Anagrams of hedonist
Word hedonist has
380 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of hedonist.
- hoidens
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noun,
a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy.
- side-on
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adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- ethions
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noun,
a highly toxic organophosphate, C 9 H 22 O 4 P 2 S 3, used as a pesticide.
- histone
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noun,
any of a group of five small basic proteins, occurring in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, that organize DNA strands into nucleosomes by forming molecular complexes around which the DNA winds.
- Hotien
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Hotan.
- steno-
-
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- intoed
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adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- Ostend
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noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- Donets
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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.
- donsie
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adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- Hesiod
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noun,
fl. 8th century b.c., Greek poet.
- histo-
-
- Hosein
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noun,
Hussein (def 1).
- honied
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noun,
a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food.
- honest
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adjective,
honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair:
- todies
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noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- dhotis
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noun,
a long loincloth worn by many Hindu men in India.
- stoned
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noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Shinto
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noun,
Also, Shintoism. the native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- onside
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adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- ethion
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noun,
a highly toxic organophosphate, C 9 H 22 O 4 P 2 S 3, used as a pesticide.
- ethno-
-
- Edison
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noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- ethnos
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noun,
an ethnic group.
- no-hit
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adjective,
of, relating to, or noting a game in which a pitcher allows no base hits to the opposing team:
- hoiden
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noun,
a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy.
- denti-
-
- hinds
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noun,
Zoology. the female of the deer, chiefly the red deer, especially in and after the third year.
- hides
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noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- sotie
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noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- heist
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noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- eosin
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noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Esth.
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- Stein
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Hedin
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noun,
Sven Anders [sven ahn-duh rs] /svɛn ˈɑn dərs/ (Show IPA), 1865–1952, Swedish geographer and explorer.
- teno-
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- Stone
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noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- hist.
-
- Hind.
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- hents
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verb (used with object),
to seize.
- hints
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noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- tends
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Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- ethos
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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:
- oste-
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- hoise
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verb (used with object),
to hoist.
- Neth.
-
- onset
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noun,
a beginning or start:
- Othin
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noun,
Odin.
- Odets
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noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- senti
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noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- notes
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noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noise
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- seti-
-
- Seton
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noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- shend
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verb (used with object),
to put to shame.
- shied
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noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- nides
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noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- shine
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noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- shone
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noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- Hond.
-
- shote
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noun,
shoat (def 1).
- Isth.
-
- Sidon
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noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- Sino-
-
- inst.
-
- inset
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Indo-
-
- sito-
-
- snide
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adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- ideo-
-
- sonde
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noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- hsien
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noun,
(in popular Chinese religion) one of a group of benevolent spirits promoting good in the world.
- endo-
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- hones
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noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- ento-
-
- Hines
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noun,
Earl ("Fatha") 1905–83, U.S. jazz pianist.
- eidos
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noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- dotes
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noun,
decay of wood.
- tones
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noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- deist
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noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- thio-
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- those
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Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- Denis
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noun,
a male given name.
- dent.
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- dents
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noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- toise
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noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- dhoti
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noun,
a long loincloth worn by many Hindu men in India.
- doits
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noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- thine
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pronoun,
the possessive case of thou1. used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.
- diets
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noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- tines
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noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- doeth
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noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- doest
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noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dines
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noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dites
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noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dist.
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- dints
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noun,
force; power:
- Dione
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- thins
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adverb,
in a thin manner.
- tides
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noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- 30-30
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- edits
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noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- theo-
-
- Theos
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- 2,4-d
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noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- Edith
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noun,
a female given name: from Old English words meaning “rich, happy” and “war.”.
- edit.
-
- thens
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noun,
that time:
- iso-
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- std.
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- Otis
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noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Dine
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noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Oise
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noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Sind
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noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- SINE
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- sinh
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noun,
hyperbolic sine.
- ions
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noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Din.
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- nosh
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noun,
a snack.
- into
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adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- iod-
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- Dino
-
- Diet
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noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- int.
-
- dins
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noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- dint
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noun,
force; power:
- ins.
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- Sion
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noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Tshi
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noun,
Twi.
- IndE
-
- site
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noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sith
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adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- Ont.
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- Odin
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noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- Dies
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noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- side
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noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- nide
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noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- not-
-
- nos-
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- tone
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noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- noes
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- note
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noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Den.
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- node
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noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- Deni
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noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Toni
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noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- nits
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- tosh
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noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- nots
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noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Shin
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noun,
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- send
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noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- the-
-
- Seth
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noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- sent
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noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- shit
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noun,
excrement; feces.
- nest
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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.
- neo-
-
- Neh.
-
- shod
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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.
- shoe
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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.
- toed
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noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- shot
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noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- nose
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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.
- dis-
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- ides
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- dish
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noun,
an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- Eton
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noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- hins
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noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- DOTE
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noun,
decay of wood.
- doth
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noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- hide
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noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- snit
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noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- hets
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noun,
a heterosexual person.
- thi-
-
- hest
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noun,
behest.
- hent
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verb (used with object),
to seize.
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- teds
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noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ten.
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- tend
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Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- eths
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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.
- dost
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noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Thin
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adverb,
in a thin manner.
- edhs
-
noun,
eth.
- Eth.
-
- tens
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noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- est.
-
- eso-
-
- Esd.
-
- eons
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noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
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noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- ends
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noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- then
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noun,
that time:
- end-
-
- hint
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noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- tide
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noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- hone
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noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- snod
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adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- Ind.
-
- snot
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noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- sone
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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.
- hots
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noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Soni
-
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Hose
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noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- Hos.
-
- Hons
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noun,
honey (def 6).
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- TODS
-
- does
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noun,
a plural of doe.
- Host
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noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- 1080
-
- tion
-
- hods
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noun,
a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
- doit
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noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Ste.
-
- Tine
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noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- done
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noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- ThD
-
- ot-
-
- ote
-
- TSH
-
- sho
-
- sod
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noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- OTS
-
- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- sd.
-
- So.
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SDI
-
- se-
-
- th-
-
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SED
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- TID
-
- St.
-
- ton
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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.
- STI
-
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- sht
-
- toe
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noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TSE
-
- TES
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noun,
ti1 .
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ise
-
- ose
-
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ETO
-
- ETS
-
- hd.
-
- Hen
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noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- hid
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- EIS
-
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- hod
-
noun,
a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
- 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.
- Hon
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noun,
honey (def 6).
- ons
-
- HST
-
- ht.
-
- Hts
-
- id.
-
- io-
-
- en-
-
- EDT
-
- Ido
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noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- do.
-
- DSO
-
- de-
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- DET
-
- dh-
-
- di.
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- doh
-
interjection,
(used to express dismay when one has said or done something stupid or when something has gone wrong.)
Compare duh.
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- Doi
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- DST
-
- DTh
-
- eo-
-
- ETD
-
- ed.
-
- edh
-
noun,
eth.
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- ide
-
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- NES
-
- 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:
- NHS
-
- NIH
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- OED
-
- NDE
-
- OSD
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ODT
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oid
-
- OIt
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ne-
-
- NHI
-
- TSI
-
- ist
-
- ish
-
- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ite
-
- IOT
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- INH
-
- ine
-
- in.
-
- IHS
-
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- i.
-
- S.
-
- DN
-
- TN
-
- D.
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- O.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- NH
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- TD
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- h.
-
- NI
-
- t.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- ND
-
- SN
-
- T1
-
- N.
-
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.