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Word inelegancies has
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- inelegances
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noun,
the quality or state of being inelegant; lack of elegance.
- inelegance
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noun,
the quality or state of being inelegant; lack of elegance.
- leniencies
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noun,
the quality or state of being lenient.
- elegancies
-
noun,
elegance.
- cleaning
-
noun,
an act or instance of making clean:
- agencies
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noun,
an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another:
- anilines
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noun,
Also called aniline oil, aminobenzine, phenylamine. Chemistry. a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 5 NH 2 , usually derived from nitrobenzene by reduction: used chiefly in the synthesis of dyes and drugs.
- eanlings
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noun,
a young lamb; kid.
- ligeance
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noun,
Chiefly Law. the territory subject to a sovereign or liege lord.
- salience
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noun,
the state or condition of being salient.
- licensee
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noun,
a person, company, etc., to whom a license is granted or issued.
- ensilage
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noun,
the preservation of green fodder in a silo or pit.
- inclines
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noun,
an inclined surface; slope; slant.
- elegance
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noun,
elegant quality:
- leanings
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noun,
inclination; tendency:
- elegiacs
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noun,
an elegiac or distich verse.
- alienees
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noun,
a person to whom property is alienated.
- lineages
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noun,
lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction:
- Celanese
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- legacies
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noun,
Law. a gift of property, especially personal property, as money, by will; a bequest.
- 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.
- canines
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noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- 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.
- insigne
-
noun,
singular of insignia.
- Legnica
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noun,
a city in SW Poland: formerly in Germany.
- asinine
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adjective,
foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid:
- glances
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noun,
a quick or brief look.
- aniline
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noun,
Also called aniline oil, aminobenzine, phenylamine. Chemistry. a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 5 NH 2 , usually derived from nitrobenzene by reduction: used chiefly in the synthesis of dyes and drugs.
- leasing
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noun,
lying; falsehood.
- 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.
- Anglice
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adverb,
in English; as the English would say it; according to the English way: .
- Angelic
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adjective,
of or belonging to angels:
- Angeles
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noun,
a city in the Philippines, on S central Luzon.
- leaning
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noun,
inclination; tendency:
- selenic
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adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- genesic
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adjective,
pertaining to genesis or reproduction; genetic.
- Galenic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or containing galena.
- geneal.
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- nancies
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- linings
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noun,
something that is used to line another thing; a layer of material on the inner side or surface of something.
- encinas
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noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- 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.
- elegies
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noun,
a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
- elegiac
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noun,
an elegiac or distich verse.
- linages
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noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- enlaces
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verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- niacins
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noun,
nicotinic acid.
- salicin
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C 13 H 18 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic.
- eanling
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noun,
a young lamb; kid.
- lignins
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noun,
Botany. an organic substance that, with cellulose, forms the chief part of woody tissue.
- Nielsen
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noun,
Carl August [kahrl ou-goo st] /kɑrl ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1865–1931, Danish composer.
- nilgais
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noun,
a large, Indian antelope, Boselaphus tragocamelus, the male of which is bluish gray with small horns, the female tawny and hornless.
- cleanse
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verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- Lansing
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noun,
Robert, 1864–1928, U.S. lawyer and statesman: secretary of state 1915–20.
- 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.
- sailing
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noun,
the activity of a person or thing that sails.
- ceiling
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noun,
the overhead interior surface of a room.
- 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.
- scaling
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noun,
the removal of calculus and other deposits on the teeth by means of instruments.
- encages
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verb (used with object),
to confine in or as in a cage; coop up.
- inlaces
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- incages
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verb (used with object),
encage.
- 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.
- alienee
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noun,
a person to whom property is alienated.
- incline
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noun,
an inclined surface; slope; slant.
- 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.
- in-line
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adjective,
(of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft.
- lacings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that laces.
- silence
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noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- 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.
- ligni-
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- nilgai
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noun,
a large, Indian antelope, Boselaphus tragocamelus, the male of which is bluish gray with small horns, the female tawny and hornless.
- lignin
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noun,
Botany. an organic substance that, with cellulose, forms the chief part of woody tissue.
