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- forestlands
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noun,
land containing or covered with forests.
- transferase
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noun,
any of the class of enzymes, as the transaminases that catalyze the transfer of an organic group from one compound to another.
- shearwaters
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noun,
any of several long-winged petrels of the genus Puffinus that appear to shear the water with their wing tips when flying low.
- horse-trade
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noun,
a shrewdly conducted exchange, as of favors or objects, usually resulting from or accompanied by very close bargaining.
- left-hander
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noun,
a person who is left-handed, especially a baseball pitcher who throws with the left hand.
- fatherlands
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noun,
one's native country.
- Down-easter
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noun,
a full-rigged ship built in New England in the late 19th century, usually of wood and relatively fast.
- forwardness
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noun,
overreadiness to push oneself forward; lack of appropriate modesty; presumption; boldness.
- Weatherford
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noun,
a town in N Texas.
- stone-deaf
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adjective,
totally deaf.
- headwaters
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plural noun,
Sometimes, headwater. the upper tributaries of a river.
- earthwards
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adverb,
Also, earthwards. toward the earth.
- northwards
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noun,
the northward part, direction, or point.
- wastelands
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noun,
land that is uncultivated or barren.
- shorewards
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noun,
the direction toward the shore or away from the sea.
- freshwater
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adjective,
of or living in water that is fresh or not salt:
- three-fold
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noun,
a unit of stage scenery consisting of three flats hinged together.
- free-throw
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noun,
foul shot.
- afterwards
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adverb,
at a later or subsequent time; subsequently.
- warrantees
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noun,
a person to whom a warranty is made.
- heartlands
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noun,
the part of a region considered essential to the viability and survival of the whole, especially a central land area relatively invulnerable to attack and capable of economic and political self-sufficiency.
- afterworld
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noun,
the future world, especially the world after death.
- defrosters
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noun,
a person or thing that defrosts.
- headstones
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noun,
a stone marker set at the head of a grave; gravestone.
- raree-show
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noun,
peep show.
- fatherless
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adjective,
not having a living father:
- half-assed
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adjective,
insufficient or haphazard; not fully planned or developed.
- transferal
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noun,
transference; transfer.
- watersheds
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noun,
Chiefly British. the ridge or crest line dividing two drainage areas; water parting; divide.
- self-worth
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noun,
the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
- sense-data
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noun,
Also called sensum. Psychology. the basic unit of an experience resulting from the stimulation of a sense organ; a stimulus or an object of perception or sensation.
- Alessandro
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noun,
Victor Nicholas, 1915–76, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- starflower
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noun,
any of several plants having starlike flowers, as the star-of-Bethlehem or a plant belonging to the genus Trientalis of the primrose family.
- forestland
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noun,
land containing or covered with forests.
- foreswears
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verb (used with or without object),
forswear.
- fatherland
-
noun,
one's native country.
- farandoles
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noun,
a lively dance, of Provençal origin, in which all the dancers join hands and execute various figures.
- rose-water
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noun,
water tinctured with the essential oil of roses, used as a perfume.
- water-hole
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noun,
a depression in the surface of the ground, containing water.
- Farnsworth
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noun,
Philo Taylor [fahy-loh] /ˈfaɪ loʊ/ (Show IPA), 1906–71, U.S. physicist and inventor: pioneer in the field of television.
- shearwater
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noun,
any of several long-winged petrels of the genus Puffinus that appear to shear the water with their wing tips when flying low.
- frontwards
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adverb,
in a direction toward the front.
- headwater
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plural noun,
Sometimes, headwater. the upper tributaries of a river.
- seastrand
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noun,
seashore.
- Delawares
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noun,
Baron, De La Warr, 12th Baron.
- headstone
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noun,
a stone marker set at the head of a grave; gravestone.
- headrests
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noun,
a rest or support of any kind for the head.
- headnotes
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noun,
a brief summary, comment, or explanation that precedes a chapter, report, etc.
- wanderers
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noun,
a Covenanter persecuted by Charles II and James II, especially one who fled home to follow rebellious Presbyterian ministers who refused to accept episcopacy.
- seawaters
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noun,
the salt water in or from the sea.
- hardwares
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noun,
metalware, as tools, locks, hinges, or cutlery.
- hardeners
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noun,
a person or thing that hardens.
- handfasts
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noun,
Archaic. a covenant or contract, especially a betrothal, usually completed by a handclasp.
- Waldenses
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noun,
a Christian sect that arose after 1170 in southern France, under the leadership of Pierre Waldo, a merchant of Lyons, and joined the Reformation movement in the 16th century.
- war-horse
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noun,
a horse used in war; charger.
- heartland
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noun,
the part of a region considered essential to the viability and survival of the whole, especially a central land area relatively invulnerable to attack and capable of economic and political self-sufficiency.
- hostelers
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noun,
a person who operates a hostel.
- resonates
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- restorals
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noun,
restoration.
- anetholes
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noun,
a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 12 O, having a sweet taste, obtained from anise or fennel oils or synthesized: used chiefly in perfumes, dentifrices, flavoring, synthesis of anisaldehyde, and in medicine as an antiseptic and carminative.
- rondelets
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noun,
a short poem of fixed form, consisting of five lines on two rhymes, and having the opening words or word used after the second and fifth lines as an unrhymed refrain.
- watershed
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noun,
Chiefly British. the ridge or crest line dividing two drainage areas; water parting; divide.
- Rosenthal
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noun,
Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- Rosenwald
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noun,
Julius, 1862–1932, U.S. businessman and philanthropist.
- waterless
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adjective,
devoid of water; dry.
- waterleaf
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noun,
any of several North American plants of the genus Hydrophyllum, having clusters of bluish or white flowers and leaves often bearing marks resembling water stains.
- water-hen
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noun,
moorhen (def 1).
- waterhead
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noun,
the source of a river or stream.
- Waterford
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noun,
a county in Munster province, in the S Republic of Ireland. 710 sq. mi. (1840 sq. km).
- wasteland
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noun,
land that is uncultivated or barren.
- heartless
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adjective,
unfeeling; unkind; unsympathetic; harsh; cruel:
- washstand
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noun,
a piece of furniture holding a basin, pitcher, etc., for use in washing one's hands and face.
- holdfasts
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noun,
something used to hold or secure a thing in place; a catch, hook, clamp, etc.
- sandworts
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Arenaria, of the pink family, having narrow leaves and clusters of usually white flowers, many of which grow in sandy soil.
- warrantee
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noun,
a person to whom a warranty is made.
- herefords
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noun,
one of an English breed of red beef cattle having a white face and white body markings.
- self-sown
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adjective,
sown by itself, or without human or animal agency, as of a plant grown from seeds dropped from another plant.
- seafarers
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noun,
a sailor.
- arrowhead
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noun,
the head or tip of an arrow, usually separable from the shaft and conventionally wedge-shaped.
- sea-front
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noun,
an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- sea-horse
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noun,
any fish of the genus Hippocampus, of the pipefish family, having a prehensile tail, an elongated snout, and a head bent at right angles to the body.
- arsenates
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenic acid.
- heartsore
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adjective,
heartsick.
- awareness
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noun,
the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness:
- frontward
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adverb,
in a direction toward the front.
- trehalose
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noun,
a white, crystalline disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , occurring in yeast, certain fungi, etc., and used to identify certain bacteria.
- farnesols
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noun,
a colorless, unsaturated, liquid alcohol, C 15 H 26 O, having a slight floral odor, extracted from the flowers of the acacia, cassia oil, or the like: used in perfumery.
- threnodes
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noun,
threnody.
- threefold
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adjective,
comprising three parts, members, or aspects; triple:
- shoreward
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noun,
the direction toward the shore or away from the sea.
- fleaworts
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noun,
a European plantain, Plantago psyllium, having seeds that are used in medicine.
- flatwares
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noun,
utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons, used at the table for serving and eating food.
- desolates
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adjective,
barren or laid waste; devastated:
- flatheads
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noun,
any of several scorpaenoid fishes of the family Platycephalidae, chiefly inhabiting waters of the Indo-Pacific region and used for food.
- flat-head
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noun,
a flat screw head.
- dethrones
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verb (used with object),
to remove from a throne; depose.
- fasteners
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noun,
any of various devices for fastening.
- softeners
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noun,
Chemistry.
any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its softness, smoothness, or plasticity.
water softener.
- solanders
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noun,
a case for maps, plates, etc., made to resemble a book and having the front cover and fore edge hinged.
- flowerets
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noun,
a small flower; floret.
- farandole
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noun,
a lively dance, of Provençal origin, in which all the dancers join hands and execute various figures.
- soreheads
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noun,
a disgruntled or vindictive person, especially an unsportsmanlike loser:
- Esdraelon
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noun,
a plain in N Israel, extending from the Mediterranean near Mt. Carmel to the Jordan River: scene of ancient battles.
- sternward
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adverb,
toward the stern; astern.
- drawsheet
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noun,
a narrow sheet, often used on hospital beds, placed under a patient's buttocks and often over a rubber sheet, that can easily be removed if soiled.
- entresols
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noun,
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
- enswathes
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verb (used with object),
to swathe.
- teardowns
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noun,
a taking apart; disassembly.
- stoneware
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noun,
a hard, opaque, vitrified ceramic ware.
- elderwort
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- swanherds
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noun,
a person who tends swans.
- eastwards
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noun,
the eastward part, direction, or point.
- flowerers
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noun,
a plant that flowers at a specific time or in a certain manner.
- shetlands
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noun,
Shetland Islands.
- selfwards
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adverb,
in the direction of or toward oneself:
- fraternal
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adjective,
of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
- halftones
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noun,
Also called middle-tone. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.
- half-tone
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noun,
semitone.
- half-note
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noun,
a note equivalent in time value to one half of a whole note; minim.
- serenatas
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noun,
a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- frostweed
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noun,
a plant, Helianthemum canadense, of the rockrose family, native to eastern North America, having narrow leaves and a solitary yellow flower.
- leadworts
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noun,
any plant or shrub of the genus Plumbago, having spikes of blue, white, or red flowers.
- frontless
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adjective,
shameless; unblushing.
- frontlash
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noun,
an action or opinion that is in reaction to a backlash.
- freeloads
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verb (used with object),
to get by freeloading:
- freeholds
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noun,
a form of tenure by which an estate is held in fee simple, fee tail, or for life.
- free-hand
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noun,
unrestricted freedom or authority:
- forswears
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verb (used with object),
to reject or renounce under oath:
- defroster
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noun,
a person or thing that defrosts.
- Forrestal
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noun,
James Vincent, 1892–1949, U.S. financier, secretary of Defense 1947–49.
- forewarns
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verb (used with object),
to warn in advance.
- deathless
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adjective,
not subject to death; immortal:
- foreswear
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verb (used with or without object),
forswear.
- tone-deaf
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adjective,
unable to distinguish differences in pitch in musical sounds when producing or hearing them.
- foresters
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noun,
a person who is expert in forestry.
- forelands
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noun,
a cape, headland, or promontory.
- deferrals
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noun,
deferment.
- forehands
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noun,
(in tennis, squash, etc.) a forehand stroke.
- deflowers
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verb (used with object),
to deprive (a woman) of virginity.
- foredates
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verb (used with object),
to antedate.
- deforests
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verb (used with object),
to divest or clear of forests or trees:
- Altdorfer
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noun,
Albrecht [ahl-brekht] /ˈɑl brɛxt/ (Show IPA), c1480–1538, German painter.
- earthward
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adverb,
Also, earthwards. toward the earth.
- redhorses
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noun,
any of several suckers of the genus Moxostoma, found in the fresh waters of North America, often having reddish fins.
- worthless
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adjective,
without worth; of no use, importance, or value; good-for-nothing:
- Westfalen
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noun,
German name of Westphalia.
- neatherds
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noun,
cowherd.
- oleanders
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noun,
a poisonous shrub, Nerium oleander, of the dogbane family, native to southern Eurasia, having evergreen leaves and showy clusters of pink, red, or white flowers, and widely cultivated as an ornamental.
- northward
-
noun,
the northward part, direction, or point.
- rehearsal
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noun,
a session of exercise, drill, or practice, usually private, in preparation for a public performance, ceremony, etc.:
- red-short
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adjective,
brittle when at red heat, as iron or steel containing too much sulfur.
- Aldershot
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noun,
a city in NE Hampshire, in S England, SW of London.
- loadstars
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noun,
lodestar.
- natheless
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adverb,
nevertheless.
- nearshore
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adjective,
extending from or occurring along a shore.
- leftwards
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adverb,
Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- oleasters
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noun,
an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- reforests
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verb (used with object),
to replant trees on (land denuded by cutting or fire).
- afterward
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adverb,
at a later or subsequent time; subsequently.
- wheatears
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noun,
any of several small, chiefly Old World thrushes of the genus Oenanthe, having a distinctive white rump, especially O. oenanthe, of Eurasia and North America.
- lodestars
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noun,
a star that shows the way.
- afterword
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noun,
a concluding section, commentary, etc., as of a book, treatise, or the like; closing statement.
- otherness
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noun,
the state or fact of being different or distinct.
- left-hand
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adjective,
on or to the left:
- aforehand
-
adverb,
beforehand.
- selfward
-
adverb,
in the direction of or toward oneself:
- awardees
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noun,
the recipient of an award.
- self-sow
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verb (used without object),
to sow or propagate itself naturally from seeds that have been dropped.
- red-rose
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noun,
the emblem of the royal house of Lancaster.
- half-rod
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noun,
a unit of length equal to 2.75 yards or 8.25 feet (2.52 meters).
- trehalas
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noun,
an edible, sugary substance secreted by certain Asiatic beetles of the genus Larinus, forming their pupal covering.
- halftone
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noun,
Also called middle-tone. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.
- loadstar
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noun,
lodestar.
- aweather
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adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the weather side of a vessel; in the direction of the wind (opposed to alee).
- re-dress
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verb (used with object),
to dress again.
- fatheads
-
noun,
Slang. a stupid person; fool.
- floaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that floats.
- terranes
-
noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- snorters
-
noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- serranos
-
noun,
a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- transfer
-
noun,
a means or system of transferring.
- federals
-
noun,
an advocate of federation or federalism.
- feathers
-
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.
- fearless
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adjective,
without fear; bold or brave; intrepid.
- serenata
-
noun,
a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- thalasso
-
- treasons
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- senhoras
-
noun,
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- trawlers
-
noun,
a person who trawls.
- snowshed
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noun,
a structure, as over an extent of railroad track on a mountainside, for protection against snow.
- treadles
-
noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- aardwolf
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noun,
a striped, hyenalike mammal, Proteles cristatus, of southern and eastern Africa, that feeds chiefly on insects.
- redrafts
-
noun,
a second draft or drawing.
- worsteds
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noun,
firmly twisted yarn or thread spun from combed, stapled wool fibers of the same length, for weaving, knitting, etc.
Compare woolen.
- handsels
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noun,
a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
- handfast
-
noun,
Archaic. a covenant or contract, especially a betrothal, usually completed by a handclasp.
- dosseret
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noun,
a supplementary capital or thickened abacus, as in Byzantine architecture.
- sea-wolf
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noun,
any of several large, voracious, marine fishes, as the wolffish or sea bass.
- assorted
-
adjective,
consisting of different or various kinds; miscellaneous:
- seawares
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noun,
seaweed, especially coarse, large seaweed, used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- asserted
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- seawards
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noun,
the direction toward the sea or away from the land.
- letdowns
-
noun,
a decrease in volume, force, energy, etc.:
- headless
-
adjective,
without a head.
- asternal
-
adjective,
not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
- headnote
-
noun,
a brief summary, comment, or explanation that precedes a chapter, report, etc.
- fadeless
-
adjective,
not fading or diminishing; unfading.
- sorehead
-
noun,
a disgruntled or vindictive person, especially an unsportsmanlike loser:
- headrest
-
noun,
a rest or support of any kind for the head.
- oleander
-
noun,
a poisonous shrub, Nerium oleander, of the dogbane family, native to southern Eurasia, having evergreen leaves and showy clusters of pink, red, or white flowers, and widely cultivated as an ornamental.
- headsets
-
noun,
Radio, Telephony. a device consisting of one or two earphones with a headband for holding them over the ears and sometimes with a mouthpiece attached.
- reflates
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verb (used with object),
to increase (money and credit) again.
- fanworts
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noun,
any aquatic plant belonging to the genus Cabomba, of the water lily family, having very small flowers and submerged and floating leaves.
- Hartford
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noun,
(George) Huntington, 2nd, 1911–2008, U.S. businessman and patron of the arts.
- fastener
-
noun,
any of various devices for fastening.
- hardener
-
noun,
a person or thing that hardens.
- handlers
-
noun,
a person or thing that handles.
- handless
-
adjective,
without a hand or hands.
- handsaws
-
noun,
any common saw with a handle at one end for manual operation with one hand.
- softener
-
noun,
Chemistry.
any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its softness, smoothness, or plasticity.
water softener.
- serrates
-
adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- Redstone
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noun,
a U.S. surface-to-surface ballistic missile powered by a single rocket engine.
- handsets
-
noun,
Also called French telephone. a telephone having a mouthpiece and earpiece mounted at opposite ends of a handle.
- farnesol
-
noun,
a colorless, unsaturated, liquid alcohol, C 15 H 26 O, having a slight floral odor, extracted from the flowers of the acacia, cassia oil, or the like: used in perfumery.
- oleaster
-
noun,
an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- hardness
-
noun,
the state or quality of being hard:
- hard-set
-
adjective,
firmly or rigidly set; fixed:
- hardware
-
noun,
metalware, as tools, locks, hinges, or cutlery.
- redwares
-
noun,
an early American earthenware made from red clay.
- software
-
noun,
Computers. the programs used to direct the operation of a computer, as well as documentation giving instructions on how to use them.
Compare hardware (def 5).
- solander
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noun,
a case for maps, plates, etc., made to resemble a book and having the front cover and fore edge hinged.
- harslets
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. haslet.
- serrated
-
adjective,
having a notched edge or sawlike teeth, especially for cutting; serrate:
- frontals
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a movable cover or hanging for the front of an altar.
- redolent
-
adjective,
having a pleasant odor; fragrant.
- flatware
-
noun,
utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons, used at the table for serving and eating food.
- neatherd
-
noun,
cowherd.
- deflower
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive (a woman) of virginity.
- deflates
-
verb (used with object),
to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon):
- forehand
-
noun,
(in tennis, squash, etc.) a forehand stroke.
- deferral
-
noun,
deferment.
