.
- Bart.
-
- Barde
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- rheda
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a four-wheeled traveling carriage.
- baith
-
adjective, pronoun,
both.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- tele-
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- tera-
-
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- Athel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- belah
-
noun,
beefwood.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- refel
-
verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- Rebel
-
noun,
a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- blame
-
noun,
an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof:
- Blair
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- rebid
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- blade
-
noun,
the flat cutting part of a sword, knife, etc.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- birth
-
noun,
an act or instance of being born:
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- bimah
-
noun,
a platform in a synagogue holding the reading table used when chanting or reading portions of the Torah and the Prophets.
- Bihar
-
noun,
a state in NE India. 38,301 sq. mi. (99,200 sq. km). Capital: Patna.
- bield
-
noun,
a shelter; refuge.
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- belie
-
verb (used with object),
to show to be false; contradict:
- bidet
-
noun,
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- refl.
-
- rehab
-
noun,
rehabilitation, especially a program or facility for treating persons addicted to drugs or alcohol or recovering from certain medical conditions:
- Bethe
-
noun,
Hans Albrecht [hanz awl-brekt,, hahns;; German hahns ahl-brekht] /hænz ˈɔl brɛkt,, hɑns;; German hɑns ˈɑl brɛxt/ (Show IPA), 1906–2005, U.S. physicist, born in Alsace: Nobel Prize 1967.
- betel
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- berth
-
noun,
a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
- retd.
-
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- Beret
-
noun,
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
- Berea
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- term.
-
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- tiled
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- afrit
-
noun,
afreet.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aeri-
-
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- admit
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- adeem
-
verb (used with object),
to revoke (a legacy) by ademption.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- abide
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- abele
-
noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- 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.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- 30-30
-
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- THREE
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- thirl
-
verb (used with object),
to pierce.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Amble
-
noun,
an ambling gait.
- armed
-
noun,
Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- arith
-
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- ardeb
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- Thebe
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Botswana, the 100th part of a pula.
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- amid-
-
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Amer.
-
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- ambit
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- third
-
noun,
a third part, especially of one (1/3).
- ambi-
-
- Amber
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- Thema
-
noun,
theme (def 7).
- alti-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- theme
-
noun,
a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic:
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- there
-
noun,
that state or condition:
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- THIEF
-
noun,
a person who steals, especially secretly or without open force; one guilty of theft or larceny.
- Albee
-
noun,
Edward, born 1928, U.S. playwright.
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- Belem
-
noun,
a seaport in N Brazil on the Pará River.
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- Delft
-
noun,
earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usually in blue.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Bride
-
noun,
a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.
- defer
-
verb (used with object),
to put off (action, consideration, etc.) to a future time:
- brede
-
noun,
something braided or entwined, especially a plait of hair; braid.
- Breda
-
noun,
a city in the S Netherlands.
- Bream
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- bread
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- Delhi
-
noun,
a union territory in N India. 574 sq. mi. (1487 sq. km).
- BRIEF
-
noun,
a short and concise statement or written item.
- Melia
-
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- Brale
-
- brail
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- Merle
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- meta-
-
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- meth-
-
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Meade
-
noun,
George Gordon, 1815–72, Union general in the American Civil War.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- rabid
-
adjective,
irrationally extreme in opinion or practice:
- metr-
-
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- Brit.
-
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Death
-
noun,
the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism.
Compare brain death.
- Brith
-
noun,
the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child eight days after his birth.
- debar
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- Debir
-
noun,
a royal city in the vicinity of Hebron, conquered by Othniel.
- debit
-
noun,
the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- Debra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Deborah.
- demi-
-
- Breed
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- Melba
-
noun,
(Dame) Nellie (Helen Porter Mitchell Armstrong) 1861–1931, Australian operatic soprano.
- derm-
-
- bleed
-
noun,
Printing.
a sheet or page margin trimmed so as to mutilate the text or illustration.
a part thus trimmed off.
- Blida
-
noun,
a city in N Algeria.
