Anagrams of inflationism
Word inflationism has
783 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of inflationism.
- infantilism
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noun,
the persistence in an adult of markedly childish anatomical, physiological, or psychological characteristics.
- inflations
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noun,
Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
- mannitols
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noun,
Chemistry. a white, crystalline, sweetish, water-soluble, carbohydrate alcohol, C 6 H 8 (OH) 6 , occurring in three optically different forms, the common one being found in the manna of the ash Fraxinus ornus and in other plants: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, electrolytic condensers for radios, plasticizers, and mannitol hexanitrate, and as a pill excipient.
- filiation
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noun,
the fact of being the child of a certain parent.
- laminitis
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noun,
inflammation of sensitive laminae in the hoof of a horse, caused by stressful events, as trauma, infection, or parturition.
- on-limits
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adjective,
open or not prohibited to certain persons, as military personnel:
- inflation
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noun,
Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
- tinfoils
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noun,
tin, or an alloy of tin and lead, in the form of a thin sheet, much used as a wrapping for drugs, foods, tobacco, etc.
- militias
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noun,
a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies.
- Sainfoin
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noun,
a Eurasian plant, Onobrychis viciifolia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of pink flowers, used for forage.
- nominals
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noun,
Grammar. a word or group of words functioning as a noun.
- fontinas
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noun,
a type of Italian cheese, semisoft to firm, made of cow's or sheep's milk.
- foilsman
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noun,
a person who fences with a foil.
- sinfonia
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noun,
a symphony.
- finalist
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noun,
a person entitled to participate in the final or decisive contest in a series, as in musical or athletic competition.
- finalism
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noun,
the doctrine or belief that all events are determined by their purposes or goals.
- insomnia
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noun,
inability to obtain sufficient sleep, especially when chronic; difficulty in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness.
- initials
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noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- mannitol
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noun,
Chemistry. a white, crystalline, sweetish, water-soluble, carbohydrate alcohol, C 6 H 8 (OH) 6 , occurring in three optically different forms, the common one being found in the manna of the ash Fraxinus ornus and in other plants: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, electrolytic condensers for radios, plasticizers, and mannitol hexanitrate, and as a pill excipient.
- nitinols
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noun,
a paramagnetic alloy of nickel and titanium that, after heating and deformation, resumes its original shape when reheated.
- Latinism
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noun,
a mode of expression derived from or imitative of Latin.
- Miltonia
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noun,
any of various epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Miltonia, having sprays of showy, flat, variously colored flowers.
- loftsman
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noun,
a person who prepares molds and patterns.
- nominal
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noun,
Grammar. a word or group of words functioning as a noun.
- anoints
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verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- stamin-
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- Stalino
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noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- fanions
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noun,
a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.
- fantoms
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noun,
an apparition or specter.
- minions
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noun,
a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
- mansion
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noun,
a very large, impressive, or stately residence.
- finials
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noun,
Architecture. a relatively small, ornamental, terminal feature at the top of a gable, pinnacle, etc.
- flotsam
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noun,
the part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on the water.
Compare jetsam, lagan.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- malison
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noun,
a curse.
- Fontina
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noun,
a type of Italian cheese, semisoft to firm, made of cow's or sheep's milk.
- isation
-
- Mitanni
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noun,
the Hurrian kingdom in NW Mesopotamia in the 15th and 14th centuries b.c.
- Monilia
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noun,
a fungus of the genus Monilia, of the class Fungi Imperfecti, having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains.
- liaison
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noun,
the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
- latinos
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Osmanli
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noun,
an Ottoman.
- initial
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noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- amnions
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- nitinol
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noun,
a paramagnetic alloy of nickel and titanium that, after heating and deformation, resumes its original shape when reheated.
- onanism
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noun,
withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- talions
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noun,
lex talionis.
- militia
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noun,
a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies.
- tinfoil
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noun,
tin, or an alloy of tin and lead, in the form of a thin sheet, much used as a wrapping for drugs, foods, tobacco, etc.
- fontal
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adjective,
pertaining to or coming from a fountain or spring.
- Ionian
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noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks who invaded the Greek mainland and, after the Dorian invasions, emigrated to the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian2 (def 2), Dorian1 (def 2).
- misfit
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noun,
something that fits badly, as a garment that is too large or too small.
- oilman
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noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- finial
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noun,
Architecture. a relatively small, ornamental, terminal feature at the top of a gable, pinnacle, etc.