- forehead
-
noun,
the part of the face above the eyebrows; brow.
- Foreland
-
noun,
a cape, headland, or promontory.
- Forester
-
noun,
a person who is expert in forestry.
- DeForest
-
verb (used with object),
to divest or clear of forests or trees:
- desolate
-
adjective,
barren or laid waste; devastated:
- toleware
-
noun,
articles made of tole.
- low-rate
-
verb (used with object),
to place a low value on:
- adrenals
-
noun,
adrenal gland.
- flat-saw
-
verb (used with object),
plain-saw.
- Desterro
-
noun,
former name of Florianópolis.
- ratholes
-
noun,
a hole made by a rat, as into a room, barn, etc.:
- narrates
-
verb (used with object),
to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
- fleawort
-
noun,
a European plantain, Plantago psyllium, having seeds that are used in medicine.
- forewarn
-
verb (used with object),
to warn in advance.
- throwers
-
noun,
a person or thing that throws.
- threnode
-
noun,
threnody.
- adherent
-
noun,
a person who follows or upholds a leader, cause, etc.; supporter; follower.
- flowered
-
noun,
the blossom of a plant.
- Delsarte
-
noun,
François [fran-swah;; French frahn-swa] /frænˈswɑ;; French frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1811–71, French musician and teacher.
- flowerer
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noun,
a plant that flowers at a specific time or in a certain manner.
- floweret
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noun,
a small flower; floret.
- wordless
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adjective,
speechless, silent, or mute.
- she-wolf
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noun,
a female wolf.
- foredate
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verb (used with object),
to antedate.
- Delaware
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noun,
Baron, De La Warr, 12th Baron.
- Shetland
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noun,
Shetland Islands.
- Sheraton
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noun,
Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- fleshers
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noun,
a person who fleshes hides.
- shelters
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noun,
something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
- fordless
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adjective,
having no ford.
- defrosts
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verb (used with object),
to remove the frost or ice from:
- narwhals
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noun,
a small arctic whale, Monodon monoceros, the male of which has a long, spirally twisted tusk extending forward from the upper jaw.
- shortens
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verb (used with object),
to make short or shorter.
- forewent
-
verb,
simple past tense of forego2 .
- feedlots
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noun,
a plot of ground, often near a stockyard, where livestock are gathered to be fattened for market.
- therefor
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adverb,
for or in exchange for that or this; for it:
- Freehold
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noun,
a form of tenure by which an estate is held in fee simple, fee tail, or for life.
- freeload
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verb (used with object),
to get by freeloading:
- redhorse
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noun,
any of several suckers of the genus Moxostoma, found in the fresh waters of North America, often having reddish fins.
- Freetown
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Sierra Leone, in W Africa.
- ferrates
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noun,
a salt of the hypothetical ferric acid, H 2 FeO 4 .
- darshans
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noun,
a preacher or teacher of Aggadah or Halakhah in a synagogue.
- freshens
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Verb phrases,
freshen up, to make oneself feel freshly clean or neat, as by washing, changing clothes, etc.:
- Ferndale
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noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- freehand
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adverb,
in a freehand manner:
- freshets
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noun,
a freshwater stream flowing into the sea.
- aerators
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noun,
an apparatus for aerating water or other fluids.
- fresnels
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noun,
a unit of frequency, equal to 10 12 cycles per second.
- slathers
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noun,
Often, slathers. a generous amount:
- fenestra
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or perforation, as in a bone, especially between the middle and inner ear.
- headwear
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noun,
coverings for the head, especially hats.
- Traherne
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noun,
Thomas, 1637?–74, English writer.
- lodestar
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noun,
a star that shows the way.
- dasheens
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noun,
the taro plant, Colocasia esculenta, native to tropical Asia, now cultivated in the southern U.S. for its edible tubers.
- Sharleen
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noun,
a female given name.
- realtors
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- fortress
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noun,
a large fortified place; a fort or group of forts, often including a town; citadel.
- dethrone
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verb (used with object),
to remove from a throne; depose.
- forswear
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verb (used with object),
to reject or renounce under oath:
- rear-end
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noun,
the hindmost part of something.
- Lorestan
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noun,
Luristan.
- dealates
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noun,
a dealate insect.
- reasoned
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Flathead
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noun,
any of several scorpaenoid fishes of the family Platycephalidae, chiefly inhabiting waters of the Indo-Pacific region and used for food.
- torsades
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noun,
a twisted cord.
- slanders
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noun,
defamation; calumny:
- forwards
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adverb,
forward.
- flashers
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noun,
a person or thing that flashes.
- Flanders
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noun,
a medieval country in W Europe, extending along the North Sea from the Strait of Dover to the Scheldt River: the corresponding modern regions include the provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders in W Belgium, and the adjacent parts of N France and SW Netherlands.
- shawnees
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noun,
a member of an Algonquian-speaking tribe formerly in the east-central U.S., now in Oklahoma.
- dewaters
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verb (used with object),
to remove the water from; drain; dehydrate.
- thewless
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adjective,
cowardly; timid.
- dateless
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adjective,
without a date; undated.
- towheads
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noun,
a head of very light blond, almost white hair.
- ethanols
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noun,
alcohol (def 1).
- seawater
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noun,
the salt water in or from the sea.
- reforest
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verb (used with object),
to replant trees on (land denuded by cutting or fire).
- Teasdale
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noun,
Sara, 1884–1933, U.S. poet.
- enswathe
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verb (used with object),
to swathe.
- hostlers
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noun,
a person who takes care of horses, especially at an inn.
- hot-draw
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verb (used with object),
Metalworking. to draw (wire, tubing, etc.) at a temperature high enough to permit recrystallization.
- renewals
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noun,
the act of renewing.
- leewards
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noun,
the lee side; the point or quarter toward which the wind blows.
- droseras
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noun,
any of several insectivorous plants of the genus Drosera, having leaves covered with sticky hairs, comprising the sundews.
- enhaloes
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verb (used with object),
to surround with or as with a halo.
- antheses
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noun,
the period or act of expansion in flowers, especially the maturing of the stamens.
- Westland
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noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- Rosedale
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noun,
a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- westerns
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a story, movie, or radio or television play about the U.S. West of the 19th century.
- leathers
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noun,
the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry.
- tearless
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adjective,
not weeping or shedding tears.
- teardown
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noun,
a taking apart; disassembly.
- wreathes
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verb (used with object),
to encircle or adorn with or as with a wreath.
- hosteler
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noun,
a person who operates a hostel.
- leathern
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adjective,
made of leather.
- leftward
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adverb,
Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- alastors
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an avenging spirit or deity frequently evoked in Greek tragedy; a male Nemesis.
- holsters
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noun,
a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle.
- nowheres
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noun,
the state of nonexistence or seeming nonexistence:
- salterns
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noun,
a saltworks.
- entresol
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noun,
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
- araneose
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adjective,
arachnoid, especially as a plant.
- saltando
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adverb,
in a saltando manner.
- wetlands
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noun,
Often, wetlands. land that has a wet and spongy soil, as a marsh, swamp, or bog.
- Hortense
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noun,
a female given name.
- enthrals
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verb (used with object),
enthrall.
- hornfels
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noun,
a dark, fine-grained metamorphic rock, the result of recrystallization of siliceous or argillaceous sediments by contact metamorphism.
- safroles
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noun,
a colorless or faintly yellow liquid, C 10 H 10 O 2 , obtained from sassafras oil or the like: used chiefly in perfumery, for flavoring, and in the manufacture of soaps.
- antrorse
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adjective,
bent or directed forward or upward.
- wastrels
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noun,
a wasteful person; spendthrift.
- Dressler
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noun,
Marie (Leila Koerber) 1869–1934, U.S. actress, born in Canada.
- Wanderer
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noun,
a Covenanter persecuted by Charles II and James II, especially one who fled home to follow rebellious Presbyterian ministers who refused to accept episcopacy.
- anhedral
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adjective,
xenomorphic (def 1).
- rondelet
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noun,
a short poem of fixed form, consisting of five lines on two rhymes, and having the opening words or word used after the second and fifth lines as an unrhymed refrain.
- oersteds
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noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic intensity, equal to the magnetic pole of unit strength when undergoing a force of one dyne in a vacuum. Abbreviation: Oe.
- noteless
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adjective,
not noted; undistinguished; unnoticed.
- sweaters
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noun,
a knitted jacket or jersey, in pullover or cardigan style, with or without sleeves.
- law-hand
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noun,
a style of handwriting used in old legal documents, especially in England.
- earnests
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- learners
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noun,
a person who is learning; student; pupil; apprentice; trainee.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- swelters
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noun,
a sweltering condition.
- welfares
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noun,
the good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc., of a person, group, or organization; well-being:
- althorns
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noun,
a valved brass musical instrument, varying in shape, that is the alto member of the cornet family.
- leadwort
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noun,
any plant or shrub of the genus Plumbago, having spikes of blue, white, or red flowers.
- also-ran
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noun,
Sports.
(in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers.
an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near-winning one.
- eastward
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noun,
the eastward part, direction, or point.
- earshots
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noun,
the range or distance within which a sound, voice, etc., can be heard.
- Eastland
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noun,
James O(liver) 1904–86, U.S. politician: senator 1941, 1943–78.
- east-end
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noun,
a section of E London, England.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- restoral
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noun,
restoration.
- restores
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verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- endorses
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noun,
Heraldry. a narrow pale, about one quarter the usual width and usually repeated several times.
- landwash
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noun,
the foreshore, especially that part between high and low tidemarks.
- Ladrones
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noun,
a thief.
- anethole
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noun,
a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 12 O, having a sweet taste, obtained from anise or fennel oils or synthesized: used chiefly in perfumes, dentifrices, flavoring, synthesis of anisaldehyde, and in medicine as an antiseptic and carminative.
- tarweeds
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noun,
any of several resinous or gummy, composite plants of the genus Grindelia, having solitary flower heads.
- roasters
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noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- northers
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noun,
Chiefly Texas and Oklahoma. a cold gale from the north, formed during the winter by a vigorous outbreak of continental polar air behind a cold front.
- landfast
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adjective,
attached to or grounded on shore or land:
- Landseer
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noun,
Sir Edwin Henry, 1802–73, English painter, especially of animals.
- Andrewes
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noun,
Lancelot, 1555–1626, English theologian: one of the translators of the Authorized Version of the Bible.
- swanherd
-
noun,
a person who tends swans.
- Landwehr
-
noun,
(in Germany, Austria, etc.) the part of the organized military forces of a nation that has completed a certain amount of compulsory training, and whose continuous service is required only in time of war.
- roadster
-
noun,
an early automobile having an open body, a single seat for two or three persons, and a large trunk or a rumble seat.
- weasands
-
noun,
throat.
- wrestles
-
noun,
an act of or a bout at wrestling.
- elastase
-
noun,
a pancreatic protease that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin and other related proteins to polypeptides and amino acids.
- re-tread
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verb (used with or without object),
to tread again.
- Weathers
-
noun,
the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.
- holdfast
-
noun,
something used to hold or secure a thing in place; a catch, hook, clamp, etc.
- antlered
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adjective,
having antlers.
- sandlots
-
noun,
a vacant lot used by youngsters for games or sports.
- arsenate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenic acid.
- relators
-
noun,
a person who relates or tells; narrator.
- warlords
-
noun,
a military leader, especially of a warlike nation.
- Hereford
-
noun,
one of an English breed of red beef cattle having a white face and white body markings.
- warheads
-
noun,
the forward section of a self-propelled missile, bomb, torpedo, or the like, containing the explosive, chemical, or atomic charge.
- Henslowe
-
noun,
Philip, died 1616, English theater manager.
- sawhorse
-
noun,
a movable frame or trestle for supporting wood being sawed.
- wrastles
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- warfares
-
noun,
the process of military struggle between two nations or groups of nations; war.
- Stanford
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noun,
(Amasa) Leland, 1824–93, U.S. railroad developer, politician, and philanthropist: governor of California 1861–63; senator 1885–93.
- seafowls
-
noun,
seabird.
- estrones
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- oldsters
-
noun,
an old or elderly person.
- telerans
-
noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- sea-lane
-
noun,
a standard navigational route for ships traversing an ocean or sea.
- wardress
-
noun,
a woman who is a warder.
- sealants
-
noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- eternals
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- standees
-
noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- leotards
-
noun,
a skintight, one-piece garment for the torso, having a high or low neck, long or short sleeves, and a lower portion resembling either briefs or tights, worn by acrobats, dancers, etc.
- wheatear
-
noun,
any of several small, chiefly Old World thrushes of the genus Oenanthe, having a distinctive white rump, especially O. oenanthe, of Eurasia and North America.
- heartens
-
verb (used with object),
to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- sea-salt
-
noun,
table salt produced through the evaporation of seawater.
- seashore
-
noun,
land along the sea or ocean.
- seasonal
-
noun,
a seasonal product, employee, etc.:
- sea-star
-
noun,
starfish.
- sarsenet
-
noun,
sarcenet.
- seafarer
-
noun,
a sailor.
- draftees
-
noun,
a person who is drafted into military service.
Compare enlistee (def 1).
- stenosed
-
adjective,
characterized by stenosis; abnormally narrowed.
- sandwort
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Arenaria, of the pink family, having narrow leaves and clusters of usually white flowers, many of which grow in sandy soil.
- hoarsens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become hoarse.
- warrants
-
noun,
authorization, sanction, or justification.
- Stendhal
-
noun,
(Marie Henri Beyle) 1783–1842, French novelist and critic.
- Erlander
-
noun,
Tage (Fritiof) [tah-guh-free-chuh f] /ˈtɑ gəˈfri tʃəf/ (Show IPA), 1901–85, Swedish statesman: prime minister 1946–69.
- Hertford
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Hertfordshire, in SE England.
- solders
-
noun,
any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- nestors
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Swansea
-
noun,
a seaport in West Glamorgan, in S Wales.
- shorten
-
verb (used with object),
to make short or shorter.
- eternal
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- soldans
-
noun,
the ruler of an Islamic country.
- swarths
-
noun,
sward; greensward.
- fantods
-
noun,
Usually, fantods. a state of extreme nervousness or restlessness; the willies; the fidgets (usually preceded by the):
- elaters
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Erhardt
-
noun,
a male given name.
- fatness
-
noun,
the state or condition of being fat; obesity; corpulence.
- eldress
-
noun,
a laywoman who is a governing officer in certain Protestant churches.
- falters
-
noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- Eleanor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- strands
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- elodeas
-
noun,
any of several New World submersed aquatic plants of the genus Elodea, having numerous, usually whorled leaves.
- Orleans
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- etalons
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- fanweed
-
noun,
the pennycress, Thlaspi arvense.
- fanwort
-
noun,
any aquatic plant belonging to the genus Cabomba, of the water lily family, having very small flowers and submerged and floating leaves.
- fathead
-
noun,
Slang. a stupid person; fool.
- Orestes
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- swathes
-
noun,
a band of linen or the like in which something is wrapped; wrapping; bandage.
- Erewhon
-
noun,
a satirical novel (1872) by Samuel Butler.
- sweated
-
noun,
the process of sweating or perspiring.
- standee
-
noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- ethanol
-
noun,
alcohol (def 1).
- ethnol.
-
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- easters
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- sterno-
-
- floater
-
noun,
a person or thing that floats.
- sorrels
-
noun,
light reddish-brown.
- shofars
-
noun,
a ram's horn blown as a wind instrument, sounded in Biblical times chiefly to communicate signals in battle and announce certain religious occasions and in modern times chiefly at synagogue services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
- erasers
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- ethanes
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, flammable gas, C 2 H 6 , of the methane series, present in natural gas, illuminating gas, and crude petroleum: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a fuel gas.
- ethanal
-
noun,
acetaldehyde.
- oersted
-
noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic intensity, equal to the magnetic pole of unit strength when undergoing a force of one dyne in a vacuum. Abbreviation: Oe.
- sweater
-
noun,
a knitted jacket or jersey, in pullover or cardigan style, with or without sleeves.
- fleshes
-
noun,
the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- sterols
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- flesher
-
noun,
a person who fleshes hides.
- onwards
-
adverb,
toward a point ahead or in front; forward, as in space or time.
- fleshed
-
noun,
the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- flenses
-
verb (used with object),
to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
- shorans
-
noun,
a system for aircraft navigation in which two signals sent from an aircraft are received and answered by two fixed transponders, the round-trip times of the signals enabling the navigator to determine the aircraft's position.
- osselet
-
noun,
a hard nodule on the leg of a horse, especially one on the inner side of the knee or the outer side of the fetlock.
- swelter
-
noun,
a sweltering condition.
- sonatas
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- Falster
-
noun,
an island in SE Denmark. 198 sq. mi. (513 sq. km).
- ordeals
-
noun,
any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
- strafes
-
noun,
a strafing attack.
- stereo-
-
- endears
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- erodent
-
adjective,
eroding; erosive:
- stearo-
-
- oleates
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- softens
-
verb (used with object),
to make soft or softer.
- ferrets
-
noun,
a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- Faroese
-
noun,
Faeroese.
- ferrate
-
noun,
a salt of the hypothetical ferric acid, H 2 FeO 4 .
- oneself
-
Idioms,
be oneself,
to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition.
to be unaffected and sincere:
- enolate
-
noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- enserfs
-
verb (used with object),
to make a serf of; place in bondage.
- erratas
-
noun,
plural of erratum.
- slaters
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- slather
-
noun,
Often, slathers. a generous amount:
- slasher
-
noun,
a person or thing that slashes.
- enthral
-
verb (used with object),
enthrall.
- fedoras
-
noun,
a soft felt hat with a curled brim, worn with the crown creased lengthwise.
- fenster
-
noun,
an erosional break in an overthrust rock sheet, exposing the rocks that underlie the sheet.
- farrows
-
noun,
a litter of pigs.
- farther
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- slender
-
adjective,
having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length:
- fenders
-
noun,
the pressed and formed sheet-metal part mounted over the road wheels of an automobile, bicycle, etc., to reduce the splashing of mud, water, and the like.
- enteral
-
adjective,
enteric.
- sloshed
-
noun,
watery mire or partly melted snow; slush.
- Fashoda
-
noun,
a village in the SE Sudan, on the White Nile: conflict of British and French colonial interests 1898 (Fashoda Incident)
- errands
-
noun,
a short and quick trip to accomplish a specific purpose, as to buy something, deliver a package, or convey a message, often for someone else.
