Anagrams of inclosure
Word inclosure has
2 exact anagrams and 655 other words
that can be made by using the letters of inclosure.
- reclusion
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noun,
the condition or life of a recluse.
- Cornelius
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noun,
Saint, died a.d. 253, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 251–253.
- close-in
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adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- coinsure
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verb (used with or without object),
to insure jointly with another or others.
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- unclose
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verb (used with or without object),
to bring or come out of a closed state; open.
- soilure
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noun,
a stain.
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- closure
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noun,
the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- counsel
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noun,
advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
- nourice
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noun,
a nurse.
- cornels
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noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- nucleo-
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- uncoils
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verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- colures
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noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- sclero-
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- inclose
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verb (used with object),
enclose.
- elusion
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noun,
the act of eluding; evasion.
- incluse
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noun,
recluse (def 2).
- esculin
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noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble glucoside, C 15 H 16 O 9 , obtained from the bark of the common horse chestnut and used chiefly in skin preparations as a protective against sunburn.
- leuco-
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- Enrico
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noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- slicer
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noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- lesion
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noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Cousin
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noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- course
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noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- coulis
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noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- oleins
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- enrols
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verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- insoul
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verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- Leucon
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noun,
a type of sponge having a thick body wall with a highly branched canal system leading into the spongocoel.
- incurs
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verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- ensoul
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verb (used with object),
to endow with a soul.
- rouens
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- Cornel
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noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- sluice
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noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- oilers
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noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- conure
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noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- consul
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noun,
an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- liners
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- conies
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noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- cresol
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noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- orcein
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- incuse
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noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- Culion
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noun,
an island of the Philippines, in the W part of the group, N of Palawan. 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km).
- inures
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- recons
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- insole
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- recoil
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noun,
an act of recoiling.
- scler-
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- irones
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- curios
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noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Elinor
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- ounces
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noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- Silone
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noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- insure
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verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- silure
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plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- oscine
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- elisor
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noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- Crusoe
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noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- cruise
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noun,
the act of cruising.
- Lenoir
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noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- Crouse
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noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- Cronus
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noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- resoil
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verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- crones
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noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- oriels
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- COSINE
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- colure
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noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- clines
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noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- nerols
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noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- urino-
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- loners
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noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- urines
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noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Lorens
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- closer
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noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- lunies
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noun,
a lunatic.
- uncoil
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verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- censor
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noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- lories
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noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- source
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noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- neuro-
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- Cloris
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noun,
a male or female given name.
- clonus
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noun,
a rapid succession of flexions and extensions of a group of muscles, usually signifying an affection of the brain or spinal cord.
- clones
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noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- clino-
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- neurol
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- ceorls
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noun,
churl (def 4).
- UNESCO
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noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- lucres
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noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- Coleus
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noun,
any of several tropical Asian or African plants belonging to the genus Coleus, of the mint family, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy, colored foliage and blue flowers.
- necro-
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- ursine
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adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- colins
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noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- colies
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noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- Louise
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noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- cerous
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adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- nuclei
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noun,
plural of nucleus.
- louies
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noun,
looie.
- Locris
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noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- Nicole
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noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- lunes
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noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- reni-
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- relic
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noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- reins
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noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- lucre
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noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- luces
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noun,
plural of lux.
- Niles
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noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- RECON
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- inure
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- insol
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- incur
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verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- resin
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noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- riels
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Euro-
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- euros
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noun,
wallaroo.
- eusol
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noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- roils
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verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Icel.
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- rinse
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- icons
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- riles
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verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- ileo-
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- lures
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noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- ileus
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noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- rices
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noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- nerol
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noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- incl.
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- neur-
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- incor
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- incr.
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- incus
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noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- noels
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noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- ounce
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noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- louse
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noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- oleic
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adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- lores
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noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Loren
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- loner
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noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Norse
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Loire
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noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- rosin
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noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- leuc-
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- locus
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noun,
a place; locality.
- olein
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- nuci-
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- Leoni
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noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- nurls
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noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- Nurse
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noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- liers
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noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- ocul-
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- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- liner
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Linus
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noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- OIcel
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- Linos
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noun,
linoleum.
