Anagrams of instabilities
Word instabilities has
872 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of instabilities.
- inabilities
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noun,
lack of ability; lack of power, capacity, or means:
- stabilities
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noun,
the state or quality of being stable.
- latinities
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noun,
knowledge or use of the Latin language:
- stibnites
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noun,
a soft mineral, antimony sulfide, Sb 2 S 3 , lead-gray in color with a metallic luster, occurring in crystals, often acicular, or in bladed masses: the most important ore of antimony.
- sibilates
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verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce with a hissing sound.
- sibilants
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noun,
Phonetics. a sibilant consonant.
- alienists
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- Stalinist
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noun,
an advocate or supporter of Stalin or Stalinism.
- abilities
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noun,
power or capacity to do or act physically, mentally, legally, morally, financially, etc.
- initiates
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noun,
a person who has been initiated.
- stilbites
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noun,
a white-to-brown or red zeolite mineral, a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum, occurring in sheaflike aggregates of crystals and in radiated masses.
- taintless
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adjective,
free from or without taint; pure; innocent.
- salients
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- sanities
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noun,
the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- lesbians
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noun,
an inhabitant of Lesbos.
- stibnite
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noun,
a soft mineral, antimony sulfide, Sb 2 S 3 , lead-gray in color with a metallic luster, occurring in crystals, often acicular, or in bladed masses: the most important ore of antimony.
- INTELSAT
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noun,
a global communications satellite network under international control.
- sibilant
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noun,
Phonetics. a sibilant consonant.
- intitles
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verb (used with object),
entitle.
- litanies
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noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- stibines
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noun,
a colorless, slightly water-soluble, poisonous gas, SbH 3 , usually produced by the reaction of dilute hydrochloric acid with an alloy of antimony and either zinc or magnesium.
- test-ban
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noun,
an agreement by nations producing nuclear weapons to refrain from testing them in the atmosphere.
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- stilbite
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noun,
a white-to-brown or red zeolite mineral, a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum, occurring in sheaflike aggregates of crystals and in radiated masses.
- satinets
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- sibilate
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verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce with a hissing sound.
- tibetans
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noun,
a member of the people native to or inhabiting Tibet.
- teniasis
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noun,
taeniasis.
- lienitis
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noun,
inflammation of the spleen; splenitis.
- basinets
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noun,
a globular or pointed helmet of the 14th century, often provided with a visor or aventail: evolved from the cervellière.
Compare great basinet.
- elitists
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noun,
a person having, thought to have, or professing superior intellect or talent, power, wealth, or membership in the upper echelons of society:
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- stabiles
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noun,
a piece of abstract sculpture having immobile units constructed of sheet metal, wire, or other material and attached to fixed supports.
Compare mobile (def 10).
- Latinist
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noun,
a specialist in Latin.
- tintless
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adjective,
without tint or tints; colorless.
- elastins
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- initiate
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noun,
a person who has been initiated.
- batistes
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noun,
a fine, often sheer fabric, constructed in either a plain or figured weave and made of any of various natural or synthetic fibers.
- instable
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adjective,
not stable; unstable.
- saltines
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- instates
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verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- initials
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noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- bassinet
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noun,
a basket with a hood over one end, for use as a baby's cradle.
- Silesia
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noun,
a lightweight, smoothly finished, twilled fabric of acetate, rayon, or cotton, for garment linings.
- batiste
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noun,
a fine, often sheer fabric, constructed in either a plain or figured weave and made of any of various natural or synthetic fibers.
- bestial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having the form of a beast:
- silents
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Letitia
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “gladness.”.
- basinet
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noun,
a globular or pointed helmet of the 14th century, often provided with a visor or aventail: evolved from the cervellière.
Compare great basinet.
- Bettina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Bassein
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noun,
a city in SW Burma, near the mouth of the Irrawaddy River.
- silanes
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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.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- Astilbe
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noun,
any plant of the genus Astilbe, of the saxifrage family, having spirelike clusters of small white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- battels
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noun,
an account with or terminal bill from a college of Oxford University for board, kitchen, and buttery expenses.
- tanists
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noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- tabinet
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noun,
a fabric resembling poplin, made of silk and wool and usually given a watered finish.
- intitle
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verb (used with object),
entitle.
- initial
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noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- tansies
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noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- listens
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Antibes
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noun,
a seaport in SE France, SW of Nice: preserved ruins of 4th-century b.c. Roman town.
- bainite
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noun,
an aggregate of iron carbide and ferrite, formed from austenite below the temperature at which pearlite forms and above that at which martensite forms.
- instate
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verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- Ileitis
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noun,
inflammation of the ileum.
- battens
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noun,
a small board or strip of wood used for various building purposes, as to cover joints between boards, reinforce certain doors, or supply a foundation for lathing.
- sestina
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noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- talents
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noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- Tbilisi
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noun,
a city in and the capital of the Georgian Republic, in the SE part, on the Kura.