- entero-
-
- enfolds
-
verb (used with object),
to wrap up; envelop:
- nowhere
-
noun,
the state of nonexistence or seeming nonexistence:
- solates
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- fastens
-
verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- feedlot
-
noun,
a plot of ground, often near a stockyard, where livestock are gathered to be fattened for market.
- Fatshan
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Foshan.
- fatsoes
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- endless
-
adjective,
having or seeming to have no end, limit, or conclusion; boundless; infinite; interminable; incessant:
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- nestles
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- endorse
-
noun,
Heraldry. a narrow pale, about one quarter the usual width and usually repeated several times.
- estrade
-
noun,
a slightly raised platform in a room or hall.
- fardels
-
noun,
a bundle; burden.
- Shorter
-
noun,
Frank, born 1947, U.S. marathon runner.
- flashes
-
noun,
a brief, sudden burst of bright light:
- snorter
-
noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- stoners
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Flasher
-
noun,
a person or thing that flashes.
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- norther
-
noun,
Chiefly Texas and Oklahoma. a cold gale from the north, formed during the winter by a vigorous outbreak of continental polar air behind a cold front.
- Showers
-
noun,
a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
- Steward
-
noun,
a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- fewness
-
noun,
the state of being few or small in quantity; paucity.
- slander
-
noun,
defamation; calumny:
- Federal
-
noun,
an advocate of federation or federalism.
- Farnese
-
noun,
Alessandro [ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), Duke of Parma, 1545–92, Italian general, statesman, and diplomat.
- starred
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- oldster
-
noun,
an old or elderly person.
- festers
-
noun,
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
- Learned
-
adjective,
having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite:
- freshet
-
noun,
a freshwater stream flowing into the sea.
- florets
-
noun,
a small flower.
- Sanford
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska. 16,208 feet (4,940 meters).
- herders
-
noun,
a person in charge of a herd, especially of cattle or sheep.
- Sarnath
-
noun,
an ancient Buddhist pilgrimage center in N India, near Varanasi: Buddha's first sermon preached here; many ancient Buddhist monuments.
- Lenotre
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- herself
-
pronoun,
an emphatic appositive of her or she:
- relents
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- sardars
-
noun,
sirdar.
- hetaera
-
noun,
a highly cultured courtesan or concubine, especially in ancient Greece.
- hetero-
-
- heteros
-
noun,
Informal. a heterosexual person.
- renders
-
noun,
Building Trades. a first coat of plaster for a masonry surface.
- relator
-
noun,
a person who relates or tells; narrator.
- hoarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become hoarse.
- sandlot
-
noun,
a vacant lot used by youngsters for games or sports.
- Sanders
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- holders
-
noun,
something that holds or secures:
- Salween
-
noun,
a river in SE Asia, flowing S from SW China through E Burma (Myanmar) to the Bay of Bengal. 1750 miles (2815 km) long.
- holster
-
noun,
a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle.
- Salters
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- Salford
-
noun,
a city in Greater Manchester, in N England.
- Salerno
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- heralds
-
noun,
(formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- sateens
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Horsens
-
noun,
a port city in central Denmark.
- hearses
-
noun,
a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial.
- seaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- headers
-
noun,
a person or thing that removes or puts a head on something.
- letdown
-
noun,
a decrease in volume, force, energy, etc.:
- head-on
-
adverb,
with the front or head foremost, especially in a collision:
- headsaw
-
noun,
a saw that cuts and trims logs as they enter a mill.
- headset
-
noun,
Radio, Telephony. a device consisting of one or two earphones with a headband for holding them over the ears and sometimes with a mouthpiece attached.
- reflate
-
verb (used with object),
to increase (money and credit) again.
- reflets
-
noun,
an effect of brilliance or luster due to the reflection of light on a surface, especially of pottery; iridescence.
- healers
-
noun,
a person or thing that heals.
- hearted
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- relates
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- hearten
-
verb (used with object),
to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- leotard
-
noun,
a skintight, one-piece garment for the torso, having a high or low neck, long or short sleeves, and a lower portion resembling either briefs or tights, worn by acrobats, dancers, etc.
- Heaters
-
noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- sealers
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- sealant
-
noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- refresh
-
verb (used with object),
to provide new vigor and energy by rest, food, etc. (often used reflexively).
- Leonard
-
noun,
Sugar Ray (Ray Charles Leonard) born 1956, U.S. boxer.
- Seafowl
-
noun,
seabird.
- Seaford
-
noun,
a city on SW Long Island, in SE New York.
- related
-
adjective,
associated; connected.
- horrent
-
adjective,
bristling; standing erect like bristles.
- renewal
-
noun,
the act of renewing.
- seawans
-
noun,
wampum (def 1).
- lathers
-
noun,
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- rewords
-
verb (used with object),
to put into other words:
- rewards
-
noun,
a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
- resales
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- retread
-
noun,
a tire that has been retreaded.
- retards
-
noun,
a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.
- laterad
-
adverb,
toward the side.
- Lateran
-
noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- restore
-
verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- leashes
-
noun,
a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
- re-sort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- lardons
-
noun,
a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
- reseats
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Lawtons
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- resoles
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- leaders
-
noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- learner
-
noun,
a person who is learning; student; pupil; apprentice; trainee.
- resents
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- Leander
-
noun,
a Greek youth, the lover of Hero, who swam the Hellespont every night to visit her until he was drowned in a storm.
- leaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- resends
-
verb (used with object),
to send again.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- rhetors
-
noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- Lardner
-
noun,
Ring(gold Wilmer) [ring-gohld wil-mer] /ˈrɪŋˌgoʊld ˈwɪl mər/ (Show IPA), 1885–1933, U.S. short-story writer and journalist.
- safrole
-
noun,
a colorless or faintly yellow liquid, C 10 H 10 O 2 , obtained from sassafras oil or the like: used chiefly in perfumery, for flavoring, and in the manufacture of soaps.
- rereads
-
noun,
the act of reading something again.
- hostels
-
noun,
Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.
- hostler
-
noun,
a person who takes care of horses, especially at an inn.
- howlers
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that howls.
- howlets
-
noun,
an owl or owlet.
- rostral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a rostrum.
- leeward
-
noun,
the lee side; the point or quarter toward which the wind blows.
- rosters
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- Rostand
-
noun,
Edmond [ed-mawn] /ɛdˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1868–1918, French dramatist and poet.
- Renfrew
-
noun,
a historic county in SW Scotland.
- reredos
-
noun,
a screen or a decorated part of the wall behind an altar in a church.
- larders
-
noun,
a room or place where food is kept; pantry.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- Ronsard
-
noun,
Pierre de [pyer duh] /pyɛr də/ (Show IPA), 1524–85, French poet.
- rondels
-
noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting usually of 14 lines on two rhymes, of which four are made up of the initial couplet repeated in the middle and at the end, with the second line of the couplet sometimes being omitted at the end.
- ladrone
-
noun,
a thief.
- leather
-
noun,
the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry.
- Laertes
-
noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- rodents
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- Landers
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- roaster
-
noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- landsat
-
noun,
a U.S. scientific satellite that studies and photographs the earth's surface by using remote-sensing techniques.
- hawsers
-
noun,
a heavy rope for mooring or towing.
- seaward
-
noun,
the direction toward the sea or away from the land.
- ostlers
-
noun,
hostler.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Forward
-
noun,
Sports.
a player stationed in advance of others on a team.
Football. a lineman.
Basketball. either of two players stationed in the forecourt.
- reasons
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- forwent
-
verb,
simple past tense of forgo.
- sheared
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- Fosters
-
noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- fowlers
-
noun,
a hunter of birds.
- Shawnee
-
noun,
a member of an Algonquian-speaking tribe formerly in the east-central U.S., now in Oklahoma.
- shastra
-
noun,
any of the sacred books of Hinduism.
- Sharras
-
noun,
a member of a Mongol people inhabiting Outer Mongolia.
- fraters
-
noun,
a brother, as in a religious or fraternal order; comrade.
- Shearer
-
noun,
Moira (Moira Shearer King) 1926–2006, British ballerina.
- Londres
-
noun,
a cylindrically shaped cigar of medium to large size.
- red-hat
-
noun,
the broad-brimmed official hat of a Roman Catholic cardinal, symbolic of the office or rank of a cardinal.
- frenate
-
adjective,
having a frenum or frenulum.
- shalwar
-
noun,
loose, pajamalike trousers worn by both men and women in India and southeast Asia.
- freshen
-
Verb phrases,
freshen up, to make oneself feel freshly clean or neat, as by washing, changing clothes, etc.:
- fresher
-
noun,
freshman.
- freshes
-
noun,
the fresh part or time.
- resedas
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- Fresnel
-
noun,
a unit of frequency, equal to 10 12 cycles per second.
- shadows
-
noun,
a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- FORTRAN
-
noun,
a high-level programming language used mainly for solving problems in science and engineering.
- Forster
-
noun,
E(dward) M(organ) 1879–1970, English novelist.
- frontal
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a movable cover or hanging for the front of an altar.
- narwhal
-
noun,
a small arctic whale, Monodon monoceros, the male of which has a long, spirally twisted tusk extending forward from the upper jaw.
- Ostwald
-
noun,
Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1853–1932, German chemist: Nobel prize 1909.
- Flowers
-
noun,
the blossom of a plant.
- folates
-
noun,
folic acid.
- Shelton
-
noun,
a city in SW Connecticut.
- folders
-
noun,
a person or thing that folds.
- shelter
-
noun,
something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
- sheltas
-
noun,
a private language, based in part on Irish, used among Travelers in the British Isles.
- fondles
-
verb (used with object),
to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress:
- Sheldon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Narrows
-
noun,
a narrow part, place, or thing.
- Forrest
-
noun,
Edwin, 1806–72, U.S. actor.
- narrate
-
verb (used with object),
to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
- rafters
-
noun,
any of a series of timbers or the like, usually having a pronounced slope, for supporting the sheathing and covering of a roof.
- Randers
-
noun,
a seaport in E Jutland, in Denmark.
- rashers
-
noun,
a thin slice of bacon or ham for frying or broiling.
- rasters
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- Lowndes
-
noun,
William Thomas, 1798–1843, English bibliographer.
- forests
-
noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- rathole
-
noun,
a hole made by a rat, as into a room, barn, etc.:
- readers
-
noun,
a person who reads.
- Realtor
-
- frontad
-
adverb,
toward the front.
- fronter
-
noun,
a person who belongs to a group or organization, especially a political one, that is or is presumed to be a cover or disguise for another activity:
- hatreds
-
noun,
the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- hardens
-
noun,
Sir Arthur, 1865–1940, English biochemist: Nobel Prize 1929.
- seleno-
-
- handsaw
-
noun,
any common saw with a handle at one end for manual operation with one hand.
- handsel
-
noun,
a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
- handsew
-
verb (used with object),
to sew by hand.
- Hanford
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- Hansard
-
noun,
the official verbatim published reports of the debates and proceedings in the British Parliament.
- hansels
-
noun,
a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
- Seeland
-
noun,
Zealand.
- redware
-
noun,
an early American earthenware made from red clay.
- Sedrahs
-
noun,
Sidrah.
- Handler
-
noun,
a person or thing that handles.
- Harness
-
noun,
the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal.
Compare yoke1 (def 1).
- harrows
-
noun,
an agricultural implement with spikelike teeth or upright disks, drawn chiefly over plowed land to level it, break up clods, root up weeds, etc.
- harslet
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. haslet.
- Harstad
-
noun,
a seaport in W Norway: herring fishing.
- hartals
-
noun,
(in India) a closing of shops and stopping of work, especially as a form of passive resistance.
- sedates
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- haslets
-
noun,
the heart, liver, etc., of a hog or other animal used for food.
- hastens
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to hasten; accelerate:
- red-wat
-
adjective,
stained with blood; bloody.
- seaware
-
noun,
seaweed, especially coarse, large seaweed, used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- handles
-
noun,
a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- halters
-
noun,
a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle.
- red-hot
-
noun,
a person who has great fervor or intensity, as for a goal or cause.
- sensate
-
adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- redness
-
noun,
the quality or state of being red.
- frosted
-
noun,
a thick beverage, usually made with milk, flavoring syrup, and ice cream whipped together.
- froward
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in S Chile, on the Strait of Magellan: southernmost point of mainland South America.
- serrate
-
adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- Serrano
-
noun,
a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- loathes
-
verb (used with object),
to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor:
- redowas
-
noun,
a Bohemian dance in two forms, one resembling the waltz or the mazurka, the other resembling the polka.
- loaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- redraft
-
noun,
a second draft or drawing.
- senoras
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- Halsted
-
noun,
William Stewart ("Brill") 1852–1922, U.S. surgeon and educator.
- hadrons
-
noun,
any elementary particle that is subject to the strong interaction. Hadrons are subdivided into baryons and mesons.
- senhors
-
noun,
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- senhora
-
noun,
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- senders
-
noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- sendals
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- Haldane
-
noun,
John Burdon Sanderson [bur-dn san-der-suh n] /ˈbɜr dn ˈsæn dər sən/ (Show IPA), 1892–1964, English biochemist, geneticist, and writer.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- Loafers
-
noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- redress
-
noun,
the setting right of what is wrong:
- loaders
-
noun,
a person or thing that loads.
- handset
-
noun,
Also called French telephone. a telephone having a mouthpiece and earpiece mounted at opposite ends of a handle.
- noshers
-
noun,
Informal. a person who snacks, especially one who does so often or continuously.
- thereof
-
adverb,
of that or it.
- Wheaton
-
noun,
a town in central Maryland.
- Teleran
-
noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- dealate
-
noun,
a dealate insect.
- donates
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- dealers
-
noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- Torrens
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- draftee
-
noun,
a person who is drafted into military service.
Compare enlistee (def 1).
- warrant
-
noun,
authorization, sanction, or justification.
- Andreas
-
noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- aftosas
-
noun,
foot-and-mouth disease.
- dearths
-
noun,
an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack:
- wheaten
-
adjective,
made of wheat flour or grain.
- deafens
-
verb (used with object),
to make deaf:
- weasand
-
noun,
throat.
- dowsers
-
noun,
Also called dowsing rod [dou-zing] /ˈdaʊ zɪŋ/ (Show IPA). divining rod.
- ashlars
-
noun,
Masonry.
a squared building stone cut more or less true on all faces adjacent to those of other stones so as to permit very thin mortar joints.
such stones collectively.
masonry made of them.
- Wharton
-
noun,
Edith, 1862–1937, U.S. novelist.
- Andorra
-
noun,
a republic in the E Pyrenees between France and Spain, under the joint suzerainty of France and the Spanish Bishop of Urgel. 191 sq. mi. (495 sq. km).
- Ashland
-
noun,
a city in NE Kentucky, on the Ohio River.
- Ashford
-
noun,
Evelyn, born 1957, U.S. track athlete.
- whalers
-
noun,
a person or vessel employed in whaling.
- terefah
-
noun,
tref.
- Walters
-
noun,
Barbara, born 1931, U.S. reporter and television interviewer.
- torsade
-
noun,
a twisted cord.
- afreets
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- defeats
-
noun,
the act of overcoming in a contest:
- altheas
-
noun,
the rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus.
- aerator
-
noun,
an apparatus for aerating water or other fluids.
- teasels
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- deserts
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- Warrens
-
noun,
a place where rabbits breed or abound.
- Dresser
-
noun,
a person who dresses.
- whereto
-
conjunction, adverb,
Archaic. to what or what place or end.
- teasers
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Drenthe
-
noun,
a province in E Netherlands. 1011 sq. mi. (2620 sq. km).
- towards
-
adjective,
about to come soon; imminent.
- desalts
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- terrane
-
noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- Derleth
-
noun,
August (William) 1909–71, U.S. novelist, poet, and short-story writer.
- whereon
-
adverb,
Archaic. on what?
- Teheran
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Iran, in the N part: wartime conference of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin 1943.
- weaners
-
noun,
a recently weaned animal.
- whereof
-
adverb, conjunction,
of what, which, or whom.
- whereat
-
adverb,
Archaic. in reference to which.
- whereas
-
noun,
a qualifying or introductory statement, especially one having “whereas” as the first word:
- Derwent
-
noun,
a river flowing N and W into Solway Firth, in N England. About 33 miles (53 km) long.
- drawers
-
noun,
a sliding, lidless, horizontal compartment, as in a piece of furniture, that may be drawn out in order to gain access to it.
- asshole
-
noun,
anus.
- Andrews
-
noun,
Charles McLean [muh-kleyn] /məˈkleɪn/ (Show IPA), 1863–1943, U.S. historian and author.
- drawees
-
noun,
a person on whom an order, draft, or bill of exchange is drawn.
- teredos
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- wasters
-
noun,
a person or thing that wastes time, money, etc.
- dessert
-
noun,
cake, pie, fruit, pudding, ice cream, etc., served as the final course of a meal.
- wedelns
-
noun,
a skiing technique first developed in Austria in the 1950s that consists of high-speed turns made in succession with both skis parallel while not noticeably setting the ski edges on a slope.
- warders
-
noun,
a person who guards something, as a doorkeeper or caretaker.
- Delanos
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- dorsers
-
noun,
dosser1 .
- warlord
-
noun,
a military leader, especially of a warlike nation.
- Tenedos
-
noun,
an island in the Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles, belonging to Turkey.
- tenfold
-
adverb,
in tenfold measure:
- welters
-
noun,
a confused mass; a jumble or muddle:
- arseno-
-
- arsenal
-
noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- welshes
-
noun,
the inhabitants of Wales and their descendants elsewhere.
- warfare
-
noun,
the process of military struggle between two nations or groups of nations; war.
- dehorts
-
verb (used with object),
to try to dissuade.
- delates
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- feather
-
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.
- welfare
-
noun,
the good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc., of a person, group, or organization; well-being:
- arrests
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- Altdorf
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Uri, in central Switzerland, near Lucerne: legendary home of William Tell.
- thrower
-
noun,
a person or thing that throws.
- althorn
-
noun,
a valved brass musical instrument, varying in shape, that is the alto member of the cornet family.
- Delores
-
noun,
a female given name.
- warhead
-
noun,
the forward section of a self-propelled missile, bomb, torpedo, or the like, containing the explosive, chemical, or atomic charge.
- warless
-
adjective,
unmarked by war:
- denotes
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- tensors
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- telfers
-
noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- aldoses
-
noun,
a sugar containing the aldehyde group or its hemiacetal equivalent.
- Asenath
-
noun,
the wife of Joseph and the mother of Manasseh and Ephraim. Gen. 41:45; 46:20.
- deflate
-
verb (used with object),
to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon):
- Telford
-
adjective,
noting a form of road pavement composed of compacted and rolled stones of various sizes.
