Anagrams of illiteracies
Word illiteracies has
933 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of illiteracies.
- literacies
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noun,
the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.
- clarities
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noun,
clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
- realistic
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adjective,
interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical:
- realities
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noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- cellarets
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noun,
a compartment, cabinet, or stand fitted for wine bottles.
- Israelite
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noun,
a descendant of Jacob, especially a member of the Hebrew people who inhabited the ancient kingdom of Israel.
- celestial
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noun,
an inhabitant of heaven.
- ciliates
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noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- treacles
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- sclerite
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- sericite
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noun,
a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- tiercels
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noun,
tercel.
- literals
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noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- cellaret
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noun,
a compartment, cabinet, or stand fitted for wine bottles.
- sericate
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adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- tileries
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noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- silicate
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noun,
Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- Carlisle
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noun,
John Griffin [grif-in] /ˈgrɪf ɪn/ (Show IPA), 1835–1910, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1883–89.
- allecret
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noun,
a half suit of light plate armor.
- laetrile
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noun,
a controversial drug, purported to cure cancer, prepared from the pits of apricots or peaches and containing about 6 percent cyanide by weight: banned by the FDA.
- tellers
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noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- tercels
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- tellies
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noun,
television.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- Liatris
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noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- Israeli
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- ciliate
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noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- scleral
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adjective,
sclerotic (def 1).
- elastic
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noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- rillets
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noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- article
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noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- cerates
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- sectile
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adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- rescale
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verb (used with object),
to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
- laities
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- silici-
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- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- cartels
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- tailles
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noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- retells
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verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- ecartes
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- Carlist
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noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- tallies
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noun,
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- Celesta
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noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- reticle
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noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- 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.
- Leclair
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noun,
Jean Marie [zhahn ma-ree] /ʒɑ̃ maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1697–1764, French violinist and composer.
- callers
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noun,
a person or thing that calls.
- cellist
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noun,
a person who plays the cello.
- eclairs
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- latices
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noun,
a plural of latex.
- relicts
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- italics
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noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- Ercilla
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noun,
Alonso de [ah-lawn-saw th e] /ɑˈlɔn sɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1533–94, Spanish epic poet; soldier in the conquest of Chile.
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- Sicilia
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noun,
Italian name of Sicily.
- recalls
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noun,
an act of recalling.
- silicle
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noun,
a short silique.
- Castile
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noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- Electra
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noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- Alceste
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noun,
an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- trellis
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noun,
a frame or structure of latticework; lattice.
- elicits
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verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- illicit
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adjective,
not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed; unlawful.
- electr-
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- clarets
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- claries
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noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- tillers
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noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- stellar
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adjective,
of or relating to the stars; consisting of stars.
- treacle
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- literal
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noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- illites
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noun,
any of a group of clay minerals, hydrous potassium aluminosilicates, characterized by a three-layer micalike structure and a gray, light green, or yellowish-brown color.
- Scarlet
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noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- rallies
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noun,
a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
- Ileitis
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noun,
inflammation of the ileum.
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- claires
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- citrals
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noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- Salieri
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noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- Liestal
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noun,
a town in and the capital of Basel-Land, in NW Switzerland.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- tiercel
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noun,
tercel.
- Eleatic
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noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- iatrics
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- cleats
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noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- cellar
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noun,
a room, or set of rooms, for the storage of food, fuel, etc., wholly or partly underground and usually beneath a building.
- iatric
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adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- creels
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noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- caters
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verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- illite
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noun,
any of a group of clay minerals, hydrous potassium aluminosilicates, characterized by a three-layer micalike structure and a gray, light green, or yellowish-brown color.
- seater
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noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- retell
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verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- create
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- easier
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noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- taille
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noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- C-star
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noun,
carbon star.
- Easter
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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.
- secret
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- siller
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noun,
silver.
- crease
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noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- crates
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- clites
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- sailer
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- clears
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noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- slicer
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noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- Scilla
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noun,
modern name of Scylla.
- cisele
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- Stella
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noun,
a four-dollar pattern coin of the U.S. having a metal content based on the metric system, issued 1879–80: designed to be used as an international coin.
- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- iritis
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noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- cities
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noun,
a large or important town.
- scler-
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- citral
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noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- sclera
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noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- Claire
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- sallet
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noun,
a light medieval helmet, usually with a vision slit or a movable visor.
- clares
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noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Searle
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noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- certes
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adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- Istria
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noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- cerise
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- cerias
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noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- claret
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- rillet
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noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- cereal
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noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- cerat-
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- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- saltie
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noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Italic
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noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- sealer
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noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- cerate
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- resale
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noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Allies
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noun,
plural of ally.
- elect.
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- lilies
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noun,
any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers.
Compare lily family.
- alerce
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noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- alerts
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Aletes
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noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- tierce
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- elates
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adjective,
elated.
- Allier
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noun,
a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.
- ticals
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noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- alters
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noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- recall
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noun,
an act of recalling.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Teresa
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noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- terces
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noun,
tierce (def 3).
- recast
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noun,
a recasting.
- ariels
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noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- tercel
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- tilers
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- recite
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- racist
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noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Raetic
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noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- trills
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noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- elites
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- trices
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- seller
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noun,
a person who sells; salesperson or vender.
