Anagrams of inelegances
Word inelegances has
616 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of inelegances.
- elegancies
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noun,
elegance.
- inelegance
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noun,
the quality or state of being inelegant; lack of elegance.
- ensilage
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noun,
the preservation of green fodder in a silo or pit.
- eanlings
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noun,
a young lamb; kid.
- alienees
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noun,
a person to whom property is alienated.
- cleaning
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noun,
an act or instance of making clean:
- elegance
-
noun,
elegant quality:
- agencies
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noun,
an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another:
- elegiacs
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noun,
an elegiac or distich verse.
- lineages
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noun,
lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction:
- legacies
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noun,
Law. a gift of property, especially personal property, as money, by will; a bequest.
- salience
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noun,
the state or condition of being salient.
- leanings
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noun,
inclination; tendency:
- Celanese
-
- ligeance
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noun,
Chiefly Law. the territory subject to a sovereign or liege lord.
- licensee
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noun,
a person, company, etc., to whom a license is granted or issued.
- license
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noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- glances
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noun,
a quick or brief look.
- leasing
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noun,
lying; falsehood.
- Legnica
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noun,
a city in SW Poland: formerly in Germany.
- cleanse
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verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- alienee
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noun,
a person to whom property is alienated.
- encinas
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noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- canines
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noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- Nielsen
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noun,
Carl August [kahrl ou-goo st] /kɑrl ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1865–1931, Danish composer.
- incages
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verb (used with object),
encage.
- linages
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noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- nancies
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- lineage
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noun,
lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction:
- Linsang
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noun,
any of several civetlike carnivores of the genera Prionodon, of the East Indies, and Poiana, of Africa, having retractile claws and a long tail: some East Indies linsangs are endangered.
- Angeles
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noun,
a city in the Philippines, on S central Luzon.
- Lansing
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noun,
Robert, 1864–1928, U.S. lawyer and statesman: secretary of state 1915–20.
- sanicle
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- Angelic
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adjective,
of or belonging to angels:
- Laennec
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noun,
René Théophile Hyacinthe [ruh-ney tey-aw-feel ya-sant] /rəˈneɪ teɪ ɔˈfil yaˈsɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1781–1826, French physician who invented the stethoscope.
- inlaces
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- Anglice
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adverb,
in English; as the English would say it; according to the English way: .
- lacings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that laces.
- incense
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noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- leaning
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noun,
inclination; tendency:
- scalene
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adjective,
Geometry.
(of a cone or the like) having the axis inclined to the base.
(of a triangle) having three unequal sides.
- Selenga
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noun,
a river in N central Asia, flowing E and N through the NW Mongolian People's Republic through the Buryat Autonomous Republic in the SE Russian Federation to Lake Baikal. About 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- Galenic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or containing galena.
- Senegal
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noun,
a republic in W Africa: independent member of the French Community; formerly part of French West Africa. 76,084 sq. mi. (197,057 sq. km). Capital: Dakar.
- enlaces
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verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- geneal.
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- genesic
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adjective,
pertaining to genesis or reproduction; genetic.
- silence
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noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- elegiac
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noun,
an elegiac or distich verse.
- eanling
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noun,
a young lamb; kid.
- elegies
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noun,
a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
- encages
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verb (used with object),
to confine in or as in a cage; coop up.
- scaling
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noun,
the removal of calculus and other deposits on the teeth by means of instruments.
- selenic
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adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- Ensign
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noun,
a flag or banner, as a military or naval standard used to indicate nationality.
- Celine
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noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- ensile
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verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- enlace
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verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- lances
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noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- casein
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noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- casing
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noun,
a case or covering; housing.
- enisle
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verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- Gaelic
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noun,
a Celtic language that includes the speech of ancient Ireland and the dialects that have developed from it, especially those usually known as Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic. Gaelic constitutes the Goidelic subbranch of Celtic.
- engine
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noun,
a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
- lasing
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noun,
the generation of coherent light by a laser.
- Cannes
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noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- caning
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noun,
the act of providing chairs or the like with seats made of woven cane.
- Elsene
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noun,
Dutch name of Ixelles.
- engin.