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- Mehta
-
noun,
Zubin [zoo-bin] /ˈzu bɪn/ (Show IPA), born 1936, Indian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. since 1961.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- BMarE
-
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- BMetE
-
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- derma
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Mirth
-
noun,
gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter:
- Brahe
-
noun,
Tycho [tee-koh;; Danish ty-koh] /ˈti koʊ;; Danish ˈtü koʊ/ (Show IPA), 1546–1601, Danish astronomer.
- braid
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- mild
-
noun,
British. beer that has a blander taste than bitter.
- iamb
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- her.
-
- the-
-
- IADB
-
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- MALD
-
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- mil.
-
- Mar.
-
- Mid.
-
- hilt
-
noun,
the handle of a sword or dagger.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- them
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- MILR
-
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- mal-
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- idae
-
- ible
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- mfd.
-
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- tri-
-
- FRED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Frederick.
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- Helm
-
noun,
Nautical.
a wheel or tiller by which a ship is steered.
the entire steering apparatus of a ship.
the angle with the fore-and-aft line made by a rudder when turned:
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- met.
-
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- 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.
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- 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.
- hem-
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Herb
-
noun,
a flowering plant whose stem above ground does not become woody.
- herd
-
noun,
a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock:
- Mede
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Media.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- MELD
-
noun,
the act of melding.
- hide
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- trid
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- Herm
-
noun,
a monument consisting of a four-sided shaft tapering inward from top to bottom and bearing a head or bust; those of Hermes usually had an erect penis, which passersby stroked for luck.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- herl
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- TRIB
-
- Held
-
noun,
John, Jr. 1889–1958, U.S. cartoonist, illustrator, and writer.
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- heme
-
noun,
a deep-red iron-containing blood pigment, C 34 H 32 N 4 O 4 Fe, obtained from hemoglobin.
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- ter.
-
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- lit.
-
- LitB
-
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Leah
-
noun,
the first wife of Jacob. Gen. 29:23–26.
- LitD
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Lehr
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- lea.
-
- meed
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- lath
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Life
-
noun,
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lib.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- ref.
-
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- ile-
-
- RIBA
-
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Lab.
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- MAEd
-
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 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.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- limb
-
noun,
a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing:
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Ire.
-
- IRBM
-
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- RADM
-
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Rida
-
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- Lamb
-
noun,
a young sheep.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- LRBM
-
- Lam.
-
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ltd.
-
- rad.
-
- med.
-
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- thi-
-
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- tab.
-
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- heft
-
noun,
weight; heaviness:
- 1080
-
- heel
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- deaf
-
noun,
deaf persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- dat.
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- heed
-
noun,
careful attention; notice; observation (usually with give or take).
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- btl.
-
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- deb.
-
- debt
-
noun,
something that is owed or that one is bound to pay to or perform for another:
- deem
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- def.
-
- deft
-
adjective,
dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever:
- daft
-
adjective,
senseless, stupid, or foolish.
- brim
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- Del.
-
- BLit
-
- Bird
-
noun,
any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- blad
-
noun,
a flier or other promotional material distributed by a company to sell a product.
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- blah
-
noun,
nonsense; rubbish:
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- bldr
-
- BMEd
-
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- BMet
-
- Brad
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- Bram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Bred
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Elbe
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the W Czech Republic NW through Germany to the North Sea. 725 miles (1165 km) long.
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- EDTA
-
- EFTA
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- drib
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- elhi
-
adjective,
elementary and high-school:
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- EMet
-
- emia
-
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- 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.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- dif-
-
- Dem.
-
- deme
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- der.
-
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- dhal
-
noun,
dal.
- dia-
-
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- dim.
-
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- dir.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dlr.
-
- drab
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- DRAM
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- Eth.
-
- alt.
-
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- ALBM
-
- Ald.
-
- Aldm
-
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- amdt
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amt.
-
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Arm.
-
- art.
-
- Alb.
-
- Aire
-
- 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.
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- abed
-
adverb,
in bed:
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- ABFM
-
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- abl.
-
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- abr.
-
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- AIME
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Adm.