- wanders
-
noun,
Mechanics. the drift of a gyroscope or a similar device.
- downers
-
noun,
Informal.
a depressant or sedative drug, especially a barbiturate.
a depressing experience, person, or situation.
- Alastor
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an avenging spirit or deity frequently evoked in Greek tragedy; a male Nemesis.
- defrost
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the frost or ice from:
- wetland
-
noun,
Often, wetlands. land that has a wet and spongy soil, as a marsh, swamp, or bog.
- wethers
-
noun,
a castrated male sheep.
- dentals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- weather
-
noun,
the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.
- dehorns
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the horns of (cattle).
- threads
-
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.
- artware
-
noun,
an article of china, porcelain, glass, or the like, prized for its artistry and collected as an art object:
- artless
-
adjective,
free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous:
- telsons
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- arthro-
-
- westers
-
noun,
a wind or storm coming from the west.
- dorsals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dorsal speech sound.
- Western
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a story, movie, or radio or television play about the U.S. West of the 19th century.
- tenders
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- wardens
-
noun,
a person charged with the care or custody of persons, animals, or things; keeper.
- Alethea
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “truth.”.
- aerates
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- aethers
-
noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- Theresa
-
noun,
Saint. Also, Teresa. Also called Theresa of Avila [ah-vee-lah] /ˈɑ viˌlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1515–82, Spanish Carmelite nun, mystic, and writer.
- darshan
-
noun,
a preacher or teacher of Aggadah or Halakhah in a synagogue.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- darnels
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- antero-
-
- darners
-
noun,
a person or thing that darns.
- wonders
-
noun,
something strange and surprising; a cause of surprise, astonishment, or admiration:
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- answers
-
noun,
a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc.:
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- adheres
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to adhere; make stick:
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- wrastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- darters
-
noun,
a person or thing that darts or moves swiftly.
- warsles
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- transfd
-
- tarsals
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- atlases
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- tessera
-
noun,
one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- Earhart
-
noun,
Amelia (Mary) 1897–1937, U.S. aviator: vanished in flight over Pacific Ocean.
- worsets
-
noun, adjective,
worsted.
- anthers
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
- Danelaw
-
noun,
the body of laws in force in the northeast of England where the Danes settled in the 9th century a.d.
- trehala
-
noun,
an edible, sugary substance secreted by certain Asiatic beetles of the genus Larinus, forming their pupal covering.
- aweless
-
adjective,
displaying no awe; unawed.
- worsted
-
noun,
firmly twisted yarn or thread spun from combed, stapled wool fibers of the same length, for weaving, knitting, etc.
Compare woolen.
- traders
-
noun,
a person who trades; a merchant or businessperson.
- worsens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become worse.
- treadle
-
noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- watered
-
noun,
a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- Darlene
-
noun,
a female given name: from the Old English word meaning “darling.”.
- awardee
-
noun,
the recipient of an award.
- washers
-
noun,
a person or thing that washes.
- tressed
-
adjective,
(of the hair) arranged or formed into tresses; braided; plaited.
- thereon
-
adverb,
on or upon that or it.
- thenars
-
noun,
the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
- dewater
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the water from; drain; dehydrate.
- transf.
-
- daltons
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- towhead
-
noun,
a head of very light blond, almost white hair.
- dartles
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- dashers
-
noun,
a person or thing that dashes.
- earthen
-
adjective,
composed of earth.
- twofers
-
noun,
a card or ticket entitling the holder to purchase two tickets to a theatrical performance at a reduced price.
- wreaths
-
noun,
a circular band of flowers, foliage, or any ornamental work, for adorning the head or for any decorative purpose; a garland or chaplet.
- transl.
-
- wrestle
-
noun,
an act of or a bout at wrestling.
- areoles
-
noun,
an areola.
- trashes
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- dasheen
-
noun,
the taro plant, Colocasia esculenta, native to tropical Asia, now cultivated in the southern U.S. for its edible tubers.
- wastrel
-
noun,
a wasteful person; spendthrift.
- wealths
-
noun,
a great quantity or store of money, valuable possessions, property, or other riches:
- Drosera
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous plants of the genus Drosera, having leaves covered with sticky hairs, comprising the sundews.
- astrol.
-
- whorled
-
adjective,
having a whorl or whorls.
- thalers
-
noun,
any of various former large coins of various German states; dollar.
- trashed
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- dharnas
-
noun,
(in India) the practice of exacting justice or compliance with a just demand by sitting and fasting at the doorstep of an offender until death or until the demand is granted.
- areolas
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- drowses
-
noun,
a sleepy condition; state of being half-asleep.
- Tswanas
-
noun,
a member of a numerous people of Botswana and neighboring parts of South Africa.
- athanor
-
noun,
a digester furnace with a self-feeding fuel supply contained in a towerlike contrivance, ensuring a constant, durable temperature.
- tarweed
-
noun,
any of several resinous or gummy, composite plants of the genus Grindelia, having solitary flower heads.
- Dasehra
-
noun,
a Hindu festival symbolizing the triumph of good over evil, celebrated for ten days in October.
- adrenal
-
noun,
adrenal gland.
- daleths
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Another
-
pronoun,
one more; an additional one:
- earshot
-
noun,
the range or distance within which a sound, voice, etc., can be heard.
- trawler
-
noun,
a person who trawls.
- towhees
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed North American finches of the genera Pipilo and Chlorura.
- wreathe
-
verb (used with object),
to encircle or adorn with or as with a wreath.
- Watford
-
noun,
a city in Hertfordshire, SE England, N of London.
- hereof
-
adverb,
of this:
- Herder
-
noun,
a person in charge of a herd, especially of cattle or sheep.
- honest
-
adjective,
honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair:
- horned
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- salted
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- waster
-
noun,
a person or thing that wastes time, money, etc.
- Warner
-
noun,
Charles Dudley [duhd-lee] /ˈdʌd li/ (Show IPA), 1829–1900, U.S. editor and essayist.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- Salado
-
noun,
Rí·o [ree-oh;; Spanish ree-aw] /ˈri oʊ;; Spanish ˈri ɔ/ (Show IPA) a river in N Argentina, flowing SE to the Paraná River. About 1200 miles (1930 km) long.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Saseno
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- hornet
-
noun,
any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- wasted
-
noun,
useless consumption or expenditure; use without adequate return; an act or instance of wasting:
- hereat
-
adverb,
at this time; when this happened.
- Arnold
-
noun,
Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- washer
-
noun,
a person or thing that washes.
- hereon
-
adverb,
hereupon.
- sarans
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- Herter
-
noun,
Christian Archibald, 1895–1966, U.S. politician: secretary of state 1959–61.
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- areola
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- arhats
-
noun,
a Buddhist who has attained Nirvana through rigorous discipline and ascetic practices.
Compare Bodhisattva.
- Shelta
-
noun,
a private language, based in part on Irish, used among Travelers in the British Isles.
- Hester
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Esther.
- hoarse
-
adjective,
having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky:
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Warren
-
noun,
a place where rabbits breed or abound.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- hoards
-
noun,
a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.:
- warsle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Sandra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alexandra.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- sandal
-
noun,
a shoe consisting of a sole of leather or other material fastened to the foot by thongs or straps.
- hondas
-
noun,
an eye at one end of a lariat through which the other end is passed to form a lasso, noose, etc.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Herero
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of Namibia, Botswana, and Angola.
- hereto
-
adverb,
to this matter, document, subject, etc.; regarding this point:
- washes
-
noun,
the act or process of washing with water or other liquid:
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- ardors
-
noun,
great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion:
- Sarthe
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2411 sq. mi. (6245 sq. km). Capital: Le Mans.
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- Holder
-
noun,
something that holds or secures:
- Holden
-
noun,
a city in central Massachusetts.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- sarods
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- heroes
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- Herold
-
noun,
Louis Joseph [lwee zhaw-zef] /lwi ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1791–1833, French composer.
- Herald
-
noun,
(formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- Harare
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Zimbabwe, in the NE part.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- harass
-
verb (used with object),
to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
- trowel
-
noun,
any of various tools having a flat blade with a handle, used for depositing and working mortar, plaster, etc.
- Athens
-
noun,
Greek Athenai. a city in and the capital of Greece, in the SE part.
- selen-
-
- Selden
-
noun,
George Baldwin, 1846–1922, U.S. inventor of a gasoline-powered car.
- Athena
-
noun,
Also, Athene [uh-thee-nee] /əˈθi ni/ (Show IPA). Also called Pallas, Pallas Athena. the virgin deity of the ancient Greeks worshiped as the goddess of wisdom, fertility, the useful arts, and prudent warfare. At her birth she sprang forth fully armed from the head of her father, Zeus.
Compare Minerva.
- hansas
-
noun,
a company or guild of merchants in a northern European medieval town.
- selahs
-
noun,
an expression occurring frequently in the Psalms, thought to be a liturgical or musical direction, probably a direction by the leader to raise the voice or perhaps an indication of a pause.
- Hansel
-
noun,
a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
- hanses
-
noun,
Hansa.
- seesaw
-
noun,
a recreation in which two children alternately ride up and down while seated at opposite ends of a plank balanced at the middle.
- haoles
-
noun,
(among Polynesian Hawaiians) a term used to refer to a non-Polynesian, especially a white person.
- Harden
-
noun,
Sir Arthur, 1865–1940, English biochemist: Nobel Prize 1929.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Tswana
-
noun,
a member of a numerous people of Botswana and neighboring parts of South Africa.
- tweeds
-
noun,
a coarse wool cloth in a variety of weaves and colors, either hand-spun and handwoven in Scotland or reproduced, often by machine, elsewhere.
- twofer
-
noun,
a card or ticket entitling the holder to purchase two tickets to a theatrical performance at a reduced price.
- Harlan
-
noun,
John Marshall, 1833–1911, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1877–1911.
- harlot
-
noun,
a prostitute; whore.
- Harlow
-
noun,
Jean, 1911–37, U.S. motion-picture actress.
- astron
-
- Harold
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Harrow
-
noun,
an agricultural implement with spikelike teeth or upright disks, drawn chiefly over plowed land to level it, break up clods, root up weeds, etc.
- astro-
-
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- atonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or marked by atonality.
- hartal
-
noun,
(in India) a closing of shops and stopping of work, especially as a form of passive resistance.
- halers
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- senors
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- hadron
-
noun,
any elementary particle that is subject to the strong interaction. Hadrons are subdivided into baryons and mesons.
- haeres
-
noun,
heres.
- trawls
-
noun,
Also called trawl net. a strong fishing net for dragging along the sea bottom.
- senhor
-
noun,
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Sender
-
noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- sendal
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- treasr
-
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- awless
-
adjective,
aweless.
- trefle
-
adjective,
botonée.
- haloes
-
noun,
Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- awards
-
noun,
something awarded, as a payment or medal.
- halter
-
noun,
a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle.
- Handel
-
noun,
George Frideric [free-der-ik,, -drik] /ˈfri dər ɪk,, -drɪk/ (Show IPA), (Georg Friedrich Händel) 1685–1759, German composer in England after 1712.
- handle
-
noun,
a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- atween
-
preposition, adverb,
between.
- atweel
-
adverb,
surely.
- Sedrah
-
noun,
Sidrah.
- seders
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- Warhol
-
noun,
Andy, 1928–87, U.S. artist.
- Heater
-
noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- wander
-
noun,
Mechanics. the drift of a gyroscope or a similar device.
- Season
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- hearse
-
noun,
a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- Hearst
-
noun,
William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.
- Warden
-
noun,
a person charged with the care or custody of persons, animals, or things; keeper.
- arthr-
-
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- hearts
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- heated
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- Warder
-
noun,
a person who guards something, as a doorkeeper or caretaker.
- Walter
-
noun,
Bruno [broo-noh] /ˈbru noʊ/ (Show IPA), (Bruno Schlesinger) 1876–1962, German opera and symphony conductor, in U.S. after 1939.
- heders
-
noun,
(especially in Europe) a private Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
- hedral
-
- hedron
-
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- arsons
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- arsen-
-
- arrows
-
noun,
a slender, straight, generally pointed missile or weapon made to be shot from a bow and equipped with feathers at the end of the shaft near the nock, for controlling flight.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- Helena
-
noun,
Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.
- helots
-
noun,
a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state.
Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- arrant
-
adjective,
downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious:
- Walton
-
noun,
Ernest Thomas Sinton [sin-tn] /ˈsɪn tn/ (Show IPA), 1903–95, Irish physicist: Nobel prize 1951.
- ashlar
-
noun,
Masonry.
a squared building stone cut more or less true on all faces adjacent to those of other stones so as to permit very thin mortar joints.
such stones collectively.
masonry made of them.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- hatred
-
noun,
the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- sedans
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- Haslet
-
noun,
the heart, liver, etc., of a hog or other animal used for food.
- Hassan
-
noun,
Hasan.
- hassel
-
noun,
Odd [awd] /ɔd/ (Show IPA), 1897–1981, Norwegian chemist: Nobel Prize 1969.
- hassle
-
noun,
a disorderly dispute.
- waders
-
noun,
a person or thing that wades.
- hasten
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to hasten; accelerate:
- hastes
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- haters
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Walden
-
noun,
a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- hawser
-
noun,
a heavy rope for mooring or towing.
- hawses
-
noun,
the part of a bow where the hawseholes are located.
- seawan
-
noun,
wampum (def 1).
- header
-
noun,
a person or thing that removes or puts a head on something.
- walers
-
noun,
a horse bred in New South Wales, Australia, as a military saddle horse and exported in numbers during the 19th century to British India.
- Asosan
-
noun,
a volcano in SW Japan, in central Kyushu. 5225 feet (1593 meters); crater 12 miles (19 km) across.
- Walras
-
noun,
(Marie Esprit) Léon [ma-ree e-spree ley-awn] /maˈri ɛˈspri leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1834–1910, French economist.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- Ashton
-
noun,
Sir Frederick (William) 1906–1988, English dancer and choreographer, born in Ecuador.
- ashore
-
adverb,
to the shore; onto the shore:
- healer
-
noun,
a person or thing that heals.
- wealds
-
noun,
wooded or uncultivated country.
- salade
-
noun,
sallet.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- redowa
-
noun,
a Bohemian dance in two forms, one resembling the waltz or the mazurka, the other resembling the polka.
- loathe
-
verb (used with object),
to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor:
- lodens
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- aether
-
noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- redoes
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- aeron.
-
- aerate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- wholes
-
noun,
the whole assemblage of parts or elements belonging to a thing; the entire quantity, account, extent, or number:
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- Aeneas
-
noun,
a Trojan hero, the reputed ancestor of the Romans: protagonist of the Aeneid.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- whorts
-
noun,
the whortleberry.
- whsle.
-
- losers
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Reader
-
noun,
a person who reads.
- woalds
-
noun,
weld2 .
- Rather
-
Idioms,
had / would rather, to prefer that or to:
Compare soon (def 8).
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- lowers
-
noun,
a denture for the lower jaw.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- adreno
-
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- aethon
-
noun,
triethyl orthoformate.
- loafer
-
noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- adren-
-
- lessor
-
noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- Whales
-
noun,
Bay of, an inlet of the Ross Sea, in Antarctica: location of Little America.
- wharfs
-
noun,
a structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest; quay; pier.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- ahorse
-
adjective, adverb,
on horseback:
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- aholds
-
noun,
Informal. a hold or grasp (often followed by of):
- wheals
-
noun,
a small, burning or itching swelling on the skin, as from a mosquito bite or from hives.
- Lerner
-
noun,
Alan Jay, 1918–86, U.S. lyricist and librettist.
- reflet
-
noun,
an effect of brilliance or luster due to the reflection of light on a surface, especially of pottery; iridescence.
- aftosa
-
noun,
foot-and-mouth disease.
- lessen
-
verb (used with object),
to make less; reduce.
- Lesser
-
noun,
a small amount, quantity, or degree:
- lesson
-
noun,
a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject:
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- afeard
-
adjective,
afraid.
- refers
-
verb (used with object),
to direct for information or anything required:
- afters
-
- wheats
-
noun,
the grain of any cereal grass of the genus Triticum, especially T. aestivum, used in the form of flour for making bread, cakes, etc., and for other culinary and nutritional purposes.
- refels
-
verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- lethes
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- wheels
-
noun,
a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
- afresh
-
adverb,
anew; once more; again:
- afreet
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- loader
-
noun,
a person or thing that loads.
- wheens
-
noun,
a few persons or things.
- whenas
-
conjunction,
Archaic.
when.
inasmuch as.
- afloat
-
adverb, adjective,
floating or borne on the water; in a floating condition:
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- newels
-
noun,
newel post.
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- orders
-
noun,
an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- worset
-
noun, adjective,
worsted.
- ordeal
-
noun,
any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Oradea
-
noun,
a city in NW Romania.
- nested
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- onward
-
adverb,
toward a point ahead or in front; forward, as in space or time.
- nether
-
adjective,
lying or believed to lie beneath the earth's surface; infernal:
- worsts
-
noun,
that which is worst.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- worths
-
noun,
excellence of character or quality as commanding esteem:
- wrasse
-
noun,
any of various marine fishes of the family Labridae, especially of the genus Labrus, having thick, fleshy lips, powerful teeth, and usually a brilliant color, certain species being valued as food fishes.
- oldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Olathe
-
noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- wraths
-
noun,
strong, stern, or fierce anger; deeply resentful indignation; ire.
- wreath
-
noun,
a circular band of flowers, foliage, or any ornamental work, for adorning the head or for any decorative purpose; a garland or chaplet.
- Odessa
-
noun,
a seaport in S Ukraine, on the Black Sea.
- Odense
-
noun,
a seaport on Fyn island, in S Denmark.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- norths
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- wrests
-
noun,
a wresting; twist or wrench.
- nother
-
adjective,
Informal. a whole nother, an entirely different; a whole other.
- nosher
-
noun,
Informal. a person who snacks, especially one who does so often or continuously.
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- worses
-
noun,
that which is worse.
- rassle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- owlets
-
noun,
a young owl.
- rashes
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- rasher
-
noun,
a thin slice of bacon or ham for frying or broiling.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- Rafter
-
noun,
any of a series of timbers or the like, usually having a pronounced slope, for supporting the sheathing and covering of a roof.
- radons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- naleds
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- Radnor
-
noun,
a town in SE Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
- owners
-
noun,
a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- narrow
-
noun,
a narrow part, place, or thing.
- Wonder
-
noun,
something strange and surprising; a cause of surprise, astonishment, or admiration:
- adnate
-
adjective,
grown fast to something; congenitally attached.