- instals
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verb (used with object),
install.
- Lesbian
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noun,
an inhabitant of Lesbos.
- instils
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verb (used with object),
instill.
- isatins
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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.
- battles
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noun,
a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces:
- bistate
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving two states, especially of the U.S.:
- salines
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- stabile
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noun,
a piece of abstract sculpture having immobile units constructed of sheet metal, wire, or other material and attached to fixed supports.
Compare mobile (def 10).
- liaises
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verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- albites
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noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- latests
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noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- Staines
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noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- enlists
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- tinsels
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noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- absents
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adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- stables
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noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- entasis
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noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- abseils
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noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- tisanes
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- elitist
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noun,
a person having, thought to have, or professing superior intellect or talent, power, wealth, or membership in the upper echelons of society:
- Tibetan
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noun,
a member of the people native to or inhabiting Tibet.
- laities
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- Sistine
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adjective,
of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.
- titians
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noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- nasties
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noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- 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.
- satinet
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- stibine
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noun,
a colorless, slightly water-soluble, poisonous gas, SbH 3 , usually produced by the reaction of dilute hydrochloric acid with an alloy of antimony and either zinc or magnesium.
- lattens
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noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- stibial
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adjective,
of or resembling antimony.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- sabines
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noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- battel
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noun,
an account with or terminal bill from a college of Oxford University for board, kitchen, and buttery expenses.
- sabins
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noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- battle
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noun,
a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces:
- stable
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noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- slants
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noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- batten
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noun,
a small board or strip of wood used for various building purposes, as to cover joints between boards, reinforce certain doors, or supply a foundation for lathing.
- stains
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noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Sabine
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noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- stales
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adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- 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.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- stanes
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noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- elints
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noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Elissa
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noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- blites
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noun,
sea blite.
- beasts
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noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- liaise
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verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- bastes
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noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- bitten
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noun,
an act of biting.
- Blaine
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noun,
James Gillespie [gi-les-pee] /gɪˈlɛs pi/ (Show IPA), 1830–93, U.S. statesman.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- stilts
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noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- blains
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noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- stints
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noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- Blaise
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noun,
a male given name.
- bettas
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noun,
fighting fish.
- blasts
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- 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.
- siesta
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noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- Besant
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noun,
bezant.
- saints
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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.
- bleats
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noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- Benita
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noun,
a female given name.
- entail
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- tables
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noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- tablet
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noun,
a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
- blinis
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plural noun,
pancakes made with yeast and either white or buckwheat flour and traditionally served during Shrovetide with caviar and sour cream.
- enlist
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- sit-in
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noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- binate
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adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- Iletin
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- steins
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- sitten
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verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- steals
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noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- taints
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noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- saltie
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noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- sliest
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adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- leasts
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noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- albite
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noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- tie-in
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noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- tibias
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noun,
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- sansei
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noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- 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.
- alines
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- testis
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noun,
the male gonad or reproductive gland, either of two oval glands located in the scrotum.
- satins
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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.
- Lassie
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noun,
a young girl; lass.
- anises
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noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Tessin
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noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- Nesbit
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noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- saline
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- istles
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noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- tensas
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noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- tenias
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noun,
taenia.
- albeit
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conjunction,
although; even if:
- Tilsit
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noun,
former name of Sovetsk.
- seisin
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noun,
seizin.
- abseil
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noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- titles
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noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- Titian
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noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- latten
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noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- titans
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noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- 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.
- abient
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adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- tisane
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- absent
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adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- sanies
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noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- tinsel
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noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- latest
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noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- tineas
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noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- latent
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adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- latens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Salten
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noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- aisles
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noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- assent
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noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- teslas
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noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Tassie
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noun,
tass.
- slates
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noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- litten
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adjective,
lighted1 .
- tastes
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noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- tasset
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noun,
either of two pieces of plate armor hanging from the fauld to protect the upper parts of the thighs.
- tassel
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noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Isabel
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noun,
a female given name.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- tanist
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noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- instil
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verb (used with object),
instill.
- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- basils
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noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- insist
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- Talien
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- Bailie
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noun,
(in Scotland) a municipal officer or magistrate, corresponding to an English alderman.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Basset
-
noun,
one of a breed of hounds having short legs, long body and ears, and usually a black, tan, and white coat.
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- niseis
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noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- basnet
-
noun,
basinet.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Sable
-
noun,
an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- init.
-
- sials
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noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- elans
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noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- sanit
-
- setts
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noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- slate
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noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- intel
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noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- 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.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Latin
-
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.
- lasts
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noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- sanes
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noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- in-lb
-
- salts
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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.
- elint
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noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Sans.
-
- Elias
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noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- inst.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- slain
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noun,
sley.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- slabs
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noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Sinai
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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.
- silts
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noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Ital.
-
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Iblis
-
noun,
an evil spirit or devil, the chief of the wicked jinn.