-
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- afr-
-
- ahem
-
interjection,
(an utterance similar to the sound of clearing one's throat, used to attract attention, express doubt or a mild warning, etc.)
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- atm.
-
- bade
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- bide
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- beam
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Bede
-
noun,
Saint ("the Venerable Bede") a.d. 673?–735, English monk, historian, and theologian: wrote earliest history of England.
- beef
-
noun,
the flesh of a cow, steer, or bull raised and killed for its meat.
- Beer
-
noun,
an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
- beet
-
noun,
any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root.
Compare sugar beet.
- beld
-
adjective,
bald; hairless.
- bdrm
-
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- BEMA
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- berm
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- bet.
-
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Beth
-
noun,
the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Bhil
-
noun,
a people inhabiting the hills of west central India.
- bead
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- bdle
-
plural,
bundle.
- Badr
-
noun,
Battle of, Islam. a decisive battle in the early days of Islam (a.d. 624), in which Muhammad with about 300 men overcame a force of about 1000 Meccans.
- Bald
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a treeless mountaintop or area near the top: often used as part of a proper name.
- BAEd
-
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- Bahr
-
noun,
Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1863–1934, Austrian playwright and critic.
- baht
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Thailand, equal to 100 satangs.
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- bal.
-
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- bdl.
-
plural,
bundle.
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- balm
-
noun,
any of various oily, fragrant, resinous substances, often of medicinal value, exuding from certain plants, especially tropical trees of the genus Commiphora.
- bar.
-
- Bard
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- barf
-
verb, noun,
vomit.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- barm
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- dbl.
-
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- Hab.
-
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- farm
-
noun,
a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- fth.
-
- Farl
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- fard
-
noun,
facial cosmetics.
- FLRA
-
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- flee
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- fled
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of flee.
- hade
-
noun,
Geology. the angle between a fault plane and the vertical, measured perpendicular to the strike of the fault; complement of the dip.
- frt.
-
- fame
-
noun,
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence:
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- haft
-
noun,
a handle, especially of a knife, sword, or dagger.
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- hail
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- hal-
-
- Hale
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- halm
-
noun,
haulm.
- fail
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- hame
-
noun,
either of two curved pieces lying upon the collar in the harness of an animal, to which the traces are fastened.
- Fed.
-
- FERA
-
- Feme
-
noun,
a woman or wife.
- FEMA
-
noun,
Federal Emergency Management Agency: a federal agency that coordinates the response to disasters in the U.S.
- fem.
-
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- feel
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- feed
-
noun,
food, especially for farm animals, as cattle, horses or chickens.
- feeb
-
noun,
a feeble-minded person.
- Feb.
-
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Fri.
-
- free
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- halt
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- flea
-
noun,
any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- fld.
-
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- Flam
-
noun,
a deception or trick.
- fade
-
noun,
an act or instance of fading.
- flab
-
noun,
flabby flesh; unwanted fat:
- Fla.
-
- head
-
noun,
the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- heal
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- Heb.
-
- Hebr
-
- firm
-
noun,
a partnership or association for carrying on a business.
- filt
-
- film
-
noun,
a thin layer or coating:
- fam.
-
- FAdm
-
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- hard
-
noun,
Nautical. a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
- HARM
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- Fahr
-
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- rhb
-
- ial
-
- BAM
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- RFE
-
- RTF
-
- FRB
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RLD
-
- ib.
-
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Ia.
-
- RFD
-
- FLB
-
- RFA
-
- il-
-
- id.
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- ble
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- Fl.
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- ite
-
- rfb
-
- BLA
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- ITA
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- IRL
-
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- 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.
- BHA
-
- RFI
-
- Ir.
-
- bhd
-
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ier
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- BFT
-
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- BFD
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- BFA
-
- BHL
-
- fm.
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- BIE
-
- BDA
-
- Bde
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- BID
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- bi-
-
- IMF
-
- BHT
-
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- IDB
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- ide
-
- FMB
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- ht.