- nasals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- worser
-
adjective, adverb,
worse.
- others
-
noun,
the other one:
- wonted
-
noun,
custom; habit; practice:
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- Oswald
-
noun,
Lee Harvey, 1939–63, designated by a presidential commission to be the lone assassin of John F. Kennedy.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- adhere
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to adhere; make stick:
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- adeno-
-
- Oshawa
-
noun,
a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, NE of Toronto, on Lake Ontario.
- Ortler
-
noun,
a range of the Alps in N Italy.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- worsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become worse.
- whaler
-
noun,
a person or vessel employed in whaling.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- wastes
-
noun,
useless consumption or expenditure; use without adequate return; an act or instance of wasting:
- Landor
-
noun,
Walter Savage, 1775–1864, English poet and prose writer.
- rondel
-
noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting usually of 14 lines on two rhymes, of which four are made up of the initial couplet repeated in the middle and at the end, with the second line of the couplet sometimes being omitted at the end.
- wealth
-
noun,
a great quantity or store of money, valuable possessions, property, or other riches:
- Ronald
-
noun,
a male given name: from Scandinavian words meaning “counsel” and “rule.”.
- Roland
-
noun,
Italian Orlando. the greatest of the paladins in the Charlemagne cycle of the chansons de geste, renowned for his prowess and the manner of his death in the battle of Roncesvalles (a.d. 778), also for his five days' combat with Oliver in which neither was the victor.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- lahars
-
noun,
a landslide of wet volcanic debris on the side of a volcano.
- Lahore
-
noun,
a city in NE Pakistan: the capital of Punjab province.
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- roasts
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- weaner
-
noun,
a recently weaned animal.
- Lander
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- Landes
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- Anhalt
-
noun,
a former state in central Germany, now part of Saxony-Anhalt.
- andro-
-
- Andrew
-
noun,
one of the 12 apostles of Jesus. Mark 3:18; John 1:40–42.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- Rhonda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rhodes
-
noun,
Cecil John, 1853–1902, English colonial capitalist and government administrator in southern Africa.
- larder
-
noun,
a room or place where food is kept; pantry.
- Andrea
-
noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- lardon
-
noun,
a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
- Laredo
-
noun,
a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- rhetor
-
noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- ladens
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- Watson
-
noun,
James Dewey, born 1928, U.S. biologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1962.
- weasel
-
noun,
any small carnivore of the genus Mustela, of the family Mustelidae, having a long, slender body and feeding chiefly on small rodents.
- Anthea
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “flowery.”.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- horses
-
noun,
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- horsts
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- anthol
-
- Sadowa
-
noun,
a village in NE Bohemia, in the W Czech Republic: Prussian victory over Austrians 1866.
- sadhes
-
noun,
the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- hosels
-
noun,
the socket in the club head of an iron that receives the shaft.
- Rwanda
-
noun,
a republic in central Africa, E of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly comprising the N part of the Belgian trust territory of Ruanda-Urundi; became independent 1962. 10,169 sq. mi. (26,338 sq. km). Capital: Kigali.
- hostas
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily.
- hostel
-
noun,
Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.
- antho-
-
- anther
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
- rrhoea
-
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- rowens
-
noun,
Chiefly Northern U.S. the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath.
- Rowena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Howard
-
noun,
Catherine, c1520–42, fifth wife of Henry VIII.
- rowels
-
noun,
a small wheel with radiating points, forming the extremity of a spur.
- rowans
-
noun,
the European mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of bright red berries.
- howler
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that howls.
- howlet
-
noun,
an owl or owlet.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- answer
-
noun,
a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc.:
- Rosser
-
noun,
a logger who peels the bark from, and often smooths one side of, a log so that it may be dragged easily.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Waters
-
noun,
Ethel, 1896–1977, U.S. singer and actress.
- rhedas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a four-wheeled traveling carriage.
- reword
-
verb (used with object),
to put into other words:
- Whalen
-
noun,
Philip, 1923–2002, U.S. poet.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- Werfel
-
noun,
Franz [German frahnts] /German frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1890–1945, Austrian novelist, poet, and dramatist, born in Austria-Hungary: in the U.S. after 1939.
- Reseda
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- Werner
-
noun,
Alfred [al-fred,, -frid;; German ahl-freyt] /ˈæl frɛd,, -frɪd;; German ˈɑl freɪt/ (Show IPA), 1866–1919, Swiss chemist: Nobel prize 1913.
- Alfred
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Old English words meaning “elf” and “counsel.”.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resaws
-
noun,
Lumbering. a machine for cutting logs into lumber.
- leases
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- Wester
-
noun,
a wind or storm coming from the west.
- leasts
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Weston
-
noun,
Edward, 1886–1958, U.S. photographer.
- resend
-
verb (used with object),
to send again.
- reread
-
noun,
the act of reading something again.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- aldose
-
noun,
a sugar containing the aldehyde group or its hemiacetal equivalent.
- alders
-
- wether
-
noun,
a castrated male sheep.
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- render
-
noun,
Building Trades. a first coat of plaster for a masonry surface.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lenaea
-
noun,
a festival in ancient Athens in honor of Dionysus, celebrated at the beginning of February and comprising a public banquet followed by the performance of comedies.
- Lenard
-
noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- Renard
-
noun,
Reynard.
- alohas
-
adjective,
friendly; hospitable; welcoming:
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- lashed
-
noun,
the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- Latona
-
noun,
the goddess Leto as identified in Roman mythology.
- lashes
-
noun,
the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- reward
-
noun,
a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
- retro-
-
- Anatol
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- retral
-
adjective,
at or toward the back; posterior.
- sardar
-
noun,
sirdar.
- retard
-
noun,
a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Altona
-
noun,
a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- wedels
-
verb (used without object),
to engage in wedeln.
- lather
-
noun,
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- lathes
-
noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- welter
-
noun,
a confused mass; a jumble or muddle:
- Althea
-
noun,
the rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Lawson
-
noun,
Robert, 1892–1957, U.S. illustrator and author, especially of children's books.
- Lawton
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- resole
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- leaden
-
adjective,
inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move:
- leader
-
noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- reshes
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- leafed
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- wedeln
-
noun,
a skiing technique first developed in Austria in the 1950s that consists of high-speed turns made in succession with both skis parallel while not noticeably setting the ski edges on a slope.
- daleth
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- slates
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- stolas
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- fender
-
noun,
the pressed and formed sheet-metal part mounted over the road wheels of an automobile, bicycle, etc., to reduce the splashing of mud, water, and the like.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- theol.
-
- sleets
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- enhalo
-
verb (used with object),
to surround with or as with a halo.
- drowns
-
Verb phrases,
drown in,
to be overwhelmed by:
to be covered with or enveloped in:
- dholes
-
noun,
a wild Asian dog, Cuon alpinus, that hunts in packs: an endangered species.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- ferret
-
noun,
a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- dharna
-
noun,
(in India) the practice of exacting justice or compliance with a just demand by sitting and fasting at the doorstep of an offender until death or until the demand is granted.
- ferro-
-
- enfold
-
verb (used with object),
to wrap up; envelop:
- Ferrol
-
noun,
El Ferrol.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- drowse
-
noun,
a sleepy condition; state of being half-asleep.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- festal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- felons
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- slants
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- TEFLON
-
adjective,
characterized by imperviousness to blame or criticism:
- sneesh
-
noun,
snuff1 (def 9).
- feared
-
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.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- feasts
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- noshes
-
noun,
a snack.
- thanes
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- snaths
-
noun,
the shaft or handle of a scythe.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- sloths
-
noun,
habitual disinclination to exertion; indolence; laziness.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- enter-
-
- Fedora
-
noun,
a soft felt hat with a curled brim, worn with the crown creased lengthwise.
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- snarls
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- stewed
-
noun,
a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat and vegetables.
- thenar
-
noun,
the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- enserf
-
verb (used with object),
to make a serf of; place in bondage.
- fester
-
noun,
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
- endows
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a permanent fund or source of income:
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- thrawn
-
adjective,
twisted; crooked; distorted.
- fleers
-
noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- shoran
-
noun,
a system for aircraft navigation in which two signals sent from an aircraft are received and answered by two fixed transponders, the round-trip times of the signals enabling the navigator to determine the aircraft's position.
- tarso-
-
- Elodea
-
noun,
any of several New World submersed aquatic plants of the genus Elodea, having numerous, usually whorled leaves.
- fleets
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- flense
-
verb (used with object),
to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
- thraws
-
adjective,
Scot. thrawn (def 1).
- thread
-
noun,
a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- strafe
-
noun,
a strafing attack.
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- Sholes
-
noun,
Christopher Latham [ley-thuh m,, -th uh m] /ˈleɪ θəm,, -ðəm/ (Show IPA), 1819–90, U.S. inventor of the typewriter.
- shofar
-
noun,
a ram's horn blown as a wind instrument, sounded in Biblical times chiefly to communicate signals in battle and announce certain religious occasions and in modern times chiefly at synagogue services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
- floats
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- shoers
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- shoats
-
noun,
Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
- floras
-
noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- Flores
-
noun,
flower (def 11).
- floret
-
noun,
a small flower.
- desalt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- flawed
-
noun,
a feature that mars the perfection of something; defect; fault:
- theses
-
noun,
a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections:
- shower
-
noun,
a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
- shrewd
-
adjective,
astute or sharp in practical matters:
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- fetors
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- tassel
-
noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- Enders
-
noun,
John Franklin, 1897–1985, U.S. bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
- dwarfs
-
noun,
a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
- Thess.
-
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- f-hole
-
noun,
either of two f -shaped holes in the body of a violin, cello, or similar stringed instrument.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- desert
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- shotes
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- flares
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- shorts
-
noun,
something that is short.
- dewars
-
noun,
Sir James, 1842–1923, Scottish chemist and physicist.
- dewans
-
noun,
(in India) any of certain officials, as a financial minister or prime minister of a native colony.
- tholes
-
noun,
a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.
- Storrs
-
noun,
a town in NE Connecticut.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- Thrale
-
noun,
Hester Lynch (Hester Lynch Piozzi) 1741–1821, Welsh writer and friend of Samuel Johnson.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- eldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- steals
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- sondes
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- dowser
-
noun,
Also called dowsing rod [dou-zing] /ˈdaʊ zɪŋ/ (Show IPA). divining rod.
- faders
-
noun,
a person or thing that fades.
- dosser
-
noun,
a basket for carrying objects on the back; pannier.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- steads
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- faenas
-
noun,
the final third of a bullfight in which the matador uses a muleta and the sword in making the final series of passes preparatory to the kill.
- sol-fa
-
noun,
Music. the set of syllables, do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti, sung to the respective tones of the scale. All but do and ti are attributed to Guido d'Arezzo.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- dossal
-
noun,
Also, dorsal. an ornamental hanging placed at the back of an altar or at the sides of the chancel.
- falter
-
noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- Esdras
-
noun,
either of the first two books of the Apocrypha, I Esdras or II Esdras.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- solder
-
noun,
any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- dowses
-
noun,
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
- Soldan
-
noun,
the ruler of an Islamic country.
- fantod
-
noun,
Usually, fantods. a state of extreme nervousness or restlessness; the willies; the fidgets (usually preceded by the):
- Telfer
-
noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- dorter
-
noun,
a dormitory, especially in a monastery.
- stadle
-
noun,
staddle.
- dowels
-
noun,
Also called dowel pin. Carpentry. a pin, usually round, fitting into holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent their slipping or to align them.
- dowlas
-
noun,
a coarse linen or cotton cloth.
- ethane
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, flammable gas, C 2 H 6 , of the methane series, present in natural gas, illuminating gas, and crude petroleum: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a fuel gas.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- Dothan
-
noun,
a city in SE Alabama.
- stales
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- ethno-
-
- ethnos
-
noun,
an ethnic group.
- stands
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- stades
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- sowens
-
noun,
porridge made from oat bran or husks that have been soaked in water, slightly fermented, and then boiled.
- downer
-
noun,
Informal.
a depressant or sedative drug, especially a barbiturate.
a depressing experience, person, or situation.
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- sorrel
-
noun,
light reddish-brown.
- Esther
-
noun,
the wife of Ahasuerus.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- sorels
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- esters
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- drawls
-
noun,
an act or utterance of a person who drawls.
- Erhard
-
noun,
Ludwig, 1897–1977, West German economist and government official: chancellor 1963–66.
- fasten
-
verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- sofars
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- teleo-
-
- drawee
-
noun,
a person on whom an order, draft, or bill of exchange is drawn.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- drawer
-
noun,
a sliding, lidless, horizontal compartment, as in a piece of furniture, that may be drawn out in order to gain access to it.
- Father
-
noun,
a male parent.
- erodes
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- erenow
-
adverb,
before this time.
- steres
-
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- thaler
-
noun,
any of various former large coins of various German states; dollar.
- fatsos
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- eraser
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- Thales
-
noun,
c640–546? b.c, Greek philosopher, born in Miletus.
- steno-
-
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- steeds
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- errata
-
noun,
plural of erratum.
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- steels
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- farads
-
noun,
the standard unit of capacitance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the capacitance of a capacitor between the plates of which there appears a potential difference of one volt when it is charged by a quantity of electricity equal to one coulomb. Symbol: F.
- dorser
-
noun,
dosser1 .
- solans
-
noun,
a gannet.
- fardel
-
noun,
a bundle; burden.
- dorsal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dorsal speech sound.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- softas
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- Doreen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- errand
-
noun,
a short and quick trip to accomplish a specific purpose, as to buy something, deliver a package, or convey a message, often for someone else.
- teredo
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- steles
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- donees
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- Farrow
-
noun,
a litter of pigs.
- drafts
-
noun,
a drawing, sketch, or design.
- soften
-
verb (used with object),
to make soft or softer.
- denote
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- deters
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- Tarnow
-
noun,
a city in SE Poland, E of Cracow.
- towhee
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed North American finches of the genera Pipilo and Chlorura.
- swears
-
Verb phrases,
swear by,
to name (a sacred being or thing) as one's witness or guarantee in swearing.
Informal. to have great confidence in; rely on:
to have certain knowledge of:
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- Shasta
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic peak in N California, in the Cascade Range. 14,161 feet (4315 meters).
- Towers
-
noun,
a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
- Fraser
-
noun,
James Earle, 1876–1953, U.S. sculptor.
- Sharra
-
noun,
a member of a Mongol people inhabiting Outer Mongolia.
- Sharon
-
noun,
Ariel, 1928–2014, Israeli military and political leader; prime minister 2001–06.
- frater
-
noun,
a brother, as in a religious or fraternal order; comrade.
- dashes
-
noun,
a small quantity of anything thrown into or mixed with something else:
- swaths
-
noun,
the space covered by the stroke of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine.
- shares
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- Edessa
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Mesopotamia, on the modern site of Urfa: an early center of Christianity; the capital of a principality under the Crusaders.
- shards
-
noun,
a fragment, especially of broken earthenware.
- dasher
-
noun,
a person or thing that dashes.
- Towner
-
noun,
a person who lives in a town or city.
- sweats
-
noun,
the process of sweating or perspiring.
- freers
-
noun,
a person or thing that frees.
- Sharas
-
noun,
Sharra.
- towels
-
noun,
an absorbent cloth or paper for wiping and drying something wet, as one for the hands, face, or body after washing or bathing.
- Flower
-
noun,
the blossom of a plant.
- Sweden
-
noun,
a kingdom in N Europe, in the E part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. 173,732 sq. mi. (449,964 sq. km). Capital: Stockholm.
- deafen
-
verb (used with object),
to make deaf:
- dearth
-
noun,
an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack:
- forrel
-
noun,
forel.
- torahs
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- swarfs
-
noun,
an accumulation of fine particles of metal or abrasive cut or ground from work by a machine tool or grinder.
- swarth
-
noun,
sward; greensward.
- dealer
-
noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- Fortas
-
noun,
Abe, 1910–1982, U.S. lawyer, government official, and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1965–69.
- fortes
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- toward
-
adjective,
about to come soon; imminent.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- Dawson
-
noun,
Sir John William, 1820–99, Canadian geologist and educator.
- torses
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- toshes
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- Foshan
-
noun,
Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a city in S central Guangdong province, in SE China, near Canton.
- swathe
-
noun,
a band of linen or the like in which something is wrapped; wrapping; bandage.
- sheafs
-
noun,
one of the bundles in which cereal plants, as wheat, rye, etc., are bound after reaping.
- Foster
-
noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- freest
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Townes
-
noun,
Charles Hard, 1915–2015, U.S. physicist and educator: Nobel Prize in physics 1964.
- deaths
-
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.
- Eartha
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Seward
-
noun,
William Henry, 1801–72, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1861–69.
- tranfd
-
- frosts
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- trans.
-
- sewans
-
noun,
seawan.
- froths
-
noun,
an aggregation of bubbles, as on an agitated liquid or at the mouth of a hard-driven horse; foam; spume.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- frowns
-
noun,
a frowning look; scowl.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Dalton
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- earths
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- serows
-
noun,
a goat antelope of the genus Capricornis, of eastern Asia, related to the goral: the Sumatran serow is endangered.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- easels
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Sereth
-
noun,
German name of Siret.
- sewers
-
noun,
an artificial conduit, usually underground, for carrying off waste water and refuse, as in a town or city.
- fronts
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- dartle
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- Fresno
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- swedes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sweden.
- freres
-
noun,
brother.
- darter
-
noun,
a person or thing that darts or moves swiftly.
- Darrow
-
noun,
Clarence (Seward) 1857–1938, U.S. lawyer, lecturer, and author.
- Darren
-
noun,
a male given name.
- towser
-
noun,
a big dog.
- darner
-
noun,
a person or thing that darns.
- darnel
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- shales
-
noun,
a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of clay or argillaceous material.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- sweets
-
noun,
a sweet flavor, smell, or sound; sweetness.
- Shadow
-
noun,
a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- fronds
-
noun,
an often large, finely divided leaf, especially as applied to the ferns and certain palms.
- shades
-
noun,
the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- Darlan
-
noun,
Jean Louis Xavier François [zhahn lwee gza-vyey frahn-swa] /ʒɑ̃ lwi gzaˈvyeɪ frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1881–1942, French naval officer and politician.
- trader
-
noun,
a person who trades; a merchant or businessperson.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- swards
-
noun,
the grassy surface of land; turf.
- Fowler
-
noun,
a hunter of birds.
- dowers
-
noun,
Law. the portion of a deceased husband's real property allowed to his widow for her lifetime.