- Leros
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noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- onces
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noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- ousel
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noun,
ouzel.
- noils
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noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- irone
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- lours
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verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- Irons
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noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- ourie
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adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- 30-30
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- oecus
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noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- Osler
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noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- osier
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- loser
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noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- lenos
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noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- ornis
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noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
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noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orles
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noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Oriel
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Orcus
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noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- Lorne
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noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- lenis
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noun,
a lenis consonant.
- noise
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Loris
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noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Lorin
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Louis
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noun,
louis d'or.
- Crile
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noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- Siren
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- cruse
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noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- Close
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noun,
the act of closing.
- clone
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noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- Sucre
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noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- Sino-
-
- since
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adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- cline
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noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- cures
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noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- ulcer
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noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- Cleon
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noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- sero-
-
- curls
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noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- curns
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noun,
a grain.
- Seric
-
- curse
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noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- UNCIO
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- cruel
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adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- Cons.
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- CONUS
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noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- snore
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noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- cores
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- coel-
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- Crius
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noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- corns
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noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- cornu
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noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- crine
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noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Seoul
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noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- UNCLE
-
noun,
a brother of one's father or mother.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Ensor
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noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- cires
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noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cero-
-
- Eolic
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noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- ceorl
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noun,
churl (def 4).
- Cenis
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noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- uncos
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noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- eosin
-
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.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- ceils
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verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cine-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- ecol.
-
- econ.
-
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- encl.
-
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- uro-
-
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- Soni
-
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Nor.
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- nos-
-
- sur-
-
- uni-
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- soln
-
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rel.
-
- scr.
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rus.
-
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- sec.
-
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- 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.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Sol.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- ole-
-
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- SLIC
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- SINE
-
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.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 1080
-
- neo-
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- eous
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- eso-
-
- enl.
-
- enc.
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- eco-
-
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- ious
-
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- iso-
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Ire.
-
- ions
-
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 = .
- Ice.
-
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Inc.
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ile-
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- cis-
-
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- cir.
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- CERN
-
- cen.
-
- Cels
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- cur.
-
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- cule
-
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- Cres
-
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Col.
-
- Cor.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Con.
-
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Eur.
-
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- lin.
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- USRC
-
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- CRS
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- SLR
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- Les
-
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- SNU
-
- SLE
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- LSC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOC
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- LSI
-
- CNS
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- LON
-
- ons
-
- NRC
-
- se-
-
- ec-
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- eo-
-
- 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).
- NSC
-
- nr.
-
- CSO
-
- 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).
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- CSR
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- CNO
-
- CLU
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- cs.
-
- UNO
-
- uns
-
- ur-
-
- ure
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- ne-
-
- NEC
-
- cl.
-
- cr.
-
- NES
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- Co.
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- USC
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USN
-
- USO
-
- USR
-
- CEO
-
- Une
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- CLR
-
- ONR
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ONI
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- Clo
-
- CIE
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- UCR
-
- CLI
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- unc
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- cle
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NCO
-
- NSU
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- ILO
-
- 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 = .
- IOC
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ine
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- in.
-
- ILS
-
- oic
-
- ior
-
- il-
-
- ier
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- io-
-
- ics
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- IUS
-
- 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.
- ESU
-
- RCS
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- ISR
-
- Isl
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- Re.
-
- IOU
-
- RCN
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- IRO
-
- IRL
-
- ose
-
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- OIr
-
- eu-
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ESR
-
- sc.
-
- LCI
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- OCS
-
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- Oc.
-
- NUL
-
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- en-
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- LOC
-
- Esc
-
- ESL
-
- OCR
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- CE
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- S.
-
- RC
-
- SL
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- NI
-
- RN
-
- RI
-
- ol
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- R.
-
- le
-
- CU
-
- ln
-
- L1
-
- SN
-
- LR
-
- L2
-
- i.
-
- ic
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NL
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- RO
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- NC
-
- RU
-
- SU
-
- O.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- U.
-
- UC
-
- LC
-
- UI
-
- UL
-
- L.
-
- N.
-
- EI
-