-
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- AEF
-
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- AFB
-
- AFL
-
- AFM
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- AHE
-
- AHL
-
- HBM
-
- TID
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- TIA
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ThM
-
- HAM
-
noun,
a cut of meat from the heavy-muscled part of a hog's rear quarter, between hip and hock, usually cured.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ae.
-
- hd.
-
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- abd
-
- Am.
-
- ab-
-
- ad-
-
- Af.
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- al.
-
- Ar.
-
- TRH
-
- trf
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- ADF
-
- Hel
-
noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- ABM
-
- HDL
-
- abt
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- tlr
-
- ADB
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- ALM
-
- HRE
-
- HIM
-
noun,
Informal. a male:
- BED
-
noun,
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- bl.
-
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- Br.
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- bad
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- Frl
-
- 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.
- BEF
-
- Tbi
-
- BLM
-
- TBA
-
- bah
-
interjection,
(an exclamation of contempt or annoyance):
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- TAL
-
- BEM
-
- be-
-
- Had
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- 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.
- Amb
-
- AME
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- hr.
-
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- hf.
-
- hid
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- ard
-
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- bd.
-
plural,
board.
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ThD
-
- ThB
-
- th-
-
- tfr
-
- at.
-
- ft.
-
- ATB
-
- TBD
-
- BME
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- MDT
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- mbd
-
- DMA
-
- DML
-
- DMT
-
- Dr.
-
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- DRE
-
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- DTh
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ETD
-
- ea.
-
- ead
-
- EAM
-
- 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.
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ed.
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- FBI
-
- EdB
-
- DFT
-
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- DET
-
- DFA
-
- DFM
-
- dh-
-
- FDA
-
- dha
-
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- DHL
-
- di.
-
- ETR
-
- DIB
-
verb (used without object),
to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- Ld.
-
- DIL
-
- FDR
-
noun,
(Anna) Eleanor, 1884–1962, U.S. diplomat, author, and lecturer (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- de-
-
- LIM
-
- FAD
-
noun,
a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group.
- ELF
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- FAB
-
adjective,
fabulous (def 2).
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- EMF
-
- lhb
-
- LHD
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- EMR
-
- EMT
-
- Lif
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- FBA
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ERT
-
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- edh
-
noun,
eth.
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- EDT
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- ef-
-
- Mab
-
noun,
Queen Mab.
- efl
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- eir
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Me.
-
- Md.
-
- MBE
-
- ltr
-
- LTh
-
- LTA
-
- EHF
-
- LMT
-
- Ehr
-
- DEA
-
- lbf
-
- MRE
-
- FIB
-
noun,
a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MLR
-
- MLF
-
- MLD
-
- MLA
-
- ml.
-
- BTh
-
- BRE
-
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- Lt.
-
- DBE
-
- BRM
-
- DAB
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- 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.
- DAE
-
- MIT
-
- MRA
-
- MRI
-
- dah
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a tone interval approximately three times the length of the dot, used to designate the dash of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- fid
-
noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- BRT
-
- Bt.
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RMA
-
- BTE
-
- RAF
-
- Re.
-
- Mt.
-
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- Rd.
-
- MTI
-
- MTh
-
- MTF
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- LaF
-
- La.
-
- RDF
-
- MIB
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- MHR
-
- REA
-
- MHE
-
- RDA
-
- MHD
-
- MHA
-
- MFT
-
- MFR
-
- MFH
-
- FET
-
- MFA
-
- DBA
-
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- MIE
-
- DAR
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- RBI
-
- BMR
-
- FHA
-
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- BMI
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- BMT
-
- Fia
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- HB
-
- 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.
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- LM
-
- LH
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- 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.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- L.
-
- TL
-
- LF
-
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- L1
-
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- FD
-
- TM
-
- L2
-
- 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.
- i.
-
- LR
-
- BM
-
- h.
-
- DM
-
- B-
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- FB
-
- DB
-
- BF
-
- FE
-
- le
-
- dl
-
- t.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TB
-
- TD
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MH
-
- HL
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- DF
-
- BH
-
- R.
-
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MB
-
- RI
-
- RH
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RF
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- MF
-
- Eb
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- D.
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.