- finals
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noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- isatin
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noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- aloins
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noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- smalto
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noun,
colored glass or similar vitreous material used in mosaic.
- nonfat
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adjective,
without fat or fat solids; having the fat solids removed, as skim milk:
- Minoan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.
- Lomita
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noun,
a town in SW California.
- minion
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noun,
a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
- matins
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- Taoism
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noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- fantom
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noun,
an apparition or specter.
- nitons
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noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- fanons
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noun,
a maniple.
- Lamont
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noun,
a male given name.
- fanion
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noun,
a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.
- faints
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noun,
the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
- sol-fa
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noun,
Music. the set of syllables, do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti, sung to the respective tones of the scale. All but do and ti are attributed to Guido d'Arezzo.
- Molina
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noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- maslin
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noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- tonsil
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noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- Somali
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noun,
a member of a Hamitic population showing an admixture of Arab, black, and other ancestry, and dwelling in Somalia and adjacent regions.
- infin.
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- Salmon
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noun,
a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
- maloti
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noun,
plural of loti.
- Minnis
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noun,
an ancient people of Asia Minor.
- Alison
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noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- Tiflis
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noun,
former name of Tbilisi.
- manini
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adjective,
small; insignificant.
- Li-sao
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noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- Siloam
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noun,
a spring and pool near Jerusalem. John 9:7.
- infant
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noun,
a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
- simian
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noun,
an ape or monkey.
- sit-in
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noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- inmost
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adjective,
situated farthest within:
- almost
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adverb,
very nearly; all but:
- floats
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noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- tinman
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- aiolis
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noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- flints
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noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- instil
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verb (used with object),
instill.
- mantis
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noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- intima
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noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- Milton
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noun,
John, 1608–74, English poet.
- masto-
-
- somat-
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- Antons
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noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Tolima
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noun,
a volcano in W Colombia, in the Andes. 18,438 feet (5620 meters).
- nation
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noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- Linton
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noun,
Ralph, 1893–1953, U.S. anthropologist.
- talons
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noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- nasion
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noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- monial
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noun,
a mullion.
- talion
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noun,
lex talionis.
- Alston
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noun,
a male given name.
- tainos
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noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- limits
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noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- somni-
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- nanism
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noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- aniso-
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- anoint
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verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- amnios
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- milit.
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- Stalin
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noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- sonant
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noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- amnion
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- amino-
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- latins
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noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Latino
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- tolans
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noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Tamils
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noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- lints
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noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- toman
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noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- Linos
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noun,
linoleum.
- Osman
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noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- monas
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noun,
monad.
- insol
-
- Tamis
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noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- linns
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noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- naifs
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noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- 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.
- salon
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noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- inst.
-
- maist
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adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Tinia
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noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- salmi
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noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- init.
-
- mails
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noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- mains
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noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- motif
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noun,
a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.
- imino
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adjective,
containing the imino group.
- Saint
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noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- imit.
-
- Minos
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noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- limos
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noun,
a limousine.
- inion
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noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- alist
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adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- alifs
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noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Timon
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noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- Minot
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noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- limns
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verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Minto
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noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- niton
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noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- T-man
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noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- naso-
-
- moils
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noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- nomas
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noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- moist
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adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- noils
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noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- natl.
-
- loafs
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verb (used with object),
to pass idly (usually followed by away):
- toils
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noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- nonas
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noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- tolas
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noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- tolan
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noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Nisan
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noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Ninos
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noun,
boy; child.
- molas
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- loans
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noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Latin
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noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- loams
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noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- nona-
-
- ition
-
- Limon
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noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- miso-
-
- aioli
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noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- omni-
-
- omits
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verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- mints
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noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Omani
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- nano-
-
- Ionia
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noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- limit
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noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- iotas
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noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Ital.
-
- limas
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noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Liman
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noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- lifts
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- Islam
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noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- moans
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noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- ilio-
-
- Mont.
-
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- atmo-
-
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- 30-30
-
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- fails
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- fanon
-
noun,
a maniple.
- fanos
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- softa
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- SOFIA
-
noun,
Also, Sofiya [Bulgarian saw-fee-yuh] /Bulgarian ˈsɔ fi yə/ (Show IPA). a city in and the capital of Bulgaria, in the W part.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- fatso
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- mini-
-
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- films
-
noun,
a thin layer or coating:
- filos
-
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- ation
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- final
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- amin-
-
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- alto-
-
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anim.
-
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- anis-
-
- annot
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- alti-
-
- anon.