- elated
-
adjective,
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- elands
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- Swanee
-
noun,
Suwannee.
- Sheena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Toland
-
noun,
Gregg, 1904–48, U.S. cinematographer.
- sheens
-
noun,
luster; brightness; radiance.
- swales
-
noun,
a low place in a tract of land, usually moister and often having ranker vegetation than the adjacent higher land.
- sheers
-
noun,
shear (def 16).
- fontal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or coming from a fountain or spring.
- Sheets
-
noun,
a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
- fondle
-
verb (used with object),
to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress:
- dehort
-
verb (used with object),
to try to dissuade.
- strows
-
verb,
strew.
- folder
-
noun,
a person or thing that folds.
- Delano
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- defeat
-
noun,
the act of overcoming in a contest:
- folate
-
noun,
folic acid.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- shends
-
verb (used with object),
to put to shame.
- sheols
-
noun,
the abode of the dead or of departed spirits.
- foehns
-
noun,
a warm, dry wind descending a mountain, as on the north side of the Alps.
- delate
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- sherds
-
noun,
shard.
- thrown
-
noun,
an act or instance of throwing or casting; cast; fling.
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- delfts
-
noun,
earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usually in blue.
- throne
-
noun,
the chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy.
- strews
-
verb (used with object),
to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle:
- elders
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- defers
-
verb (used with object),
to put off (action, consideration, etc.) to a future time:
- dehorn
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the horns of (cattle).
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Forest
-
noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- Swart
-
noun,
Charles Robberts [rob-erts] /ˈrɒb ərts/ (Show IPA), 1894–1982, South African statesman: president 1961–67.
- oaths
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- wheal
-
noun,
a small, burning or itching swelling on the skin, as from a mosquito bite or from hives.
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- Tahoe
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in E California and W Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: resort. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km); 6225 feet (1897 meters) above sea level.
- wheat
-
noun,
the grain of any cereal grass of the genus Triticum, especially T. aestivum, used in the form of flour for making bread, cakes, etc., and for other culinary and nutritional purposes.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- Radha
-
noun,
the milkmaid who became the consort of Krishna.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- woads
-
noun,
a European plant, Isatis tinctoria, of the mustard family, formerly cultivated for a blue dye extracted from its leaves.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- swoln
-
adjective,
swollen.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- RADAR
-
noun,
Electronics. a device for determining the presence and location of an object by measuring the time for the echo of a radio wave to return from it and the direction from which it returns.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Sweet
-
noun,
a sweet flavor, smell, or sound; sweetness.
- Older
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- ordn.
-
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- tears
-
- Oland
-
noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- often
-
adverb,
many times; frequently:
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- tahrs
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- whose
-
Idioms,
as who should say, Archaic. in a manner of speaking; so to say.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- wharf
-
noun,
a structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest; quay; pier.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- wrote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of write.
- Whale
-
noun,
any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, especially as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fishlike body, forelimbs modified into flippers, and a head that is horizontally flattened.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- sword
-
noun,
a weapon having various forms but consisting typically of a long, straight or slightly curved blade, sharp-edged on one or both sides, with one end pointed and the other fixed in a hilt or handle.
- telo-
-
- owlet
-
noun,
a young owl.
- swore
-
verb,
a simple past tense of swear.
- Nowel
-
noun,
Noel (def 2).
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- wests
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the left when facing north, corresponding to the point where the sun is seen to set. Abbreviation: W.
- strew
-
verb (used with object),
to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle:
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- wroth
-
adjective,
angry; wrathful (usually used predicatively):
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- sworn
-
verb,
past participle of swear.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- renew
-
verb (used with object),
to begin or take up again, as an acquaintance, a conversation, etc.; resume.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- rafts
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- stash
-
noun,
something put away or hidden:
- strow
-
verb,
strew.
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- swarf
-
noun,
an accumulation of fine particles of metal or abrasive cut or ground from work by a machine tool or grinder.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- wrest
-
noun,
a wresting; twist or wrench.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- owner
-
noun,
a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.
- sware
-
verb,
simple past tense of swear.
- Owens
-
noun,
Jesse (John Cleveland) 1913–80, U.S. athlete.
- straw
-
noun,
a single stalk or stem, especially of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
- wolfs
-
noun,
any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae, especially C. lupus, usually hunting in packs, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now chiefly restricted to the more unpopulated parts of its range.
- sward
-
noun,
the grassy surface of land; turf.
- Wolfe
-
noun,
Charles, 1791–1823, Irish poet.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- refl.
-
- swats
-
noun,
sweet, new beer or ale.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- swear
-
Verb phrases,
swear by,
to name (a sacred being or thing) as one's witness or guarantee in swearing.
Informal. to have great confidence in; rely on:
to have certain knowledge of:
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- worst
-
noun,
that which is worst.
- sweat
-
noun,
the process of sweating or perspiring.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- whorl
-
noun,
a circular arrangement of like parts, as leaves or flowers, around a point on an axis; verticil.
- stews
-
noun,
a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat and vegetables.
- worse
-
noun,
that which is worse.
- swath
-
noun,
the space covered by the stroke of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine.
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Orth.
-
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- whole
-
noun,
the whole assemblage of parts or elements belonging to a thing; the entire quantity, account, extent, or number:
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- whets
-
noun,
the act of whetting.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- tele-
-
- oste-
-
- swash
-
noun,
the surging or dashing, sometimes violent, of water, waves, etc.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- worts
-
noun,
the unfermented or fermenting infusion of malt that after fermentation becomes beer or mash.
- refel
-
verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Wotan
-
- stows
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- sweer
-
adjective,
slothful; indolent.
- Swede
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sweden.
- Wrath
-
noun,
strong, stern, or fierce anger; deeply resentful indignation; ire.
- world
-
noun,
the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- refer
-
verb (used with object),
to direct for information or anything required:
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- whort
-
noun,
the whortleberry.
- rears
-
- Wolds
-
noun,
an elevated tract of open country.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Olwen
-
noun,
a princess, the daughter of Ysbaddaden Chief-giant.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- where
-
noun,
a place; that place in which something is located or occurs:
- order
-
noun,
an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- Rasht
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- swale
-
noun,
a low place in a tract of land, usually moister and often having ranker vegetation than the adjacent higher land.
- Woden
-
noun,
the chief god of the pagan Anglo-Saxons, identified with the Scandinavian Odin.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Stowe
-
noun,
Harriet (Elizabeth) Beecher, 1811–96, U.S. abolitionist and novelist.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Worth
-
noun,
excellence of character or quality as commanding esteem:
- ster.
-
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- wheen
-
noun,
a few persons or things.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- wheel
-
noun,
a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- reefs
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- woald
-
noun,
weld2 .
- sofar
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- wanes
-
noun,
a gradual decrease or decline in strength, intensity, power, etc.
- shews
-
verb (used with or without object),
show.
- wares
-
noun,
Usually, wares.
articles of merchandise or manufacture; goods:
any intangible items, as services or products of artistic or intellectual creativity, that are salable:
- sherd
-
noun,
shard.
- wards
-
noun,
a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
- Sheol
-
noun,
the abode of the dead or of departed spirits.
- shend
-
verb (used with object),
to put to shame.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- TOEFL
-
- shelf
-
noun,
a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- sheet
-
noun,
a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
- sheer
-
noun,
a thin, diaphanous material, as chiffon or voile.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- wants
-
noun,
something wanted or needed; necessity:
- Sheen
-
noun,
luster; brightness; radiance.
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- wands
-
noun,
a slender stick or rod, especially one used by a magician, conjurer, or diviner.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- Sheds
-
- Wanda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sheas
-
noun,
shea tree.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Torah
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- Wales
-
noun,
a division of the United Kingdom, in SW Great Britain. 8016 sq. mi. (20,760 sq. km).
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Waler
-
noun,
a horse bred in New South Wales, Australia, as a military saddle horse and exported in numbers during the 19th century to British India.
- shoad
-
noun,
float (def 43).
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sards
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- thole
-
noun,
a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Thorn
-
noun,
a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
- Sans.
-
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- those
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Sarah
-
noun,
the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. Gen. 17:15–22.
- Short
-
noun,
something that is short.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- shorn
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- thraw
-
adjective,
Scot. thrawn (def 1).
- Shore
-
noun,
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- threw
-
noun,
an act or instance of throwing or casting; cast; fling.
- shone
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- Shona
-
noun,
Also called Mashona. a member of a group of peoples constituting more than two thirds of the population of Zimbabwe.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- warns
-
verb (used with object),
to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable:
- shoes
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- THREE
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- shoer
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- shoat
-
noun,
Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
- Sasha
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sandra or Alexandra.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- shoal
-
noun,
a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- shote
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- 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.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- shaft
-
noun,
a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- trews
-
noun,
close-fitting tartan trousers, worn especially by certain Scottish regiments.
- shads
-
noun,
a deep-bodied herring, Alosa sapidissima, of Europe and North America, that migrates up streams to spawn, used for food.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- self-
-
- selfs
-
noun,
a person or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality:
- shade
-
noun,
the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- sewer
-
noun,
an artificial conduit, usually underground, for carrying off waste water and refuse, as in a town or city.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- treas
-
- shalt
-
verb,
2nd person singular of shall.
- sewan
-
noun,
seawan.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- sends
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- trawl
-
noun,
Also called trawl net. a strong fishing net for dragging along the sea bottom.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- serow
-
noun,
a goat antelope of the genus Capricornis, of eastern Asia, related to the goral: the Sumatran serow is endangered.
- sero-
-
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- trash
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- shale
-
noun,
a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of clay or argillaceous material.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Waldo
-
noun,
Pierre or Peter, died c1217, French merchant and religious reformer, declared a heretic: founder of the Waldenses.
- Waafs
-
noun,
Women's Auxiliary Air Force: formed during World War II as an auxiliary of the Royal Air Force.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- wafts
-
noun,
a sound, odor, etc., faintly perceived:
- wafer
-
noun,
a thin, crisp cake or biscuit, often sweetened and flavored.
- wadna
-
- wades
-
noun,
an act or instance of wading:
- Shear
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- sheaf
-
noun,
one of the bundles in which cereal plants, as wheat, rye, etc., are bound after reaping.
- wader
-
noun,
a person or thing that wades.
- shaws
-
noun,
Midland U.S. a small wood or thicket.
- towel
-
noun,
an absorbent cloth or paper for wiping and drying something wet, as one for the hands, face, or body after washing or bathing.
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- Waals
-
noun,
Johannes Diderick van der [yoh-hah-nuh s dee-duh-rik vahn duh r] /yoʊˈhɑ nəs ˈdi də rɪk vɑn dər/ (Show IPA), 1837–1923, Dutch physicist: Nobel prize 1910.
- Shawn
-
noun,
Ted (Edwin M) 1891–1972, U.S. dancer and choreographer (husband of Ruth St. Denis).
- shawl
-
noun,
a square, triangular, or oblong piece of wool or other material worn, especially by women, about the shoulders, or the head and shoulders, in place of a coat or hat outdoors, and indoors as protection against chill or dampness.
- Shane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Tower
-
noun,
a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
- Waadt
-
noun,
German name of Vaud.
- share
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- Tweed
-
noun,
a coarse wool cloth in a variety of weaves and colors, either hand-spun and handwoven in Scotland or reproduced, often by machine, elsewhere.
- seeds
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- shard
-
noun,
a fragment, especially of broken earthenware.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- swots
-
noun,
a student who studies assiduously, especially to the exclusion of other activities or interests; grind.
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Selah
-
noun,
an expression occurring frequently in the Psalms, thought to be a liturgical or musical direction, probably a direction by the leader to raise the voice or perhaps an indication of a pause.
- Shara
-
noun,
Sharra.
- trows
-
verb (used with or without object),
to believe, think, or suppose.
- Sands
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Showa
-
noun,
the designation of the period of the reign of Emperor Hirohito, begun in 1926.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- rhoea
-
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- retd.
-
- wedel
-
verb (used without object),
to engage in wedeln.
- tera-
-
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- softs
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- rheas
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- rheda
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a four-wheeled traveling carriage.
- rhet.
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- rhod-
-
- Rhoda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- softa
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- restr
-
- Sofer
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- terr.
-
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- sodas
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- wears
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- weans
-
Verb phrases,
wean on, to accustom to; to familiarize with from, or as if from, childhood:
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- weeds
-
noun,
weeds, mourning garments:
- snows
-
noun,
Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air.
Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
- welts
-
noun,
a ridge or wale on the surface of the body, as from a blow of a stick or whip.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Stahl
-
noun,
Georg Ernst [gey-ork ernst] /geɪˈɒrk ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1660–1734, German chemist and physician.
- resaw
-
noun,
Lumbering. a machine for cutting logs into lumber.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- Srta.
-
- Weser
-
noun,
a river in Germany, flowing N from S Lower Saxony into the North Sea. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Werra
-
noun,
a river in central Germany, flowing N from the Thuringian Forest and joining the Fulda River to form the Weser River. 181 miles (291 km) long.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- wends
-
noun,
a member of a Slavic people of E Germany; Sorb.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- sords
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- teno-
-
- Welsh
-
noun,
the inhabitants of Wales and their descendants elsewhere.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- welds
-
noun,
a welded junction or joint.
- wefts
-
noun,
Textiles. filling (def 5).
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- weens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to think; suppose.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Rolfe
-
noun,
John, 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia (husband of Pocahontas).
- thews
-
noun,
Usually, thews. muscle or sinew.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- theo-
-
- Safar
-
noun,
the second month of the Muslim calendar.
- safes
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- theor
-
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- slaws
-
noun,
coleslaw.
- Theos
-
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- salad
-
noun,
a usually cold dish consisting of vegetables, as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, covered with a dressing and sometimes containing seafood, meat, or eggs.
- there
-
noun,
that state or condition:
- Salas
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- salsa
-
noun,
a lively, vigorous type of contemporary Latin American popular music, blending predominantly Cuban rhythms with elements of jazz, rock, and soul music.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- sadhe
-
noun,
the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- slash
-
noun,
a sweeping stroke, as with a knife, sword, or pen.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- waste
-
noun,
useless consumption or expenditure; use without adequate return; an act or instance of wasting:
- Washo
-
noun,
a member of a tribe of North American Indians living in western Nevada and northeastern California.
- these
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- salts
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- shrew
-
noun,
a woman of violent temper and speech; termagant.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- shred
-
noun,
a piece cut or torn off, especially in a narrow strip.
- shows
-
noun,
a theatrical production, performance, or company.
- Wash.
-
- Warta
-
noun,
a river in Poland, flowing NW and W into the Oder. 445 miles (715 km) long.
- shown
-
noun,
a theatrical production, performance, or company.
- thens
-
noun,
that time:
- Sadat
-
noun,
Anwar el- [ahn-wahr el] /ˈɑn wɑr ɛl/ (Show IPA), 1918–81, Egyptian political leader: president 1970–81; Nobel Peace Prize 1978.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- weals
-
noun,
well-being, prosperity, or happiness:
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- thana
-
noun,
a police station in India.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Weald
-
noun,
wooded or uncultivated country.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Thane
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- thaws
-
noun,
the act or process of thawing.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- slews
-
noun,
a large number or quantity:
- snath
-
noun,
the shaft or handle of a scythe.
- snash
-
noun,
insolence; impertinence.
- Rowan
-
noun,
the European mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of bright red berries.
- rowel
-
noun,
a small wheel with radiating points, forming the extremity of a spur.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- Rowen
-
noun,
Chiefly Northern U.S. the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- slows
-
adverb,
in a slow manner; slowly:
- rrhea
-
- water
-
noun,
a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- sloth
-
noun,
habitual disinclination to exertion; indolence; laziness.
- slosh
-
noun,
watery mire or partly melted snow; slush.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- RSFSR
-
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- fades
-
noun,
an act or instance of fading.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- Esth.
-
- Delft
-
noun,
earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usually in blue.
- deles
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- lards
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- Defoe
-
noun,
Daniel, 1659?–1731, English novelist and political journalist.
- defer
-
verb (used with object),
to put off (action, consideration, etc.) to a future time:
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- Lassa
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Lhasa.
- haafs
-
noun,
deep-sea fishing grounds off the Shetland and Orkney Islands.
- lasso
-
noun,
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- ethal
-
noun,
cetyl alcohol.
- Latah
-
noun,
a pattern of neurotic behavior, usually induced by a startle, first discovered in Malaya, and characterized by the compulsive imitation of the actions and words of others.
- 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.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Ethan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “strength.”.
- 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.
- laths
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- Ethel
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- Delos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: site of an oracle of Apollo.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- Lawes
-
noun,
Henry ("Harry") 1596–1662, English composer.
- Hadas
-
noun,
Moses, 1900–66, U.S. classical scholar, teacher, and author.
- haets
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- erode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- fends
-
verb (used with object),
to ward off (often followed by off):
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Ladon
-
noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- dhows
-
noun,
any of various types of sailing vessels used by Arabs on the east African, Arabian, and Indian coasts, generally lateen-rigged on two or three masts.
- hadst
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- dhole
-
noun,
a wild Asian dog, Cuon alpinus, that hunts in packs: an endangered species.
- dhals
-
noun,
dal.
- Hades
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the underworld inhabited by departed souls.
the god ruling the underworld; Pluto.
- Errol
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lahar
-
noun,
a landslide of wet volcanic debris on the side of a volcano.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- Dewar
-
noun,
Sir James, 1842–1923, Scottish chemist and physicist.
- dewan
-
noun,
(in India) any of certain officials, as a financial minister or prime minister of a native colony.
- Hadar
-
noun,
a first magnitude star in the constellation Centaurus.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- Lando
-
noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- lands
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- hadal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the greatest ocean depths, below approximately 20,000 feet (6500 meters).
- erron
-
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- haars
-
noun,
a thick, wet fog along the seacoast.
- dent.
-
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- 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.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- awols
-
noun,
a soldier or other military person who is absent from duty without leave.
- Danas
-
noun,
Danu.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Danae
-
noun,
a daughter of the king of Argos and mother, by Zeus disguised as a shower of gold, of Perseus.
- front
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- frons
-
noun,
the upper anterior portion of the head of an insect, above or behind the clypeus.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- frond
-
noun,
an often large, finely divided leaf, especially as applied to the ferns and certain palms.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- hefts
-
noun,
weight; heaviness:
- dalan
-
noun,
(in Persian and Indian architecture) a veranda or open hall for reception of visitors.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Dahna
-
noun,
an area in the NE Rubʿ al Khali desert, comprising a region of E central Saudi Arabia.