- Nicias
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noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- clings
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noun,
the act of clinging; adherence; attachment.
- 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.
- 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.
- silage
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noun,
fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- cleans
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- incage
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verb (used with object),
encage.
- 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.:
- signee
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noun,
a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
- Gaines
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noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- 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.
- clangs
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noun,
a clanging sound.
- 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.
- cisele
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- Signac
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noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1863–1935, French painter.
- ligans
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noun,
lagan.
- lieges
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noun,
a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
- Aileen
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- alines
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- 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).
- Cesena
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noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- 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.
- lacing
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that laces.
- Nicene
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adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- silica
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noun,
the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- Ealing
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noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- engine
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noun,
a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
- encase
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verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- Elsene
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noun,
Dutch name of Ixelles.
- lining
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noun,
something that is used to line another thing; a layer of material on the inner side or surface of something.
- innage
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noun,
the quantity of goods remaining in a container when received after shipment.
Compare outage (def 4).
- Encina
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noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- inline
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noun,
an ornamented type with a line of white or of a contrasting color running just inside the edge and following the contour of each letter.
- 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.
- engin.
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- inlace
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- Sining
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noun,
Xining.
- single
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noun,
one person or thing; a single one.
- Ingles
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noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- Singan
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noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- enisle
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verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- 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.
- elance
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noun,
a quick darting movement.
- 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.
- enlace
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verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- Eileen
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- nances
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noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- incise
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verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- insane
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adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- linage
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noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- Ensign
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noun,
a flag or banner, as a military or naval standard used to indicate nationality.
- ensile
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verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- linacs
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noun,
linear accelerator.
- niacin
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noun,
nicotinic acid.
- incase
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verb (used with object),
encase.
- 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.
- liaise
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verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- senile
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noun,
a senile person.
- ailing
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adjective,
sickly; unwell.
- gleans
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verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- Lencas
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noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- seance
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noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- inanes
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noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- icings
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noun,
a sweet, creamy spread, as of confectioners' sugar, butter, and flavoring, for covering cakes, cookies, etc.; frosting.
- seeing
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noun,
the act of a person who sees.
- glaces
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noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- glacis
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noun,
a gentle slope.
- glance
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noun,
a quick or brief look.
- 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.
- 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.
- encage
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verb (used with object),
to confine in or as in a cage; coop up.
- Selene
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noun,
the Greek goddess of the moon.
Compare Thyone.
- 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.
- 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.
- aligns
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verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- 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.
- aneles
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verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- lasing
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noun,
the generation of coherent light by a laser.
- 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.
- ancile
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noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- 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.
- genies
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noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- 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.
- canine
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noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- gelees
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noun,
a jellied substance, especially a cosmetic gel or a jellied food.
- Cannes
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noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- genial
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adjective,
warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial:
- saline
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- casing
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noun,
a case or covering; housing.
- 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)
- caning
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noun,
the act of providing chairs or the like with seats made of woven cane.
- 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.
- Engle
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noun,
Paul (Hamilton) 1908–91, U.S. poet and educator.
- Ingle
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noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- Icel.
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- Iceni
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noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- g-cal
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- Liege
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noun,
a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
- ician
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- icing
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noun,
a sweet, creamy spread, as of confectioners' sugar, butter, and flavoring, for covering cakes, cookies, etc.; frosting.
- glias
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noun,
neuroglia.
- lign-
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- 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.
- leans
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noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- incl.
-
- Lange
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noun,
Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- Engel
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noun,
Lehman [ley-muh n] /ˈleɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1910–1982, U.S. conductor and composer.
- 30-30
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- encl.
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- Isiac
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adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- geese
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noun,
a plural of goose.
- inane
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noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- lenis
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noun,
a lenis consonant.
- liang
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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).
- linen
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noun,
fabric woven from flax yarns.
- lang.
-
- ligan
-
noun,
lagan.
- 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.
- 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.
- Genie
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noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- laics
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noun,
one of the laity.
- gains
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- gaels
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noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- genii
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noun,
a plural of genius.
- genin
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noun,
aglycon.
- Genl.
-
- Laing
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noun,
R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
- 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.