-
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- anti-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- Milos
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- smolt
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- Sino-
-
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- sito-
-
- flams
-
noun,
a deception or trick.
- flans
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- flats
-
noun,
something flat.
- Flint
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- Foism
-
noun,
Chinese Buddhism.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- flits
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- float
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- foams
-
noun,
a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.:
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- foils
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- 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.
- foals
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- tonia
-
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- folia
-
noun,
plural of folium.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- sanit
-
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Minni
-
noun,
an ancient people of Asia Minor.
- mast-
-
- aloft
-
adverb,
high up; far above the ground.
- finis
-
noun,
end; conclusion.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- finns
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- Minn.
-
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Fiona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Fionn
-
noun,
Finn.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mol.
-
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- mis-
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Mon.
-
- min.
-
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- tonn
-
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- MNAS
-
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Tasm
-
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- 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.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sat.
-
- Saml
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- soln
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Soni
-
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Sol.
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- Sam.
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- nom.
-
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- 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):
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- 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.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- non-
-
- 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.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- nos-
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- tion
-
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- NTIA
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- Ont.
-
- 1080
-
- mil.
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- int.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- info
-
noun,
information.
- infl
-
- Inf.
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Ifni
-
noun,
a former Spanish enclave on the W coast of Morocco, ceded to Morocco 1969.
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- fol.
-
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- FOIA
-
- foam
-
noun,
a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.:
- foal
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- FNMA
-
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- intl
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- Lani
-
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- LIFO
-
noun,
last-in, first-out (def 1).
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Lam.
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- itol
-
- itis
-
- iso-
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- Flam
-
noun,
a deception or trick.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- alt.
-
- ano-
-
- ann.
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- amt.
-
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- AMLS
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- ant.
-
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alis
-
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AISI
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ANSI
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Fla.
-
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- Finn
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- Fini
-
adjective,
finished; done.
- Fin.
-
- filt
-
- fils
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the 100th part of a dinar.
- film
-
noun,
a thin layer or coating:
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- ASTM
-
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- fail
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- fam.
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- atm.
-
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- ins.
-
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- loaf
-
noun,
a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- Lofn
-
noun,
a goddess who aids those having trouble winning the affections of their beloveds.
- LOFT
-
noun,
a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- mal-
-
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- MALS
-
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Man.
-
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- TSI
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- LTA
-
- MIT
-
- fo.
-
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mo.
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- LST
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- at.
-
- MSL
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- ast
-
- STI
-
- STL
-
- STM
-
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- ml.
-
- FAO
-
- LSI
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- LON
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- MOI
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- NLF
-
- Fl.
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- NIA
-
- FIO
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- ASN
-
- MNS
-
- SMA
-
- LSM
-
- MNA
-
- MLS
-
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- MLF
-
- Fia
-
- SOF
-
- MLA
-
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- Aso
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noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ASM
-
- LIM
-
- MFT
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- mi.
-
- 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.
- MI5
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noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- tlo
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- TMO
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- AFS
-
- AFM
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- AFL
-
- an.
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- al.
-
- Af.
-
- Am.
-
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- MFS
-
- ASI
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- fm.
-
- NFS
-
- NFL
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- TAL
-
- ANF
-
- AMS
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Lif
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Mao
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- ALM
-
- TIA
-
- MFA
-
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- SLA
-
- OSA
-
- OTA
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ons
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- MTO
-
- MTS
-
- ot-
-
- Mt.
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- OTS
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- ist
-
- OSF
-
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- So.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ITA
-
- ONI
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- IMF
-
- MSA
-
- IOT
-
- Isl
-
- Ola
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- Om.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- MSF
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- NSF
-
- IOF
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- NSA
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- mtn
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- ONF
-
- in.
-
- MTF
-
- MSI
-
- OFM
-
- ft.
-
- sfm
-
- LaF
-
- FSA
-
- FOT
-
- FOS
-
- OAS
-
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- NMI
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- MST
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- MSN
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- La.
-
- ILS
-
- MTI
-
- ILO
-
- of-
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ISA
-
- io-
-
- LMT
-
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- Lt.
-
- OIt
-
- O.
-
- fn
-
- TL
-
- TM
-
- TN
-
- L.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L1
-
- AO
-
- L2
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- 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.
- NM
-
- 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.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OA
-
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- NI
-
- NF
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ln
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SF
-
- i.
-
- MN
-
- SN
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- LM
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- MF
-
- M.
-
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- SM
-
- SL
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- N.
-
- t.
-
- T1
-
- LF
-
- ol
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NL
-