- triacs
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noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- rastle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- liters
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Tiller
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noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- Tralee
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noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- trails
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noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- traces
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noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- elicit
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verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- listel
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noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- ratels
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- liaise
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verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- aretes
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noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- terais
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- resect
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Lester
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noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- Calles
-
noun,
Plutarco Elías [ploo-tahr-kaw e-lee-ahs] /pluˈtɑr kɔ ɛˈli ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1877–1945, Mexican general and statesman: president of Mexico 1924–28.
- calli-
-
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Tallis
-
noun,
Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.
- reseat
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- ecarte
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- silica
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noun,
the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- larees
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noun,
lari.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- cartes
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noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- talers
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noun,
thaler.
- resile
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- Caster
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noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- caller
-
noun,
a person or thing that calls.
- Crista
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noun,
a crest or ridge.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Leslie
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noun,
a male or female given name.
- artels
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noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- rectal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- recti-
-
- Teller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- select
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- teasel
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noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- ecrase
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adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- teaser
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noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- scat-
-
- sect.
-
- scall
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noun,
dandruff.
- Ellis
-
noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Sella
-
noun,
Zillah.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- 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 .
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- lact-
-
- IATSE
-
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- licet
-
- Recit
-
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Leila
-
noun,
a female given name.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- lect.
-
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- 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.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Lilac
-
noun,
any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Syringa, of the olive family, as S. vulgaris, having large clusters of fragrant purple or white flowers: the state flower of New Hampshire.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rall.
-
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Lilas
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Lisle
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lilts
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Illia
-
noun,
Arturo [ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1900–83, Argentine physician and statesman: president 1963–66.
- istic
-
- sarc-
-
- Iliac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Icel.
-
- rills
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- 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.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Ital.
-
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Ellas
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Greece.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- alti-
-
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- cert.
-
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- cells
-
noun,
a small room, as in a convent or prison.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- cella
-
noun,
the principal enclosed chamber of a classical temple.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- ster.
-
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Cilla
-
noun,
a sister of Priam who, with her infant son, was slain by Priam because it had been prophesied that a mother and child of the royal house would cause the destruction of Troy.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cilia
-
plural noun,
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Still
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- calls
-
noun,
a cry or shout.
- tells
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- tears
-
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- tele-
-
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- tera-
-
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- 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.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- aeri-
-
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- treas
-
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- Seric
-
- 30-30
-
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Trill
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- seti-
-
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- acet-
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- clase
-
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- 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.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stall
-
noun,
a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- astr.
-
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- tills
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- Srta.
-
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- crit.
-
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 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.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tri-
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- ter.
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- SLIC
-
- scr.
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 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.
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sra.
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Ste.
-
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- 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.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- sec.
-
- 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.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- 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.
- tel-
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- 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.
- 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.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- 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.
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- str.
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RIIA
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 1080
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- ELAS
-
- cet-
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- ates
-
- asc-
-
- atic
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Ire.
-
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- art.
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- alt.
-
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- itis
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ect-
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- cir.
-
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- ARIS
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- all-
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- etc.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- cell
-
noun,
a small room, as in a convent or prison.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Ice.
-
- Ill.
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- ile-
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- ELLE
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- ical
-
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Cal.
-
- Cels
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Call
-
noun,
a cry or shout.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- alls
-
noun,
one's whole interest, energy, or property:
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- Lili
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- clar
-
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- aet.
-
- Alis
-
- 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.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- aer-
-
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ACLS
-
- acr-
-
- Cres
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- crat
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- 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.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lat.
-
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- lea.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Aire
-
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AISI
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- cit.
-
- CRT
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- STI
-
- CRS
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- cle
-
- CLI
-
- STL
-
- CIA
-
- CIE
-
- CLR
-
- ast
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- tr.
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ALC
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIC
-
- TLC
-
- tlr
-
- tra
-
- TIA
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Ar.
-
- al.
-
- ac-
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CEA
-
- cr.
-
- TAL
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- TCA
-
- TCS
-
- 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.
- CAI
-
- cl.
-
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ca.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATC
-
- at.
-
- CSA
-
- ASR
-
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- ARS
-
- 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.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- 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.
- Sr.
-
- ise
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Lt.
-
- LCL
-
- La.
-
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- Isl
-
- Rs.
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SAE
-
- ISA
-
- SLR
-
- IRS
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- IRL
-
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- 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.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- SAR
-
- RCT
-
- RCS
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ltr
-
- LTL
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- LSC
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ll.
-
- 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.
- RCA
-
- REA
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- LCT
-
- LCI
-
- LCA
-
- ILS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ECA
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- 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).
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Re.
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- EEC
-
- ec-
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- 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.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- SLA
-
- SLE
-
- cte
-
- CTA
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- sc.
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- Ia.
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- ial
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- ETS
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- ETR
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- se-
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- IAS
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ESR
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- ics
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- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ESL
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- ERT
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- il-
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- Esc
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- ESA
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- ier
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- ese
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
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- RC
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- ee
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- A.
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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.
- EI
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- i.
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- TC
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- t.
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- L.
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L1
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- L2
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- CE
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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- le
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- SL
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TL
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- LC
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- ic
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- S.
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- SA
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- RI
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