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- Engels
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noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1820–95, German socialist in England: collaborated with Karl Marx in systematizing Marxism.
- canine
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noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- encage
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verb (used with object),
to confine in or as in a cage; coop up.
- encase
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verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- Esenin
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noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- inlace
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- lacing
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that laces.
- clangs
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noun,
a clanging sound.
- glacis
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noun,
a gentle slope.
- Ealing
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noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- glance
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noun,
a quick or brief look.
- clings
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noun,
the act of clinging; adherence; attachment.
- genies
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noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- genial
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adjective,
warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial:
- cleans
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- gelees
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noun,
a jellied substance, especially a cosmetic gel or a jellied food.
- Geisel
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noun,
Theodor Seuss [soos] /sus/ (Show IPA), ("Dr. Seuss") 1904–91, U.S. humorist, illustrator, and author of children's books.
- inanes
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noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Eileen
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- insane
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adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- incage
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verb (used with object),
encage.
- cisele
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- incase
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verb (used with object),
encase.
- Elaine
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noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- Ingles
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noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- elance
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noun,
a quick darting movement.
- Gaines
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noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- glaces
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noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- Cesena
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noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- innage
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noun,
the quantity of goods remaining in a container when received after shipment.
Compare outage (def 4).
- 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.
- gleans
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verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- Encina
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noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- Nicene
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adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- signal
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noun,
anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.:
- Angles
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noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- Signac
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noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1863–1935, French painter.
- sienna
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noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- Senlac
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noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- aneles
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verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- nances
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noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- ancile
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noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- senile
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noun,
a senile person.
- alines
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- linage
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noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- A-line
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noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- senega
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noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- Seneca
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noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- aligns
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verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- Selene
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noun,
the Greek goddess of the moon.
Compare Thyone.
- Aileen
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- selen-
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- algins
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noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- saline
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- seeing
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noun,
the act of a person who sees.
- Anglic
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noun,
the English language in a simplified spelling devised by R. E. Zachrisson (1880–1937), a Swedish philologist, to make English easier to use as an auxiliary language. About 40 of the most frequent words are kept in their usual spellings; the rest of the vocabulary is spelled phonetically with letters of the traditional 26-letter alphabet.
- seance
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noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- linacs
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noun,
linear accelerator.
- ligase
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noun,
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the joining of two molecules by formation of a covalent bond accompanied by the hydrolysis of ATP.
- Lencas
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noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- single
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noun,
one person or thing; a single one.
- liangs
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noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- signee
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noun,
a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
- Singan
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noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- ligans
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noun,
lagan.
- lieges
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noun,
a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
- silage
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noun,
fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- silane
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noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- lignes
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noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- slice
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noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- geese
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noun,
a plural of goose.
- slain
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noun,
sley.
- Gelee
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noun,
a jellied substance, especially a cosmetic gel or a jellied food.
- slang
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noun,
very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road.
- Segni
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noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- Seine
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noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Engel
-
noun,
Lehman [ley-muh n] /ˈleɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1910–1982, U.S. conductor and composer.
- Segal
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noun,
George, 1924–2000, U.S. sculptor.
- genic
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.
- Genie
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noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- encl.
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- genin
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noun,
aglycon.
- g-cal
-
- scene
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noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- Senna
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noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- gales
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noun,
a very strong wind.
- singe
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noun,
a superficial burn.
- Galen
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noun,
Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- Ennis
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noun,
a town in N Texas.
- signa
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verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- sengi
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noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- sinal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- gains
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- Siena
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noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- sing.
-
- Engle
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noun,
Paul (Hamilton) 1908–91, U.S. poet and educator.
- since
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adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- gaels
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noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Sinan
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noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- siege
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noun,
the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
- Legis
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- Genl.
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- ligne
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noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- lings
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noun,
an elongated, marine, gadid food fish, Molva molva, of Greenland and northern Europe.
- ling.
-
- linen
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noun,
fabric woven from flax yarns.
- laces
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noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- lagen
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noun,
laggin.
- laics
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noun,
one of the laity.
- Laing
-
noun,
R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
- LANCE
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noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- lang.
-
- nails
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noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Lange
-
noun,
Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- lign-
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- ligan
-
noun,
lagan.