- Lenca
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noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- 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.
- Giles
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noun,
Saint, 8th century a.d., Athenian hermit in France.
- Legis
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- glees
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noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- ileac
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adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- leges
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noun,
plural of lex.
- 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.
- Glace
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noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- Iliac
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adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- gales
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- lagen
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noun,
laggin.
- glans
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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.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- genic
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.
- Gelee
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noun,
a jellied substance, especially a cosmetic gel or a jellied food.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- ling.
-
- canes
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noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- 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.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- cages
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noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- scena
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noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- caine
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noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cains
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noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- 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.
- aisle
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noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Siena
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noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- sigil
-
noun,
a seal or signet.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Aline
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- signa
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verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- lings
-
noun,
an elongated, marine, gadid food fish, Molva molva, of Greenland and northern Europe.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Angl.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- algin
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- 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).
- angi-
-
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- 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.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- anis-
-
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- Segal
-
noun,
George, 1924–2000, U.S. sculptor.
- agnel
-
noun,
a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- 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.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- sing.
-
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- nails
-
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.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- slang
-
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.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Elgin
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- linns
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- align
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- Nigel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neil.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- clase
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- cling
-
noun,
the act of clinging; adherence; attachment.
- cine-
-
- cilia
-
plural noun,
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- clang
-
noun,
a clanging sound.
- 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.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- SLIC
-
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- slag
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- Sig.
-
- 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).
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- 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.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lags
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- 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.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Lani
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- 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.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- 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.
- lin.
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- 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.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- 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.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- leg.
-
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- sec.
-
- 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.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- scil
-
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- 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.
- sci.
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scag
-
noun,
heroin.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- 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.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- 1080
-
- ins.
-
- asc-
-
- Eng.
-
- 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.
-
- Ens.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- Gal.
-
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- gals
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- ANSI
-
- enc.
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- ann.
-
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- 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.
- 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.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ance
-
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- ence
-
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- cis-
-
- CIGS
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- cene
-
- cen.
-
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- Cels
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- ELAS
-
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Cal.
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- gils
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- Alis
-
- ile-
-
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- ical
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- IEEE
-
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- ign.
-
- 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.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- AISI
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Alg.
-
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- Glee
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- SLA
-
- CGI
-
- al.
-
- an.
-
- 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:
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- CIA
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ACS
-
- CGS
-
- SAE
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SLE
-
- CNS
-
- CNN
-
- CLI
-
- ac-
-
- cle
-
- ag-
-
- ANC
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- CIE
-
- NNE
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- sc.
-
- CEA
-
- 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.
- ase
-
- AIC
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ASI
-
- ASN
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ca.
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- cs.
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ALC
-
- ae.
-
- 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).
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- AEC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AGC
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- cl.
-
- CAI
-
- 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:
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ANG
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- CSA
-
- EEE
-
- ial
-
- Les
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- gl.
-
- 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.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- Ges
-
- lg.
-
- GSC
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- GCI
-
- GCE
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- gi.
-
- GSA
-
- ics
-
- ESL
-
- in.
-
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Isl
-
- ing
-
- La.
-
- 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).
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- lag
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noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Ia.
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- ILS
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- Lai
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noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Las
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noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- IAS
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- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- LCA
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- LCI
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- Ga.
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- GCA
-
- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ese
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- Nan
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noun,
naan.
- EIS
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- EEL
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noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- NIC
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noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- EEG
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- ne-
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- NEA
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- NEC
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- NAG
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noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- Nee
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adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- EEC
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- NIA
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- NGC
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- NES
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- ec-
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- NEG
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noun,
a photographic negative.
- ECA
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- ECG
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- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- els
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ea.
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- Esc
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- Eg.
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- ESA
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- LSI
-
- LSC
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- ene
-
- en-
-
- LNG
-
- ean
-
- lis
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Eli
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noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- 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
-
- ee
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LC
-
- EI
-
- 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.
- L.
-
- CE
-
- NL
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- G.
-
- GC
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- ln
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NC
-
- NG
-
- NI
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- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- S.
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- GN
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- i.
-
- ic
-
- le
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- SL
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- SG
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- SA
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- IG
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.