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- IATSE
-
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- sebi-
-
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- sails
-
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.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- sines
-
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.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- estab
-
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- 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.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- isbas
-
noun,
izba.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- seti-
-
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- BLitt
-
- asst.
-
- assn.
-
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Basel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- basis
-
noun,
the bottom or base of anything; the part on which something stands or rests.
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- Libia
-
noun,
Libya.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- bases
-
noun,
plural of basis.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Balt.
-
- bales
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- bails
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- anti-
-
- basts
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- natl.
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Nabis
-
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- 30-30
-
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- ante-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- tests
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- tibia
-
noun,
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- alti-
-
- Tibet
-
noun,
Also, Thibet. Also called Sitsang, Xizang. Official name Tibet Autonomous Region. an administrative division of China, N of the Himalayas: prior to 1950 a theocracy under the Dalai Lama; the highest country in the world, average elevation about 16,000 feet (4877 meters). 471,660 sq. mi. (1,221,599 sq. km). Capital: Lhasa.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- 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.
- alibi
-
noun,
Law. the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- Basil
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- bless
-
verb (used with object),
to consecrate or sanctify by a religious rite; make or pronounce holy.
- blent
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- Stets
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- Bliss
-
noun,
supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment:
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- Blain
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- blini
-
plural noun,
pancakes made with yeast and either white or buckwheat flour and traditionally served during Shrovetide with caviar and sour cream.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- snibs
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- stabs
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- 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.
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- stat.
-
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- stats
-
noun,
Also, 'stat. thermostat.
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- binal
-
adjective,
double; twofold.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- bests
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- batts
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- bitts
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- Betta
-
noun,
fighting fish.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Betti
-
noun,
Ugo [oo-gaw] /ˈu gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1953, Italian poet and dramatist.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- 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):
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- 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.
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Sab.
-
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NTSB
-
- NTIA
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 1080
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- ten.
-
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- Tit.
-
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- tab.
-
- SASE
-
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEbS
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- SBLI
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- SATB
-
- Sat.
-
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- 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.
- Ste.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- sibs
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- lea.
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- ible
-
- ibis
-
noun,
any of several large wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae, of warm temperate and tropical regions, related to the herons and storks, and characterized by a long, thin, downward-curved bill.
Compare sacred ibis.
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- bal.
-
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- est.
-
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- ESIS
-
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- ile-
-
- Ens.
-
- ates
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ISSN
-
- isls
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- att.
-
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- 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.
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- ISBN
-
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- attn
-
- intl
-
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- inae
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Bass
-
noun,
the bass part.
- enl.
-
- asis
-
- BSIE
-
- btl.
-
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- BSSE
-
- BSSA
-
- BSNA
-
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- BSLS
-
- BSIT
-
- BSES
-
- bet.
-
- bin-
-
- BSAE
-
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- bitt
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- BLit
-
- blin
-
noun,
singular of blini.
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- ELAS
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- batt
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Bess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- 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.
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Lib.
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- albs
-
noun,
a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- Alis
-
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- 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.
- 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.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- abs-
-
- 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:
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- Alb.
-
- alt.
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lit.
-
- LitB
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- 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.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- AISI
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aet.
-
- lin.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- itis
-
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Lab.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- ABLS
-
- Lani
-
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- Lat.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- abl.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- abt
-
- bi-
-
- TSS
-
- TSI
-
- BIE
-
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- BLA
-
- an.
-
- TSE
-
- al.
-
- ae.
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- TNT
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- STL
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- TNB
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ab-
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- abn
-
- ASI
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- TBA
-
- Tbi
-
- be-
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATB
-
- BSS
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- asb
-
- at.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ast
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASN
-
- bl.
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- TAL
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- 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.
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- 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.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- ase
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- TIA
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- STI
-
- SSB
-
- ble
-
- ite
-
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lt.
-
- La.
-
- sb.
-
- SBA
-
- SBE
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ITA
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ist
-
- Isl
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ise
-
- BLS
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- LSS
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- NBA
-
- NbE
-
- NBS
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- LTA
-
- NES
-
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIA
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- NSA
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- SAE
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- ILS
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ean
-
- EbN
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ss.
-
- SSA
-
- il-
-
- SSI
-
- SSN
-
- SST
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ea.
-
- EIS
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- BTE
-
- Bt.
-
- BST
-
- BSN
-
- BSE
-
- BSA
-
- STB
-
- BSL
-
- BNS
-
- Bn.
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- EBS
-
- SSE
-
- SLE
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- IBN
-
- ib.
-
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ETS
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESL
-
- TTS
-
- ESA
-
- SLA
-
- en-
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- SN
-
- NB
-
- NI
-
- B-
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- 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.
- TL
-
- 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.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- TN
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- L2
-
- TT
-
- L.
-
- i.
-
- N.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- 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.
- SL
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- le
-
- NL
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- Eb
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- L1
-
- TB
-
- t.
-
- ln
-
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- T1
-