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Letha
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lethe
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- awner
-
noun,
a machine for cutting the awns from grain.
- fress
-
verb (used without object),
to eat or snack, especially often or in large quantities.
- fresh
-
noun,
the fresh part or time.
- awash
-
noun,
a river in E Ethiopia, flowing NE through the Great Rift Valley to near the Djibouti border. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- Lewes
-
noun,
George Henry, 1817–78, English writer and critic.
- aware
-
adjective,
having knowledge; conscious; cognizant:
- award
-
noun,
something awarded, as a payment or medal.
- Frere
-
noun,
brother.
- Freon
-
- Lhasa
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tibet, in the SE part: sacred city of Lamaism. About 12,000 feet (3650 meters) above sea level.
- frees
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Freer
-
noun,
a person or thing that frees.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- ethos
-
noun,
Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period:
- Dawes
-
noun,
Charles Gates, 1865–1951, U.S. financier and diplomat: vice president of the U.S. 1925–29; Nobel Peace Prize 1925.
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- leafs
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- frows
-
noun,
a cleaving tool having a wedge-shaped blade, with a handle set at right angles to it.
- dawns
-
noun,
the first appearance of daylight in the morning:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- frown
-
noun,
a frowning look; scowl.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- leash
-
noun,
a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Ewald
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- lehrs
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Lehar
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1870–1948, Hungarian composer of operettas.
- lefts
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- darts
-
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- frore
-
adjective,
frozen; frosty.
- frosh
-
noun,
a college or high-school freshman.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Frost
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- Leeds
-
noun,
a city in West Yorkshire, in N England.
- froth
-
noun,
an aggregation of bubbles, as on an agitated liquid or at the mouth of a hard-driven horse; foam; spume.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- hafts
-
noun,
a handle, especially of a knife, sword, or dagger.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- drown
-
Verb phrases,
drown in,
to be overwhelmed by:
to be covered with or enveloped in:
- Elath
-
noun,
Eilat.
- heads
-
noun,
the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- Elder
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- hawse
-
noun,
the part of a bow where the hawseholes are located.
- dwelt
-
noun,
Machinery.
a flat or cylindrical area on a cam for maintaining a follower in a certain position during part of a cycle.
a period in a cycle in the operation of a machine or engine during which a given part remains motionless.
- dwarf
-
noun,
a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
- hoard
-
noun,
a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.:
- hates
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- Hoare
-
noun,
Sir Samuel John Gurney [gur-nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ (Show IPA), 1st Viscount Templewood [tem-puh l-woo d] /ˈtɛm pəlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1959, British statesman.
- hoars
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Hofer
-
noun,
Andreas [ahn-drey-uh s] /ɑnˈdreɪ əs/ (Show IPA), 1767–1810, Tyrolese patriot.
- haste
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- hests
-
noun,
behest.
- dross
-
noun,
waste matter; refuse.
- Holds
-
noun,
an act of holding fast by a grasp of the hand or by some other physical means; grasp; grip:
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- holes
-
noun,
an opening through something; gap; aperture:
- Drews
-
noun,
Charles Richard, 1904–50, U.S. physician: developer of blood-bank technique.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- Holst
-
noun,
Gustav Theodore [goo s-tahv] /ˈgʊs tɑv/ (Show IPA), 1874–1934, English composer.
- dress
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- holts
-
noun,
a wood or grove.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- Hond.
-
- Honda
-
noun,
an eye at one end of a lariat through which the other end is passed to form a lasso, noose, etc.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- hones
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- heals
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- helas
-
interjection,
alas!
- Edsel
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich” and “hall.”.
- Helen
-
noun,
Also called Helen of Troy. Classical Mythology. the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus whose abduction by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War.
- heels
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- heeds
-
noun,
careful attention; notice; observation (usually with give or take).
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Helot
-
noun,
a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state.
Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- hents
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- heder
-
noun,
(especially in Europe) a private Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
- heats
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Hesse
-
noun,
Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1877–1962, German novelist and poet: Nobel Prize 1946.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- Hearn
-
noun,
Lafcadio [laf-kad-ee-oh] /læfˈkæd iˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Koizumi Yakumo") 1850–1904, U.S. journalist, novelist, and essayist, born in Greece; Japanese citizen after 1894.
- Heros
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- Heron
-
noun,
any of numerous long-legged, long-necked, usually long-billed birds of the family Ardeidae, including the true herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns.
- Herod
-
noun,
("the Great") 73?–4 b.c, king of Judea 37–4.
- herns
-
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- Herne
-
noun,
James A(hern) [uh-hurn] /əˈhɜrn/ (Show IPA), 1839–1901, U.S. actor and playwright.
- herls
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- hears
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- herds
-
noun,
a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock:
- 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.
- 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.
- Hasan
-
noun,
(al-Hasan) a.d. 624?–669? Arabian caliph: son of Ali and Fatima (brother of Hussein).
- drear
-
adjective,
dreary.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Hosta
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- Hanse
-
noun,
Hansa.
- dorrs
-
noun,
dor1 .
- hosts
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- Hansa
-
noun,
a company or guild of merchants in a northern European medieval town.
- hotel
-
noun,
a commercial establishment offering lodging to travelers and sometimes to permanent residents, and often having restaurants, meeting rooms, stores, etc., that are available to the general public.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- Hands
-
noun,
the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- howel
-
noun,
a channel cut along the inside edge of a barrel stave to receive the barrelhead.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Howes
-
noun,
a hole.
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- halts
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- howls
-
noun,
the cry of a dog, wolf, etc.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- ento-
-
- dolts
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- halos
-
noun,
Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- doles
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- halo-
-
- Hrolf
-
noun,
Rollo (def 1).
- hales
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- haler
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- doeth
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- halas
-
noun,
George Stanley, 1895–1983, U.S. football coach and team owner.
- Hants
-
noun,
Hampshire (def 1).
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Harts
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- drawl
-
noun,
an act or utterance of a person who drawls.
- Horae
-
plural noun,
goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace).
- horal
-
adjective,
of or relating to an hour or hours; hourly.
- horas
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- draws
-
- horde
-
noun,
a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd:
- drawn
-
noun,
an act of drawing.
- Horne
-
noun,
Lena, 1917–2010, U.S. singer and actress.
- horns
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- Horsa
-
noun,
died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- endo-
-
- horse
-
noun,
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- Horst
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- hort.
-
- Horta
-
noun,
Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- doses
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- dower
-
noun,
Law. the portion of a deceased husband's real property allowed to his widow for her lifetime.
- haole
-
noun,
(among Polynesian Hawaiians) a term used to refer to a non-Polynesian, especially a white person.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Harar
-
noun,
a city in E Ethiopia.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- dowel
-
noun,
Also called dowel pin. Carpentry. a pin, usually round, fitting into holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent their slipping or to align them.
- hards
-
noun,
Nautical. a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Downs
-
noun,
a downward movement; descent.
- hosel
-
noun,
the socket in the club head of an iron that receives the shaft.
- dowse
-
noun,
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
- Hosea
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- draft
-
noun,
a drawing, sketch, or design.
- endow
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a permanent fund or source of income:
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- ewers
-
noun,
a pitcher with a wide spout.
- loads
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Flora
-
noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- alto-
-
- neath
-
preposition,
beneath.
- fatal
-
adjective,
causing or capable of causing death; mortal; deadly:
- altho
-
conjunction,
although.
- flor.
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- Alta.
-
- float
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- flews
-
noun,
flue3 .
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- fated
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- Floss
-
noun,
the cottony fiber yielded by the silk-cotton tree.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- flesh
-
noun,
the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- Aloha
-
adjective,
friendly; hospitable; welcoming:
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Fleet
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- flees
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- aloft
-
adverb,
high up; far above the ground.
- fleer
-
noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- alfas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter A.
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- fatso
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- nears
-
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Farro
-
noun,
emmer.
- Narew
-
noun,
a river in NE Poland, flowing S and SW into the Bug River: battle 1915. 290 miles (465 km) long.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- farls
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- foehn
-
noun,
a warm, dry wind descending a mountain, as on the north side of the Alps.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- naso-
-
- foals
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- faros
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- anal.
-
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- fasts
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- anat.
-
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- flown
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- andr-
-
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Athos
-
noun,
Mount, the easternmost of three prongs of the peninsula of Chalcidice, in NE Greece: site of an autonomous theocracy constituted of 20 monasteries. 131 sq. mi. (340 sq. km); about 35 miles (56 km) long.
- farts
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- flows
-
noun,
an act of flowing.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- natl.
-
- Neth.
-
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- anth-
-
- feels
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- adown
-
adverb, preposition,
down1 .
- fetal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- Adowa
-
noun,
Aduwa.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- Adolf
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “noble” and “wolf.”.
- feeds
-
noun,
food, especially for farm animals, as cattle, horses or chickens.
- Adnah
-
noun,
a Manassite deserter from Saul's to David's army. I Chron. 12:20.
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- aden-
-
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- feres
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- feral
-
adjective,
existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
- felon
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- North
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- Norw.
-
- 30-30
-
- felts
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- 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.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- flaws
-
noun,
a feature that mars the perfection of something; defect; fault:
- fawns
-
noun,
a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- Aldas
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- Aldan
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from the Yabloni Mountains to the Lena. about 1500 miles (2415 km) long.
- Newar
-
noun,
a member of a Mongoloid people of Nepal.
- flats
-
noun,
something flat.
- Newel
-
noun,
newel post.
- fatwa
-
noun,
an Islamic religious decree issued by the ʿulama.
- flash
-
noun,
a brief, sudden burst of bright light:
- newts
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored salamanders of the family Salamandridae, especially those of the genera Triturus and Notophthalmus, of North America, Europe, and northern Asia.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Alas.
-
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- flare
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- flans
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- aholt
-
noun,
ahold.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- fears
-
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.
- aero-
-
- fetes
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- fetor
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- nodal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- afars
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic Muslim people living in Eritrea, Djibouti, and northern Ethiopia.
- ahold
-
noun,
Informal. a hold or grasp (often followed by of):
- afore
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
before.
- fewer
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) a small number or amount:
- Afro-
-
- afros
-
noun,
a hair style originating with black persons, in which the hair is allowed to grow naturally and to acquire a bushy appearance.
- AFTRA
-
- ahead
-
Idioms,
ahead of,
in front of; before:
superior to; beyond:
in advance of; at an earlier time than:
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Ndola
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Ashes
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- assn.
-
- fa-la
-
noun,
a text or refrain in old songs.
- Falda
-
noun,
a white silk vestment extending from the waist to the ground, worn over the cassock by the pope on solemn occasions.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- fosse
-
noun,
a moat or defensive ditch in a fortification, usually filled with water.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- fossa
-
noun,
a pit, cavity, or depression, as in a bone.
- Assad
-
noun,
Hafez al [hah-fez el] /hɑˈfɛz ɛl/ (Show IPA), 1928?–2000, Syrian military and political leader: president from 1971.
- lowan
-
noun,
mallee fowl.
- Lower
-
noun,
a denture for the lower jaw.
- Lowes
-
noun,
John Livingston, 1867–1945, U.S. scholar, critic, and teacher.
- ashen
-
adjective,
ash-colored; gray.
- asst.
-
- lowse
-
adjective,
loose.
- Forth
-
noun,
Firth of, an arm of the North Sea, in SE Scotland: estuary of Forth River. 48 miles (77 km) long.
- forte
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- fort.
-
- ASEAN
-
- fores
-
noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- forel
-
noun,
a slipcase for a book.
- fanes
-
noun,
a temple.
- fore-
-
- Fords
-
noun,
a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- fanos
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- fowls
-
noun,
the domestic or barnyard hen or rooster; chicken.
Compare domestic fowl.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- loafs
-
verb (used with object),
to pass idly (usually followed by away):
- Freda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- loath
-
adjective,
unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse:
- Athol
-
noun,
a city in central Massachusetts.
- loden
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- lodes
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- Athel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- athar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- Loewe
-
noun,
Frederick, 1904–88, U.S. composer, born in Austria.
- fader
-
noun,
a person or thing that fades.
- frats
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- frass
-
noun,
insect excrement.
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Frans
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- Aswan
-
noun,
Ancient Syene. a city in SE Egypt, on the Nile.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- astr.
-
- Lords
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- faena
-
noun,
the final third of a bullfight in which the matador uses a muleta and the sword in making the final series of passes preparatory to the kill.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Asher
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:12–13.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- fonds
-
noun,
a background or groundwork, especially of lace.
- Fonda
-
noun,
an inn or restaurant.
- Arawn
-
noun,
the lord of Annwfn.
- fards
-
noun,
facial cosmetics.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- Arnel
-
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- fohns
-
noun,
foehn.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Arhat
-
noun,
a Buddhist who has attained Nirvana through rigorous discipline and ascetic practices.
Compare Bodhisattva.
- ardor
-
noun,
great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion:
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- areo-
-
- folds
-
noun,
a part that is folded; pleat; layer:
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- farad
-
noun,
the standard unit of capacitance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the capacitance of a capacitor between the plates of which there appears a potential difference of one volt when it is charged by a quantity of electricity equal to one coulomb. Symbol: F.
- Aoede
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Arras
-
noun,
a rich tapestry.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- arrah
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of surprise or excitement.)
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- arrow
-
noun,
a slender, straight, generally pointed missile or weapon made to be shot from a bow and equipped with feathers at the end of the shaft near the nock, for controlling flight.
- Arran
-
noun,
an island in SW Scotland, in the Firth of Clyde. 166 sq. mi. (430 sq. km).
- Farl
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- ELAS
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- feed
-
noun,
food, especially for farm animals, as cattle, horses or chickens.
- fado
-
noun,
a Portuguese folk song typically of doleful or fatalistic character and usually accompanied on the guitar.
- Ste.
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- Staw
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
stall1 .
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- fads
-
noun,
a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group.
- feds
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Slang. a federal official or law-enforcement officer.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- fend
-
verb (used with object),
to ward off (often followed by off):
- str.
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- fade
-
noun,
an act or instance of fading.
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- EDTA
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Sol.
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- Faro
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- SWAN
-
noun,
any of several large, stately aquatic birds of the subfamily Anserinae, having a long, slender neck and usually pure-white plumage in the adult.
Compare mute swan, trumpeter swan, whistling swan, whooper swan.
- Esd.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- EFTA
-
- feel
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- Swat
-
noun,
a smart blow; slap; smack.
- slow
-
adverb,
in a slow manner; slowly:
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- fedn
-
- fard
-
noun,
facial cosmetics.
- Eth.
-
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Stew
-
noun,
a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat and vegetables.
- Snow
-
noun,
Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air.
Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
- sows
-
noun,
an adult female swine.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- enl.
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- Sra.
-
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- enow
-
adjective, adverb,
enough.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- eths
-
noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- Ens.
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- sown
-
verb,
a past participle of sow1 .
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Fahr
-
- Fed.
-
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- Ewer
-
noun,
a pitcher with a wide spout.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- sold
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- soln
-
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- Stow
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- 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.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- end-
-
- fana
-
noun,
the ecstatic union of the Sufi with the Divine.
- Fawn
-
noun,
a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ewan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- dlr.
-
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- arr.
-
- wand
-
noun,
a slender stick or rod, especially one used by a magician, conjurer, or diviner.
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- Asha
-
noun,
the cosmic principle of order, justice, righteousness, and truth.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Wane
-
noun,
a gradual decrease or decline in strength, intensity, power, etc.
- wans
-
noun,
wide-area network.
- want
-
noun,
something wanted or needed; necessity:
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- ward
-
noun,
a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
- art.
-
- Ware
-
noun,
Usually, wares.
articles of merchandise or manufacture; goods:
any intangible items, as services or products of artistic or intellectual creativity, that are salable:
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- warn
-
verb (used with object),
to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable:
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- wart
-
noun,
a small, often hard, abnormal elevation on the skin, usually caused by a papomavirus.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Wast
-
verb,
a 2nd person singular pt. indicative of be.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- Arad
-
noun,
a city in W Romania, on the Mures River.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- ant.
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- WATS
-
noun,
bulk-rate telephone service that enables a subscriber to make an unlimited number of long-distance telephone calls within a given service area for a fixed monthly charge or to receive calls from given areas with no charge to the caller.
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- wale
-
noun,
a streak, stripe, or ridge produced on the skin by the stroke of a rod or whip; welt.
- Wald
-
noun,
George, 1906–97, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1967.
- ano-
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- dahs
-
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.
- daft
-
adjective,
senseless, stupid, or foolish.
- 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.
- awns
-
noun,
a bristlelike appendage of a plant, especially on the glumes of grasses.
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- awes
-
noun,
an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like:
- awed
-
noun,
an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like:
- tRNA
-
- ator
-
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- tron
-
- Trow
-
verb (used with or without object),
to believe, think, or suppose.
- Wal.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- twee
-
adjective,
affectedly dainty or quaint:
- WAAF
-
noun,
Women's Auxiliary Air Force: formed during World War II as an auxiliary of the Royal Air Force.
- Waal
-
noun,
a river in the central Netherlands, flowing W to the Meuse River: the center branch of the lower Rhine. 52 miles (84 km) long.
- Wade
-
noun,
an act or instance of wading:
- ASSR
-
- WADS
-
noun,
a small mass, lump, or ball of anything:
- waes
-
noun,
woe.
- Wafd
-
noun,
a nationalist party in Egypt.
- WAFS
-
noun,
a member of the Women in the Air Force, an auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force.
- waft
-
noun,
a sound, odor, etc., faintly perceived:
- weal
-
noun,
well-being, prosperity, or happiness:
- anew
-
adverb,
over again; again; once more:
- Dana
-
noun,
Danu.
- Wolf
-
noun,
any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae, especially C. lupus, usually hunting in packs, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now chiefly restricted to the more unpopulated parts of its range.
- whee
-
interjection,
(used to express joy or delight).
- afr-
-
- when
-
noun,
the time of anything:
- Afar
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic Muslim people living in Eritrea, Djibouti, and northern Ethiopia.
- aet.
-
- whet
-
noun,
the act of whetting.
- whf.
-
- whoa
-
interjection,
stop! (used especially to horses).
- aer-
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- WHSE
-
- woad
-
noun,
a European plant, Isatis tinctoria, of the mustard family, formerly cultivated for a blue dye extracted from its leaves.
- wold
-
noun,
an elevated tract of open country.
- wons
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of win1 .
- AHSA
-
- Word
-
noun,
a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- wore
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- worn
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- adat
-
noun,
the native law traditional in Indonesia.