- Liege
-
noun,
a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
- liang
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Lenin
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noun,
V(ladimir) I(lyich) [vlad-uh-meer il-yich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir ee-lyeech] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov"N. Lenin") 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary leader: Soviet premier 1918–24.
- leans
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noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lease
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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.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- linns
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- Ingle
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Glenn
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noun,
John (Herschel, Jr.) born 1921, U.S. astronaut and politician: first U.S. orbital space flight 1962; U.S. senator 1975–99.
- Giles
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noun,
Saint, 8th century a.d., Athenian hermit in France.
- Glace
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noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- scale
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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.
- Salic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- glans
-
noun,
the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- glean
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verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- leges
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noun,
plural of lex.
- glees
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- glias
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Nigel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neil.
- Icel.
-
- ileac
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adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Neils
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noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- incl.
-
- 30-30
-
- snail
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noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- cine-
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- cines
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noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Angl.
-
- alecs
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noun,
a herring.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- clase
-
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- cages
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- algin
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- Alice
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noun,
a city in S Texas.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- align
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Eagle
-
noun,
any of several large, soaring birds of prey belonging to the hawk family Accipitridae, noted for their size, strength, and powers of flight and vision: formerly widespread in North America, eagles are mostly confined to Alaska and a few isolated populations.
Compare bald eagle, golden eagle.
- Annie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anele
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verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- anis-
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- anils
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noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Angel
-
noun,
one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- cling
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noun,
the act of clinging; adherence; attachment.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- angi-
-
- Angle
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- Aisne
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noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- clang
-
noun,
a clanging sound.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Elgin
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- agnel
-
noun,
a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- asc-
-
- ANSI
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ann.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lags
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- 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).
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- 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.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Cal.
-
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leg.
-
- lea.
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- legs
-
noun,
either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lani
-
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- 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.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Can.
-
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- ence
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- 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.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sec.
-
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sci.
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Sig.
-
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ACLS
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- 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.
- slag
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- SLIC
-
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- scil
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Alis
-
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- cen.
-
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- ance
-
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- 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.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- 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.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Alg.
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- scag
-
noun,
heroin.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Cels
-
- 1080
-
- cene
-
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Gen.
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- gils
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- Glee
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- ical
-
- Ice.
-
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- IEEE
-
- ign.
-
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Eng.
-
- enc.
-
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- enl.
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Ens.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- ELAS
-
- Gal.
-
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- gals
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- ile-
-
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cis-
-
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Inc.
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- CIGS
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- inae
-
- ins.
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- EIS
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- GCI
-
- GCA
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ALC
-
- GCE
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- se-
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sc.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ECG
-
- NNE
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- NSC
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SAE
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- ECA
-
- EEC
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- CGI
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- LCI
-
- EEE
-
- EEG
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- LCA
-
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- CEA
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- ACS
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- an.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- al.
-
- SLA
-
- en-
-
- ag-
-
- ac-
-
- SLE
-
- 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).
- La.
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- CGS
-
- AIC
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ISA
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Isl
-
- ESA
-
- gi.
-
- Ga.
-
- ESL
-
- 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).
- ese
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- AGC
-
- Esc
-
- ec-
-
- NSA
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- ics
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- GSC
-
- GSA
-
- CLI
-
- ine
-
- IAS
-
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- CNN
-
- CNS
-
- ean
-
- LNG
-
- LSC
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- lg.
-
- in.
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ILS
-
- cl.
-
- cs.
-
- cle
-
- Les
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ca.
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ASN
-
- il-
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- ene
-
- LSI
-
- CAI
-
- ing
-
- NEA
-
- ANC
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- NGC
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- NES
-
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- gl.
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- CIE
-
- ea.
-
- NEC
-
- ne-
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- CIA
-
- Ges
-
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- CSA
-
- ANG
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Eg.
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- L2
-
- CE
-
- SL
-
- SA
-
- SG
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- L1
-
- NL
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- SN
-
- S.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- GC
-
- LC
-
- EI
-
- NG
-
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- N.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- GN
-
- IG
-
- i.
-
- G.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- L.
-
- ic
-
- NI
-
- le
-
- ln
-