- Adar
-
noun,
the sixth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Adah
-
noun,
one of the two wives of Lamech. Gen. 4:19.
- wort
-
noun,
the unfermented or fermenting infusion of malt that after fermentation becomes beer or mash.
- aahs
-
noun,
the exclamation “aah.”.
- AAEE
-
- WRAF
-
- AWOL
-
noun,
a soldier or other military person who is absent from duty without leave.
- Wren
-
noun,
any of numerous small, active songbirds of the family Troglodytidae, especially Troglodytes troglodytes, of the Northern Hemisphere, having dark-brown plumage barred with black and a short, upright tail.
Compare house wren, marsh wren, rock wren, winter wren.
- WRNS
-
- wrnt
-
- what
-
noun,
the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics:
- Ala.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- alow
-
adverb,
below decks.
- wean
-
Verb phrases,
wean on, to accustom to; to familiarize with from, or as if from, childhood:
- Wear
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- ands
-
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Anas
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- weds
-
- Weed
-
noun,
a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
- ween
-
verb (used with or without object),
to think; suppose.
- weft
-
noun,
Textiles. filling (def 5).
- Weld
-
noun,
a welded junction or joint.
- alt.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- welt
-
noun,
a ridge or wale on the surface of the body, as from a blow of a stick or whip.
- Wend
-
noun,
a member of a Slavic people of E Germany; Sorb.
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- wens
-
noun,
Pathology. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.
- went
-
noun,
the act of going:
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- wert
-
verb,
a 2nd person singular pt. indicative and subj. of be.
- ALFA
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter A.
- West
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the left when facing north, corresponding to the point where the sun is seen to set. Abbreviation: W.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- Alda
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- Ald.
-
- wets
-
noun,
something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture:
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- edhs
-
noun,
eth.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Dows
-
noun,
dhow.
- Down
-
noun,
a downward movement; descent.
- dowf
-
adjective,
dull; stupid.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- doth
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Doss
-
noun,
a place to sleep, especially in a cheap lodging house.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- ter.
-
- Dorr
-
noun,
dor1 .
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Drew
-
noun,
Charles Richard, 1904–50, U.S. physician: developer of blood-bank technique.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- dols
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- swot
-
noun,
a student who studies assiduously, especially to the exclusion of other activities or interests; grind.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- 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.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- TDRS
-
- 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.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tanh
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- taws
-
noun,
a whip or leather thong used to drive a spinning top.
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- Danl
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- defs
-
- def.
-
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- deaf
-
noun,
deaf persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- daws
-
noun,
jackdaw.
- tosh
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Dawn
-
noun,
the first appearance of daylight in the morning:
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- DATA
-
noun,
a plural of datum.
- dat.
-
- Dash
-
noun,
a small quantity of anything thrown into or mixed with something else:
- Town
-
noun,
a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.
- tows
-
noun,
an act or instance of towing.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- deft
-
adjective,
dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever:
- Del.
-
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- dhow
-
noun,
any of various types of sailing vessels used by Arabs on the east African, Arabian, and Indian coasts, generally lateen-rigged on two or three masts.
- dol.
-
- Tewa
-
noun,
a member of a cluster of pueblo-dwelling North American Indian peoples of New Mexico and Arizona.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- Doha
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the state of Qatar, on the Persian Gulf.
- than
-
conjunction,
(used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison):
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- thaw
-
noun,
the act or process of thawing.
- the-
-
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- dhal
-
noun,
dal.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- thew
-
noun,
Usually, thews. muscle or sinew.
- dews
-
noun,
moisture condensed from the atmosphere, especially at night, and deposited in the form of small drops upon any cool surface.
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- der.
-
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Den.
-
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- TODS
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- slew
-
noun,
a large number or quantity:
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- Lash
-
noun,
the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- RNAS
-
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Rolf
-
noun,
Also called Rolf the Ganger [gang-er] /ˈgæŋ ər/ (Show IPA). Rollo (def 1).
- RONA
-
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- Lat.
-
- 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.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Lehr
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- 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.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Leah
-
noun,
the first wife of Jacob. Gen. 29:23–26.
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- lea.
-
- lawn
-
noun,
a stretch of open, grass-covered land, especially one closely mowed, as near a house, on an estate, or in a park.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- not-
-
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- Hess
-
noun,
Dame Myra, 1890–1965, English pianist.
- Hola
-
interjection,
hi; hello:
- hol-
-
- hods
-
noun,
a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- Hoad
-
noun,
Lew(is Alan) 1934–94, Australian tennis player.
- hews
-
verb (used with object),
to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
- hewn
-
adjective,
felled and roughly shaped by hewing:
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- Hole
-
noun,
an opening through something; gap; aperture:
- Herr
-
noun,
the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or in direct address to sir.
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- herl
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- herd
-
noun,
a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock:
- SASE
-
- sash
-
noun,
a long band or scarf worn over one shoulder or around the waist, as by military officers as a part of the uniform or by women and children for ornament.
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- Sat.
-
- her.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- hold
-
noun,
an act of holding fast by a grasp of the hand or by some other physical means; grasp; grip:
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- hwan
-
noun,
a former monetary unit of South Korea.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- hows
-
noun,
a question concerning the way or manner in which something is done, achieved, etc.:
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- howl
-
noun,
the cry of a dog, wolf, etc.
- Rowe
-
noun,
Nicholas, 1674–1718, British poet and dramatist, poet laureate 1715–18.
- Howe
-
noun,
a hole.
- hots
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- rows
-
noun,
a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line:
- Host
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- std.
-
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- hols
-
plural noun,
Sometimes, hol. British Informal. holiday (def 5).
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- Hos.
-
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- hor.
-
- Hons
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- hone
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- Holt
-
noun,
a wood or grove.
- rel.
-
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- saws
-
noun,
a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- ord.
-
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- neo-
-
- Neh.
-
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- OSHA
-
noun,
the division of the Department of Labor that sets and enforces occupational health and safety rules.
- OSRD
-
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- NDSL
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nash
-
noun,
John, 1752–1835, English architect and city planner.
- Owen
-
noun,
Sir Richard, 1804–92, English zoologist and anatomist.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- owes
-
verb (used with object),
to be under obligation to pay or repay:
- oath
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nosh
-
noun,
a snack.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nows
-
noun,
the present time or moment:
- nowt
-
noun,
an ox.
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- Noah
-
noun,
the patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Gen. 5–9.
- NOAA
-
- Olds
-
noun,
Ransom Eli, 1864–1950, U.S. automobile pioneer and manufacturer.
- ole-
-
- NEWT
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored salamanders of the family Salamandridae, especially those of the genera Triturus and Notophthalmus, of North America, Europe, and northern Asia.
- NEWS
-
noun,
a report of a recent event; intelligence; information:
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ont.
-
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- NASD
-
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lord
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- lond
-
- LOFT
-
noun,
a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- Lofn
-
noun,
a goddess who aids those having trouble winning the affections of their beloveds.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- loaf
-
noun,
a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- reds
-
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.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- lewd
-
adjective,
inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- ref.
-
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- raws
-
noun,
a sore or irritated place, as on the flesh.
- owns
-
Idioms,
come into one's own,
to take possession of that which is due or owed one.
to receive the recognition that one's abilities merit:
- NADH
-
- owse
-
noun,
ox.
- RAAF
-
- rad.
-
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- Naha
-
noun,
a port on SW Okinawa, in S Japan.
- Nah.
-
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Nada
-
noun,
nothing; zero; none:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- Ltd.
-
- lows
-
noun,
something that is low, as ground or prices:
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- lown
-
noun,
loon2 .
- Lowe
-
verb (used without object),
low3 .
- loth
-
adjective,
loath.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- sawn
-
noun,
a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- sewn
-
noun,
the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- shew
-
verb (used with or without object),
show.
- floe
-
noun,
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- shoe
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- shod
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- flow
-
noun,
an act of flowing.
- frow
-
noun,
a cleaving tool having a wedge-shaped blade, with a handle set at right angles to it.
- Hans
-
noun,
a male given name, Germanic form of John.
- Hand
-
noun,
the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- FLRA
-
- foal
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- flee
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- halt
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- Hals
-
noun,
Frans [frahns] /frɑ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1581?–1666, Dutch portrait and genre painter.
- fohn
-
noun,
foehn.
- fol.
-
- fold
-
noun,
a part that is folded; pleat; layer:
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- fond
-
noun,
a background or groundwork, especially of lace.
- 1080
-
- flew
-
noun,
flue3 .
- fled
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of flee.
- Hale
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- 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.
- shr.
-
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- Fla.
-
- Hasa
-
noun,
a region in E Saudi Arabia, on the Persian Gulf.
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- show
-
noun,
a theatrical production, performance, or company.
- shot
-
noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- flaw
-
noun,
a feature that mars the perfection of something; defect; fault:
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- hard
-
noun,
Nautical. a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
- fld.
-
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- 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.
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- haws
-
noun,
a sound or pause of hesitation.
Compare hem2 (def 3).
- FRSL
-
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- FRED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Frederick.
- fth.
-
- free
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Shan
-
noun,
a group of Mongoloid tribes in the hills of Burma.
- frt.
-
- FRSS
-
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- shad
-
noun,
a deep-bodied herring, Alosa sapidissima, of Europe and North America, that migrates up streams to spawn, used for food.
- Frs.
-
- sews
-
noun,
the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- fwd.
-
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- shee
-
noun,
sídh.
- hal-
-
- haft
-
noun,
a handle, especially of a knife, sword, or dagger.
- for.
-
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- fora
-
noun,
a plural of forum.
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- FORD
-
noun,
a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
- hade
-
noun,
Geology. the angle between a fault plane and the vertical, measured perpendicular to the strike of the fault; complement of the dip.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Foss
-
noun,
Lukas [loo-kuh s] /ˈlu kəs/ (Show IPA), 1922–2009, U.S. pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- Haas
-
noun,
Mary Rosamond, 1910–96, U.S. linguist.
- haar
-
noun,
a thick, wet fog along the seacoast.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- fowl
-
noun,
the domestic or barnyard hen or rooster; chicken.
Compare domestic fowl.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Shaw
-
noun,
Midland U.S. a small wood or thicket.
- haaf
-
noun,
deep-sea fishing grounds off the Shetland and Orkney Islands.
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- Shoa
-
noun,
the Holocaust.
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- shwa
-
noun,
schwa.
- heal
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- HEAO
-
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- FERA
-
- heel
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- slaw
-
noun,
coleslaw.
- sld.
-
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- Held
-
noun,
John, Jr. 1889–1958, U.S. cartoonist, illustrator, and writer.
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- heft
-
noun,
weight; heaviness:
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- fess
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a broad horizontal band across the middle of an escutcheon.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- heed
-
noun,
careful attention; notice; observation (usually with give or take).
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- 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.
- SLE
-
- ARS
-
- NAD
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- NAA
-
- NSA
-
- NRA
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- NSF
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NWT
-
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- nr.
-
- aah
-
noun,
the exclamation “aah.”.
- TSE
-
- AAF
-
- NSW
-
- wos
-
noun,
woe.
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- War
-
noun,
a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
- ltr
-
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- TSH
-
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- OSA
-
- was
-
verb,
1st and 3rd person singular pt. indicative of be.
- OED
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- FOS
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- SOW
-
noun,
an adult female swine.
- RAF
-
- NWS
-
- ADA
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- Aar
-
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- FOT
-
- ETR
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ase
-
- LTh
-
- wot
-
verb,
first and third person singular present of wit2 .
- RDA
-
- ATA
-
- at.
-
- two
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 1 plus 1.
- ASW
-
- fo.
-
- Frl
-
- raw
-
noun,
a sore or irritated place, as on the flesh.
- wd.
-
- 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.
- SHA
-
- Low
-
noun,
something that is low, as ground or prices:
- RDF
-
- RDS
-
- WAF
-
noun,
a member of the Women in the Air Force, an auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force.
- REA
-
- wae
-
noun,
woe.
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ast
-
- Ewe
-
noun,
a female sheep, especially when fully mature.
- ad-
-
- FAA
-
- wad
-
noun,
a small mass, lump, or ball of anything:
- ASN
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- 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.
- LSS
-
- WRA
-
- FAD
-
noun,
a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group.
- TSS
-
- LON
-
- TWA
-
noun,
a member of a Pygmy people of Burundi, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- ETS
-
- AAE
-
- now
-
noun,
the present time or moment:
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- al.
-
- ASR
-
- Af.
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ADF
-
- Ola
-
- 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.
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- FDR
-
noun,
(Anna) Eleanor, 1884–1962, U.S. diplomat, author, and lecturer (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Wes
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Wesley.
- FDA
-
- of-
-
- AFA
-
- NES
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ODT
-
- ONR
-
- wen
-
noun,
Pathology. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- WHO
-
Idioms,
as who should say, Archaic. in a manner of speaking; so to say.
- SLA
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- ons
-
- ONF
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- AHA
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of triumphant discovery, mockery, contempt, irony, surprise, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- AHE
-
- AFS
-
- NLF
-
- AHL
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- sht
-
- NHS
-
- NHL
-
- few
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) a small number or amount:
- NHA
-
- NFS
-
- New
-
noun,
something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.:
- NFL
-
- NFD
-
- wha
-
- FHA
-
- Fl.
-
- OFr
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- wet
-
noun,
something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture:
- AFL
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- SOF
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- OSD
-
- Wat
-
noun,
a Buddhist temple or monastery in Thailand or Cambodia.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- SLR
-
- OTS
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- owe
-
verb (used with object),
to be under obligation to pay or repay:
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- OAS
-
- owl
-
noun,
any of numerous, chiefly nocturnal birds of prey, of the order Strigiformes, having a broad head with large, forward-directed eyes that are usually surrounded by disks of modified feathers: many populations are diminishing owing to loss of habitat.
- Won
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of North and South Korea, equal to 100 chon.
- own
-
Idioms,
come into one's own,
to take possession of that which is due or owed one.
to receive the recognition that one's abilities merit:
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- ote
-
- AOA
-
- Rd.
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- aor
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- FAO
-
- Re.
-
- ard
-
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- OSF
-
- woe
-
noun,
grievous distress, affliction, or trouble:
- OTA
-
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- AEA
-
- 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.
- wee
-
adjective,
little; very small.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- AEF
-
- sho
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- SHF
-
- ose
-
- FET
-
- NEA
-
- ot-
-
- ne-
-
- OSS
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ae.
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- NDE
-
- foh
-
interjection,
faugh.
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ANF
-
- SDR
-
- trf
-
- sew
-
noun,
the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- RSS
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- HRE
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- ROW
-
noun,
a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line:
- ene
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- HOW
-
noun,
a question concerning the way or manner in which something is done, achieved, etc.:
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- hrs
-
- rte
-
- RTF
-
- RTS
-
- rtw
-
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- DOW
-
noun,
dhow.
- sd.
-
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- SWA
-
- SAA
-
- en-
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SED
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- HST
-
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- DNR
-
- DFA
-
- LaF
-
- DFT
-
- dh-
-
- dha
-
- EOF
-
- EOE
-
- DHL
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- DLO
-
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- DLS
-
- DNA
-
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- ht.
-
- STL
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- Lt.
-
- LSD
-
- LDS
-
- La.
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- doh
-
interjection,
(used to express dismay when one has said or done something stupid or when something has gone wrong.)
Compare duh.
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- Hts
-
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ThD
-
- th-
-
- tfr
-
- Dr.
-
- SAE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- SAR
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- efl
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ean
-
- 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.
- ef-
-
- EEO
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EDT
-
- TAL
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- HEW
-
verb (used with object),
to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- Hel
-
noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- edh
-
noun,
eth.
- se-
-
- SDS
-
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- SAW
-
noun,
a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ed.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ead
-
- haw
-
noun,
a sound or pause of hesitation.
Compare hem2 (def 3).
- DSR
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- 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.
- hd.
-
- DRE
-
- HDL
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- Sw.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- DSA
-
- DSS
-
- EAA
-
- DST
-
- DSW
-
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- 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.
- hod
-
noun,
a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
- taw
-
noun,
a choice or fancy marble used as a shooter.
- DTh
-
- Ehr
-
- EHF
-
- eo-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ETD
-
- ea.
-
- hf.
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- WTF
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- ETO
-
- FTW
-
- SSA
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- awn
-
noun,
a bristlelike appendage of a plant, especially on the glumes of grasses.
- Lew
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lewis, Llewellyn, or Louis.
- AWL
-
noun,
a pointed instrument for piercing small holes in leather, wood, etc.
- daw
-
noun,
jackdaw.
- 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.
- ss.
-
- awe
-
noun,
an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like:
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- FWA
-
- TOW
-
noun,
an act or instance of towing.
- SRS
-
- Sr.
-
- DOA
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESR
-
- de-
-
- DEA
-
- hr.
-
- ft.
-
- FSR
-
- Law
-
noun,
the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- dwt
-
- do.
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- DAE
-
- SSN
-
- 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.
- SSE
-
- SSR
-
- Les
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- SST
-
- FSH
-
- SSW
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- DAR
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- FSA
-
- SSD
-
- Ld.
-
- DSO
-
- ESL
-
- LHD
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- SDA
-
- tlo
-
- TRH
-
- ese
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Tro
-
- RLD
-
- RNA
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- awa
-
adverb,
away.
- rnd
-
- RNR
-
- ROA
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- DET
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- DEW
-
noun,
moisture condensed from the atmosphere, especially at night, and deposited in the form of small drops upon any cool surface.
- tlr
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- 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.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Had
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- ESA
-
- RFE
-
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- RFA
-
- ERT
-
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- RFD
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- 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.
- AO
-
- D.
-
- OA
-
- WO
-
noun,
woe.
- DF
-
- wt
-
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- 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.
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- t.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- 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.
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- NW
-
- EW
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation expressing disgust, aversion, or the like):
- w/
-
- WF
-
- O.
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ln
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- LF
-
- TD
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- SF
-
- WL
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- LR
-
- dl
-
- RH
-
- SA
-
- FE
-
- S.
-
- h.
-
- RW
-
- le
-
- RF
-
- TN
-
- L.
-
- RN
-
- LH
-
- WH
-
- TL
-
- LW
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- L2
-
- R.
-
- DN
-
- fn
-
- RO
-
- we
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SL
-
- NF
-
- HL
-
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SN
-
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- DW
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- 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.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- FD
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- ND
-
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- ol
-
- OW
-
interjection,
(used especially as an expression of intense or sudden pain.)
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NL
-
- FW
-
- N.
-
- NH
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- L1
-